Well-Laid Plans Power

Is Well-Laid Plans good in Slay the Spire 2?

Well-Laid Plans is an uncommon Silent power in Slay the Spire 2. In combat it resolves as: At the end of your turn, Retain up to cards. It’s a dependable, middle-of-the-pack option, landing at C tier in our rankings.

Across 371 recorded runs, decks running it win 31.2% of the time, comfortably clear of the 14.3% average, by 16.9%. It’s a more selective pick, turning up in just 1.4% of decks that could run it. Offer data backs the pick — taken 11.9% of the time it is shown, with 31.3% for runs that took it against 24.3% for runs that did not, a +6.7% pick lift across 243 decided runs. Silent players keep it in 6.1% of their runs, so it’s a familiar sight in those decks. On average it shows up 1.1 times in the decks that take it.

It performs best next to Mad Science — together they post a +36.6% swing in win rate. It also has strong chemistry with the relic Fragrant Mushroom, which moves its win rate by +32.8%. At 1 energy, it’s upgraded in 34.3% of runs and usually joins the deck around floor 17.

That’s 115 wins, 254 deaths, and 2 abandoned runs with it in the deck. The encounter that most often ends a run carrying it is Knowledge Demon Boss, which closes out 5.4% of its appearances. Read on for Well-Laid Plans’s complete synergy, class, and threat breakdown to decide whether it earns a slot in your Silent run.

Pick or Skip: Well-Laid Plans

Out of 2057 recorded offers Well-Laid Plans is taken 11.9% of the time, and taking it is worth +6.7% in pick lift — 31.3% for runs that picked it against 24.3% for runs that skipped, across 243 decided runs.

Taken 245 times out of 2057 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 Well-Laid Plans

Well-Laid Plans is strongest when it joins the deck in Act 3, where runs win 51.2% across 42 runs — one of 4 recorded pickup windows.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Well-Laid Plans

Ranked by win-rate lift, Well-Laid Plans performs best alongside Mad Science (+36.6%), Blade of Ink (+24.8%), and Afterimage (+23.4%).

Mad Science+36.6%30 runsBlade of Ink+24.8%43 runsAfterimage+23.4%60 runsAdrenaline+22.4%77 runsAssassinate+21.6%50 runsBurst+20.1%40 runs

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

Well-Laid Plans Win Rate by Class

Well-Laid Plans is drafted only by the Silent, where it holds a 31.1% win rate across 356 runs.

The Silentappears in 6.1% of its runs (356 tracked)

Best Relics for Well-Laid Plans

Well-Laid Plans pairs best with the relics Fragrant Mushroom (+32.8%), Nunchaku (+32.3%), and Joss Paper (+30.0%), ranked by win-rate lift.

Fragrant Mushroom+32.8%23 runsNunchaku+32.3%29 runsJoss Paper+30.0%19 runsSnecko Skull+28.6%38 runsMiniature Cannon+26.3%26 runsKusarigama+23.9%33 runs

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

Well-Laid Plans Card Details

Well-Laid Plans is an uncommon power costing 1 energy; it’s upgraded in 34.3% of runs and usually picked up by floor 17.

At the end of your turn, Retain up to cards.

What Ends Runs with Well-Laid Plans

Well-Laid Plans’s most common run-enders are Knowledge Demon Boss (5.4%), Entomancer Elite (5.1%), and Aeonglass Boss (4.6%).

• Knowledge Demon Boss5.4% of runs
• Entomancer Elite5.1% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.6% of runs
• Test Subject Boss3.8% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite3.2% of runs

See Also

Compare Well-Laid Plans with the rest of the best Slay the Spire 2 cards, relics, and classes below.