Pyro + Yotaru

Pyro + Yotaru (with Deer of Mournful Colors and Aleera) is part of the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier B at Celeste · Legend, A at Gold · Crystal and S at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Shadow and Fire, estimated elimination in 7.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

AccessibleMidrangeShadowFire

BTier72.9% · Relative indexv1.26

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendBGold · CrystalABronze · SilverS

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.

Deer of Mournful Colors

Nature · Rare

Elemental DrainabilityDeck core
Replace : MultiplierT4
to buy
Free slotT2
to buy

Yotaru, Leafguard

Nature · Common

ProtectabilityDeck core
EarthguardabilityDeck core
BoostguardabilityDeck core

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Shadow · Common

Word-ChewabilityDeck core
toxReplaceable
toxReplaceable

Pyro

Fire · Common

ConflagrationabilityDeck core
Free slotT6
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 openings204 Spamtons generated+35.4% 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

T2
100 %
Luck 2 · 45 SpamtonsPoison
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 94 SpamtonsAoE
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 147 SpamtonsPoison
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 204 SpamtonsFireheart

Poison

Deer of Mournful Colors · Common

+11.4%

AoE

Deer of Mournful Colors · Common

Replace : Multiplier

+14.8%

Poison

Pyro · Rare

+5.4%

Fireheart

Pyro · Epic

+3.8%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +5.2% → +0.3%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Graveyard · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity · Avenger

Theoretical score13,348

Estimated elimination7.1 turns

Effective HP3,091

Healing173

Spamtons / turn21

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 -2.4% · 7 turnsSecond +2.4% · 6.4 turns

Fragile deck+13%5.6 turns · strength
Tank deck-8.1%7.5 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-3%7 turns
Resists Water0%6.7 turns
Resists Earth0%6.7 turns
Resists Nature0%6.7 turns
Resists Shadow-4.3%7.1 turns
Resists Light0%6.7 turns

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 7.1 turns.
173 healing over the game.
No weakness against element-resistant decks.

Weak spots

Only one generator: Pyro.
Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

How the game goes

Turn 1: first bonuses (Pyro).
Turn 6: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
Turn 8: damage peak (1,377).
Turn 8: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

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

Understanding the scores

Talents

Multi Start

Deer of Mournful Colors

Gain (+2) in each element.

Recommended

Shared Shield

Yotaru, Leafguard

Increases the elemental resistances of all allied cards by (+10%).

Recommended

F/W-Shield

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Fire resistance (+25%) Water resistance (+25%)

Recommended

Crit Sphere

Pyro

Increases this card's critical chance by (+2%) each turn

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Pyro (+7 Fire). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 63% of the damage; Conflagration (Pyro): 28% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.1 turns.

Survival

173 healing over the game, mostly from Deer of Mournful Colors. 3,091 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 1107 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

61 damageFire +1

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

46 damage+23

02Turn 2222 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

107 damageFire +1

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

65 damage

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

50 damage+25

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3172 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

118 damageFire +1

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

54 damage+27

04Turn 4556 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

325 damage

ConflagrationPyro

175 damageFire +1

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

56 damage+28

05Turn 5249 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

190 damageFire +1

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

59 damage+29

06Turn 61,232 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

905 damage

ConflagrationPyro

263 damageFire +1

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

64 damage+32

07Turn 7348 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

282 damageFire +1

Elemental DrainDeer of Mournful Colors

66 damage+33

08Turn 81,377 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

1,377 damage

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.