Canine Specter + Sky Dragon

Canine Specter + Sky Dragon (with Aidan and Thorn of Love) is the 33rd deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier D) and keeps that tier in all three ranks with these talents. Elemental ramp deck across 3 elements, estimated elimination in 8.8 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

AccessibleElemental rampNatureLight
DTier30.9% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendDGold · CrystalDBronze · SilverD

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.

Aidan

Fire · Common

  1. LucksterabilityDeck core
  2. Pay-torchabilityDeck core
  3. Replace : VanishT4
    to buy

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

  1. WisdomabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT2
    to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Canine Specter

Shadow · Common

  1. Bang-BoomabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  3. Replace : LightheartT8
    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 openings384 Spamtons generated+65.5% 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 SpamtonsNatureheart
  3. T6Luck 6 · 241 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 352 SpamtonsLightheart
T2

Graveyard

Thorn of Love · Common

+13.6%
T4

Natureheart

Aidan · Rare

Replace : Vanish

+16%
T8

Lightheart

Canine Specter · Epic

Replace : Lightheart

+35.9%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +1.1% → +0.4%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Brutal · Waterheart · Earthheart · Heart Resistance · Vanish · Erosion · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Multiplier · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Punching Bag · Temporality · Vampirism · Avenger

Theoretical score7,289
Estimated elimination8.8 turns
Effective HP3,157
Healing540
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 +3.1% · 11.5 turnsSecond -3.1% · 12.4 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 8.8 turns.
  • 540 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 12.5 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 12.5 turns.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Aidan).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
  3. Turn 8: damage peak (920).
  4. Turn 9: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

Transition

Aidan

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

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

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

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

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

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

Aidan (+90 random); Thorn of Love (+8 Earth, +8 Nature, +8 Light); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 47% of the damage; Bang-Boom (Canine Specter): 35% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.8 turns.

Survival

540 healing over the game. 3,157 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
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
02Turn 2131 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
131 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 30 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
04Turn 4629 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
331 damageNature +4
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
188 damage
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
110 damage
05Turn 5521 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
400 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
121 damage
06Turn 6265 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
265 damage
07Turn 7114 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Aidan
Pay-torchAidan
114 damage
08Turn 8921 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
391 damageNature +4
Canine Specter
Bang-BoomCanine Specter
373 damage
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
157 damage
09Turn 9148 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
148 damageNature +4
10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.