Hand Trick•Skill

Is Hand Trick good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Hand Trick is an uncommon skill from the Silent card pool. Its effect: Gain 7 Block. Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 200 tracked runs its win rate sits at 24.9%, 10.9% ahead of the 14.0% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.7% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 18.0% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 25.4% against 30.1% for runs that passed — a -4.4% pick lift across 165 decided runs. Within Silent runs it’s drafted 6.9% 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 Adrenaline, which lifts its win rate by +23.6% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Red Mask is its standout companion, worth a +34.0% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 20.8% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 15.

Upgrading the card adds +3 Block to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 49 ended in victory against 148 deaths and 3 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Lagavulin Matriarch Boss, finishing 5.0% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Hand Trick fits a Silent deck.

Pick or Skip: Hand Trick

Players take Hand Trick in 18.0% of the 954 offers it appears in; those runs win 25.4% against 30.1% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -4.4% over 165 decided runs.

Taken 172 times out of 954 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 Hand Trick

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Hand Trick, Act 3 is the best: 71.4% across 21 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Hand Trick

Hand Trick’s strongest card pairings so far are Adrenaline (+23.6%), Afterimage (+21.1%), and Malaise (+21.1%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Adrenaline+23.6%24 runsAfterimage+21.1%29 runsMalaise+21.1%16 runsAccelerant+20.9%26 runsCalculated Gamble+20.0%49 runsKnife Trap+19.3%16 runs

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

Hand Trick Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Silent, Hand Trick posts a 24.5% win rate over 199 tracked runs.

The Silentappears in 6.9% of its runs (199 tracked)

Best Relics for Hand Trick

The relics that swing Hand Trick’s win rate the most are Red Mask (+34.0%), Pendulum (+29.3%), and Centennial Puzzle (+28.9%), with each lift shown.

Red Mask+34.0%18 runsPendulum+29.3%26 runsCentennial Puzzle+28.9%30 runsBag of Marbles+26.6%22 runsWhetstone+25.1%23 runsBag of Preparation+22.8%33 runs

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

Hand Trick Card Details

A 1-energy uncommon skill, Hand Trick is upgraded 20.8% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 15.

Gain 7 Block. Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.

Upgrade: +3 Block

What Ends Runs with Hand Trick

Runs holding Hand Trick end most often against Lagavulin Matriarch Boss (5.0%), Knowledge Demon Boss (4.5%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (4.5%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Lagavulin Matriarch Boss5.0% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.5% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.5% of runs
• Test Subject Boss3.5% of runs
• Entomancer Elite3.5% of runs

See Also

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