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Water GenbuTier 1

at Nor Cal Santa Clara Convention Center PTM Regional 2026

decks
5 (5.3% of field)
matches (non-mirror)
32 18-11-3
overall winrate
60.9%
ELO-adjusted winrate
57.2% avg ELO +2.6 per match
expected value
53.0% share-weighted (raw)
EV (ELO-adj)
52.0% share-weighted (skill-controlled)
Pilot Skill ↑ top
mean ELO 1413 · median 1434 · range 1169–1550 (5 pilots with an ELO rating)
1002 Q1 1195 Q3 1418 1678
60% of pilots are in the field's top quartile, 20% in the bottom. This deck is favored by stronger players — weight the headline winrates accordingly (the ELO-adjusted column already controls for this at the match level).
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
Water Aetherwing 13.8% 8 3-3-2 50.0% 50.0% 50.3% +0.1
Wind Seiryuu 8.5% 2 2-0-0 100.0% 66.7% 62.7% +12.2
Wind Astra Cleric 7.4% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 43.8% -10.0
Fire Crux Lorraine 6.4% 2 1-1-0 50.0% 50.0% 50.4% +0.4
Wind Shadowstrike 6.4% 0
Fire Umbra Guardian 5.3% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 52.5% +3.9
Water Fractal 4.3% 6 2-4-0 33.3% 40.0% 43.9% -3.2
Fire Aetherwing 3.2% 0
Fire Aggro 3.2% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 54.9% +7.8
Fire Crux Mage 3.2% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 57.8% +12.5
Water Tera Mage 3.2% 0
Fire Oblation 2.1% 0
Horse and Taxes 2.1% 2 1-0-1 75.0% 58.3% 56.8% +6.5
Wind Allies 2.1% 0
Wind Wakeup Combo 2.1% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 36.5% -21.6
Arcane 1.1% 0
Fire Byakko 1.1% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 57.8% +12.5
Fire Crux Merlin 1.1% 0
Fire Luxem Assassin 1.1% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 55.3% +8.6
Fire Silvie 1.1% 0
Fire Slimes 1.1% 0
Fire Umbra Alice 1.1% 0
Slimes 1.1% 0
Water Astra Ranger 1.1% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 52.8% +4.6
Water Crux Mage 1.1% 2 2-0-0 100.0% 66.7% 75.1% +24.1
Water Crux Merlin 1.1% 0
Water Ravishing Mill 1.1% 0
Wind Alice 1.1% 0
Wind Byakko 1.1% 0
Wind Chess 1.1% 0
Wind Crux Assassin 1.1% 0
Wind Neos 1.1% 0
Wind Ravishing Mill 1.1% 1 0-1-0 0.0% 40.0% 43.1% -11.1
Wind Razorgale 1.1% 0
Wind Slice & Dice 1.1% 0
Wind Slimes 1.1% 0
Wind Tera Diao Chan 1.1% 0
Wind Umbra Ranger 1.1% 1 1-0-0 100.0% 60.0% 54.5% +7.2
Decklists · 5 from this event

The 5 public Water Genbu 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 14 cards with non-zero signal (raw numbers, including 14 held back from the grid above)
Card Edge In winner In loser Same Direction
Song of Frost -1.00 0 1 0
Frozen Dismissal +1.00 1 0 0
Yuan Shao, Crown General -1.00 0 1 0
Throne-Keeper Bullfrog -1.00 0 1 0
Gentle Respite +1.00 1 0 0
Regal Inquisition -1.00 0 1 0
Orb of Sealing +1.00 1 0 0
Unbroken Mustang +1.00 1 0 0
Staggering Strike +1.00 1 0 0
Stolen Chance +1.00 1 0 0
Pelagic Fatestone -1.00 0 1 0
Expel the Departed -1.00 0 1 0
Blanche, Sheltering Saint -1.00 0 1 0
Tariff Ring -1.00 0 1 0

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