Oh, even easier.

So yeah, the probability of getting particular cards is worth thinking about.

The simplest calc you can almost guess.

If you really need 1 card, and your deck is 15, Nd you draw 5, that's 33% chance of getting it. And/or, 3 draws before you will have definitely seen it once.

If your deck is 25, that drops to 20% or 5 draws before you'll have definitely seen it.

If we're talking a power card or something that makes your other cards work better, you don't want to wait 5 draws before seeing it.

I'm late to the discussion but if I were removing cards in a shop I'd almost always remove strikes over defends every time. Strikes become less and less useful over the course of a run as you find better damage options quite easily.

A block card will always mitigate damage for you and although defend is basic, the turns where you need block cards make it irrelevant that you have that strike card in your hand that would be a defend if you hadn't removed it.

Tl:dr doing 6 damage to an enemy not as important as saving 5 damage to your character so I prefer to remove strikes not defends in a shop.

Yeah deffo with Defect I've run out of gas and just had too many ice orbs to end a fight with multiple enemies before they do the big damage turns.

But I feel that's a problem that affects Defect due to his damage often coming from cycling lightning and dark orbs more than IC and Silent. Especially with Silent as poison and caltrops can offset a defence heavy deck quite a lot (assuming the poison and caltrops aren't buried at the bottom of the deck).

I’ve only ever removed curses. This could be a revelation.

Removing at low levels is almost always ideal, but as you climb the ascensions it gets harder to decide what to do. The damage/block Strike and Defend do are a good baseline to measure other cards off, and some times you want the accessible as options to proc other cards and relics off.

FWIW it’s worth, I disagree with face about removing a block that early on, especially as Silent, where mitigation is the order of the day and you’re looking for poison/caltrops for damage.

Dagger Spray is big utility for Silent on the early floors (Sentinels, gremlin mob, Slime Boss) and on later floors too. Deadly Poison is good too, especially against, Lagavulin, transforming boss and hexaghost. Choke is rarely worth it that early on.

I got to act 3 boss via a portal. It had 2 phases?! Dammit.

I sometimes opt for remove two cards take 21 damage at the very start. It's always an interesting run.

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I got to act 3 boss via a portal. It had 2 phases?! Dammit.

If it makes you feel better, that's not because of the portal. They all have 2 phases in one way or another.

I thought I had a solid hand last night, went portal.

I did not have a solid hand.

With Silent your damage comes from sticking around with block IMO. Plus you have no healing, so taking less damage is important.

I killed the final boss (Awakened One) with Thunderstrike, which hit for 7 x 26dmg as an example. Literally half the health bar in one card.

Fucking love me a Catalyst+. Don't think I've unlocked it on this new save yet.

He's one of them, for there are three, but they're not the LAST boss. That comes later.

It's difficult to understand the structure of the game when you're starting out, although it's fairly simple. It's more that it's such a complex game that you'll be asked to do the same thing multiple times with slightly different handicaps. I suppose it's like saying I beat chess once by getting to checkmate. The learning comes after you've won.

So I’m now tracking across Steam and Switch so will be heading to 320+ hours soon.

@elf the heart...