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DECK BREAKDOWN

Royal Hogs Cycle

Archetype
Cycle
Average elixir
2.9
Win conditions
Royal Hogs

What this deck is

Royal Hogs Cycle is a cycle shell built around Royal Hogs. It sits at 2.9 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.

  • Cycle pressure — the same cheap threat returns faster than the answer.
  • Split-lane — both lanes threatened at once to stretch defensive elixir.
  • Spell bait — layered cheap threats that punish a spent small spell.

Where it breaks

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

  • Swarm-reliant defence: area damage clears the blockers this deck leans on.
  • Thin anti-air: air win conditions get value before an answer lands.
  • 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.

  • Mother Witch

    Answers Royal Hogs, Bats · hits the win condition

  • Executioner

    Answers Royal Hogs, Bats · hits the win condition

  • Royal Delivery

    Answers Royal Hogs, Bats · hits the win condition

  • Zap

    Answers Bats, Skeletons

  • Baby Dragon

    Answers Royal Hogs, Bats · hits the win condition

  • Bomb Tower

    Answers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition

  • Giant Snowball

    Answers Bats, Skeletons

  • Valkyrie

    Answers Royal Hogs · 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

  • Goblin Barrel BaitBait
  • Golem BeatdownBeatdown
  • Goblin Barrel BaitBait
  • Hog Rider MidrangeMidrange

Struggles against

  • Lava Hound LavaloonLavaloon
  • Balloon ControlControl
  • Lava Hound Air beatdownAir beatdown
  • Miner 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.

  • Ultimate Champion0.10% of play · #205 most played

Similar decks

  • Royal Hogs Cycle6/8 cards shared

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 Royal Hogs Cycle?
Mother Witch, Executioner, Royal Delivery are the strongest answers — the interactions that take away the most of this deck's plan.
What archetype is Royal Hogs Cycle?
It is a cycle deck at 2.9 average elixir, winning through Royal Hogs.
Is Royal Hogs Cycle good for ladder?
It appears in the most-played panel of Ultimate Champion, 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 3ab3d279e96c8aed, built Jul 29, 2026.