Commando Gerz + Aleera

Commando Gerz + Aleera (with Ephial and Squall) is the best deck of the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier S) and keeps that tier in all three ranks with these talents. Elemental ramp deck in Light and Shadow, estimated elimination in 7.3 turns; first Tox to aim for: Brutal on turn 4.

Advanced collectionElemental rampLightShadow

STier100% · Relative indexv1.26

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendSGold · CrystalSBronze · 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

Word-ChewabilityDeck core
Replace : Punching BagT4
to buy
toxReplaceable

Ephial

Light · Legendary

Astral TackleabilityDeck core
Planet HealabilityDeck core
Replace : ResetT6
to buy

Commando Gerz

Earth · Rare

CigarillosabilityDeck core
Replace : Final DelightT8
to buy
toxReplaceable

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Shadow · Rare

Cosmic FlamesabilityReplaceable
Cosmic LightabilityDeck core
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.

4 shop openings313 Spamtons generated+12.5% 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 Spamtonsskip
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 126 SpamtonsBrutal
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 195 SpamtonsBerserk
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 313 SpamtonsBerserk

Brutal

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Rare

Replace : Punching Bag

+3.9%

Berserk

Ephial · Rare

Replace : Reset

+4.7%

Berserk

Commando Gerz · Epic

Replace : Final Delight (ability)

+3.9%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.4% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

Waterheart · Fireheart · Lightheart · Earthheart · Vanish · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Multiplier · Optimisation · Taunt · Revenge · Punching Bag · Temporality · Tenacity · Vampirism

Theoretical score16,734

Estimated elimination7.3 turns

Effective HP7,568

Healing573

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 -3.5% · 7.3 turnsSecond +3.5% · 6.4 turns

Fragile deck+6.2%5.6 turns · strength
Tank deck-23.4%9.8 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-0.2%6.3 turns
Resists Water0%6.3 turns
Resists Earth0%6.3 turns
Resists Nature-0.1%6.3 turns
Resists Shadow-14.7%8.5 turns · weakness
Resists Light-0.8%6.4 turns

Strengths

2 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 7.3 turns.
573 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 8.5 turns.
Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

How the game goes

Turn 2: first bonuses (Commando Gerz).
Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
Turn 6: damage peak (1,574).
Turn 8: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

F/W-Shield

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Fire resistance (+25%) Water resistance (+25%)

Recommended

Cavalry

Ephial

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

Recommended

Soul Vitality

Commando Gerz

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

Recommended

Blue Whale

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Increases this card’s HP by (+200)

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Commando Gerz (+12 Earth, +12 Light); Squall, Emissary of Nightmares (+8 Light, +8 Fire). First bonuses on turn 2.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 79% of the damage; Astral Tackle (Ephial): 8% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.3 turns.

Survival

573 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 7,568 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 2269 damage

CigarillosCommando Gerz

Earth +3 · Light +3

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

269 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3170 damage

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

90 damageLight +4

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

80 damageFire +4

04Turn 41,045 damage

CigarillosCommando Gerz

Earth +3 · Light +3

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

929 damage

Astral TackleEphial

116 damage

05Turn 50 damage

Planet HealEphial

+775

06Turn 61,574 damage

CigarillosCommando Gerz

Earth +3 · Light +3

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

1,337 damage

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

132 damageLight +4

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

105 damageFire +4

07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8157 damage

CigarillosCommando Gerz

Earth +3 · Light +3

Astral TackleEphial

157 damage

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.