Dredge•Skill

Is Dredge good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Dredge is an uncommon skill from the Necrobinder card pool. Its effect: Put cards from your Discard Pile into your Hand. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 163 tracked runs its win rate sits at 33.1%, 19.2% ahead of the 14.0% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.4% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 17.5% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 33.6% against 20.8% for runs that passed, a +11.9% pick lift over 137 decided runs. Within Necrobinder runs it’s drafted 7.1% 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 Misery, which lifts its win rate by +17.9% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Happy Flower is its standout companion, worth a +32.6% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 35.8% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 17.

Of the runs that drafted it, 53 ended in victory against 107 deaths and 3 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Knowledge Demon Boss, finishing 6.7% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Dredge fits a Necrobinder deck.

Pick or Skip: Dredge

Players take Dredge in 17.5% of the 863 offers it appears in; those runs win 33.6% against 20.8% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +11.9% over 137 decided runs.

Taken 151 times out of 863 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 Dredge

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Dredge, Act 3 is the best: 60.0% across 25 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Dredge

Dredge’s strongest card pairings so far are Misery (+17.9%), Neurosurge (+17.8%), and No Escape (+17.7%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Misery+17.9%21 runsNeurosurge+17.8%25 runsNo Escape+17.7%27 runsFear+17.6%34 runsMad Science+16.1%16 runsBorrowed Time+15.3%34 runs

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

Dredge Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Necrobinder, Dredge posts a 32.9% win rate over 158 tracked runs.

The Necrobinderappears in 7.1% of its runs (158 tracked)

Best Relics for Dredge

The relics that swing Dredge’s win rate the most are Happy Flower (+32.6%), Vajra (+23.1%), and Candelabra (+21.6%), with each lift shown.

Happy Flower+32.6%28 runsVajra+23.1%19 runsCandelabra+21.6%18 runsBag of Preparation+20.7%24 runsBone Flute+20.1%15 runsPotion Belt+19.7%36 runs

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

Dredge Card Details

A 1-energy uncommon skill, Dredge is upgraded 35.8% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 17.

Put cards from your Discard Pile into your Hand.

What Ends Runs with Dredge

Runs holding Dredge end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (6.7%), Decimillipede Elite (6.1%), and Aeonglass Boss (4.3%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss6.7% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite6.1% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.3% of runs
• Test Subject Boss4.3% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite3.7% of runs

See Also

Keep exploring Slay the Spire 2 tier lists and stats below.