Deer of Mournful Colors + Yotaru

Deer of Mournful Colors + Yotaru (with Gabriel and Faerylia) is part of the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier C at Celeste · Legend, C at Gold · Crystal and A at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck across 6 elements, estimated elimination in 9.5 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeNatureShadow

CTier65.1% · 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.

Gabriel

Nature · Epic

Replace : CocoonT4
to buy
CaterpillarabilityDeck core
ButterflyabilityDeck core

Faerylia

Shadow · Epic

Replace : Global AimT6
to buy
Offensive AimabilityDeck core
MultiboostabilityDeck 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

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 openings295 Spamtons generated+41.5% 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 · 51 SpamtonsPoison
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 106 SpamtonsReflection
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 165 SpamtonsBerserk
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 228 SpamtonsBerserk
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 295 Spamtonsskip

Poison

Deer of Mournful Colors · Common

+19.3%

Reflection

Gabriel · Rare

Replace : Cocoon (ability)

+7.2%

Berserk

Faerylia · Rare

Replace : Global Aim (ability)

+5%

Berserk

Yotaru, Leafguard · Epic

Replace : Earthguard (ability)

+10%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +5.1% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Shield · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Taunt · Revenge · Tenacity · Avenger

Theoretical score11,480

Estimated elimination9.5 turns

Effective HP4,937

Healing574

Spamtons / turn24

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% · 9.8 turnsSecond +5% · 8.8 turns

Fragile deck+11.7%7.8 turns · strength
Tank deck-26%11.5 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-1%9.1 turns
Resists Water-1%9.1 turns
Resists Earth-1%9.1 turns
Resists Nature-8.5%9.7 turns · weakness
Resists Shadow-3%9.2 turns
Resists Light-1%9.1 turns

Strengths

2 cards generate bonuses.
Eliminates the opponent in 9.5 turns.
574 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Nature: elimination in 9.7 turns.
Relies on Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors).

How the game goes

Turn 3: first bonuses (Gabriel).
Turn 6: first big hit, Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors).
Turn 9: damage peak (752).
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

Soul Vitality

Gabriel

Whenever a card on the field dies, this card's HP and max HP increase by (+200)

Recommended

Multi Start

Faerylia

Gain (+3) in each element.

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

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Gabriel (+30 Nature); Faerylia (+9 everywhere). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Elemental Drain (Deer of Mournful Colors): 81% of the damage; Butterfly (Gabriel): 9% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 9.5 turns.

Survival

574 healing over the game, mostly from Deer of Mournful Colors. 4,937 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 173 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

73 damage+36

02Turn 2142 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

109 damage+55

Offensive AimFaerylia

33 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3183 damage

MultiboostFaerylia

All +3

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

139 damage+70

CocoonGabriel

44 damageNature +5

04Turn 4238 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

199 damage+99

Offensive AimFaerylia

39 damage

05Turn 5199 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

199 damage+99

06Turn 6474 damage

MultiboostFaerylia

All +3

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

293 damage+146

CaterpillarGabriel

136 damageNature +10

Offensive AimFaerylia

45 damage

07Turn 7320 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

320 damage+160

08Turn 8434 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

389 damage+194

Offensive AimFaerylia

45 damage

09Turn 9752 damage

Global AimFaerylia

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

MultiboostFaerylia

All +3

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

449 damage+225

ButterflyGabriel

303 damageNature +15

10Turn 10577 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

577 damage+288