Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love

Sky Dragon + Thorn of Love (with Spirit of the Fauna and Imaginary Panther) is part of the SPAM 1.28.1 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier C at Celeste · Legend, B at Gold · Crystal and B at Bronze · Silver. Elemental ramp deck in Nature and Light, estimated elimination in 8.6 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

IntermediateElemental rampNatureLight
CTier56.1% · Relative indexv1.28.1

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

Spirit of the Fauna

Nature · Common

  1. Call of the ForestabilityDeck core
  2. Solar healabilityDeck core
  3. toxDeck core

Imaginary Panther

Nature · Epic

  1. Crazy SpeedabilityDeck core
  2. Free slotT2
    to buy
  3. Free slotT4
    to buy

Sky Dragon

Light · Common

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

Thorn of Love

Earth · Common

  1. WisdomabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  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 openings358 Spamtons generated+24.4% 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 · 65 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 134 SpamtonsVitalheart
  3. T6Luck 6 · 207 SpamtonsGraveyard
  4. T8Luck 8 · 326 Spamtonsskip
T2

Berserk

Imaginary Panther · Common

+9%
T4

Vitalheart

Imaginary Panther · Rare

+1.9%
T6

Graveyard

Thorn of Love · Rare

+13.5%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +7.7% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Brutal · Camouflage · Waterheart · Shadowheart · Fireheart · Earthheart · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality · Avenger

Theoretical score11,038
Estimated elimination8.6 turns
Effective HP3,645
Healing364
Spamtons / turn31

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 +2.2% · 9.2 turnsSecond -2.2% · 9.5 turns

Strengths

  • 3 cards generate bonuses.
  • Eliminates the opponent in 8.6 turns.
  • 364 healing over the game.

Weak spots

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

How the game goes

  1. Turn 1: first bonuses (Thorn of Love).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon).
  3. Turn 8: damage peak (780).
  4. 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

Soul Armor

Spirit of the Fauna

Whenever a card on the field dies, this card's elemental resistances increase by (+10%)

Recommended

Vital Chance

Imaginary Panther

This card has a 10% chance to heal instead of taking damage when attacked.

Recommended

Ultimate Reset

Sky Dragon

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

Recommended

Weaken

Thorn of Love

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

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Thorn of Love (+14 Earth, +14 Nature, +14 Light); Spirit of the Fauna (+8 Nature); Sky Dragon (+16 Nature). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Call of the Forest (Sky Dragon): 36% of the damage; Crazy Speed (Imaginary Panther): 34% of the damage. 3,040 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 8.6 turns.

Survival

364 healing over the game, mostly from Spirit of the Fauna. 3,645 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 140 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
40 damage
02Turn 248 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
48 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 356 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Spirit of the Fauna
Solar healSpirit of the Fauna
+97
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
56 damage
04Turn 4733 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Spirit of the Fauna
Call of the ForestSpirit of the Fauna
259 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
307 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
71 damage
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
96 damage
05Turn 5104 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
104 damage
06Turn 6522 damage
Spirit of the Fauna
Solar healSpirit of the Fauna
+121
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
306 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
88 damage
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
128 damage
07Turn 7136 damage
Thorn of Love
WisdomThorn of Love
Earth +2 · Nature +2 · Light +2
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
136 damage
08Turn 8780 damage
Spirit of the Fauna
Call of the ForestSpirit of the Fauna
244 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
269 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
98 damage
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
169 damage
09Turn 9436 damage
Spirit of the Fauna
Solar healSpirit of the Fauna
+145
Sky Dragon
Call of the ForestSky Dragon
148 damageNature +4
Sky Dragon
Dazzling BreathSky Dragon
99 damage
Imaginary Panther
Crazy SpeedImaginary Panther
189 damage
10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.