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Is Afterimage good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Afterimage is a rare power from the Silent card pool. Its effect: Whenever you play a card, gain 1 Block. Right now it’s a premium pick that sits at B tier — one of the better cards you can add to a deck this run.

Over 262 tracked runs its win rate sits at 38.6%, 24.5% ahead of the 14.1% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 2.5% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 47.7% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 41.2% against 36.4% for runs that passed, a +4.5% pick lift over 204 decided runs. Within Necrobinder runs it’s drafted 0.5% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.1 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Blade of Ink, which lifts its win rate by +26.0% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Miniature Cannon is its standout companion, worth a +27.6% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 43.5% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 18.

Of the runs that drafted it, 100 ended in victory against 159 deaths and 3 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 6.1% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Afterimage fits a Silent deck.

Pick or Skip: Afterimage

Players take Afterimage in 47.7% of the 453 offers it appears in; those runs win 41.2% against 36.4% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +4.5% over 204 decided runs.

Taken 216 times out of 453 offers.

Pick rate when offered counts offers, not runs: out of every time the game put this in front of a player, how often it was taken. It is not the same number as the share of runs that end up containing it.

Pick lift is the sample-adjusted gap between runs that took the option and runs that passed on it. It is the fair way to rank choices, because raw win rates put the smallest samples on top.

When to Pick Up Afterimage

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Afterimage, Act 3 is the best: 65.2% across 24 runs.

Win rate of runs by the act Afterimage entered the deck. Acts that have not reached the sample floor show their run count only.

Best Cards to Pair with Afterimage

Afterimage’s strongest card pairings so far are Blade of Ink (+26.0%), Shadow Step (+25.2%), and Knife Trap (+21.1%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Blade of Ink+26.0%31 runsShadow Step+25.2%19 runsKnife Trap+21.1%36 runsBurst+19.3%27 runsAbrasive+19.2%34 runsWell-Laid Plans+16.9%26 runs

Based on small co-occurring samples — treat these as early signals, not final verdicts.

Afterimage Win Rate by Class

Of the 2 classes that draft Afterimage, it performs best with Necrobinder (80.0%) and Silent (36.6%).

The Necrobinder80.0%10 runsThe Silent36.6%249 runs

Best Relics for Afterimage

The relics that swing Afterimage’s win rate the most are Miniature Cannon (+27.6%), Tiny Mailbox (+26.6%), and Eternal Feather (+25.1%), with each lift shown.

Miniature Cannon+27.6%24 runsTiny Mailbox+26.6%23 runsEternal Feather+25.1%30 runsPantograph+22.2%22 runsOrnamental Fan+21.5%34 runsCloak Clasp+20.9%21 runs

Based on small co-occurring samples — treat these as early signals, not final verdicts.

Afterimage Card Details

A 1-energy rare power, Afterimage is upgraded 43.5% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 18.

Whenever you play a card, gain 1 Block.

What Ends Runs with Afterimage

Runs holding Afterimage end most often against Aeonglass Boss (6.1%), Queen Boss (5.7%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (4.6%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss6.1% of runs
• Queen Boss5.7% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.6% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.6% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss3.1% of runs

See Also

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