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Horse and TaxesTier 1

at Zulu's (Lynnwood) Board Game Cafe DTR Store Championship

decks
2 (9.5% of field)
matches (non-mirror)
8 5-3-0
overall winrate
62.5%
ELO-adjusted winrate
53.4% avg ELO +1.6 per match
expected value
52.7% share-weighted (raw)
EV (ELO-adj)
51.4% share-weighted (skill-controlled)
Pilot Skill · average
mean ELO 1277 · median 1277 · range 1228–1326 (2 pilots with an ELO rating)
1087 Q1 1272 Q3 1352 1471
0% of pilots are in the field's top quartile, 50% in the bottom.
Head-to-Head Matchups

Winrates vs every other archetype, sorted by the opponent's field share. Mirrors excluded. Shrunk WR uses a Beta(2, 2) prior so a 1-0 cell doesn't read as 100%; it feeds the EV calc above. Adj WR is the skill-controlled view: derived from per-match ELO deltas (0.5 + avg ELO Δ / K=32, same shrinkage), so it tells you what would have happened on equal-rating play. A faded Raw WR means under 10 matches — lean on the Shrunk WR column there.

Opponent Their share Matches W-L-D Raw WR Shrunk WR Adj WR ELO Δ/match
Fire Crux Lorraine 9.5% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 40.6% -15.1
Fire Firebloom Burn 9.5% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 62.2% +19.5
Water Tera Mage 9.5% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 54.2% +6.7
Wind Shadowstrike 9.5% 0
Fire Aggro 4.8% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 56.8% +10.8
Fire Arcane 4.8% 0
Fire Crux Mage 4.8% 0
Fire Tera Cleric 4.8% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 57.5% +12.1
Fire Umbra Guardian 4.8% 0
Fire Zander 4.8% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 56.9% +11.0
Water Aetherwing 4.8% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 38.4% -18.6
Water Allies 4.8% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 41.7% -13.4
Water Astra Ranger 4.8% 0
Wind Astra Cleric 4.8% 0
Wind Wakeup Combo 4.8% 0
Decklists · 2 from this event

The 2 public Horse and Taxes decklists from this event, ordered by final placement — click a pilot for the full list.

Mirror Analysis

In 1 mirror match, here are the card-count differences that most often separated the winning deck from the losing one. Staples (cards both decks run at the same count) are filtered out — only flex slots show up below. Cards whose count only differed in fewer than 3 mirrors are also held back as too sparse to call a pattern (still visible in the raw table further down). Small sample warning: 1 mirror is borderline; treat these as suggestive, not conclusive.

No card differed in at least 3 of the 1 mirror we have. The raw table below has the sparse signals that didn't clear the threshold — treat them as noise unless the sample grows.

Show all 16 cards with non-zero signal (raw numbers, including 16 held back from the grid above)
Card Edge In winner In loser Same Direction
Resolute Stand -1.00 0 1 0
Diablerie -1.00 0 1 0
Fire Resonance Bauble -1.00 0 1 0
Viridian Protective Trinket +1.00 1 0 0
Volda, Smolder's Spite +1.00 1 0 0
Undying Dreams +1.00 1 0 0
Serum of Wisdom +1.00 1 0 0
Cinder Geyser -1.00 0 1 0
Fractal of Sparks -1.00 0 1 0
Wind Resonance Bauble -1.00 0 1 0
Safeguard Amulet +1.00 1 0 0
Varuckan Acolyte +1.00 1 0 0
Arrow Trap +1.00 1 0 0
Fiery Interference +1.00 1 0 0
Nullifying Mirror -1.00 0 1 0
Scatter Essence +1.00 1 0 0

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