Sky Dragon + Nebular Aristocrat

Sky Dragon + Nebular Aristocrat (with Artisan of Hours and Ameru) is part of the SPAM 1.28.1 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier D at Celeste · Legend, D at Gold · Crystal and C at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 10.2 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

AccessibleMidrangeNatureLight

DTier39.5% · Relative indexv1.28.1

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.

Artisan of Hours

Light · Common

Replace : SlowingT2
to buy
FlashabilityDeck core
Free slotT6
to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Free slotT4
to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

Dazzling BreathabilityDeck core
Call of the ForestabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Ameru

Light · Rare

Smoky DreamabilityDeck core
Replace : SmokeT8
to buy
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.

5 shop openings459 Spamtons generated+36.7% 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 · 65 SpamtonsGraveyard
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 134 SpamtonsReflection
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 257 SpamtonsAncient Healing
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 384 SpamtonsVitalheart
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 459 Spamtonsskip

Graveyard

Artisan of Hours · Common

Replace : Slowing (ability)

+17%

Reflection

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+12.4%

Ancient Healing

Artisan of Hours · Rare

+2.8%

Vitalheart

Ameru · Epic

Replace : Smoke

+4.5%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +8.7% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Bomba · Camouflage · Fireheart · Earthheart · Eternity · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality · Avenger

Theoretical score8,914

Estimated elimination10.2 turns

Effective HP3,671

Healing600

Spamtons / turn31

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 -0.2% · 11.7 turnsSecond +0.2% · 11.7 turns

Fragile deck+11.3%9.5 turns · strength
Tank deck-39%17.1 turns · weakness
Resists Fire0%10.3 turns
Resists Water-7.3%11.1 turns · weakness
Resists Earth0%10.3 turns
Resists Nature-23.2%13.3 turns · weakness
Resists Shadow-7.3%11.1 turns · weakness
Resists Light-17.5%12.3 turns · weakness

Strengths

2 cards generate bonuses.
600 healing over the game.
Has control effects.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 13.3 turns.
Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 12.3 turns.
Slow: doesn’t eliminate the opponent within 10 turns.

How the game goes

Turn 3: first bonuses (Ameru).
Turn 4: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
Turn 9: damage peak (837).
No elimination within 10 turns.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

Reckless

Artisan of Hours

At the start of the game, this card transforms into a random card of the same rarity, gains (+500) HP and gives you a bonus of (+2) in each element.

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

Cavalry

Ameru

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

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Ameru (+12 Light, +12 Water, +12 Shadow); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 58% of the damage; Dazzling Breath (Sky Dragon): 24% of the damage. 2,995 useful damage, no elimination within 10 turns (estimated around turn 10).

Survival

600 healing over the game. 3,671 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 217 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

FlashArtisan of Hours

17 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 367 damage

Smoky DreamAmeru

67 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

04Turn 4358 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

SlowingArtisan of Hours

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

252 damageNature +4

FlashArtisan of Hours

22 damage

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

84 damage

05Turn 5Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

06Turn 6682 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

412 damageNature +4

Smoky DreamAmeru

100 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

138 damage

FlashArtisan of Hours

32 damage

07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 832 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

SlowingArtisan of Hours

FlashArtisan of Hours

32 damage

09Turn 9837 damage

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

500 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

195 damage

Smoky DreamAmeru

142 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

10Turn 10703 damage

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

404 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

243 damage

FlashArtisan of Hours

56 damage