Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love

Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love (with Nebular Aristocrat and Wander Blades) is in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend, tier C (19th of 40); with these talents it is B at Bronze · Silver. Aggro deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 6.6 turns; first Tox to aim for: Natureheart on turn 2.

AccessibleAggro / burstNatureLight
CTier67.7% · Relative indexv1.23

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

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.

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

  1. Replace : Dazzling BreathT2
    to buy
  2. Call of the ForestabilityDeck core
  3. toxDeck core

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

  1. WisdomabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT4
    to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

  1. Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
  2. Free slotT6
    to buy
  3. Free slot
    to buy

Wander Blades

Shadow · Rare

  1. toxDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  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.

3 shop openings321 Spamtons generated+28% 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 4 · 71 SpamtonsNatureheart
  2. T4Luck 8 · 196 SpamtonsNatureheart
  3. T6Luck 10 · 295 SpamtonsBerserk
T2

Natureheart

Sky Dragon · Rare

Replace : Dazzling Breath (ability)

+8.1%
T4

Natureheart

Thorn of Love · Epic

+15.8%
T6

Berserk

Nebular Aristocrat · Rare

+4.1%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.6% → +0.3%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Brutal · Waterheart · Shadowheart · Fireheart · Earthheart · Heart Resistance · Vanish · Erosion · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity · Vampirism · Avenger

Theoretical score12,079
Estimated elimination6.6 turns
Effective HP2,692
Healing203
Spamtons / turn34

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% · 8.5 turnsSecond +5.1% · 7.4 turns

Strengths

  • 2 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 6.6 turns.
  • 203 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 10.5 turns.
  • Relies on Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
  2. Turn 5: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
  3. Turn 6: damage peak (1,218).
  4. Turn 7: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

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

Cavalry

Wander Blades

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

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+14 Earth, +14 Nature, +14 Light); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 75% of the damage; Dazzling Breath (Sky Dragon): 25% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 6.6 turns.

Survival

203 healing over the game. 2,692 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
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
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 4450 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
354 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
96 damage
05Turn 5671 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
536 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
135 damage
06Turn 61,055 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
824 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
231 damage
07Turn 7877 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
568 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
309 damage
08Turn 8Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.