Sky Dragon + Astry

Sky Dragon + Astry (with Nebular Aristocrat and Snow Warrior) is the 21st deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier C); with these talents it is B at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 8.4 turns; first Tox to aim for: Natureheart on turn 2.

AccessibleElemental rampNatureLight
CTier56.7% · Relative indexv1.26

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

Astry

Light · Rare

  1. Misunderstood GeniusabilityDeck core
  2. ChiaroscuroabilityDeck core
  3. Free slotT2
    to buy

Nebular Aristocrat

Light · Common

  1. Cosmic MasqueradeabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT4
    to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Snow Warrior

Earth · Common

  1. EarthcleaveabilityDeck core
  2. MultiboostabilityDeck core
  3. 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.

4 shop openings383 Spamtons generated+38.1% 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 SpamtonsNatureheart
  2. T4Luck 4 · 172 SpamtonsPhoenix
  3. T6Luck 6 · 239 SpamtonsBerserk
  4. T8Luck 8 · 353 Spamtonsskip
T2

Natureheart

Astry · Common

+7.5%
T4

Phoenix

Nebular Aristocrat · Rare

+21.1%
T6

Berserk

Snow Warrior · Rare

+9.5%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +4% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Waterheart · Fireheart · Earthheart · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Revenge · Temporality

Theoretical score11,312
Estimated elimination8.4 turns
Effective HP2,751
Healing538
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 -3.2% · 8.9 turnsSecond +3.2% · 8.4 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 8.4 turns.
  • 538 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 10.2 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 8.5 turns.
  • Relies on Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).

How the game goes

  1. Turn 3: first bonuses (Snow Warrior).
  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

Blue Whale

Astry

Increases this card’s HP by (+200)

Recommended

Transition

Nebular Aristocrat

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

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

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

Recommended

Bomb-8

Snow Warrior

Applies the "Bomba" passive on turn 8

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Snow Warrior (+6 everywhere); Astry (+80 random); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 67% of the damage; Dazzling Breath (Sky Dragon): 18% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.4 turns.

Survival

538 healing over the game, mostly from Astry. 2,751 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
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 3109 damage
Snow Warrior
MultiboostSnow Warrior
All +3
Snow Warrior
EarthcleaveSnow Warrior
62 damage
Astry
ChiaroscuroAstry
47 damage+53
04Turn 4466 damage
Astry
Misunderstood GeniusAstry
random +40
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
365 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
101 damage
05Turn 5528 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
427 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
101 damage
06Turn 6193 damage
Snow Warrior
MultiboostSnow Warrior
All +3
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Snow Warrior
EarthcleaveSnow Warrior
109 damage
Astry
ChiaroscuroAstry
84 damage+92
07Turn 7590 damage
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
457 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
133 damage
08Turn 8866 damage
Astry
Misunderstood GeniusAstry
random +40
Nebular Aristocrat
Cosmic MasqueradeNebular Aristocrat
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
673 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
193 damage
09Turn 9107 damage
Astry
ChiaroscuroAstry
107 damage+119
10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.