Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love

Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love (with Squall and Nebular Aristocrat) is part of the SPAM 1.28.1 tier list at Bronze · Silver; with these talents it is tier B at Celeste · Legend, A at Gold · Crystal and A at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 8.4 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

AccessibleElemental rampNatureLight
BTier71.5% · Relative indexv1.28.1

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendBGold · CrystalABronze · SilverA

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.

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Shadow · Rare

  1. Replace : Cosmic FlamesT8
    to buy
  2. Cosmic LightabilityDeck core
  3. toxReplaceable

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 slotT2
    to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

  1. Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT4
    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 openings364 Spamtons generated+26.9% 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 SpamtonsGraveyard
  2. T4Luck 4 · 168 SpamtonsPhoenix
  3. T6Luck 6 · 283 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 336 SpamtonsNatureheart
T2

Graveyard

Thorn of Love · Common

+14.1%
T4

Phoenix

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+9.6%
T8

Natureheart

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares · Epic

Replace : Cosmic Flames (ability)

+3.3%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +11.8% → +0.5%

Theoretical score13,004
Estimated elimination8.4 turns
Effective HP3,073
Healing243
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 -5.9% · 8.1 turnsSecond +5.9% · 6.9 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 8.4 turns.
  • 243 healing over the game.

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 9: 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

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 (+3).

Recommended

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
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+12 Earth, +12 Nature, +12 Light); Squall, Emissary of Nightmares (+12 Light, +8 Fire); Sky Dragon (+12 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 52% of the damage; Cosmic Light (Squall, Emissary of Nightmares): 21% of the damage. 3,040 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.4 turns.

Survival

243 healing over the game. 3,073 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 3136 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Squall, Emissary of Nightmares
Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares
76 damageLight +4
Squall, Emissary of Nightmares
Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares
60 damageFire +4
04Turn 4541 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
406 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
135 damage
05Turn 5668 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
519 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
149 damage
06Turn 6273 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Squall, Emissary of Nightmares
Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares
154 damageLight +4
Squall, Emissary of Nightmares
Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares
119 damageFire +4
07Turn 7583 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
367 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
216 damage
08Turn 80 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
09Turn 9306 damage
Squall, Emissary of Nightmares
Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares
306 damageLight +4
10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.