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CRL 2023 Card Experts
The top 3 players of each win condition are recognized for their performance during the year.
The regular season of CRL recently finished, after 7 months of top tier competition. Across the 7 months, we tracked the performance of all the participants and logged more than 16,000 Duel matches. From all this data we can find a lot of cool stats, and today we’ll focus on Card Experts.
Table of Contents
- Who are the Card Experts
- Looking for the best
- The Card Experts
- Balloon
- Battle Ram
- Electro Giant
- Elixir Golem
- Giant
- Goblin Barrel
- Goblin Drill
- Goblin Giant
- Golem
- Graveyard
- Hog Rider
- Lava Hound
- Mortar
- Evolved Mortar
- Ram Rider
- Royal Giant
- Evolved Royal Giant
- Royal Hogs
- Skeleton Barrel
- Three Musketeers
- Wall Breakers
- X-Bow
- No Win Condition
- Feedback
Who are the Card Experts
Card Experts are the players who had the best performance with each win condition. Usually, win conditions are key components of certain archetypes, so this is a great way to find the best players for each of them.
In this blog we will share a list of these card experts, but also links to their favourite decks and their social media. If you are looking to learn a specific archetype, following them could be a great resource.
Looking for the best
There were around 2,000 great players competing in CRL this year. How do we find the best for each win condition?
If we simply sorted players by win rate, we could end up with a list of players who played Hog Rider twice and were lucky to win. 100% win rate... are they the best? Probably not. To remove noise from our results, we have chosen some criteria to filter the best players before we sort them by win rate. These criteria are:
- won at least 10 times with the win condition
- was among the 200 players who used the win condition the most
The players who meet all these criteria are then sorted by rating, and today we’ll share the Top 3 for each of the win condition.
The Card Experts
After sorting all the eligible players by rating, these are the best 3 players for each win condition:
Balloon
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (3952) | 1933 W | 2019 L | 49% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Pompeyo | 24 W | 6 L | 80% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Goodnight Shimokawa | 11 W | 3 L | 79% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Funny Weird | 10 W | 4 L | 71% | Decks |
Note: these Balloon stats exclude all decks that also have Lava Hound, meaning that this category is mainly focused on Balloon cycle decks. There’s another section for Lava Hound afterwards in which Lavalloon is predominant.
Battle Ram
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (1533) | 797 W | 736 L | 52% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Blue | 26 W | 6 L | 81% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Close | 15 W | 5 L | 75% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Kanariooo | 16 W | 7 L | 70% | Decks |
Electro Giant
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (3977) | 2045 W | 1932 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
MadMachine | 11 W | 2 L | 85% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
KK19212 | 10 W | 2 L | 83% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Victor | 22 W | 6 L | 79% | Decks |
Elixir Golem
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (330) | 173 W | 157 L | 52% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Kanariooo | 13 W | 4 L | 76% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Game Over | 12 W | 5 L | 71% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Ramy | 11 W | 5 L | 69% | Decks |
Giant
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (587) | 301 W | 286 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
BarteK | 17 W | 5 L | 77% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Red Gusta | 13 W | 5 L | 72% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Funny Weird | 10 W | 4 L | 71% | Decks |
Goblin Barrel
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (1530) | 803 W | 727 L | 52% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Nicoco | 11 W | 1 L | 92% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Busfahrer Dirk | 21 W | 5 L | 81% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Koh | 32 W | 11 L | 74% | Decks |
Goblin Drill
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (5847) | 2864 W | 2983 L | 49% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Dimas | 11 W | 2 L | 85% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Hugo | 14 W | 3 L | 82% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Chaze | 10 W | 2 L | 83% | Decks |
Goblin Giant
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (1364) | 699 W | 665 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Moha | 15 W | 7 L | 68% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Pirika | 11 W | 5 L | 69% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Yu Emuai | 18 W | 9 L | 67% | Decks |
Golem
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (1066) | 486 W | 580 L | 46% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Inoraj | 10 W | 4 L | 71% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Ezequiel | 11 W | 5 L | 69% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Eternity | 11 W | 10 L | 52% | Decks |
Graveyard
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (5455) | 2678 W | 2777 L | 49% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Adrian Piedra | 10 W | 2 L | 83% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Super Abboud | 13 W | 3 L | 81% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Fake | 15 W | 4 L | 79% | Decks |
Hog Rider
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (10050) | 4830 W | 5220 L | 48% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Abood King | 10 W | 1 L | 91% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Mohamed Light | 45 W | 11 L | 80% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Major eBarbGod | 10 W | 2 L | 83% | Decks |
Lava Hound
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (3511) | 1708 W | 1803 L | 49% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Vitor75 | 11 W | 0 L | 100% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Archer2BG | 16 W | 1 L | 94% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Butterfly | 32 W | 10 L | 76% | Decks |
Mortar
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (4950) | 2309 W | 2641 L | 47% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Mohamed Light | 23 W | 4 L | 85% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Hunter | 14 W | 3 L | 82% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
KickAsh | 17 W | 4 L | 81% | Decks |
Evolved Mortar
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (3070) | 1386 W | 1684 L | 45% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Samuel Bassotto | 12 W | 4 L | 75% | Decks | |
| 2 |  |
Egór | 11 W | 5 L | 69% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Eyes Gon Wong | 12 W | 6 L | 67% | Decks |
Ram Rider
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (2084) | 1009 W | 1075 L | 48% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Shadow | 14 W | 1 L | 93% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Ömer | 10 W | 3 L | 77% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Issei | 14 W | 6 L | 70% | Decks |
Royal Giant
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (5655) | 2877 W | 2778 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Mohamed Light | 30 W | 4 L | 88% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Lord Sebastian | 24 W | 4 L | 86% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Miniminter | 17 W | 3 L | 85% | Decks |
Evolved Royal Giant
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (3672) | 1998 W | 1674 L | 54% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Wallace | 23 W | 4 L | 85% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Wil | 13 W | 3 L | 81% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Rubén | 16 W | 5 L | 76% | Decks |
Royal Hogs
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (4743) | 2441 W | 2302 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 |  |
Oker | 14 W | 2 L | 88% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Napo | 13 W | 2 L | 87% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Hasiel | 17 W | 4 L | 81% | Decks |
Skeleton Barrel
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (988) | 480 W | 508 L | 49% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Erick | 13 W | 4 L | 76% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
GR8 | 20 W | 7 L | 74% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Ramy | 10 W | 5 L | 67% | Decks |
Three Musketeers
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (652) | 334 W | 318 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Rain | 15 W | 8 L | 65% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Moha | 26 W | 15 L | 63% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
Kanade | 11 W | 6 L | 65% | Decks |
Wall Breakers
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (7521) | 3973 W | 3548 L | 53% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Samuel Bassotto | 29 W | 5 L | 85% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Pedro | 31 W | 6 L | 84% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
BobTheRock | 13 W | 2 L | 87% | Decks |
X-Bow
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (256) | 131 W | 125 L | 51% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Alperen | 10 W | 3 L | 77% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
Matcha | 8 W | 3 L | 73% | Decks | |
| 3 |  |
Hunter | 21 W | 10 L | 68% | Decks |
No Win Condition
 |
Player | W | L | WR | Decks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Players (1020) | 547 W | 473 L | 54% | Decks | |||
| 1 | |
Mohamed Light | 13 W | 2 L | 87% | Decks | |
| 2 | |
SandBox | 11 W | 4 L | 73% | Decks | |
| 3 | |
LucasXGamer | 11 W | 4 L | 73% | Decks |
Note: all decks without one of the previously listed win conditions are eligible for this category, but you can quickly see that most are Miner Poison control decks for the top 3 players.
Congratulations to all these amazing players! We have added special badges to their esports profiles to recognise these impressive achievements. Players who were outstanding enough to be featured in several categories will be able to choose their favourite one to be displayed.
You can also find here a similar post that we did in 2021. How many players have appeared in both?
Feedback
Did you see the players that you were expecting? Whose absence surprised you the most?
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