Slay the Spire 2: Cards - Tier List & Versus
(2026)
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Slay the Spire 2: Cards - Official Tier
Editorial placements for Slay the Spire 2: Cards, with the reasoning behind each list.
Best Cards in Slay the Spire 2
Deck fit matters more than a card’s tier: Corruption can turn exhaust into a strategy, Echo Form rewards a deck built around key plays, and Apotheosis upgrades every card at once. This is a high-upside shortlist; Slay the Spire 2 remains in Early Access, so balance may shift between updates.
Demon Form
Corruption
Fiend Fire
Feel No Pain
Dark Embrace
Echo Form
Biased Cognition
Defragment
All For One
Apotheosis
The Smith
Void Form
End Of Days
Reaper Form
Time S Up
Wraith Form
Adrenaline
Afterimage
Impervious
Barricade
Offering
Feed
Inflame
Bludgeon
Envenom
Noxious Fumes
Footwork
Master Of Strategy
Mayhem
Meteor Strike
Machine Learning
Creative Ai
Deathbringer
Reanimate
Necro Mastery
Genesis
Decisions Decisions
Panache
Second Wind
Uppercut
Whirlwind
Mangle
Blade Dance
Bouncing Flask
Leg Sweep
Burst
Tools Of The Trade
Shadow Step
Storm Of Steel
Bullet Time
Capacitor
Glacier
Loop
Hyperbeam
Rainbow
Sunder
Thunder
Dark Shackles
Shockwave
Discovery
Ultimate Strike
Secret Technique
Gold Axe
Rolling Boulder
Secret Weapon
Production
Scrawl
Dramatic Entrance
Prowess
Heavenly Drill
Pommel Strike
Shrug It Off
Backflip
Dagger Throw
Piercing Wail
Glimmer
Photon Cut
Beam Cell
Charge Battery
Finesse
Flash Of Steel
Fisticuffs
Huddle Up
Volley
Equilibrium
Furnace
Ironclad Cards Ranked
Ironclad’s S tier spans three plans: exhaust with Corruption and Fiend Fire, hold block with Barricade, or scale for later turns with Demon Form. Feel No Pain and Dark Embrace reward the first plan; Feed gives a successful run more room to continue.
Demon Form
Corruption
Barricade
Fiend Fire
Feel No Pain
Dark Embrace
Impervious
Offering
Feed
Inflame
Bludgeon
Juggernaut
Mangle
One Two Punch
Second Wind
Uppercut
Hemokinesis
Whirlwind
Colossus
Flame Barrier
Ashen Strike
Anger
Armaments
Blood Wall
Body Slam
Breakthrough
Cinder
Headbutt
Iron Wave
Molten Fist
Pommel Strike
Shrug It Off
Sword Boomerang
Taunt
Thunderclap
True Grit
Twin Strike
Battle Trance
Bloodletting
Bully
Burning Pact
Cruelty
Dismantle
Drum Of Battle
Evil Eye
Expect A Fight
Fight Me
Howl From Beyond
Infernal Blade
Pillage
Rage
Rampage
Rupture
Spite
Stone Armor
Unrelenting
Vicious
Bash
Havoc
Perfected Strike
Setup Strike
Tremble
Demonic Shield
Forgotten Ritual
Inferno
Juggling
Outrage
Stampede
Stomp
Tear Asunder
Thrash
Unmovable
Aggression
Blaze
Brand
Cascade
Conflagration
Crimson Mantle
Dominate
Hellraiser
Midnight
Not Yet
Pact S End
Primal Force
Pyre
Stoke
Tank
Break
Silent Cards Ranked
The Silent’s top cards solve different problems. Wraith Form buys a safe turn, Footwork improves defense, and Noxious Fumes or Envenom set up poison; Adrenaline and Burst help turn an opening into a combo. The best pick follows the deck you are building.
Wraith Form
Adrenaline
Afterimage
Envenom
Noxious Fumes
Footwork
Burst
Tools Of The Trade
Well Laid Plans
Infinite Blades
Accuracy
Blade Dance
Cloak And Dagger
Deadly Poison
Bouncing Flask
Corrosive Wave
Leg Sweep
Malaise
Nightmare
Shadow Step
Shadowmeld
Storm Of Steel
Fan Of Knives
Outbreak
Tracking
Piercing Wail
Dash
Blur
Bullet Time
Backflip
Dagger Spray
Dagger Throw
Deflect
Dodge And Roll
Escape Plan
Finisher
Flechettes
Haze
Hidden Daggers
Master Planner
Memento Mori
Predator
Prepared
Reflex
Skewer
Strangle
Tactician
Up My Sleeve
Blade Of Ink
Phantom Blades
Acrobatics
Expertise
Hand Trick
Mirage
Pounce
Sidestep
Abrasive
Assassinate
Sneaky
Blade Symphony
Pinpoint
Neutralize
Anticipate
Flick Flack
Leading Strike
Poisoned Stab
Ricochet
Slice
Snakebite
Sucker Punch
Untouchable
Calculated Gamble
Precise Cut
Speedster
Grand Finale
Knife Trap
Murder
Serpent Form
The Hunt
Accelerant
Backstab
Bubble Bubble
Concoct
Expose
Fade
Echoing Slash
Suppress
Flanking
Survivor
Regent Cards Ranked
The Regent uses Stars as a second resource and can store them between turns. This list favors cards that make that stockpile useful, then convert it into big attacks or a stronger Sovereign Blade; spending too early can leave a costly card stranded.
The Smith
Void Form
Decisions Decisions
Genesis
Arsenal
Meteor Shower
The Sealed Throne
Big Bang
Bombardment
Comet
Crash Landing
Dying Star
Heirloom Hammer
Knockout Blow
Seven Stars
Sword Sage
Seeking Edge
Furnace
Bulwark
Summon Forth
Conqueror
Beat Into Shape
Royal Gamble
Alignment
Black Hole
Child Of The Stars
Devastate
Gamma Blast
Glimmer
Hegemony
Kingly Kick
Kingly Punch
Lunar Blast
Parry
Particle Wall
Pillar Of Creation
Prophesize
Quasar
Radiate
Reflect
Resonance
Shining Strike
Spectrum Shift
Stardust
Supermassive
Terraforming
Hammer Time
I Am Invincible
Make It So
Monarch S Gaze
Neutron Aegis
Royalties
Tyranny
Monologue
Orbit
Pale Blue Dot
Bundle Of Joy
Heavenly Drill
Venerate
Astral Pulse
Begone
Celestial Might
Cloak Of Stars
Collision Course
Cosmic Indifference
Crescent Spear
Crush Under
Gather Light
Glitterstream
Glow
Guiding Star
Hidden Cache
Know Thy Place
Patter
Photon Cut
Refine Blade
Solar Strike
Spoils Of Battle
Wrought In War
Charge
Constellation
Convergence
Foregone Conclusion
Guards
Tutor
Manifest Authority
Largesse
Plot
Falling Star
Necrobinder Cards Ranked
The Necrobinder’s cards ask what Osty is worth in this fight: keep the reanimated hand alive to absorb hits, or risk him for a burst of damage. Doom offers another way to finish a target. S favors cards that support one of those plans.
End Of Days
Reaper Form
Reanimate
Necro Mastery
Time S Up
Deathbringer
Banshee S Cry
Forbidden Grimoire
Blight Strike
Bury
Countdown
Devour Life
Dirge
Oblivion
Putrefy
Scourge
Shroud
Soul Storm
Squeeze
No Escape
Underworld
Spirit Of Ash
Sacrifice
Protector
Afterlife
Bodyguard
Calcify
Cleanse
Danse Macabre
Death S Door
Defile
Delay
Dredge
Eidolon
Flatten
Grave Warden
Graveblast
High Five
Legion Of Bone
Lethality
Melancholy
Negative Pulse
Pagestorm
Pull Aggro
Pull From Below
Rattle
Seance
Severance
Sic Em
Sleight Of Flesh
Soulbound
Spur
The Scythe
Transfigure
Undeath
Unleash
Veilpiercer
Bone Shards
Borrowed Time
Death March
Debilitate
Defy
Drain Power
Fear
Friendship
Glimpse Beyond
Hang
Haunt
Invoke
Misery
Neurosurge
Parse
Poke
Reap
Reave
Right Hand Hand
Sculpting Strike
Sentry Mode
Shared Fate
Snap
Sow
Wisp
Cacophony
Call Of The Void
Capture Spirit
Demesne
Enfeebling Touch
Eradicate
Fetch
Defect Cards Ranked
The Defect’s S tier is built around scaling: Focus strengthens Orbs, Echo Form repeats key cards, and Multi-Cast spends energy to channel more Orbs. Defragment and Biased Cognition push the Orb engine hardest, but a deck still needs cards that channel and use them.
Echo Form
Biased Cognition
Defragment
All For One
Machine Learning
Buffer
Creative Ai
Meteor Strike
Multi Cast
Ball Lightning
Capacitor
Coolheaded
Glacier
Loop
Storm
Sunder
Hyperbeam
Ice Lance
Rainbow
Shatter
Thunder
Tesla Coil
Fusion
Darkness
Consuming Shadow
Shadow Shield
Boot Sequence
Double Energy
Ftl
Hologram
Skim
Overclock
Tempest
Voltaic
Barrage
Beam Cell
Charge Battery
Claw
Cold Snap
Compile Driver
Coolant
Focused Strike
Go For The Eyes
Leap
Lightning Rod
Null
Reboot
Scrape
Signal Boost
Subroutine
Synthesis
Trash To Treasure
White Noise
Adaptive Strike
Genetic Algorithm
Helix Drill
Modded
Rocket Punch
Scavenge
Spinner
Supercritical
One For All
Imitation Learning
Quadcast
Chaos
Synchronize
Boost Away
Gunk Up
Hotfix
Momentum Strike
Sweeping Beam
Turbo
Uproar
Bulk Up
Chill
Compact
Energy Surge
Feral
Fight Through
Glasswork
Hailstorm
Hibernate
Ignition
Iteration
Refract
Smokestack
Flak Cannon
Zap
Dualcast
Colorless Cards Ranked
Colorless cards are the flexible pool, so the best ones bring value to more than one character. Apotheosis upgrades every card; Master of Strategy adds draw; Secret Technique and Secret Weapon find a skill or attack when the deck needs one. Strong payoff, but less consistent than a class-specific fit.
Apotheosis
Master Of Strategy
Mayhem
Panache
Secret Technique
Secret Weapon
Gold Axe
Rolling Boulder
Discovery
Dramatic Entrance
Dark Shackles
Shockwave
Ultimate Strike
Ultimate Defend
Prowess
Panic Button
Production
Scrawl
Hand Of Greed
The Bomb
Thrumming Hatchet
Thinking Ahead
Omnislice
Finesse
Flash Of Steel
Equilibrium
Alchemize
Automation
Beat Down
Calamity
Catastrophe
Entropy
Eternal Armor
Hidden Gem
Jackpot
Knockdown
Mimic
Nostalgia
Rally
Rend
Salvo
Seeker Strike
Stratagem
Tag Team
The Ball
Volley
Believe In You
Coordinate
Fasten
Fisticuffs
Gang Up
Huddle Up
Impatience
Intercept
Jack Of All Trades
Lift
Mind Blast
Prep Time
Prolong
Purity
Restlessness
Bolas
Splash
The Gambit
Anointed
Beacon Of Hope
Ancient Cards Ranked
Ancient cards come from encounters with the Spire’s oldest residents and can reshape a run. Apotheosis, Corruption, Wraith Form and Biased Cognition each strengthen a different character’s plan, while The Sealed Throne and Meteor Shower give Regent powerful options. Their upside is high, but deck fit still matters.
Apotheosis
Corruption
Wraith Form
Biased Cognition
The Sealed Throne
Meteor Shower
Suppress
Forbidden Grimoire
Break
Apparition
Whistle
Abundance
Brightest Flame
Neow S Fury
Relax
Quadcast
Protector
Maul
Wish
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