Sky Dragon + Nebular Aristocrat

Sky Dragon + Nebular Aristocrat (with Aidan and Light King) is the 24th deck with an intermediate collection in the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier D); with these talents it is B at Bronze · Silver and C at Gold · Crystal. Elemental ramp deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 8.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Natureheart on turn 2.

IntermediateElemental rampNatureLight
DTier48.7% · Relative indexv1.26

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendDGold · 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.

Aidan

Fire · Common

  1. LucksterabilityDeck core
  2. Pay-torchabilityDeck core
  3. Replace : VanishT4
    to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

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

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Light King

Light · Epic

  1. Blade-LabilityDeck core
  2. Solar ChoiceabilityDeck core
  3. toxDeck core

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 openings403 Spamtons generated+24% 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 · 61 SpamtonsNatureheart
  2. T4Luck 4 · 176 SpamtonsGraveyard
  3. T6Luck 6 · 245 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 368 Spamtonsskip
T2

Natureheart

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+10.5%
T4

Graveyard

Aidan · Rare

Replace : Vanish

+13.5%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +1.2% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Brutal · Waterheart · Shadowheart · Earthheart · Vanish · Erosion · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Multiplier · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality

Theoretical score10,319
Estimated elimination8.1 turns
Effective HP3,165
Healing299
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 +2.9% · 9.5 turnsSecond -2.9% · 9.7 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 8.1 turns.
  • 299 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 10.8 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 9.8 turns.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Aidan).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
  3. Turn 9: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

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

Transition

Nebular Aristocrat

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

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

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

Recommended

Focus

Light King

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

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Aidan (+90 random); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature); Light King (+11 Light). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 55% of the damage; Dazzling Breath (Sky Dragon): 35% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.1 turns.

Survival

299 healing over the game. 3,165 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 20 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 361 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Light King
Blade-LLight King
61 damage
04Turn 4413 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
317 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
96 damage
05Turn 5567 damage
Light King
Solar ChoiceLight King
Light +11
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
406 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
161 damage
06Turn 6123 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Light King
Blade-LLight King
123 damage
07Turn 7745 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
444 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
209 damage
Aidan
Pay-torchAidan
92 damage
08Turn 8639 damage
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
389 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
250 damage
09Turn 9263 damage
Aidan
LucksterAidan
random +10
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
263 damage
10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.