Canine Specter + Thorn of Love

Canine Specter + Thorn of Love (with Ameru and Squall) is the 22nd deck with an intermediate collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier D); with these talents it is C at Bronze · Silver and C at Gold · Crystal. Elemental ramp deck in Light and Shadow, estimated elimination in 9.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Reflection on turn 2.

IntermediateElemental rampLightShadow

DTier48.7% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendDGold · CrystalCBronze · SilverC

Ideal setup: the abilities to keep and the Tox to aim for, slot by slot. You don’t need them all: the purchase plan gives the priority order.

Canine Specter

Shadow · Common

Bang-BoomabilityDeck core
Replace : ShadowheartT8
to buy
Replace : LightheartT10
to buy

Ameru

Light · Rare

Smoky DreamabilityDeck core
Replace : SmokeT4
to buy
toxReplaceable

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

WisdomabilityDeck core
toxReplaceable
Free slotT2
to buy

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Shadow · Rare

Cosmic FlamesabilityDeck core
Cosmic LightabilityDeck core
Replace : BerserkT6
to buy

Tox priorities

The advised buying order, opening by opening, and the slot for each Tox. Draws stay random and high rarities come late. “Deck core” lines are only replaced by the same Tox in a better rarity.

5 shop openings457 Spamtons generated+60.7% Plan potential

Shop openings

At each opening: the odds of each rarity given the deck’s Luck on that turn, the Spamtons generated so far, and the advised purchase. One purchase per opening.

CommonRareEpicLegendary

T2
100 %
Luck 2 · 79 SpamtonsReflection
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 212 SpamtonsGraveyard
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 283 SpamtonsBerserk
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 408 SpamtonsShadowheart
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 457 SpamtonsLightheart

Reflection

Thorn of Love · Common

+8.4%

Graveyard

Ameru · Rare

Replace : Smoke

+21%

Berserk

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares · Rare

Replace : Berserk

+4.7%

Shadowheart

Canine Specter · Epic

Replace : Shadowheart

+22.2%

T10

Lightheart

Canine Specter · Epic

Replace : Lightheart

+4.5%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +2.9% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Brutal · Waterheart · Natureheart · Earthheart · Erosion · Smoke · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Multiplier · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Temporality

Theoretical score9,891

Estimated elimination9.1 turns

Effective HP4,145

Healing0

Spamtons / turn38

Opponent profiles

Score averaged over nine theoretical opponents, as no real meta can be observed: neutral, fragile, tank and six decks resisting one element, each played first and second. Score gap against the neutral profile, the one used for the displayed gameplan.

Play orderFirst +4.3% · 9.7 turnsSecond -4.3% · 10.5 turns

Fragile deck+23.3%7.7 turns · strength
Tank deck-32.8%13.3 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-3.8%9.8 turns
Resists Water-4.4%9.8 turns
Resists Earth0%9.4 turns
Resists Nature0%9.4 turns
Resists Shadow-17.1%11 turns · weakness
Resists Light-19.9%11.3 turns · weakness

Strengths

3 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 9.1 turns.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 11.3 turns.
Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 11 turns.
No healing.

How the game goes

Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
Turn 4: first big hit, Bang-Boom (Canine Specter).
Turn 6: damage peak (887).
Turn 10: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

0% = average random deck. 100% = best deck found. This score is not a win rate.

Understanding the scores

Talents

One Man Army

Canine Specter

Each time another card on the field dies, the base damage and base healing of all this card's attacks increase by (+5).

Recommended

Cavalry

Ameru

Increases the max HP of all other allied cards by (+100)

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

Reduces the elemental resistances of all enemy cards by (-1%) per turn

Recommended

One Man Army

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Each time another card on the field dies, the base damage and base healing of all this card's attacks increase by (+5).

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+8 Earth, +8 Nature, +8 Light); Ameru (+8 Light, +8 Water, +8 Shadow); Squall, Emissary of Nightmares (+9 Light, +9 Fire). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Bang-Boom (Canine Specter): 45% of the damage; Cosmic Light (Squall, Emissary of Nightmares): 25% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.1 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 4,145 effective HP, the deck has to win before it wears down.

The gameplanTheoretical analysis

Turn by turn, what the engine plays with this deck. The first two turns are unfolded.

01Turn 10 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

02Turn 2117 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

117 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3224 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Smoky DreamAmeru

88 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

78 damageLight +3

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

58 damageFire +3

04Turn 4202 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

202 damage

05Turn 5Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

06Turn 6887 damage

Smoky DreamAmeru

157 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

351 damage

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

219 damageLight +3

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

160 damageFire +3

07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8329 damage

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

329 damage

09Turn 9767 damage

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

399 damageLight +3

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

368 damageFire +3

10Turn 10265 damage

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

265 damage