Cursed Pearl Relic

Is Cursed Pearl good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Cursed Pearl is an ancient relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Upon pickup, receive Greed. Gain Gold. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at F tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 1220 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 11.4%, 2.4% short of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 5.8% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Silent, who post a 16.5% win rate with it. Within Silent runs specifically, it’s carried 5.7% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Mad Science, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +50.1% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Tools of the Trade, good for a +38.6% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 1. As an ancient relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 135 ended in victory while 1046 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Knowledge Demon Boss, finishing 4.7% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Cursed Pearl is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Cursed Pearl

Across 1220 offers Cursed Pearl has a 100.0% pick rate; the 1220 runs that took it and 0 that left it are still below the sample floor, so no win rate is shown.

Taken 1220 times out of 1220 offers.

A win rate is only shown once that side clears the sample floor. Below it you get the run counts and nothing else — a 0% here would be a reporting artefact, not a result.

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.

Best Cards with Cursed Pearl

The cards that gain the most from carrying Cursed Pearl are Mad Science (+50.1%), Tools of the Trade (+38.6%), and Supermassive (+36.4%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Mad Science+50.1%39 runsTools of the Trade+38.6%22 runsSupermassive+36.4%24 runsArsenal+35.2%15 runsWell-Laid Plans+33.6%20 runsBombardment+32.3%16 runs

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

Cursed Pearl Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Cursed Pearl, it performs best with Silent (16.5%), Regent (15.5%), and Necrobinder (12.7%).

The Silent16.5%267 runsThe Regent15.5%201 runsThe Necrobinder12.7%192 runsThe Ironclad8.4%261 runsThe Defect5.6%296 runs

Cursed Pearl Details

Carried in 5.8% of runs, Cursed Pearl is an ancient relic typically acquired near floor 1.

Upon pickup, receive Greed. Gain Gold.

What Ends Runs with Cursed Pearl

Runs carrying Cursed Pearl end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (4.7%), Kaiser Crab Boss (4.6%), and Phrog Parasite Elite (4.0%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss4.7% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.6% of runs
• Phrog Parasite Elite4.0% of runs
• The Kin Boss3.6% of runs
• Bygone Effigy Elite3.6% of runs

See Also

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