Verdant Fruit Cruncher + Thorn of Love

Verdant Fruit Cruncher + Thorn of Love (with Mouse of the Wheat and Protector of Ruins) is part of the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier D at Celeste · Legend, D at Gold · Crystal and C at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck in Earth, estimated elimination in 9.3 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

AccessibleElemental rampEarth

DTier36.7% · Relative indexv1.26

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendDGold · CrystalDBronze · 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.

Verdant Fruit Cruncher

Earth · Common

TorrentabilityDeck core
toxReplaceable
Free slotT2
to buy

Mouse of the Wheat

Earth · Rare

OutbreakabilityDeck core
Replace : AoET4
to buy
Replace : VanishT8
to buy

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

WisdomabilityDeck core
toxReplaceable
Free slot
to buy

Protector of Ruins

Earth · Common

Roly-PolyabilityDeck core
Free slotT6
to buy
Free slotT10
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+88.1% 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 · 73 SpamtonsPoison
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 150 SpamtonsEarthheart
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 231 SpamtonsMultiplier
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 366 SpamtonsEarthheart
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 439 SpamtonsAoE

Poison

Verdant Fruit Cruncher · Common

+21.9%

Earthheart

Mouse of the Wheat · Rare

Replace : AoE

+20.3%

Multiplier

Protector of Ruins · Rare

+13.9%

Earthheart

Mouse of the Wheat · Epic

Replace : Vanish

+19.8%

T10

AoE

Protector of Ruins · Epic

+12.2%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +6.2% → +1.1%

Avoid for this deck

Waterheart · Shadowheart · Fireheart · Lightheart · Natureheart · Eternity · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity · Avenger

Theoretical score8,817

Estimated elimination9.3 turns

Effective HP2,999

Healing933

Spamtons / turn35

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 +7.4% · 10.6 turnsSecond -7.4% · 11.9 turns

Fragile deck+34.4%8.2 turns · strength
Tank deck-35.5%14.8 turns · weakness
Resists Fire0%10.8 turns
Resists Water0%10.8 turns
Resists Earth-21.3%13.4 turns · weakness
Resists Nature0%10.8 turns
Resists Shadow0%10.8 turns
Resists Light0%10.8 turns

Strengths

2 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 9.3 turns.
933 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Earth: elimination in 13.4 turns.

How the game goes

Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
Turn 4: first big hit, Torrent (Verdant Fruit Cruncher).
Turn 7: damage peak (428).
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

Epic AOE

Verdant Fruit Cruncher

Start the game with the "AoE" passive.

Recommended

Length

Mouse of the Wheat

At the start of your first turn, a random enemy card receives "Eternity"

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

Reduces the elemental resistances of all enemy cards by (-1%) per turn

Recommended

F/W-Shield

Protector of Ruins

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

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+16 Earth, +16 Nature, +16 Light); Mouse of the Wheat (+9 Earth). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Torrent (Verdant Fruit Cruncher): 56% of the damage; Roly-Poly (Protector of Ruins): 44% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.3 turns.

Survival

933 healing over the game, mostly from Mouse of the Wheat. 2,999 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 185 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

67 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

18 damage

02Turn 2112 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

82 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

30 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3169 damage

OutbreakMouse of the Wheat

+253Earth +3

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

116 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

53 damage

04Turn 4205 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

133 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

72 damage

05Turn 5244 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

149 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

95 damage

06Turn 6282 damage

OutbreakMouse of the Wheat

+404Earth +3

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

149 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

133 damage

07Turn 7331 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

165 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

166 damage

08Turn 8340 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

140 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

200 damage

09Turn 9400 damage

OutbreakMouse of the Wheat

+556Earth +3

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

156 damage

Roly-PolyProtector of Ruins

244 damage

10Turn 10115 damage

TorrentVerdant Fruit Cruncher

115 damage