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EV ranking

How well each archetype is positioned against the field at Ascent London 2026 - Path of Steel. EV(D) = sum over opponents O of share(O) · winrate(D, O), renormalized to exclude the mirror, with a Beta(2, 2) shrinkage so sparse matchups pull toward 50%. Draws count as 0.5. Adj WR / Adj EV use ELO-derived matchup winrates instead -- same math, skill-controlled. Faded figures come from a small sample (under 10 matches) — read them as rough estimates.

#Archetype Decks Share Matches Winrate Adj WR EV Adj EV Avg ELO Skew
1 Wind Seiryuu 20 11.2% 166 63.6% 52.1% 59.2% 52.6% 1470 ↑ top
2 Water Genbu 3 1.7% 31 67.7% 60.7% 57.1% 54.1% 1456 ↑ top
3 Fire Umbra Guardian 4 2.2% 39 59.0% 48.5% 56.7% 52.7% 1464 ↑ top
4 Water Luxem Assassin 1 0.6% 8 62.5% 57.1% 55.8% 55.7% 1418 ↑ top
5 Wind Umbra Ranger 3 1.7% 29 51.7% 49.7% 53.8% 52.6% 1368
6 Wind Arcane 2 1.1% 13 57.7% 61.9% 53.7% 53.9% 1293
7 Wind Razorgale 2 1.1% 13 50.0% 50.2% 53.6% 52.2% 1275
8 Wind Luxem Zander 1 0.6% 12 66.7% 47.4% 52.8% 48.7% 1736 ↑ top
9 Horse and Taxes 5 2.8% 46 56.5% 51.6% 52.8% 51.2% 1422 ↑ top
10 Fire Crux Lorraine 6 3.4% 47 61.7% 64.3% 52.6% 55.3% 1367
11 Fire Umbra Diana 1 0.6% 8 50.0% 57.8% 52.4% 55.1% 1425 ↑ top
12 Water Fractal 3 1.7% 26 57.7% 54.6% 51.2% 51.8% 1383 ↑ top
13 Wind Byakko 1 0.6% 8 50.0% 52.9% 50.9% 52.5% 1318
14 Fire Aetherwing 4 2.2% 37 54.1% 71.5% 50.7% 58.8% 1263
15 Wind Wakeup Combo 5 2.8% 44 59.1% 52.9% 50.5% 48.7% 1426 ↑ top
16 Wind Astra Cleric 7 3.9% 52 50.0% 51.8% 49.9% 50.6% 1316
17 Fire Firebloom Burn 4 2.2% 34 51.5% 51.3% 49.9% 49.5% 1314
18 Wind Shadowstrike 24 13.4% 162 48.1% 48.8% 49.4% 50.0% 1293
19 Water Aetherwing 11 6.1% 101 52.0% 62.0% 49.1% 54.2% 1313
20 Water Allies 3 1.7% 21 40.5% 44.0% 49.0% 49.3% 1274
21 Wind Allies 4 2.2% 36 54.2% 41.5% 48.9% 45.8% 1415 ↑ top
22 Arcane 3 1.7% 22 38.6% 46.1% 48.1% 49.9% 1178 ↓ low
23 Fire Luxem Assassin 7 3.9% 48 49.0% 53.5% 48.1% 50.3% 1257
24 Wind Lorraine 1 0.6% 5 40.0% 46.6% 48.0% 51.4% 1195 ↓ low
25 Fire Crux Mage 8 4.5% 58 44.0% 42.9% 47.4% 46.5% 1280
26 Fire Overlord 1 0.6% 8 50.0% 52.5% 47.4% 50.0% 1345
27 Fire Slimes 2 1.1% 19 34.2% 34.8% 46.9% 47.1% 1267
28 Water Tera Mage 1 0.6% 4 25.0% 46.6% 46.7% 50.2% 1202 ↓ low
29 Fire Arcane 1 0.6% 8 37.5% 50.2% 46.6% 50.7% 1096 ↓ low
30 Fire Aggro 7 3.9% 46 48.9% 55.1% 46.4% 48.5% 1260
31 Water Neos 1 0.6% 6 41.7% 48.8% 45.9% 49.2% 1289
32 Wind Exia 3 1.7% 14 50.0% 59.9% 45.8% 49.4% 1200 ↓ low
33 Dawn of Ashes 1 0.6% 8 37.5% 47.8% 45.5% 46.8% 1270
34 Water Ravishing Mill 1 0.6% 8 37.5% 54.7% 44.8% 50.3% 1093 ↓ low
35 Water Astra Diana 1 0.6% 8 37.5% 44.2% 43.5% 45.5% 1261
36 Water Tera Kongming 1 0.6% 7 28.6% 39.9% 43.5% 44.8% 1165 ↓ low
37 Fire Exia 5 2.8% 31 38.7% 39.4% 42.3% 42.8% 1278
38 Fire Seiryuu 1 0.6% 8 12.5% 22.6% 42.3% 41.3% 1088 ↓ low
39 Fire Suited 5 2.8% 32 35.9% 43.5% 42.0% 46.7% 1265
40 Water Astra Ranger 2 1.1% 16 50.0% 53.7% 41.6% 44.3% 1330
41 Water Crux Assassin 2 1.1% 10 25.0% 28.5% 41.0% 39.1% 1173 ↓ low
42 Fire Umbra Ranger 1 0.6% 7 14.3% 24.1% 40.8% 39.6% 1105 ↓ low
43 Water Crux Mage 1 0.6% 3 16.7% 31.7% 40.7% 39.1% 1149 ↓ low
44 Slimes 2 1.1% 13 15.4% 24.6% 40.4% 40.2% 1080 ↓ low
45 Norm Tera Silvie 1 0.6% 5 20.0% 44.3% 40.3% 45.7% 1054 ↓ low
46 Wind Umbra Diana 1 0.6% 5 0.0% 21.4% 40.0% 39.5% 1107 ↓ low
47 Fire Suzaku 1 0.6% 5 20.0% 26.8% 39.6% 35.9% 1244 ↓ low
48 Fire Oblation 5 2.8% 39 33.3% 32.9% 39.1% 37.6% 1232 ↓ low