Ephial + Thorn of Love

Ephial + Thorn of Love (with Sky Dragon and Mistress of Tints) is part of the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier C at Celeste · Legend, C at Gold · Crystal and A at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 9.4 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

Advanced collectionElemental rampNatureLight

CTier60.2% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendCGold · CrystalCBronze · SilverA

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.

Ephial

Light · Legendary

Astral TackleabilityDeck core
Planet HealabilityDeck core
Replace : ResetT4
to buy

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

WisdomabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Free slotT2
to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

Dazzling BreathabilityDeck core
Call of the ForestabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Mistress of Tints

Earth · Rare

Elemental ChaosabilityDeck core
MultiboostabilityDeck core
Free slotT6
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 openings453 Spamtons generated+29% 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 · 79 SpamtonsGraveyard
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 162 SpamtonsMultiplier
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 299 SpamtonsGraveyard
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 374 Spamtonsskip
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 453 Spamtonsskip

Graveyard

Thorn of Love · Common

+8.8%

Multiplier

Ephial · Rare

Replace : Reset

+10.6%

Graveyard

Mistress of Tints · Rare

+9.6%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +11.7% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Revenge

Theoretical score10,881

Estimated elimination9.4 turns

Effective HP4,579

Healing1,182

Spamtons / turn38

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 -1.4% · 10.5 turnsSecond +1.4% · 10.3 turns

Fragile deck+21.2%7.7 turns · strength
Tank deck-32%14.1 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-0.3%9.9 turns
Resists Water-0.3%9.9 turns
Resists Earth-0.4%10 turns
Resists Nature-16%11.6 turns · weakness
Resists Shadow-0.8%10 turns
Resists Light-7.5%10.6 turns · weakness

Strengths

3 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 9.4 turns.
1,182 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 11.6 turns.
Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 10.6 turns.

How the game goes

Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
Turn 3: first big hit, Elemental Chaos (Mistress of Tints).
Turn 4: damage peak (680).
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

Focus

Ephial

At the start of each turn, this card has a 25% chance to gain Taunt.

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

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

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

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

Recommended

Multi Start

Mistress of Tints

Gain (+3) in each element.

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+12 Earth, +12 Nature, +12 Light); Mistress of Tints (+9 everywhere); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 44% of the damage; Elemental Chaos (Mistress of Tints): 32% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.4 turns.

Survival

1,182 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 4,579 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 10 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

02Turn 20 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3202 damage

MultiboostMistress of Tints

All +3

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Elemental ChaosMistress of Tints

202 damage

04Turn 4545 damage

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

323 damageNature +4

Astral TackleEphial

130 damage

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

92 damage

05Turn 5398 damage

Planet HealEphial

+679

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

297 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

101 damage

06Turn 6289 damage

MultiboostMistress of Tints

All +3

WisdomThorn of Love

Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2

Elemental ChaosMistress of Tints

289 damage

07Turn 7505 damage

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

382 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

123 damage

08Turn 8186 damage

Astral TackleEphial

186 damage

09Turn 9338 damage

MultiboostMistress of Tints

All +3

Elemental ChaosMistress of Tints

338 damage

10Turn 10154 damage

Planet HealEphial

+962

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

154 damageNature +4