Pocketwatch Relic

Is Pocketwatch good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Pocketwatch is a rare relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Whenever you play or fewer cards during your turn, draw additional cards at the start of your next turn. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 483 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 41.6%, 27.8% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 2.3% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Ironclad, who post a 47.2% win rate with it. Within Ironclad runs specifically, it’s carried 2.4% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Demon Form, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +58.4% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Vicious, good for a +41.7% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 22. As a rare relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 199 ended in victory while 279 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 5.6% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Pocketwatch is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Pocketwatch

Players take Pocketwatch in 60.4% of the 803 offers it appears in; those runs win 41.9% against 23.1% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +18.4% over 480 decided runs.

Taken 485 times out of 803 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 Pocketwatch

The cards that gain the most from carrying Pocketwatch are Demon Form (+58.4%), Vicious (+41.7%), and Barricade (+34.8%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Demon Form+58.4%16 runsVicious+41.7%18 runsBarricade+34.8%17 runsCruelty+34.4%25 runsMake It So+31.7%15 runsAdrenaline+31.1%23 runs

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

Pocketwatch Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Pocketwatch, it performs best with Ironclad (47.2%), Necrobinder (43.4%), and Regent (42.2%).

The Ironclad47.2%109 runsThe Necrobinder43.4%76 runsThe Regent42.2%103 runsThe Silent38.4%102 runsThe Defect32.5%83 runs

Pocketwatch Details

Carried in 2.3% of runs, Pocketwatch is a rare relic typically acquired near floor 22.

Whenever you play or fewer cards during your turn, draw additional cards at the start of your next turn.

What Ends Runs with Pocketwatch

Runs carrying Pocketwatch end most often against Aeonglass Boss (5.6%), Test Subject Boss (5.2%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (5.2%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss5.6% of runs
• Test Subject Boss5.2% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss5.2% of runs
• Queen Boss4.3% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss3.9% of runs

See Also

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