Sky Dragon + Nebular Aristocrat

Sky Dragon + Nebular Aristocrat (with Squall and Astry) is part of the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier D at Celeste · Legend, D at Gold · Crystal and C at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck across 3 elements, estimated elimination in 8.8 turns; first Tox to aim for: Graveyard on turn 2.

IntermediateElemental rampNatureLight

DTier37.3% · Relative indexv1.23

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.

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

Dazzling BreathabilityDeck core
Call of the ForestabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Shadow · Rare

Cosmic FlamesabilityDeck core
Cosmic LightabilityDeck core
toxReplaceable

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
Free slotT4
to buy
Free slotT6
to buy

Astry

Light · Rare

Misunderstood GeniusabilityDeck core
Replace : ChiaroscuroT2
to buy
Free slotT8
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.

4 shop openings434 Spamtons generated+94.5% 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 · 61 SpamtonsGraveyard
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 176 SpamtonsPhoenix
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 292 SpamtonsAncient Healing
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 409 SpamtonsNatureheart

Graveyard

Astry · Common

Replace : Chiaroscuro (ability)

+34.5%

Phoenix

Nebular Aristocrat · Rare

+26.8%

Ancient Healing

Nebular Aristocrat · Common

+1.3%

Natureheart

Astry · Epic

+31.9%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.7% → +0.2%

Avoid for this deck

Shield · Brutal · Waterheart · Lightheart · Earthheart · Erosion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Multiplier · Mystery · Optimisation · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Punching Bag · Temporality · Vampirism

Theoretical score8,072

Estimated elimination8.8 turns

Effective HP3,200

Healing636

Spamtons / turn29

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% · 11.4 turnsSecond -5% · 12.1 turns

Fragile deck+37.5%8.2 turns · strength
Tank deck-51.6%15.9 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-3.4%11.5 turns
Resists Water0%11 turns
Resists Earth0%11 turns
Resists Nature-43.6%13 turns · weakness
Resists Shadow-5.1%11.8 turns · weakness
Resists Light-15.9%12.5 turns · weakness

Strengths

3 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 8.8 turns.
636 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 13 turns.
Struggles against a deck resisting Light: elimination in 12.5 turns.

How the game goes

Turn 3: first bonuses (Squall, Emissary of Nightmares).
Turn 4: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
Turn 9: damage peak (1,037).
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

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

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

Recommended

One Man Army

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Each time another card on the field dies, the base damage and base healing of all this card's attacks increase by (+5).

Recommended

Transition

Nebular Aristocrat

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

Recommended

Mystery

Astry

Start the game with the "Mystery" passive

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares (+9 Light, +9 Fire); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature); Astry (+80 random). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 55% of the damage; Cosmic Flames (Squall, Emissary of Nightmares): 14% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.8 turns.

Survival

636 healing over the game, mostly from Astry. 3,200 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 20 damage

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3123 damage

ChiaroscuroAstry

41 damage+52

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

42 damageLight +3

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

40 damageFire +3

04Turn 4479 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

355 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

124 damage

05Turn 5Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

06Turn 6874 damage

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

427 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

131 damage

ChiaroscuroAstry

69 damage+103

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

118 damageLight +3

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

129 damageFire +3

07Turn 7520 damage

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

370 damageNature +4

Dazzling BreathSky Dragon

150 damage

08Turn 80 damage

Misunderstood GeniusAstry

random +40

09Turn 91,038 damage

Call of the ForestSky Dragon

508 damageNature +4

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

260 damageLight +3

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

270 damageFire +3

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.