Ghost Seed Relic

Is Ghost Seed good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Ghost Seed is a shop relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Strikes and Defends gain Ethereal. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 208 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 36.7%, 22.9% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 1.0% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Regent, who post a 37.8% win rate with it. Within Regent runs specifically, it’s carried 1.4% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Backflip, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +21.2% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Friendship, good for a +19.5% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 25. As a shop relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 76 ended in victory while 131 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 9.6% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Ghost Seed is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Ghost Seed

Players take Ghost Seed in 15.7% of the 1341 offers it appears in; those runs win 37.3% against 28.4% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +8.6% over 209 decided runs.

Taken 210 times out of 1341 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.

Best Cards with Ghost Seed

The cards that gain the most from carrying Ghost Seed are Backflip (+21.2%), Friendship (+19.5%), and Leading Strike (+18.9%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Backflip+21.2%19 runsFriendship+19.5%16 runsLeading Strike+18.9%18 runsDagger Throw+16.2%17 runsBloodletting+13.3%22 runsTaunt+13.3%16 runs

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

Ghost Seed Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Ghost Seed, it performs best with Regent (37.8%), Defect (37.0%), and Necrobinder (36.4%).

The Regent37.8%46 runsThe Defect37.0%27 runsThe Necrobinder36.4%44 runsThe Silent36.4%44 runsThe Ironclad36.2%47 runs

Ghost Seed Details

Carried in 1.0% of runs, Ghost Seed is a shop relic typically acquired near floor 25.

Strikes and Defends gain Ethereal.

What Ends Runs with Ghost Seed

Runs carrying Ghost Seed end most often against Aeonglass Boss (9.6%), Queen Boss (5.8%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (5.8%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss9.6% of runs
• Queen Boss5.8% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss5.8% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.3% of runs
• Test Subject Boss4.3% of runs

See Also

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