Match Prediction: Wildcard - Tundra Esports | Dota 2

Welcome to all esports and Dota 2 fans! From June 21 to June 29, 2025, one of the biggest LAN tournaments of the summer — PGL Wallachia Season 5 — is taking place. Sixteen teams will compete for the championship title and a $1,000,000 prize pool. At the moment, all matches have been played except for the 2-2 bracket, where teams will battle to either advance to the playoffs or be eliminated from the tournament. In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at one of these crucial matchups — Wildcard vs Tundra Esports. While the teams are preparing for the game, we’ll try to determine the likely winner and provide betting tips.

Wildcard form

Let’s begin our Dota 2 betting tips with an analysis of Wildcard form. Wildcard is a relatively new name on the professional Dota 2 scene. They first made a statement in 2022 but unexpectedly disappeared in 2023. In January 2025, they returned to Dota 2 by signing the Apex Genesis roster. So let’s take a look at how the North American team is performing this season.

Wildcard roster: Yamsun, RCY, Fayde, Bignum, Speeed

Wildcard began 2025 with regional qualifiers, and quite successfully. The team finished 2nd at both DreamLeague Season 25: North America Closed Qualifier and ESL One Raleigh 2025: North America Closed Qualifier. Most importantly, they won the PGL Wallachia Season 3: North America Closed Qualifier, which earned them a spot at the tournament.

Their first Tier-1 event was FISSURE PLAYGROUND 1, where they did not perform well, finishing 12th-14th. After that, Wildcard competed at PGL Wallachia Season 3, where they managed only one victory—against OG—and again placed 12th-14th.

The team then played in a number of other qualifiers, with their biggest achievement being a win at The International 2025: North America Closed Qualifier, securing a spot at the year’s most prestigious Dota 2 tournament.

Wildcard also took part in CCT Season 2 Series 1, where they finished in 3rd place.

At PGL Wallachia Season 5, Wildcard are showing a decent level of play. In the first round, the team faced Team Spirit and surprisingly put up a strong fight but lost 1-2. In the second round, Wildcard won an equally exciting match against HEROIC with a score of 2-1. In the third round, they lost 0-2 to Tidebound, but in the fourth round, they unexpectedly defeated OG 2-0. Wildcard are showing solid progress and have a real chance to make it to the playoffs.

Most popular Wildcard heroes

Here are Wildcard’s most-picked and highest winrate heroes in 2025:

• Magnus – 25 games – 64% win rate
• Batrider – 24 games – 58.33% win rate
• Pangolier – 23 games – 52.17% win rate
• Puck – 21 games – 66.67% win rate
• Chen – 21 games – 85.71% win rate

As you can see, Wildcard follows general hero meta trends but also has some original strategies that work well for them.

Tundra Esports form

Let’s continue our Dota 2 betting tips with an analysis of Tundra Esports form. Tundra Esports form. This team is one of the strongest in Europe and almost always finishes among the top contenders. In this match, Tundra Esports enters as the clear favorite. As usual, let’s begin with a recap of their performance starting in 2023.

Tundra Esports began the year by placing 3rd at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, which qualified them for The Lima Major 2023. However, they failed to make a deep run there, finishing in the top 12.

Their form improved during the second DPC tour, where they once again showed strong performance and finished 2nd. This also carried over to the international stage — at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, the reigning TI champions finished in the top 6.

In the third DPC tour, Tundra reclaimed the top spot and finally secured a tournament victory.

They later played at DreamLeague Season 20, but lacked the motivation to win and exited during the first group stage, finishing 9th–10th.

At Bali Major 2023, Tundra had to make a roster change as Saksa stepped down due to illness. Nevertheless, they managed to place in the top 3.

In Riyadh, Tundra once again relied on Aui_2000 as a stand-in. With him, they made it through the group stage and survived round-robin tiebreakers.

Despite these efforts, they failed to impress at The International 2023, finishing in the top 16. They followed up with a top-7 finish at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023.

Tundra Esports roster: Cristallis, bzm, 33, Saksa, Whitemon.

The year 2024 turned out to be significantly better for Tundra Esports, as the team played in various qualifiers throughout the first half of the year. The European club finished in the top 10 at DreamLeague Season 22 and in the top 8 at the Elite League.

Tundra's partial resurgence came at ESL One Birmingham 2024, where the team managed to place in the top 3. The peak of their 2024 season was Riyadh Masters, where they secured 4th place, and The International 2024, where Tundra reached the top 3 and came close to qualifying for the Grand Final. Later, with an updated roster, they again placed in the top 3 at PGL Wallachia Season 2.

At DreamLeague Season 24, Tundra Esports tested their new lineup, which performed well and finished in the top 5. After that, they competed at BLAST Slam 1, where they finished as runners-up. It became evident that the team had finally found the strategies they were looking for.

In the 2025 season, Tundra Esports demonstrates an even higher level. First, the team qualified for DL S25 and then won the qualification for ESL One Raleigh 2025: WEU. This was followed by the championship title at Fissure PLAYGROUND #1 and BLAST Slam II.

At DreamLeague Season 25 and PGL Wallachia Season 3, the team took 2nd place. At Esl One Raligh 2025 and PGL Wallachia Season 4, the team lost a little ground and took 3rd place, but at BLAST Slam III they rose to the top again and won.

At PGL Wallachia Season 5, Tundra Esports were expected to show confident play and easily advance to the playoffs, but things didn’t go entirely as planned. In the first round, Tundra unexpectedly lost to Xtreme Gaming 1-2. In the second round, they secured a 2-0 victory over AVULUS, followed by an easy 2-0 win in the third round. Tundra Esports needed just one more win, but in the fourth round, they lost 0-2 to Aurora. As a result, they will now face Wildcard in a decisive match.

Most popular Tundra Esports heroes

Here are the most picked and highest winrate heroes for Tundra Esports in 2025:

• Beastmaster – 44 games – 72.73% winrate
• Invoker – 29 games – 72.41%
• Phantom Assassin – 27 games – 74.07%
• Tusk – 26 games – 73.08%
• Phoenix – 23 games – 78.26%

As you can see, the team has excellent winrates on many heroes, which reflects their overall strength. It’s also worth noting how well Tundra performs during the early stages of matches.

Wildcard vs Tundra Esports Head-to-Head History

The teams played each other once and Tundra Esports won with a score of 2-0. At PGL Wallachia Season 5, the match should be very interesting, as it will decide the slot in the playoffs and the tournament in general.

Predicted result of the match Wildcard vs Tundra Esports at PGL Wallachia Season 5

Most analysts and bookmakers view Tundra Esports as the clear favorite in their match against Wildcard at PGL Wallachia Season 5 — and that’s understandable, considering their results this year. However, we wouldn’t write Wildcard off so quickly. Despite being seen as one of the tournament’s underdogs at the start, they’ve already claimed two wins and still have a real chance of reaching the playoffs. In our opinion, Tundra Esports will take the victory in this match. Who will you be rooting for?

Result: Tundra Esports win.