SPAM Elements Explained: Element Points, Bonuses & Resistances

Elements are the engine of the SPAM card game. Every ability has an element, every card has a resistance to each element, and every player builds up element points during a match. Understanding how points scale is the single biggest step from beginner to winning decks.

The seven elements

Each element has its own page with every card, the strongest decks and the Tox that feed it: Fire, Water, Earth, Nature, Shadow, Light and Ether, the seventh element some players call Aether.

How element points work

Each player has a separate pool of points for every element. When an ability deals damage, its value is multiplied by 1 + 0.1 × your points in that element: with 10 Fire points, a 30-damage Fire attack hits for 60 before resistances and critical hits. Points never decay, so a source that adds +1 every turn is worth +10 after ten turns.

Where points come from

• Abilities — the Spirits add +1 every turn (Blaze, Wave, Rampart…), Commando Gerz's Cigarillos adds +3 Earth and +3 Light, Mistress of Tints's Multiboost adds +3 in every element, and the Kings choose +1 to +20.
• Hearts — Fireheart, Waterheart, Earthheart, Natureheart, Shadowheart and Lightheart add +1/+2/+5/+8 points every turn (Common to Legendary).
• Terrain — the arena gives +5 of its element to both players.
• Graveyard — +3 to +12 in every element whenever a card dies.
• Talents — Multi Start (+3 in each element) and field talents like Earth Field (+7 Earth).

Resistances

Every card has a resistance per element, shown as a percentage: 10% means 10% less damage of that element. Values range from strongly negative (a weakness) to +50%, and changes to resistance can't push it past ±50%. Resistance is checked against the attack's element, not the attacker's card. Ether has no resistance entry at all, so Ether damage always lands in full.