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Fire Crux MageTier 2

at Ascent Auckland Path of Steel 2025

decks
10 (7.9% of field)
matches (non-mirror)
84 33-36-15
overall winrate
48.2%
ELO-adjusted winrate
56.3% avg ELO +2.1 per match
expected value
47.9% share-weighted (raw)
EV (ELO-adj)
53.2% share-weighted (skill-controlled)
Pilot Skill ↓ low
mean ELO 1295 · median 1318 · range 1033–1429 (10 pilots with an ELO rating)
978 Q1 1244 Q3 1474 1702
0% of pilots are in the field's top quartile, 20% in the bottom. This deck is favored by lower-rated players — its raw winrate may understate how good it is.
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
Wind Razorgale 9.5% 16 10-5-1 65.6% 62.5% 71.8% +8.7
Fire Crux Lorraine 8.7% 6 1-4-1 25.0% 35.0% 48.3% -0.9
Wind Shadowstrike 8.7% 11 4-5-2 45.5% 46.7% 53.0% +1.3
Wind Seiryuu 7.1% 10 3-3-4 50.0% 50.0% 54.3% +1.9
Wind Wakeup Combo 6.3% 3 0-1-2 33.3% 42.9% 51.7% +1.3
Fire Aggro 5.6% 4 2-2-0 50.0% 50.0% 52.1% +1.4
Fire Suzaku 5.6% 4 2-2-0 50.0% 50.0% 48.9% -0.7
Fire Crux Merlin 4.0% 5 2-3-0 40.0% 44.4% 46.3% -2.1
Water Allies 4.0% 4 2-1-1 62.5% 56.2% 60.0% +6.4
Wind Astra Cleric 4.0% 6 1-2-3 41.7% 45.0% 48.5% -0.8
Water Aetherwing 3.2% 4 2-2-0 50.0% 50.0% 56.5% +4.1
Fire Firebloom Burn 2.4% 2 0-2-0 0.0% 33.3% 31.0% -18.3
Fire Suited 2.4% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 35.5% -23.3
Water Fractal 2.4% 0
Fire Luxem Assassin 1.6% 0
Water Genbu 1.6% 2 2-0-0 100.0% 66.7% 78.6% +27.4
Water Umbra Guardian 1.6% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 43.4% -10.6
Wind Allies 1.6% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 42.3% -12.4
Wind Crux Lorraine 1.6% 0
Fire Exia 0.8% 0
Fire Oblation 0.8% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 37.5% -20.0
Fire Ravishing Mill 0.8% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 55.0% +8.0
Fire Slimes 0.8% 0
Fire Tera Diao Chan 0.8% 0
Fire Umbra Guardian 0.8% 1 0-0-1 50.0% 50.0% 53.2% +5.1
Fire Umbra Ranger 0.8% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 56.7% +10.6
Slimes 0.8% 0
Water Astra Ranger 0.8% 0
Water Penguin Mill 0.8% 0
Wind Exia 0.8% 0
Wind Luxem Assassin 0.8% 0
Wind Luxem Zander 0.8% 0
Wind Umbra Guardian 0.8% 0
Decklists · 10 from this event
Mirror Analysis

In 2 mirror matches, 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: 2 mirrors is borderline; treat these as suggestive, not conclusive.

No card differed in at least 3 of the 2 mirrors 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 32 cards with non-zero signal (raw numbers, including 32 held back from the grid above)
Card Edge In winner In loser Same Direction
Cheshire Cat, Impish Grin +0.50 1 0 1
Heavenly Guide -0.50 0 1 0
Nimue, Cursed Touch -0.50 0 1 0
Sword of Shadows +0.50 1 0 1
Sword of Seeking -0.50 0 1 0
Three of Hearts -0.50 0 1 1
Fluffy Shopkeep +0.50 1 0 1
Flame-Rune Swordsman -0.50 0 1 0
Crystallized Destiny +0.50 1 0 1
Reprogram -0.50 0 1 0
Incapacitate -0.50 0 1 0
Chilling Touch -0.50 0 1 0
Regal Inquisition -0.50 0 1 0
Duplicitous Replication +0.50 1 0 0
Staggering Strike +0.50 1 0 0
Under Fire +0.50 1 0 0
Repelling Palmblast +0.50 1 0 0
Rising Tides +0.50 1 0 0
Ignite the Soul +0.50 1 0 0
Flamewreath Call +0.50 1 0 0
Resolute Stand +0.00 1 1 0
Reduce to Ash +0.00 1 1 0
Incarnate Majesty +0.00 1 1 0
Reckoning's Wake +0.00 1 1 0
Smoke Out +0.00 1 1 0
Undying Dreams +0.00 1 1 0
Blanche, Sheltering Saint +0.00 1 1 0
Flame Sweep +0.00 1 1 0
Nullifying Lantern +0.00 1 1 0
Hasty Messenger +0.00 1 1 0
Safeguard Amulet +0.00 1 1 0
Nullifying Mirror +0.00 1 1 0

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