Thorn of Love + Nebular Aristocrat

Thorn of Love + Nebular Aristocrat (with Commando Gerz and Sky Dragon) is the 15th deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier C); with these talents it is A at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck across 3 elements, estimated elimination in 9.6 turns; first Tox to aim for: Ancient Healing on turn 2.

AccessibleElemental rampLightEarth
CTier66.7% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendCGold · CrystalCBronze · 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.

Commando Gerz

Earth · Rare

  1. CigarillosabilityDeck core
  2. Final DelightabilityDeck 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 slotT6
    to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

  1. Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
  2. Free slotT2
    to buy
  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.

5 shop openings428 Spamtons generated+15.4% 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 2 · 49 SpamtonsAncient Healing
  2. T4Luck 4 · 152 SpamtonsPhoenix
  3. T6Luck 6 · 251 SpamtonsHeart Resistance
  4. T8Luck 8 · 343 Spamtonsskip
  5. T10Luck 10 · 428 Spamtonsskip
T2

Ancient Healing

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+6.2%
T4

Phoenix

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+6.6%
T6

Heart Resistance

Thorn of Love · Rare

+2.7%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +5.4% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Brutal · Waterheart · Shadowheart · Fireheart · Vanish · Erosion · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Multiplier · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Temporality · Vampirism

Theoretical score11,676
Estimated elimination9.6 turns
Effective HP4,833
Healing0
Spamtons / turn23

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 -3.4% · 9.3 turnsSecond +3.4% · 8.6 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 9.6 turns.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 9.8 turns.
  • No healing.

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 10: damage peak (893).
  4. Turn 10: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

Soul Vitality

Commando Gerz

Whenever a card on the field dies, this card's HP and max HP increase by (+200)

Recommended

Last Breath

Sky Dragon

Applies Temporality to all your cards when this card dies

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 (+10 Earth, +10 Nature, +10 Light); Commando Gerz (+15 Earth, +15 Light); Sky Dragon (+12 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 52% of the damage; Final Delight (Commando Gerz): 28% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.6 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 4,833 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 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
Commando Gerz
CigarillosCommando Gerz
Earth +3 · Light +3
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 4605 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Commando Gerz
CigarillosCommando Gerz
Earth +3 · Light +3
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
444 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
161 damage
05Turn 50 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
06Turn 6883 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Commando Gerz
CigarillosCommando Gerz
Earth +3 · Light +3
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
657 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
226 damage
07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8830 damage
Commando Gerz
CigarillosCommando Gerz
Earth +3 · Light +3
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
575 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
255 damage
09Turn 9Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

10Turn 10893 damage
Commando Gerz
CigarillosCommando Gerz
Earth +3 · Light +3
Commando Gerz
Final DelightCommando Gerz
893 damage