Canine Specter + Aleera

Canine Specter + Aleera (with Floral Giraffe and Paguroniyx) is the 4th deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier A); with these talents it is S at Bronze · Silver and S at Gold · Crystal. Midrange deck in Shadow, estimated elimination in 7.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

AccessibleMidrangeShadow
ATier84.6% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendAGold · CrystalSBronze · SilverS

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.

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Shadow · Common

  1. Word-ChewabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : Punching BagT8
    to buy
  3. toxReplaceable

Floral Giraffe

Nature · Rare

  1. Sylvan RebirthabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : Punching BagT4
    to buy
  3. Free slotT2
    to buy

Paguroniyx

Shadow · Common

  1. BurrowabilityDeck core
  2. Venomous ShearsabilityReplaceable
  3. toxReplaceable

Canine Specter

Shadow · Common

  1. Bang-BoomabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  3. toxReplaceable

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 openings252 Spamtons generated+22.6% 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 · 57 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 118 SpamtonsBerserk
  3. T6Luck 6 · 183 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 252 SpamtonsBerserk
T2

Berserk

Floral Giraffe · Common

+7.3%
T4

Berserk

Floral Giraffe · Rare

Replace : Punching Bag

+8.8%
T8

Berserk

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Epic

Replace : Punching Bag

+6.5%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +3.3% → +0.5%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Waterheart · Fireheart · Natureheart · Earthheart · Smoke · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Revenge · Tenacity

Theoretical score14,014
Estimated elimination7.1 turns
Effective HP4,792
Healing0
Spamtons / turn27

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 -2.5% · 7.2 turnsSecond +2.5% · 6.6 turns

Strengths

  • Eliminates the opponent in 7.1 turns.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 9.3 turns.
  • No healing.
  • Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

How the game goes

  1. Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
  2. Turn 6: damage peak (1,459).
  3. 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

Resilience

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

While this card's HP is below 50%, its elemental resistances increase by (+25%).

Recommended

Cavalry

Floral Giraffe

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

Recommended

Multi Start

Paguroniyx

Gain (+3) in each element.

Recommended

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
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

No ability generates bonuses: the deck relies on its talents and starting Tox.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 76% of the damage; Bang-Boom (Canine Specter): 18% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.1 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 4,792 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 1Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

02Turn 2468 damage
Floral Giraffe
Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
268 damage
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
145 damage
Paguroniyx
Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx
55 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 3Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

04Turn 4943 damage
Paguroniyx
BurrowPaguroniyx
Floral Giraffe
Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
662 damage
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
205 damage
Paguroniyx
Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx
76 damage
05Turn 5Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

06Turn 61,458 damage
Floral Giraffe
Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
1,086 damage
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
274 damage
Paguroniyx
Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx
98 damage
07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8678 damage
Paguroniyx
BurrowPaguroniyx
Floral Giraffe
Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
678 damage
09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.