Aleera + Apprentice of Death

Aleera + Apprentice of Death (with Sky Dragon and Aidan) is part of the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier C at Celeste · Legend, B at Gold · Crystal and S at Bronze · Silver. Aggro deck across 3 elements, estimated elimination in 5.7 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

AccessibleAggro / burstShadowNature
CTier65.9% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendCGold · CrystalBBronze · SilverS

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.

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Shadow · Common

  1. Word-ChewabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. toxReplaceable

Apprentice of Death

Fire · Rare

  1. Nocturnal BurnabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : GraveyardT4
    to buy
  3. toxDeck core

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Aidan

Fire · Common

  1. LucksterabilityDeck core
  2. Pay-torchabilityDeck core
  3. Replace : VanishT2
    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.

3 shop openings223 Spamtons generated+27.2% 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 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 168 SpamtonsGraveyard
  3. T6Luck 6 · 223 Spamtonsskip
T2

Berserk

Aidan · Common

Replace : Vanish

+19.3%
T4

Graveyard

Apprentice of Death · Rare

Replace : Graveyard

+7.9%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +1.3% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Bomba · Vanish · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity · Vampirism · Avenger

Theoretical score11,862
Estimated elimination5.7 turns
Effective HP2,984
Healing245
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 +3.3% · 7.8 turnsSecond -3.3% · 8.2 turns

Strengths

  • 2 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 5.7 turns.
  • 245 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 10.8 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 8.5 turns.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Aidan).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
  3. Turn 6: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

Resilience

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

While this card's HP is below 50%, its elemental resistances increase by (+25%).

Recommended

Revitalization

Apprentice of Death

5% chance each turn to restore this card’s HP to maximum.

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

This card returns to 100% of its max HP if its attack defeats an enemy card.

Recommended

Counter

Aidan

Once per game, when this card takes damage while below 25% HP, it retaliates by using all its abilities on the card that attacked it.

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Aidan (+60 random); Sky Dragon (+8 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Nocturnal Burn (Apprentice of Death): 41% of the damage; Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 36% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 5.7 turns.

Survival

245 healing over the game. 2,984 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
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
02Turn 2265 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
265 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 3323 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
323 damage
04Turn 41,097 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
809 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
226 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
62 damage
05Turn 5862 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
461 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
323 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
78 damage
06Turn 6421 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
421 damage
07Turn 7Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

08Turn 8Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.