Dusty Tome•Relic

Is Dusty Tome good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Dusty Tome is an ancient relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Upon pickup, obtain |an Ancient Card}. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 107 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 29.0%, 15.0% ahead of the 13.9% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 0.9% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Silent, who post a 35.0% win rate with it. Within Silent runs specifically, it’s carried 0.7% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Cloak of Stars, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +11.0% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Glow, good for a +7.9% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 21. As an ancient relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 31 ended in victory while 76 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 6.5% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Dusty Tome is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Dusty Tome

Across 107 offers Dusty Tome has a 100.0% pick rate; the 107 runs that took it and 0 that left it are still below the sample floor, so no win rate is shown.

Taken 107 times out of 107 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 Dusty Tome

The cards that gain the most from carrying Dusty Tome are Cloak of Stars (+11.0%), Glow (+7.9%), and Wraith Form (+6.0%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Cloak of Stars+11.0%20 runsGlow+7.9%19 runsWraith Form+6.0%20 runsNeutralize+4.4%18 runsFalling Star+4.4%36 runsDefend+4.4%18 runs

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

Dusty Tome Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Dusty Tome, it performs best with Silent (35.0%), Regent (32.4%), and Defect (30.0%).

The Silent35.0%20 runsThe Regent32.4%37 runsThe Defect30.0%10 runsThe Necrobinder22.7%22 runsThe Ironclad17.6%17 runs

Dusty Tome Details

Carried in 0.9% of runs, Dusty Tome is an ancient relic typically acquired near floor 21.

Upon pickup, obtain |an Ancient Card}.

What Ends Runs with Dusty Tome

Runs carrying Dusty Tome end most often against Aeonglass Boss (6.5%), Decimillipede Elite (6.5%), and Test Subject Boss (6.5%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss6.5% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite6.5% of runs
• Test Subject Boss6.5% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite5.6% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.7% of runs

See Also

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