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Wizard
Hero Wizard· Hero form
Evo Wizard · Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Wizard is a 5-elixir Rare Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Wizard), played in 5.3% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Wizard and Hero Wizard from live ladder data, what counters Wizard, what Wizard beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Wizard is fielded as the Hero variant of Wizard. Ladder decks below include both forms — ranked by real play rate, not the win-chance model.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Wizard, not win-chance model scores. To score a full 8-card list with the machine-learning model and search automatic upgrades, open the Deck Lab. Open the Deck Lab
Card stats
- Elixir
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 5.3%
- Win rate
- 53.4%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 1,026 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Wizard & Hero Wizard decks
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Most-played ranked decks featuring Wizard or Hero Wizard, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Wizard
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Wizard counters
- Goblin GangHard counter
- BatsHard counter
- Spear GoblinsHard counter
- BalloonSolid counter
- Minion HordeSolid counter
- Lava HoundSolid counter
- Skeleton BarrelSolid counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Giant Skeleton37% of its decks
- Sparky22% of its decks
- Vines40% of its decks
- Heal Spirit16% of its decks
- Mother Witch31% of its decks
- Battle Ram36% of its decks
- Giant20% of its decks
- Zappies35% of its decks
Cards played alongside Wizard far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Wizard?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Wizard or Hero Wizard right now is Barbarian Barrel, Battle Ram, Giant Skeleton, Mother Witch, Royal Ghost, Vines, Wizard, Zappies, at 1.4% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Wizard in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Wizard are Lightning, Rocket, Fireball.
- What cards go well with Wizard?
- In the current ranked meta Wizard is played most often alongside Giant Skeleton, Sparky, Vines, Heal Spirit.
- How popular is Wizard right now?
- Wizard appears in 5.3% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Wizard?
- Decks running Wizard win 53.4% of the 1,026 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Wizard
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Wizard does not fit the deck.