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DECK BREAKDOWN

Goblin Drill Control

Archetype
Control
Average elixir
3.6
Win conditions
Goblin Drill

What this deck is

Goblin Drill Control is a control shell built around Goblin Drill. It sits at 3.6 elixir, which sets how often you can repeat its pressure and how much you can afford to defend before answering back.

How it wins

The pressure this deck applies, strongest angle first.

    Where it breaks

    Structural weak points read off the deck's own shell, not off a single matchup.

    • One-dimensional: answer the single win condition and the deck runs out of plans.

    Cards that counter this deck

    Curated card interactions, ranked by how much of this deck's plan they take away. Counters on a win condition weigh heaviest.

    • Earthquake

      Answers Goblin Drill, Tesla · hits the win condition

    • Goblin Gang

      Answers Goblin Drill, Ronin · hits the win condition

    • Skeleton Army

      Answers Ronin, Mini P.E.K.K.A

    • Valkyrie

      Answers Goblin Drill · hits the win condition

    • Royal Delivery

      Answers Goblin Drill · hits the win condition

    • Mega Knight

      Answers Goblin Drill · hits the win condition

    • Bomb Tower

      Answers Goblin Drill · hits the win condition

    • Tornado

      Answers Goblin Drill · hits the win condition

    Matchups

    Structural read from the archetype engine: which side's game plan the other cannot answer. It measures shells, not card levels or piloting.

    Favoured into

    • Giant GraveyardGraveyard
    • Giant BeatdownBeatdown
    • Boss Bandit BaitBait
    • Ram Rider Bridge spamBridge spam

    Struggles against

    • X-Bow SiegeSiege
    • Royal Hogs Split laneSplit lane
    • Goblin Barrel BaitBait
    • Balloon Chip controlChip control

    Where this deck is played

    Brackets where this deck shows up in the most-played panel, with its usage share of that bracket.

    • 5,000–6,999 trophies0.59% of play · #10 most played

    Measure this deck against the live meta

    The Deck Lab scores it with the win-chance model, and can search single-card swaps that raise its win rate.

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    Questions about this deck

    What counters Goblin Drill Control?
    Earthquake, Goblin Gang, Skeleton Army are the strongest answers — the interactions that take away the most of this deck's plan.
    What archetype is Goblin Drill Control?
    It is a control deck at 3.6 average elixir, winning through Goblin Drill.
    Is Goblin Drill Control good for ladder?
    It appears in the most-played panel of 5,000–6,999 trophies, so it is a real ladder deck in those brackets rather than a theoretical build.

    Interaction data: patch July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass). Usage data: meta panel f0a3f6263140f39d:max-6000, built Aug 02, 2026.