Pomander Relic

Is Pomander good in Slay the Spire 2?

Pomander is an ancient relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: Upon pickup, Upgrade a card. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at F tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 386 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 13.1% of the time, right in line with the typical run. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 1.9% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Ironclad, at a 16.0% win rate. Ironclad players hold onto it in 1.6% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Mad Science, worth a +43.4% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Untouchable, worth +28.1% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 1 of a run. Its ancient rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 50 run wins against 331 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Decimillipede Elite, which closes out 4.7% of them. Read on for Pomander’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Pomander

Pomander is taken in 100.0% of its 386 recorded offers, but with 386 runs picking it and 0 passing, neither side has enough decided runs for a win rate yet.

Taken 386 times out of 386 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 Pomander

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Pomander are Mad Science (+43.4%), Untouchable (+28.1%), and White Noise (+25.8%).

Mad Science+43.4%23 runsUntouchable+28.1%17 runsWhite Noise+25.8%18 runsBreakthrough+24.4%16 runsInfinite Blades+23.2%22 runsPommel Strike+20.2%30 runs

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

Pomander Win Rate by Class

Pomander shows up across 5 classes, led by Ironclad (16.0%), Silent (16.0%), and Necrobinder (14.9%) by win rate.

The Ironclad16.0%76 runsThe Silent16.0%95 runsThe Necrobinder14.9%67 runsThe Defect9.5%97 runsThe Regent6.1%50 runs

Pomander Details

Pomander is an ancient relic carried in 1.9% of runs and usually picked up around floor 1.

Upon pickup, Upgrade a card.

What Ends Runs with Pomander

Pomander’s most common run-enders are Decimillipede Elite (4.7%), Kaiser Crab Boss (4.7%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (4.4%).

• Decimillipede Elite4.7% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.7% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.4% of runs
• Phantasmal Gardeners Elite3.6% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss3.4% of runs

See Also

Compare Pomander with the rest of the best Slay the Spire 2 relics, cards, and classes below.