Canine Specter + Nebular Aristocrat

Canine Specter + Nebular Aristocrat (with Ephial and Lums) is the 18th deck with an advanced collection in the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier C) and keeps that tier in all three ranks with these talents. Midrange deck in Light and Shadow, estimated elimination in 9.6 turns; first Tox to aim for: Reflection on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeLightShadow

CTier58.1% · Relative indexv1.26

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendCGold · 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.

Canine Specter

Shadow · Common

Bang-BoomabilityDeck core
Replace : ShadowheartT6
to buy
toxReplaceable

Ephial

Light · Legendary

Astral TackleabilityDeck core
Planet HealabilityDeck core
Replace : ResetT8
to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Free slotT2
to buy

Lums

Light · Common

Silver WindabilityDeck core
LiftoffabilityDeck core
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 openings439 Spamtons generated+30.4% 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

T2
100 %
Luck 2 · 61 SpamtonsReflection
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 126 SpamtonsGraveyard
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 245 SpamtonsShadowheart
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 368 SpamtonsAvenger
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 439 Spamtonsskip

Reflection

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+9.8%

Graveyard

Lums · Rare

+10.4%

Shadowheart

Canine Specter · Rare

Replace : Shadowheart

+4.3%

Avenger

Ephial · Epic

Replace : Reset

+5.9%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +1.8% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Waterheart · Fireheart · Earthheart · Eternity · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Reset · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity

Theoretical score11,491

Estimated elimination9.6 turns

Effective HP5,204

Healing1,458

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 +1% · 10 turnsSecond -1% · 10.2 turns

Fragile deck+29.1%7.3 turns · strength
Tank deck-20.9%12.7 turns · weakness
Resists Fire0%10 turns
Resists Water0%10 turns
Resists Earth0%10 turns
Resists Nature0%10 turns
Resists Shadow-4.2%10.4 turns
Resists Light-5.2%10.5 turns · weakness

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 9.6 turns.
1,458 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 10.5 turns.
Only one generator: Lums.
Relies on Bang-Boom (Canine Specter).

How the game goes

Turn 2: first bonuses (Lums).
Turn 6: first big hit, Bang-Boom (Canine Specter).
Turn 8: damage peak (908).
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

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 (+3).

Recommended

Cavalry

Ephial

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

Recommended

Transition

Nebular Aristocrat

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

Recommended

Light Heart

Lums

Start the game with the "Lightheart" passive

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Lums (+12 Light, +12 Shadow). First bonuses on turn 2.

Damage

Bang-Boom (Canine Specter): 82% of the damage; Silver Wind (Lums): 10% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.6 turns.

Survival

1,458 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 5,204 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 1Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

02Turn 2186 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

Silver WindLums

45 damageLight +3 · Shadow +3

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

141 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

04Turn 4407 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

LiftoffLums

Astral TackleEphial

88 damage

Silver WindLums

61 damageLight +3 · Shadow +3

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

258 damage

05Turn 50 damage

Planet HealEphial

+739

06Turn 6481 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

402 damage

Silver WindLums

79 damageLight +3 · Shadow +3

07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8909 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

LiftoffLums

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

680 damage

Astral TackleEphial

134 damage

Silver WindLums

95 damageLight +3 · Shadow +3

09Turn 9Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

10Turn 10767 damage

Planet HealEphial

+1,200

Bang-BoomCanine Specter

767 damage