Medusine Thorn + Water King

Medusine Thorn + Water King (with Frost & Glacier and Ameru) is part of the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Bronze · Silver; with these talents it is tier D at Celeste · Legend, C at Gold · Crystal and C at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Water, estimated elimination in 11.6 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeWater

DTier44.3% · Relative indexv1.23

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

Medusine Thorn

Shadow · Common

Inflamed ToxinabilityDeck core
MoltabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Frost & Glacier

Water · Legendary

Muddy WaterabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Replace : ErosionT4
to buy

Water King

Water · Epic

Blade-EabilityDeck core
Watery ChoiceabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Ameru

Light · Rare

Smoky DreamabilityDeck core
Replace : SmokeT2
to buy
Replace : GraveyardT6
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 openings515 Spamtons generated+32.8% 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 · 91 SpamtonsPoison
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 186 SpamtonsWaterheart
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 285 SpamtonsGraveyard
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 438 Spamtonsskip
T10
50 %40 %
Luck 10 · 515 Spamtonsskip

Poison

Ameru · Common

Replace : Smoke

+5.9%

Waterheart

Frost & Glacier · Rare

Replace : Erosion

+20.7%

Graveyard

Ameru · Rare

Replace : Graveyard

+6.2%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +6.8% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

Brutal · Natureheart · Earthheart · Erosion · Smoke · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Reset · Revenge · Spamland · Temporality

Theoretical score8,932

Estimated elimination11.6 turns

Effective HP4,361

Healing262

Spamtons / turn44

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 -0.9% · 12.2 turnsSecond +0.9% · 12.1 turns

Fragile deck+30.3%8.9 turns · strength
Tank deck-24.1%15.7 turns · weakness
Resists Fire0%11.6 turns
Resists Water-22.6%15.4 turns · weakness
Resists Earth0%11.6 turns
Resists Nature0%11.6 turns
Resists Shadow-0.1%11.6 turns
Resists Light-0.1%11.6 turns

Strengths

3 cards generate bonuses.
262 healing over the game.
Has control effects.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Water: elimination in 15.4 turns.
Slow: doesn’t eliminate the opponent within 10 turns.

How the game goes

Turn 3: first bonuses (Medusine Thorn).
Turn 6: first big hit, Muddy Water (Frost & Glacier).
No elimination within 10 turns.

Model ranking

0% = average random deck. 100% = best deck found. This score is not a win rate.

Understanding the scores

Talents

Weaken

Medusine Thorn

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

Recommended

Revaluation

Frost & Glacier

Increases this card’s Spamton generation by (+5).

Recommended

Focus

Water King

At the start of each turn, this card has a 25% chance to gain Taunt.

Recommended

Cavalry

Ameru

Increases the max HP of all other allied cards by (+100)

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Medusine Thorn (+7 Water); Ameru (+8 Light, +8 Water, +8 Shadow); Water King (+22 Water). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Inflamed Toxin (Medusine Thorn): 39% of the damage; Muddy Water (Frost & Glacier): 37% of the damage. 2,507 useful damage, no elimination within 10 turns (estimated around turn 12).

Survival

262 healing over the game, mostly from Medusine Thorn. 4,361 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 118 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

18 damage+18

02Turn 278 damage

Muddy WaterFrost & Glacier

58 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

20 damage+18

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3219 damage

MoltMedusine Thorn

Water +7

Smoky DreamAmeru

73 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

Blade-EWater King

86 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

60 damage+18

04Turn 4183 damage

Muddy WaterFrost & Glacier

120 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

63 damage+18

05Turn 5101 damage

Watery ChoiceWater King

Water +11

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

101 damage+18

06Turn 6595 damage

Smoky DreamAmeru

109 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4

Muddy WaterFrost & Glacier

207 damage

Blade-EWater King

151 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

128 damage+29

07Turn 7131 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

131 damage+29

08Turn 8368 damage

Muddy WaterFrost & Glacier

233 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

135 damage+29

09Turn 9346 damage

Blade-EWater King

186 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

160 damage+51

10Turn 10540 damage

Watery ChoiceWater King

Water +11

Muddy WaterFrost & Glacier

338 damage

Inflamed ToxinMedusine Thorn

202 damage+51