Slay the Spire 2 Card Pick Guide
Know what a card does, what it connects to, and whether your current deck actually needs it before you take the reward.
Browse All Cards
Explore 577 cards with costs, upgrades, pools, powers, keywords, and created-card relationships.
Open Deck Evaluator
Evaluate the card in the context that matters most: the deck you already have.
Explore Builds
Move from a single reward-screen choice into a larger build direction.
Pick by Character
Each character evaluates card rewards inside a different pool, starting deck, and mechanic set.
How to Judge a Card Pick
A reward-screen choice is stronger when the card's exact mechanics and the state of the current deck point in the same direction.
Understand the card
Check cost, type, rarity, upgrade, keywords, powers, and any cards it creates before judging the pick.
Check what it connects to
A card becomes more valuable when its mechanics already connect to the deck you are building.
Judge the current deck
The same card can be a strong take in one deck and an unnecessary addition in another.
Signals Behind a Pick
Powers
See which cards apply or interact with persistent combat effects.
Keywords
Trace mechanics such as Exhaust, Retain, Sly, Innate, and Ethereal.
Relics
Check the permanent effects already shaping the value of future card choices.
Builds
Use the broader direction of the run when a card cannot be judged in isolation.
A Reward Does Not Require a Pick
Adding a card changes every future draw. A card that looks individually strong can still make the deck worse when it does not solve a current problem or depends on support the deck does not have.
That is why SpireGenius separates the card database from the decision layer: exact game data is the starting point, not the final answer.
Evaluate the current deck →Card Pick FAQ
Should I take a card at every reward screen?
Why can the same card be a good pick in one run and a skip in another?
Where should I go if I only want the exact game data?
Game data tells you what a card does. SpireGenius helps you decide what to do with it.
Use the database for exact values and relationships, then move into builds, synergies, and deck evaluation when the question becomes take, skip, or build around.