I'm a balanced card guys chill.

I still remember how I jokingly made a phoenix mirror cycle deck on launch just to follow b-rad teachings, and I quite literally won a Grand Challenge 12-0 first try and was horrified

The most **broken** card in CR is the credit card.

Phoenix egg that survives the tower is just something else

One card I absolutely missed here is the Executioner. I can't remember when, but at one point it was basically a mini pekka with splash damadge, could one hit a minion with the first hit and two shot basically every range card in the game

Phoenix was so broken it’s comical lmao. If you do the math, at an 80% use rate (64% of matches would be phoenix users vs phoenix users, 4% non-phoenix vs non-phoenix, and only 32% phoenix vs non-phoenix) that means that from the perspective of the phoenix user, 64/80 (80%) of your matches would be against other phoenix users and only 20% against non users. Since average win rate against other phoenix users is mathematically locked at 50%, this gives your win rate (x) against non-phoenix users as .54 = .2x + .8(.5). So x=.7 So by literally JUST putting phoenix in your deck, your win rate against non phoenix users was SEVENTY PERCENT The most skillful meta to ever exist

E-giant on release was absolutely insane.Reflecting ALL of the incoming damage was so wild

what if supercell had an April fools update where they made every card the strongest its ever been

I actually miss the Champion Meta. That meta felt so fresh and fun, even if it was all champion focused. Outisde of level 14, it was an awesome time for Clash Royale.

"98 percent of top 100 people were using zap" that remaining 2 mf: -my goals are beyond your understanding

It'd be fun to have a game mode where all the cards where reverted to their most powerful versions.

Can I just say that I love how you talk about card history. As someone whos been playing for a very long time, it’s absolutely cool remembering these cards again and moments with these cards

I love that this video mentions the month each card was at their broken peak. I remember some of these!! The royal recruit debacle, when the goblin drill was OP, and the E-Barbs still strike fear into my heart to this day! Man... feels good to be back into clash royale

Clash is truly a perfectly balanced game with no exploits

Pov the little prince ☠

t I think one more honorable mention should be the electro wizard on launch. His attack used to stun troops for way longer than it does now and it also reset Every cards attack animation, so cards like megaknight were locked in place because they couldnt attack. The stun was so long that 2 electrowizards could completely freeze other cards and the princess tower. The electro wizard could also stun 3 cards at once, so he was basically an ice wizard on steroids.

as a person whose deck involved NONE OF THESE CARDS EVER (i olayed the same deck for 4years now) this video makes me proud of myself

Love the great videos. Created a playlist with all of them in it so far and listening on repeat every day while I'm sleeping. Keep up the great work and keep em coming 🙏🏼👍🏼

Also, I want to see a history of any cards that existed back in the day like The Prince. I remember how annoying the card is when I was a newb back in 2016, but I can't stress enough just how I like the jingle when he charges.

Hey Gratz just wanted to say that I really enjoy the different types of videos you are releasing, keep up the good work dude!

Keep up the good work bro, I like this type of content!

should've definitely mentioned electro giant at least. Everyone remembers when its stun time was so long that at 1 hp it would be able to deal 5-6 hundred damage on the tower. Especially when paired with the mirror.

I've been waiting for this video, and you delivered perfectly.

another great video Gratz. keep up the quality work. like the change of topic :)

Even though I don't play CR anymore, these videos are always fun to watch. You do a fantastic job on them.

Executioner should've been top 3 I think. It used to "stun" units when released. Then got like a 300% damage increase, which broke the meta. I remember how annoying it was because the meta became super defense.

Never seen one of your videos before. This was absolutely well done.

Such high quality always, man

I find it crazy that the most popular cards in 2016 is no where to be seen nowadays, it also shows you how much clash royale has developed over the years. Proud to be a 2016 player 💪🏻🗿❤

With royal giant's 6,5 attack range you also could hit the enemy tower (with 1 down) without being hit by king and normal tower

Great video like always ❤

An another banger video from this masterpiece channel. Keep it up!

I love and watch all of your videos. You really fit the missing spot in the informative category of CR history.

Reworked witch is included in the list but you forgot executioner reworked in honourable mentions too

Great vid as always

great vids man!

I remember trying to get Nightwitch when she released. I was so happy when I unlocked her after some time and just ran her with mirror clone in 2v2. It was so much fun to just get 13901834973289 Bats on the arena

Bro you cant make a video like that without even losing a single word about the old executioner. It was so insane back then, definitely in the top 5 here.

been waiting for this one

was thinking about your channel this morning. best clash royale channel despite the game blowing ass rn

Tbh I feel like zap could’ve gone higher, considering it was THE quintessential card that everyone was using. It was a launch accessible, cheap common that could be upgraded easily, meaning people at all levels of play had access to it. I don’t think there will ever be a card that was truly as ubiquitous as old zap was.

No videos this month? Ur my favourite creator pls

Great video as always ❤❤❤❤

love the vids man could u do a history of freeze video love how it was when it didn't deal damage

Why why is it I watch you when I do homework because your voice is so soothing and just learning with Minecraft music is awesome

when a overpowered card released in the past: the new night witch, a strong evolution released todey: its strong like the pheoinx when it came out

Yes another Gratz video what a lovely day🎉

I love your music selection.

I am surprised the summer 2022 Electro giant and the Launch Executioner was not on the list.

Back when the game first came out, I played a Golem, Nightwitch deck with Zap and Mega Minion as support. I didnt understand how strong the cards were, I just really enjoyed the deck

Great vid, wich evolution would u put in this top 10? And where more or less?

Pre-Global spawners. Higher HP, they didn’t die naturally, spawned faster AND poison wasn’t in the game yet. Usage rates for spawner decks were upwards of 80%. It was a goddamn nightmare

Executioner not being here is criminal.

Evolution Firecracker

I watch every single one of this guys vids and i havent played clash royale in 5 years, the content is great keep up!

You put so much effort in your Videos. Best UKpostsr

wasnt executioner overpowered af at one point?

I remember getting my first legendary in 2016, all hyped up (back when legendarios where actually hard to unlock) and it turned out to be sparky… not a bad card right now (8-9% usage on challenges is average) but back then it was just a “hah I got a legendary” trophy which I wouldn’t actually ever use due to everyone having a zap prepared for it

Sometime between 2017 and 2019 can’t remember when freeze had its damage buff it was insanely OP

There was a moment when the rocket did 1000 DMG to the tower and was really broken, I think it was at the same time as the elixir pump that you mentioned

I genuinely was shocked the ebarbs were in honourable mention’s because I thought they would be in first place

History of pekka in clash Royale plz

Really great content

Actually the night witch is on the strong side right now. The most meta card that counters the night witch is firecracker, but night witch is usually seen in arrows fireball decks, so firecracker stops working. The night witch got a melee dps buff a long time ago which makes her very dangerous if she connects to a tank, not to mention her bats are still annoying. The most popular night witch deck is egolem night witch, where the night witch actually replaces the dragons since shes so good when the opponents dont have both air and ground splash that doesnt die to fireball arrows

Instead of nightwitch they should have named nightmare 😢

Bruh…

Great list Great work Gratz keep it up bro ❤ but I think E-giant must have included in the list

That was a great video 🎉

No miner?

I knew phoenix was going to be #1, but I was expected night witch and 2016 ebarbs to be 2/3. Surprised that ebarbs were only honorable mention

Wow bro you're a very impresive youtuber 100k subs and still manage to get more veiws than how much subs you have keep up the good work

I really thought the old royal delivery with knock back and more damage would’ve been on list. Also an honorable mention would definitely be when the heal spirit was basically the best card in the game.

Love the Hollow Knight Ost❤

Someday we’re going to talk about the firecracker in a new list

I love the quality increase of these videos 😁

Great video 👍🔝

Stopping kids from saying first

Bro Forgot the 1 elexir skeletons

Hey Gratz, when you feel like it, can you touch on the Lumberjack? I feel like he never was op or downright garbage and im curious to see your take on him. Great vids ma man and keep up the great work!

Another upload from the goat

Most broken card right now is little prince

No miners?

Can you do a video on the Helsinki tournament? Man that was nostalgic

Every time I remember the Witch and Night Witch, I cry a bit for what they have done to her. Yet, I still have her counterpart in CoC so it's fine.

nerf miner

*heheheha*

nice video. I would like a pekka bridge spam one!!

The way he said x-bow at 5:03 is truly amazing.

Bro talking so slow I have to watch 1.5x speed

I still don’t understand why a PIG rider has the very fast stat, when people complained about ebarbs they immediately backpedaled. “NERF THE HOG RIDER” “It’s easy to counter” -my response^ > I don’t wanna have to have .3-.7 seconds to defend against this stupid card THATS SCREAMS ITS STUPID FUCKING NAME, GOD JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT CARD MAKES ME WANNA JUMP OFF A BUILDING

i never got to abused the Night witch back then as when she first came out, surprisingly, she was the first ever challenge i won and unlocked her in that challenge but i never played her. I was giant skeleton user and i was very new, had no idea what i was doing. Night Witch is still my favorite card in the game. She is way stronger than phoenix, not by statics but if you look in the past. Phoenix was only used in like two decks, beatdown and Grave yard. Royal Recruits and Night witched splashed into every archetype, regardless of if the card didn't fit the design. like royal recuits in lava hound or golem, or night witch with xbow. i think cards are more broken if they fit in all archetypes than if they are broken in a few decks they work in. I think today, Night witch and Royal recruits would have usage of literally 90 to 95 usage easily if they were in their strongest states today.

Watching these vids just puts a smile on my face...good old days

I liked my own comment

You pick some good bg music in your vids

surprised executioner at launch with the animation reset glitch wasn't on the list, and four skeletons for one elixir too ok maybe not this one

Could you rank reworks? Or top 5 best reworks? It could be based on how different or creative the rework was

Can’t wait for the Royal Giant video

Didn’t see it mentioned but do y’all remember old executioner with old tornado? It was the most insane defensive combo ever

I want to see a lava hound vid to see if it got a buff or a nerf because that's one of my fav cards to this day

I had a good idea for a vid maybe where you talk about the world record history of clash(most troops, speedruns etc) could be an interesting vid