Deer of Mournful Colors + Thorn of Love

Deer of Mournful Colors + Thorn of Love (with Sky Dragon and Birth of Aldrin) is the 19th deck with an intermediate collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier C); with these talents it is B at Bronze · Silver and B at Gold · Crystal. Midrange deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 8.3 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

IntermediateMidrangeNatureLight
CTier55.5% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendCGold · CrystalBBronze · 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.

Deer of Mournful Colors

Nature · Rare

  1. Elemental DrainabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT2
    to buy

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

  1. WisdomabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  3. Free slotT4
    to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Birth of Aldrin

Nature · Rare

  1. First WaltzabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : PhoenixT6
    to buy
  3. 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 openings307 Spamtons generated+54.6% 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 · 59 SpamtonsPoison
  2. T4Luck 4 · 172 SpamtonsGraveyard
  3. T6Luck 6 · 223 SpamtonsBerserk
  4. T8Luck 8 · 278 Spamtonsskip
T2

Poison

Deer of Mournful Colors · Common

+34.9%
T4

Graveyard

Thorn of Love · Rare

+10.9%
T6

Berserk

Birth of Aldrin · Rare

Replace : Phoenix

+8.8%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +5.1% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

Erosion · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Optimisation · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality

Theoretical score10,668
Estimated elimination8.3 turns
Effective HP2,981
Healing795
Spamtons / turn28

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 +4% · 9.2 turnsSecond -4% · 9.8 turns

Strengths

  • 2 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 8.3 turns.
  • 795 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 11.7 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 9.6 turns.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
  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

Multi Start

Deer of Mournful Colors

Gain (+3) in each element.

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

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

Recommended

Last Breath

Sky Dragon

Applies Temporality to all your cards when this card dies

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Birth of Aldrin

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

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+8 Earth, +8 Nature, +8 Light); Sky Dragon (+12 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors): 45% of the damage; Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 30% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.3 turns.

Survival

795 healing over the game, mostly from Deer of Mournful Colors. 2,981 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 161 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
61 damage+30
02Turn 267 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
67 damage+33
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 376 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
76 damage+38
04Turn 4630 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
287 damageNature +4
Birth of Aldrin
First WaltzBirth of Aldrin
120 damage
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
123 damage+62
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
100 damage
05Turn 5623 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
339 damageNature +4
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
164 damage+82
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
120 damage
06Turn 6165 damage
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
165 damage+82
07Turn 7633 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
285 damageNature +4
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
206 damage+103
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
142 damage
08Turn 8487 damage
Birth of Aldrin
First WaltzBirth of Aldrin
240 damage
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
247 damage+124
09Turn 9248 damage
Deer of Mournful Colors
Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors
248 damage+124
10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.