Silver Crucible•Relic

Is Silver Crucible good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Silver Crucible is an ancient relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: The first card rewards you see are Upgraded. The first Treasure Chest you open is empty. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at F tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 118 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 16.5%, 2.5% short of the 18.9% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 3.1% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Silent, who post a 33.3% win rate with it. Within Silent runs specifically, it’s carried 3.2% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Tactician, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +83.5% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Doubt, good for a +58.5% 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, 15 ended in victory while 76 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Kaiser Crab Boss, finishing 4.2% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Silver Crucible is worth grabbing.

Best Cards with Silver Crucible

The cards that gain the most from carrying Silver Crucible are Tactician (+83.5%), Doubt (+58.5%), and Tools of the Trade (+58.5%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Tactician+83.5%4 runsDoubt+58.5%4 runsTools of the Trade+58.5%4 runsReflex+58.5%5 runsUltimate Strike+58.5%5 runsAdrenaline+58.5%5 runs

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

Silver Crucible Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Silver Crucible, it performs best with Silent (33.3%), Necrobinder (21.1%), and Defect (14.3%).

The Silent33.3%31 runsThe Necrobinder21.1%24 runsThe Defect14.3%17 runsThe Regent5.0%25 runsThe Ironclad0.0%21 runs

Silver Crucible Details

Carried in 3.1% of runs, Silver Crucible is an ancient relic typically acquired near floor 1.

The first card rewards you see are Upgraded. The first Treasure Chest you open is empty.

What Ends Runs with Silver Crucible

Runs carrying Silver Crucible end most often against Kaiser Crab Boss (4.2%), Test Subject Boss (4.2%), and Terror Eel Elite (3.4%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Kaiser Crab Boss4.2% of runs
• Test Subject Boss4.2% of runs
• Terror Eel Elite3.4% of runs
• Lagavulin Matriarch Boss3.4% of runs
• Skulking Colony Elite3.4% of runs

See Also

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