Clash Royale: Best Mirror Decks

How to Play Mirror

Mirror is a really simple, yet complex card. How it works is the simple part. It simply copies the last card you played before you played the Mirror. For example, if you cast Fireball then play Mirror, it’ll copy Fireball. The only downside is that the elixir cost is one higher than the base card it’s copying. So Fireball would cost 5 elixir instead of 4 if I used a Mirror to play it.

The complex part is in building decks around it. Since it can effectively be any card you want, there are infinite options when choosing decks. Since the elixir cost will be higher, it’s often best not to try playing expensive cards with Mirror. While having multiple Mega Knights would be awesome, it would also probably lead to a game loss thanks to a single Hog Rider you can’t defend against. Instead, using it to copy cheap threats or defensive cards, you can force a fast-paced game and make sure you don’t get caught without your defense cards when you need them. That being said, there’s really no one right or wrong way to play Mirror since it’s so open-ended.

Skeleton Barrel + Mortar + Mirror

Cards:

• Skeleton Barrel (Evo)
• Mortar (Evo)
• Musketeer (Hero)
• Mirror
• Fireball
• Minions
• Skeletons
• Barbarian Barrel

One place where Mirror really excels is in pushing the pace. This deck features Skeleton Barrel and Mortar as the two evolutions, both of which are highly aggressive cards. Skeleton Barrel is an often-overlooked win con that can do a ton of tower damage if left undefended. The evolution essentially gives it some defense against spells, but if you don’t have it, I wouldn’t say it’s necessary. Mortar’s evolution adds a goblin to the shot, so it gains DPS this way. With how aggressive the evolutions are here, the overall deck follows suit. You have to play aggressively here, as Skeleton Barrel and Mortar both tend to chip away at towers, so you’ll need to spam them often.

For this deck’s defense, the main option is the hero Musketeer. Musketeer’s hero ability allows her to spawn a turret. This lets her counter tanks like Royal Giant which only target buildings, and also adds a ton of DPS to her defensive output. Fireball and Barbarian Barrel are two great spells that counter plenty of win cons, and then we have Minions and Skeletons as the cheap troop options.

When it comes to using Mirror in this deck, I’d recommend using it primarily for defense. Since this deck is mostly focused on aggression, having an easy way to guarantee that defensive cards like Minions and Fireball don’t get wasted is perfect. That being said, you could also use Mirror on either Skeleton Barrel or Mortar if you find a good time to do so. I do think that keeping Mirror as a defensive backup card is the best option most of the time, but it doesn’t have to be only used for that.