Sky Dragon + Herald of Ashes

Sky Dragon + Herald of Ashes (with Floral Zombie and Thorn of Love) is the 30th deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.28.1 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 Nature, estimated elimination in 7.7 turns; first Tox to aim for: Phoenix on turn 4.

AccessibleElemental rampNature
DTier40.3% · Relative indexv1.28.1

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.

Floral Zombie

Nature · Common

  1. Aquatic CurseabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. toxReplaceable

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

  1. WisdomabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT6
    to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Herald of Ashes

Fire · Common

  1. Dragon's BreathabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : SmokeT8
    to buy
  3. Replace : LuckyT4
    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 openings336 Spamtons generated+47.4% 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 3 · 61 Spamtonsskip
  2. T4Luck 6 · 126 SpamtonsPhoenix
  3. T6Luck 9 · 237 SpamtonsGraveyard
  4. T8Luck 12 · 336 SpamtonsReflection
T4

Phoenix

Herald of Ashes · Common

Replace : Lucky

+9.8%
T6

Graveyard

Thorn of Love · Epic

+28.9%
T8

Reflection

Herald of Ashes · Epic

Replace : Smoke

+8.6%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0% → +0.9%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Brutal · Camouflage · Shadowheart · Fireheart · Lightheart · Earthheart · Heart Resistance · Vitalheart · Erosion · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Multiplier · Optimisation · Poison · Punching Bag · Ancient Healing · Temporality · Tenacity · Vampirism · Avenger

Theoretical score9,025
Estimated elimination7.7 turns
Effective HP3,018
Healing396
Spamtons / turn29

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 +5.1% · 10 turnsSecond -5.1% · 10.4 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 7.7 turns.
  • 396 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 11.9 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Fire: elimination in 9.5 turns.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
  2. Turn 6: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
  3. Turn 8: damage peak (1,433).
  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

Transition

Floral Zombie

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

Focus

Herald of Ashes

At the start of each turn, this card has a 25% chance to gain Taunt.

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+10 Earth, +10 Nature, +10 Light); Herald of Ashes (+10 Fire, +10 Nature); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 57% of the damage; Aquatic Curse (Floral Zombie): 30% of the damage. 3,040 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.7 turns.

Survival

396 healing over the game. 3,018 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
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 390 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Herald of Ashes
Dragon's BreathHerald of Ashes
90 damageFire +5 · Nature +5
04Turn 4435 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
364 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
71 damage
05Turn 50 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
06Turn 6697 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
469 damageNature +4
Herald of Ashes
Dragon's BreathHerald of Ashes
148 damageFire +5 · Nature +5
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
80 damage
07Turn 7445 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
445 damageNature +4
08Turn 81,433 damage
Floral Zombie
Aquatic CurseFloral Zombie
936 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
497 damageNature +4
09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.