Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love

Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love (with Nebular Aristocrat and Ephial) is the 8th deck with an advanced collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier C); with these talents it is B at Bronze · Silver and B at Gold · Crystal. Midrange deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 7.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeNatureLight
CTier65.2% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendCGold · CrystalBBronze · SilverB

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.

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

  1. Dazzling BreathabilityDeck core
  2. Call of the ForestabilityDeck core
  3. toxDeck core

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

  1. WisdomabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  3. Free slotT8
    to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

  1. Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
  2. Free slot
    to buy
  3. Free slot
    to buy

Ephial

Light · Legendary

  1. Astral TackleabilityDeck core
  2. Planet HealabilityDeck core
  3. Replace : ResetT2
    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.

4 shop openings376 Spamtons generated+30.1% 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

  1. T2Luck 2 · 65 SpamtonsGraveyard
  2. T4Luck 4 · 184 Spamtonsskip
  3. T6Luck 6 · 257 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 376 SpamtonsNatureheart
T2

Graveyard

Ephial · Common

Replace : Reset

+14.5%
T8

Natureheart

Thorn of Love · Epic

+15.6%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +1.4% → +3.5%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Bomba · Waterheart · Shadowheart · Fireheart · Lightheart · Earthheart · Erosion · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Multiplier · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Punching Bag · Temporality

Theoretical score11,782
Estimated elimination7.1 turns
Effective HP4,566
Healing341
Spamtons / turn31

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 +3.5% · 9.1 turnsSecond -3.5% · 9.8 turns

Strengths

  • 2 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 7.1 turns.
  • 341 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 10.5 turns.
  • Relies on Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
  3. Turn 6: damage peak (781).
  4. Turn 8: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

This card returns to 100% of its max HP if its attack defeats an enemy card.

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

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

Recommended

Transition

Nebular Aristocrat

When this card is permanently killed, it comes back to life with the "Random Metamorph" passive.

Recommended

Cavalry

Ephial

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

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+14 Earth, +14 Nature, +14 Light); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 69% of the damage; Dazzling Breath (Sky Dragon): 21% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.1 turns.

Survival

341 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 4,566 effective HP at the start.

The gameplanTheoretical analysis

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

01Turn 10 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
02Turn 20 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 30 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
04Turn 4546 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
354 damageNature +4
Ephial
Astral TackleEphial
96 damage
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
96 damage
05Turn 5564 damage
Ephial
Planet HealEphial
+509
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
455 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
109 damage
06Turn 6615 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
478 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
137 damage
07Turn 7530 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
379 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
151 damage
08Turn 8148 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Ephial
Astral TackleEphial
148 damage
09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.