Best Firecracker Card Evolution Decks

Clash Royale’s Card Evolution update has indeed changed the meta in the game, and we are just at the beginning of this huge overhaul. While only four cards have received this new feature so far, many players are looking for new powerful decks based on units with active evolution.

Clash Royale: All Card Evolutions, Ranked

What should you do with those Evolution Shards?

However, Firecracker seems to be one of the new favorite available options in the update. Regarding the fact that the card itself was moderately powerful, the recently added evolved version makes it an absolute beast on the battlefield when used in the right deck.

Updated by Mehrdad Khayyat on April 19, 2024: Replaced two entries to meet the current meta in Clash Royale.

5 Go Big Or Go Home

Best Deck For Surprise Counter-Attacks

Firecracker (Elixir 3)
Skeleton Giant (Elixir 6)
Freeze (Elixir 4)
Tesla Tower (Elixir 4)
The Log (Elixir 3)
Magic Archer (Elixir 4)
Bomber (Elixir 2)
Valkyrie (Elixir 4)
Average Elixir Cost: 3.8

First things first, you should stop worrying about your crown towers getting damaged when using this deck. It doesn’t have a brilliant defense, which means your crown towers will take some damage every time you block an attack, but you need to use that as an advantage for your next push.

The goal of this deck is to get your Skeleton Giant next to the opponent’s crown tower, so after he dies, the bomb that he leaves will drop next to the tower, dealing a huge amount of damage. Freeze will help you a lot to do this job correctly, while getting support from Magic Archer or Firecracker is necessary to quickly deal with any possible spam or structures.

4 The Spammers’ Way

Most Economical Deck

Firecracker (Elixir 3)
Freeze (Elixir 4)
Mini Pekka (Elixir 4)
Cannon (Elixir 3)
Goblin Gang (Elixir 3)
Skeleton Army (Elixir 3)
Zap (Elixir 2)
Knight (Elixir 3)
Average Elixir Cost: 3.1

You may underestimate this deck at first glance, as at least three of its cards can be destroyed using Arrows, but that’s not how things always work. A good placement of troops is the key to avoiding losing all of them when a single spell deploys on the battlefield.

This deck is quite powerful in denying any form of giant that ever attempts to rush to your side. Just distract them with Cannon or Knight and then surround them with Goblin Gang or Skeleton Army. This strategy will also give you an Elixir advantage in most cases, as your troops will likely survive the fight. Firecracker is an incredible support for your main rushes, which is supposed to be done by Mini Pekka, while Freeze will open up the path for the little swordsman to crush the opponent’s crown towers.

3 Patient Warriors

Best Decks For Double-Elixir Phase

Firecracker (Elixir 3)
Valkyrie (Elixir 4)
Elixir Collector (Elixir 6)
Golden Knight (Elixir 4)
Wizard (Elixir 5)
Ice Spirit (Elixir 1)
Skeleton Dragons (Elixir 4)
Goblin Barrel (Elixir 3)
Average Elixir Cost: 3.8

Not many Clash Royale players are patient enough to spend over half of the match defending their towers and save their push for the Double Elixir phase. However, such patience might just pay off in a big way. Built around the underrated power of Elixir Collector, this deck can turn you into a troop deployment machine in the Double Elixir phase.

Basically, you need to be quite economical with your deployment choices in the first half of the match, so that you can build Elixir Collectors one after another. You don’t need to be too careful about your crown towers, as they will make you much stronger gradually, but once the Double Elixir phase begins, you can begin your push with Golden Knight and Valkyrie in the front. While they absorb all damages, Goblin Barrel can secretly deal tons of damage to the crown towers. Of course, you are going to need Firecracker to support the pushing duo.

2 In The Name Of Prince

Most Powerful Deck Against Ground-Based Targets

Firecracker (Elixir 3)
Mini Pekka (Elixir 4)
Bandit (Elixir 3)
Prince (Elixir 5)
Poison (Elixir 4)
Dart Goblin (Elixir 3)
Electro Wizard (Elixir 4)
Lumberjack (Elixir 4)
Average Elixir Cost: 3.8

Need a heavy ground push? This deck gathers around a bunch of crushing forces that will tear apart the crown towers in a blink of an eye if you support them with perfect timing. There is no doubt that even a single hit from Prince or Mini Pekka deals a lot of damage to crown towers, but we all know they are both pretty vulnerable against spam units and distractions. Well, that’s why we have Poison and Firecracker.

When you are about to begin your push with Prince and Mini Pekka, you have two different options: First, deploy Lumberjack and let him lead the way until the crown tower, and then deploy Prince and Mini Pekka on the bridge and try to support them with Firecracker as soon as possible. Your second option, however, is to deploy the crushing duo a bit further from the bridge — once they are close enough, cover the area between the bridge and the opponent’s crown tower with Poison.

1 The Electric Push

Most Balanced Deck In Attack And Defense

Firecracker (Elixir 3)
Electro Giant (Elixir 7)
Battle Healer (Elixir 4)
Flying Machine (Elixir 4)
Furnace (Elixir 4)
Knight (Elixir 3)
Tesla Tower (Elixir 4)
Ice Spirit (Elixir 1)
Average Elixir Cost: 3.8

Battle Healer is one of the cards that Clash Royale players rarely use, but maybe that’s because it’s a bit difficult to find a deck where she can provide help to other units and receive support from them equally. Well, this is one of those rare decks that benefit from Battle Healer’s exceptional ability to regenerate health for herself and every other unit standing close to her.

As you can guess, it is quite difficult for Battle Healer to keep medium-health troops alive for longer than a couple more seconds, but when it comes to die-hard troops like Electro Giant, Battle Healer can turn the tides in a blink of an eye. So, the idea is you couple Battle Healer and Electro Wizard on the bridge, and deploy Firecracker behind them as support. Ice Spirit is also quite crucial to help Battle Healer deal with enemies and buildings much faster.