Astry + Deer of Mournful Colors

Astry + Deer of Mournful Colors (with Verdelune and Yotaru) is the 15th deck with an advanced collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier C); with these talents it is A at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck across 6 elements, estimated elimination in 9.5 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

Advanced collectionElemental rampLightNature

CTier62.3% · 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.

Verdelune

Nature · Legendary

Multi-FoliageabilityDeck core
TruceabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Deer of Mournful Colors

Nature · Rare

Elemental DrainabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Free slotT2
to buy

Yotaru, Leafguard

Nature · Common

ProtectabilityDeck core
Replace : EarthguardT8
to buy
BoostguardabilityDeck core

Astry

Light · Rare

Misunderstood GeniusabilityDeck core
ChiaroscuroabilityDeck core
Free slotT4
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 openings305 Spamtons generated+37% 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 · 53 SpamtonsPoison
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 110 SpamtonsBerserk
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 171 Spamtonsskip
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 236 SpamtonsNatureheart
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 305 Spamtonsskip

Poison

Deer of Mournful Colors · Common

+19.8%

Berserk

Astry · Rare

+9.7%

Natureheart

Yotaru, Leafguard · Epic

Replace : Earthguard (ability)

+7.4%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +6.1% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Revenge · Tenacity

Theoretical score11,140

Estimated elimination9.5 turns

Effective HP4,339

Healing1,241

Spamtons / turn25

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 -5% · 9.7 turnsSecond +5% · 8.8 turns

Fragile deck+14.3%7.9 turns · strength
Tank deck-23.2%11.4 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-1.5%9.1 turns
Resists Water-1.5%9.1 turns
Resists Earth-1.5%9.1 turns
Resists Nature-2.9%9.3 turns
Resists Shadow-2.1%9.2 turns
Resists Light-1.7%9.1 turns

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 9.5 turns.
1,241 healing over the game.
No weakness against element-resistant decks.

Weak spots

Only one generator: Astry.
Relies on Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors).

How the game goes

Turn 4: first bonuses (Astry).
Turn 7: first big hit, Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors).
Turn 10: damage peak (668).
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

Critical

Verdelune

Critical bonus (+10%).

Recommended

Multi Start

Deer of Mournful Colors

Gain (+3) in each element.

Recommended

Shared Shield

Yotaru, Leafguard

Increases the elemental resistances of all allied cards by (+10%).

Recommended

Mystery

Astry

Start the game with the "Mystery" passive

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Astry (+120 random). First bonuses on turn 4.

Damage

Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors): 83% of the damage; Multi-Foliage (Verdelune): 10% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.5 turns.

Survival

1,241 healing over the game, mostly from Deer of Mournful Colors and Verdelune. 4,339 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 154 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

54 damage+27

02Turn 281 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

81 damage+40

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3205 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ChiaroscuroAstry

47 damage+59

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

81 damage+40

Multi-FoliageVerdelune

77 damage

04Turn 4198 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

TruceVerdelune

+131

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

198 damage+99

05Turn 5272 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

199 damage+99

ChiaroscuroAstry

73 damage+90

06Turn 6366 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

250 damage+125

Multi-FoliageVerdelune

116 damage

07Turn 7362 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

362 damage+181

08Turn 8534 damage

TruceVerdelune

+175

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

437 damage+219

ChiaroscuroAstry

97 damage+123

09Turn 9595 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

439 damage+220

Multi-FoliageVerdelune

156 damage

10Turn 10668 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

668 damage+334