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Ezreal

Prodigal Explorer · Targeting spell tempo

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Ezreal draws cards after your spells or unit abilities choose enemy units or gear twice in a turn.

Live data · our tournament results, last 14 days

Where Ezreal Stands Right Now

Tier

A

Tempo

Meta share

3.4%

194 tracked decks

Top 8s

8

across 18 events

Match record

52.8%

235W – 210L

CN / West share

2.8% / 3.7%

3 / 5 top 8s

The engine

What Ezreal Rewards

Prodigal Explorer · printed ability

“: [Reaction] — Draw 1. Use only if you've chosen enemy units and/or gear twice this turn with spells or unit abilities.”

Ezreal rewards planning; the Legend ability helps you turn sequencing and card flow into better battlefield decisions.

How it plays

The Game Plan

Build around the exact threshold: choose enemy targets twice, then exhaust Ezreal as a Reaction to draw. The deck is at its best when every debuff, bounce, or removal spell both disrupts combat and advances the draw trigger.

Strengths

  • Repeatable card draw from targeting
  • Flexible enemy-unit disruption
  • Rewards sequencing multiple small effects

Watch Outs

  • Needs two enemy choices first
  • Weak when opponents present few targets
  • Misordered spells can miss the draw window

Turn by Turn

  1. 1Early: use low-cost targeting spells to slow attacks without spending Ezreal too soon.
  2. 2Midgame: line up the second enemy-targeting effect before the Reaction draw, then keep trading one card for more than one decision.
  3. 3Late: turn repeated draw triggers into enough answers to protect a scoring battlefield.

New to this Legend? Pick Ezreal if you enjoy counting targets and turning tiny interactive spells into a card-flow engine.

Know the field

Key Matchups

How Ezreal lines up against the decks that matter, based on results from our tournament database.

Tough

vs Aggressive value decks

The control build struggles to pressure decks that are both fast and full of value — he has to be the quicker one.

Favored

vs Anti-aggro shells

Cards that punish aggression barely affect him — he scores slower but never runs out of gas.

Proven lists · from our tournament database

What Winning Ezreal Looks Like

The full list below comes straight from a recent top-performing event run, runes and battlefields included. Use it as the reference build, then adjust for your collection.

FSW.雪诺

S3 Tianjin Regional Open · 2026-06-07 · 56 cards

Legend (1)

  • Ezreal, Prodigal Explorer1

Units (10)

  • Bewitching Spirit3
  • Fizz, Trickster3
  • Thousand-Tailed Watcher2
  • Ezreal, Prodigy1
  • Vex, Apathetic1

Spells (24)

  • Gust3
  • Stacked Deck3
  • Star-Crossed3
  • Stupefy3
  • Wages of Pain3
  • Arcane Shift2
  • Bellows Breath2
  • Turn to Dust2
  • Eclipse1
  • Hard Bargain1
  • Singularity1

Gear (6)

  • Pack of Wonders3
  • Treasure Trove3

Runes (12)

  • Chaos Rune7
  • Mind Rune5

Battlefields (3)

  • Aspirant's Climb1
  • Frozen Fortress1
  • Sigil of the Storm1

Also putting up results: 假如_if (S3 Tianjin Regional Open, 2026-06-07) and Megumin (S3 Tianjin Regional Open, 2026-06-07).

The Cards Doing the Work

Riftbound Gear: Treasure Trove. When this leaves the board, draw 1 and channel 1 rune exhausted. [C], [T]: Kill this.

Card advantage · 3x

Treasure Trove

“When this leaves the board, draw 1 and channel 1 rune exhausted. 1 Chaos Power,: Kill this.”

Riftbound Unit: Fizz, Trickster. When you play me, you may play a spell from your trash with Energy cost no more than [3], ignoring its Energy cost. Recycle that spell after you play it. (You must still pay its Power cost.)

Card advantage · 3x

Fizz, Trickster

“When you play me, you may play a spell from your trash with Energy cost no more than 3 Energy, ignoring its Energy cost. Recycle that spell after you play it. (You must still pay…”

Riftbound Spell: Stacked Deck. [Action] (Play on your turn or in showdowns.) Look at the top 3 cards of your Main Deck. Put 1 into your hand and recycle the rest.

Card advantage · 3x

Stacked Deck

“[Action] (Play on your turn or in showdowns.) Look at the top 3 cards of your Main Deck. Put 1 into your hand and recycle the rest.”

Your first build

How to Start Playing Ezreal

Ezreal has no preconstructed starter deck, so this is a singles build — start from the proven list above in the deck builder and trim toward the cards you own.