Paguroniyx + Floating Poison Gas

Paguroniyx + Floating Poison Gas (with Aleera and Rob the Adventurer) is part of the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Bronze · Silver; with these talents it is tier D at Celeste · Legend, C at Gold · Crystal and C at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Shadow, estimated elimination in 9.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Vampirism on turn 2.

AccessibleMidrangeShadow

DTier47.9% · Relative indexv1.26

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendDGold · 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.

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Shadow · Common

Word-ChewabilityDeck core
Replace : Punching BagT4
to buy
toxReplaceable

Paguroniyx

Shadow · Common

BurrowabilityDeck core
Venomous ShearsabilityDeck core
Replace : MysteryT8
to buy

Floating Poison Gas

Shadow · Rare

ExploisonabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Replace : TenacityT2
to buy

Rob the Adventurer

Earth · Common

AdventureabilityDeck core
toxReplaceable
Replace : EarthheartT6
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 openings368 Spamtons generated+62.5% 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 · 55 SpamtonsVampirism
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 114 SpamtonsTaunt
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 223 SpamtonsBerserk
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 323 SpamtonsShadowheart
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 368 Spamtonsskip

Vampirism

Floating Poison Gas · Common

Replace : Tenacity

+24.3%

Taunt

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Rare

Replace : Punching Bag

+12.2%

Berserk

Rob the Adventurer · Rare

Replace : Earthheart

+12.3%

Shadowheart

Paguroniyx · Epic

Replace : Mystery

+13.6%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +9.2% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

Shield · Inversion · Revenge · Tenacity

Theoretical score10,218

Estimated elimination9.1 turns

Effective HP5,049

Healing0

Spamtons / turn26

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 +3.4% · 9.6 turnsSecond -3.4% · 9.9 turns

Fragile deck+28.3%7.3 turns · strength
Tank deck-33.9%11.8 turns · weakness
Resists Fire0%9.4 turns
Resists Water0%9.4 turns
Resists Earth0%9.4 turns
Resists Nature0%9.4 turns
Resists Shadow-33.9%11.8 turns · weakness
Resists Light0%9.4 turns

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 9.1 turns.
Has control effects.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 11.8 turns.
No healing.
Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

How the game goes

Turn 8: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
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

Resilience

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

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

Recommended

Soul Vitality

Paguroniyx

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

Recommended

Evolution

Floating Poison Gas

If possible, this card's original passives change rarity based on its HP: the lower its HP, the rarer they are. Thresholds at 75%, 50% and 25% HP.

Recommended

Doomed Hour

Rob the Adventurer

Applies Eternity to all enemy cards when this card is killed.

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

No ability generates bonuses: the deck relies on its talents and starting Tox.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 62% of the damage; Exploison (Floating Poison Gas): 30% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.1 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 5,049 effective HP, the deck has to win before it wears down.

The gameplanTheoretical analysis

Turn by turn, what the engine plays with this deck. The first two turns are unfolded.

01Turn 1170 damage

AdventureRob the Adventurer

ExploisonFloating Poison Gas

170 damage

02Turn 2311 damage

AdventureRob the Adventurer

ExploisonFloating Poison Gas

190 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

77 damage

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

44 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3219 damage

AdventureRob the Adventurer

ExploisonFloating Poison Gas

219 damage

04Turn 4532 damage

BurrowPaguroniyx

AdventureRob the Adventurer

ExploisonFloating Poison Gas

246 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

225 damage

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

61 damage

05Turn 5283 damage

AdventureRob the Adventurer

ExploisonFloating Poison Gas

283 damage

06Turn 6502 damage

AdventureRob the Adventurer

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

425 damage

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

77 damage

07Turn 70 damage

AdventureRob the Adventurer

08Turn 81,031 damage

BurrowPaguroniyx

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

937 damage

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

94 damage

09Turn 9Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

10Turn 10603 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

603 damage