Medusine Thorn + Floral Zombie

Medusine Thorn + Floral Zombie (with Aidan and Astry) is the 28th deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier D); with these talents it is C at Bronze · Silver and C at Gold · Crystal. Elemental ramp deck across 3 elements, estimated elimination in 10 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

AccessibleElemental rampWaterNature

DTier46.9% · Relative indexv1.23

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.

Floral Zombie

Nature · Common

Aquatic CurseabilityDeck core
Replace : WaterheartT8
to buy
Replace : NatureheartT6
to buy

Aidan

Fire · Common

LucksterabilityDeck core
Pay-torchabilityReplaceable
Replace : VanishT4
to buy

Astry

Light · Rare

Misunderstood GeniusabilityDeck core
ChiaroscuroabilityDeck core
Free slotT2
to buy

Medusine Thorn

Shadow · Common

Inflamed ToxinabilityDeck core
MoltabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

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 openings435 Spamtons generated+53.2% 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 · 69 SpamtonsGraveyard
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 142 SpamtonsBerserk
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 269 SpamtonsGraveyard
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 350 SpamtonsWaterheart
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 435 Spamtonsskip

Graveyard

Astry · Common

+13.6%

Berserk

Aidan · Rare

Replace : Vanish

+26.2%

Graveyard

Floral Zombie · Rare

Replace : Natureheart

+7.3%

Waterheart

Floral Zombie · Epic

Replace : Waterheart

+6.1%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +5.2% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

Brutal · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Optimisation · Reset · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity

Theoretical score9,245

Estimated elimination10 turns

Effective HP3,598

Healing754

Spamtons / turn33

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 +2.1% · 11.4 turnsSecond -2.1% · 11.9 turns

Fragile deck+35.5%8 turns · strength
Tank deck-21.9%14.2 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-6.1%11.7 turns · weakness
Resists Water-13.8%12.7 turns · weakness
Resists Earth-6.1%11.7 turns · weakness
Resists Nature-9.7%12.2 turns · weakness
Resists Shadow-7.5%11.8 turns · weakness
Resists Light-6.1%11.7 turns · weakness

Strengths

3 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 10 turns.
754 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Water: elimination in 12.7 turns.
Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 12.2 turns.

How the game goes

Turn 1: first bonuses (Aidan).
Turn 8: first big hit, Aquatic Curse (Floral Zombie).
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

Transition

Floral Zombie

When this card is permanently killed, it comes back to life with the "Random Metamorph" passive.

Recommended

Transition

Aidan

When this card is permanently killed, it comes back to life with the "Random Metamorph" passive.

Recommended

Blue Whale

Astry

Increases this card’s HP by (+200)

Recommended

Weaken

Medusine Thorn

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

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Aidan (+100 random); Medusine Thorn (+7 Water); Astry (+80 random). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Aquatic Curse (Floral Zombie): 44% of the damage; Inflamed Toxin (Medusine Thorn): 38% of the damage. 2,914 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 10 turns.

Survival

754 healing over the game, mostly from Medusine Thorn and Astry. 3,598 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 126 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

26 damage+24

02Turn 234 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

34 damage+30

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3126 damage

MoltMedusine Thorn

Water +7

LucksterAidan

random +10

ChiaroscuroAstry

57 damage+61

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

69 damage+36

04Turn 4102 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

LucksterAidan

random +10

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

102 damage+67

05Turn 5217 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

111 damage+73

Pay-torchAidan

106 damage

06Turn 6227 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

ChiaroscuroAstry

105 damage+108

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

122 damage+42

07Turn 7132 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

132 damage+48

08Turn 81,471 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

LucksterAidan

random +10

Aquatic CurseFloral Zombie

1,303 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

168 damage+79

09Turn 9434 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

ChiaroscuroAstry

155 damage+155

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

180 damage+85

Pay-torchAidan

99 damage

10Turn 10191 damage

LucksterAidan

random +10

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

191 damage+55