Highest POSSIBLE tier of thumbnail imaginable.

Now rate every Isaac item

Okay, the thumbnail is magnificent

He actually did it. The absolue madman

Your thumbnail game has ascended.

Skipped cleave and heavy blade, what a misplay.

I gotta be honest, I didn’t expect to see this video in my feed

Review every single block in mine craft please

skipping cleave was great

While we love to meme on you, Ryan, all the damage done to your self-esteem is a little harrowing to see. Be more confident. We love your content. Even if you fail, the courage it takes to post your failure is leagues above my courage to watch. Keep going dude. Happy new year.

Hello fellow Eggheads! If you're interested here's each card that Big Daddy Egglord rated, listed in chronological order along with the time of appearance, for convenience. Enjoy. Bash- 2:15 Defend- 3:04 Strike- 3:33 Anger- 4:12 Armaments- 5:34 Body Slam- 6:06 Clash- 7:39 Clothesline- 9:13 Flex- 10:40 Havoc- 12:14 Headbutt- 14:41 Iron Wave-15:55 Perfected Strike- 16:50 Pommel Strike- 18:37 Shrug It Off- 19:34 Sword Boomerang- 20:51 Thunderclap- 21:54 True Grit- 22:38 Twin Strike- 23:48 Warcry- 24:13 Wild Strike- 25:40 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Battle Trance- 26:52 Blood For Blood- 28:30 Bloodletting- 30:13 Carnage- 31:42 Combust- 32:32 Corruption- 33:14 Disarm- 34:50 Dropkick- 36:01 Dual Wield- 36:28 Entrench- 38:04 Evolve- 39:41 Feel No Pain- 40:48 Fire Breathing- 41:37 Flame Barrier- 43:09 Ghostly Armor- 43:51 Hemokinesis- 44:21 Infernal Blade- 45:07 Inflame- 46:19 Intimidate- 46:39 Metallicize- 47:14 Power Through- 48:38 Pummel- 49:14 Rage- 50:12 Rampage- 51:13 Reckless Charge- 51:58 Rupture- 52:10 Searing Blow- 53:05 Second Wind- 54:07 Seeing Red- 54:48 Sentinel- 55:38 Sever Soul- 56:09 Shockwave- 56:28 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Cleave- 57:31 Spot Weakness- 57:52 Uppercut- 58:26 Whirlwind- 59:24 Barricade- 1:00:07 Berserk- 1:00:40 Bludgeon- 1:01:29 Brutality- 1:02:03 Dark Embrace- 1:02:19 Demon Form- 1:02:30 Double Tap- 1:03:17 Exhume- 1:03:47 Feed- 1:04:36 Fiend Fire- 1:04:44 Immolate- 1:05:06 Impervious- 1:06:05 Juggernaut- 1:06:34 Limit Break- 1:07:18 Offering- 1:08:07 Reaper- 1:08:45 And that's all folks! Hope this makes things a bit easier! Special Thanks to Northernlion for making this vid. Being a Slayer myself, I like hearing opinions on cards, so this was a pleasant surprise. As my favorite internet personality, I hope you continue to provide us with such quality entertainment. You maintain a genuine sense of humility and self-awareness with humor, wit and honesty; All the while keeping fluid, engaging conversation that very few have managed to accomplish to the extent I expect from having listened to your ramblings over the years. I guess the bottom line is: Thanks Northernlion, you've made a difference in my life, kept me sane through hard times... I can't even quantify how much I appreciate the loyalty you show towards the community that has amassed, even through the many unique (and unorthodox) methods of showing their acknowledgement. As far as I'm concerned, you're an invaluable asset to your respective communities, and you stand as the purest example I have found of a person with the proverbial "Gift of gab". Truly, the only egg of his kind. The Egglord. Cheers, mate.

Hey Northern, do you offer esports coaching for Slay the Spire?

Alright now do this but with a game you've never played.

oh no baby what is you doing

Decided to break this up into sections. Common, Uncommon and Rare, that way it will post in the KZfaq Comments. I had over 10,000 Characters all together, which isn't postable. Uncommon Cards Battle Trance- 26:52 Rating- 5/5 NL Summary- "Best used after playing your other draw cards. Will kill an Artifact. Gets exponentially worse when you have more than 1." Blood for Blood- 28:29 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Garbage if drawn on first turn. Offering, Blue Candle, Rupture, Hemokinesis makes the card amazing. Awesome damage dealer on long fights." Bloodletting- 30:12 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Dicey. Doesn't like using cards that cause you to lose HP and don't exhaust. Prefers Seeing Red. Burning Pact- 31:08 Rating- 1/5 NL Summary- "The previous exhaust cards are better. Underates draw." Carnage- 31:41 Rating- 3/5 bordering 4/5 NL Summary- "Likes the card. Amazing early game, great at taking out Lagavulin, obelisks, and good on bosses. Combust- 32:32 Rating- 1/5 without Rupture, 2/5 with Rupture. NL Summary- "Situational. Rupture makes it better. Good for the Obelisks, and birds on the second floor." Corruption- 33:14 Rating- 2/5 or 5/5 NL Summary- Upside much of your deck will cost 0. If you can get benefit for exhausting even better. Downside it takes up a whole turn to play it. With Dead Branch obvious take. Rarely takes Corruption without Dead Branch." Disarm- 34:50 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Bodies Guardian and Hexaghost. As well as the Book of Stabbing. Dropkick- 36:01 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "You never want it if you don't have Vulnerability. Dual Wield- 36:28 Rating- 2/5, or 4/5 if you have 0 cost attacks or a staggering amount of energy. NL Summary- "Situational. Is a 2 most of the time." Entrench- 38:04 Rating- 1/5, or 5/5 if you are rolling barricade, or good blocks and calipers. NL Summary- "Early, since it costs 2 it is horrible. At 1 energy it is good enough. Evolve- 39:40 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Great on 1st Floor, makes Obelisks a joke. Works great against the Hexaghost. Great with Immolate. Feel No Pain- 40:48 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "Free win against the Obelisk. Likes it a little worse than Evolve. Works well with Corruption, and Juggernaut." Fire Breathing- 41:36 Rating- 0/5 NL Summary- "Never takes it. Complete Trash." :LUL: Flame Barrier- 43:09 Rating- 4/5, might even be a 5/5 NL Summary- "Takes it every time it pops up, especially early. Upgraded it is insanely great. Block of 2 Shrugs, and the damage of 2x basic Caltrops or Bronze Scales. Bodies the birds." Ghostly Armor- 43:50 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Reliable source of cheap block. Good early." Hemokinesis- 44:20 Rating- 2/5 without Rupture, 3/5 with Rupture possible 4/5 NL Summary- "Wouldn't be his first choice, but it isn't bad." Infernal Blade- 45:07 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Takes it often times. Ability to get an attack for 0 is good. Upgraded insanely good. Bad if you draw, Drop Kick, or Wild Strike. Great if you draw Immolate, Bludgeon, Perfected Strike, or Heavy Blade. Can make your deck better for the rest of the fight." Inflame- 46:17 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Maybe a little better if you building a strength focused deck." Intimidate- 46:38 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "Worst case scenario you purge all artifacts from enemies, would rather have a trip." Metallicize- 47:14 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Doesn't really like it. Tends to not have good success with Metallicize. Better with Juggernaut." Power Through- 48:38 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "A little better with Evolve. Fiend Fire or Sever Soul will help remove the wounds. Sometimes the block is needed." Pummel- 49:15 Rating- 3/5, 4/5 with Strength, 5/5 with Demon Form NL Summary- "Not really taken early, however if it is take a Flex or Inflame or something. More of a late game enabler." Rage- 50:12 Rating- 5/5, possible 6/5 if you have 0 cost attacks NL Summary- "With Juggernaut it is perfect. Disgustingly good. Only downside is if you draw it when the enemy is not attacking. It costs 0 regardless though." Rampage- 51:14 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Can't really make his deck thin enough, and draw enough to make it work. Would prefer to take another option." Reckless Charge- 51:57 Rating- 1/5 NL Summary- "Better with Feel No Pain or Evolve. Never takes it." Rupture- 52:10 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "Enables Offering, JAX, Hemokinesis, some Curses like Pain. Try to get something that gives you HP back. (Reaper)" Searing Blow- 53:05 Rating- 2/5, sometimes a 1/5, sometimes a 3/5 NL Summary- "Requires too many upgrades on high ascensions to make it viable. Searing Blow on Nonascensions is fun." Second Wind- 54:06 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Confused about it. Doesn't take it often." Seeing Red- 54:48 Rating- 5/5 NL Summary- "Downside takes up a spot in your hand. Helps getting high cost Powers out." Sentinel- 55:37 Rating- 1/5 NL Summary- "Sucks. 4*/5 with Corruption it is insanely good, or a True Grit." Sever Soul- 56:09 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "Early on reliable damage source." Shockwave- 56:28 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "Blown out by 2 or more artifact enemies. Buys a lot of time on elites. Valuable AoE." Spot Weakness- 57:51 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "If you can reuse it with Headbutt and draw, but usually a bit too slow." Uppercut- 58:26 Rating- 4/5 Unupgraded, 5/5 Upgraded NL Summary- "Gets better with Necronomicon, damage a little underwhelming. Better Bash. Takes it almost every time it shows up." Whirlwind- 59:24 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "AoE is very important, would at least take one everytime it shows up. Downside it is an X card, which can be good and bad. Good against weak first floor enemies and birds, not so great at bosses." Rare Cards Barricade- 1:00:07 Rating- 1/5, or 5/5 NL Summary- "Is enabled with good blocks and Entrench." Berserk- 1:00:39 Rating- 1/5 NL Summary- "Terrible power, especially on Ascension. Never takes it." Bludgeon- 1:01:29 Rating- 3/5 borders 4/5 NL Summary- "Take it everytime if it shows up early game." Brutality- 1:02:03 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Works very well with Rupture. Not normally worth the HP cost." Dark Embrace- 1:02:19 Rating- 2/5 NL Summary- "Really only works in an exhaust and corruption deck." Demon Form- 1:02:30 Rating- 2/5 or 4/5 NL Summary- "Must take, most of the time a must have in strength decks." Double Tap- 1:03:17 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Benefits from being upgraded, almost always takes when it shows up." Exhume- 1:03:47 Rating- ?/5 He didn't rate it. Classic Egg. NL Summary- "Early it is horrible. Reaper, Pummel, Offering makes it good. Great with Feed. Works insanely well with Ritual Dagger." Feed- 1:04:36 Rating- 4/5 NL Summary- "Almost always takes it. Good regardless of when it shows up." Fiend Fire- 1:04:44 Rating- 3/5 bordering 2/5 NL Summary- "Reliable source of damage. Makes it a tough decision whether or not you want to exhaust your current hand for that extra damage." Immolate- 1:05:06 Rating- 5/5 or even 6/5 NL Summary- "Favorite card to see early game. You will probably cruise through the first floor. Bodies most of the first floor. You won't see the downside unless it becomes a long fight, even then the burns are not too bad to deal with. Immolate + Headbutt = Beaten 1st Floor." Impervious- 1:06:06 Rating- 3/5, 5/5 with Barricade NL Summary- "Good enough." Juggernaut- 1:06:34 Rating- 2/5 or 3/5 NL Summary- "Too expensive to work in a nonblock deck. With Rage it becomes disgusting." Limit Break- 1:07:18 Rating- 0/5, 3/5, or a 5/5 NL Summary- "Getting it as a reward when you start your run, it is a dead card. Offering- 1:08:08 Rating- 3/5 NL Summary- "On higher level ascensions it isn't as good since HP is precious." Reaper- 1:08:46 Rating- 3/5, sometimes 4/5, sometimes 5/5 NL Summary- "Not great against single targets. Great against groups, even better with Strength."

the mean laser eyes knowledge is very useful

LITTLE BIT OF A BACKLOG

i love this man so much

If he actually did this, now we can expect that might actually do the Evangelion podcast thing

every time nl takes metallicize: "wow this is incredible. why do i never take this" nl rating metallicize: "never take this card. ever" edit: "is there a relic that makes it so you cant be vulnerable?" how many times do you have to ask this question?!?

I never imagined NL as a talk with your hands kinda guy but he definitely talks with his mouse

How does NL, reviewing cards by himself, have better banter than most podcasts do?

Thanks for this video! I've been struggling to beat the heart on Ascension 5 and this has helped me think about the relative values of a bunch of cards differently.

honestly more reasoned than i thought it be, and you have the chops to comment at this point so nice vid egg!

NL I fucking love this, please make more videos like this in the future. Not necessarily card rating videos, just videos about games that aren't necessarily a single or multiple rouge-like runs in a video, very fun content.

i love the different video format! would love to see more videos like these but potentially for other series (not sure what that would look like but i'm excited nonetheless)

USE THE ARROWS YOU MADMAN!

I loved this video! I have watched a lot of your slay the spire runs and I think it's great to see your reasoning behind certain card-picks. It also helps a lot as a player that isn't that great in this game! I also really don't mind the length of the video - the opposite even: I enjoy the more more deeper look into the combinations and uses of these cards and when or when not to take them. I am looking forward to see this kind of video for the other classes/ cards as well and really hope you don't get turned down due to the time it takes to make these.

MAKE A TIER LIST FOR THE ITEMS IN BINDING OF ISSAC AFTERBIRTH +++ NEXT EGGHEAD!

Rate all the curses, eggman pls

The only good synergy for Fire Breathing is the Boot. That does make it pretty decent.

I see he remembered how to make the meme laser eyes from the ABS Smash Bros video

This is incredible, the thumbnail and the video together are just the greatest

He skipped the legendary Cleave

NL: "Zero cost attacks are the best!" Also NL: "I think I'm gonna give Reckless Charge a 1..."

Havoc is a card best used with Headbutt. Use the Headbutt to put a Power or card that needs to be exhausted (curse/status/etc) on top the deck(the next card to be drawn). Makes it much easier to play Demon Form or Barricade.

I never expected to see this but oh boy am I so fucking glad of seeing it. Also top tier thumbnail

Great video, I hope that we see the power ratings for the other characters too.

I think the disparity between his rating of pommel strike and shrug it off illustrate the whole StS series so well. "I love this card, and I hate this card, I can't tell you why but that's how I feel"

This is absolutely one of the most hilarious gaming videos i've ever seen

I’d actually be VERY interested to see an analysis of the colorless/curse cards. If you actually feel up to it, I really think people would absolutely love it

Please, metalizice is amazing. Is clearly 5 star card

THIS is the kind of content i subscribed for

Weird flex, but ok.

Love this content, can you do for the other 2 charscters?

You must be crazy man, i really appreciate your work

Wow it's amazing that even though we've both beaten A20 with Ironclad, we have completely different opinions on a lot of these cards. That really shows how much depth is actually behind this game. (Btw I give thunderclap a 4 minimum, I think its one of Ironclads best AoE card.)

This is the quality content I subscribe for.

lmao the lensflare eyes are killing me

I think his evaluations were surprisingly good except for a choice few.

AHAHAH NL THIS VIDEO IS GORGEOUS Also: This fucking thumbnail you amazing human being Also also: Lets go

Loved this! But I'm gonna make another case for Power Through. I think it's so dope.

Happy, 11,000, my, dude!

Oh this is gonna be fun. BTW since when does NL does this kind of videos? X'D

GOD TIER THUMBNAIL I think NL rates the majority of cards pretty accurately, but he does seem to underrate some cards such as Pommel Strike, Thunderclap, Metallicize and Offering. I don't think he overrates that many cards although Clash comes to mind, any enemies that gives you a status card, or any curse, or even some of the Ironclads own cards can severely impact cleave and at best make it inconsistent. Clash is only really good in very specific decks that build around it and have a good way to deal with status effects.

Damn dude you were actually exactly right about every card. Well done 👍

Great content.

I'm so glad I can get a look into slay the spire so I can start watching

You know it’s a good video when dad googled how to do the laser beam meme eyes

0:43 For anyone wanting to skip the spoiler :)

Solid ratings. I wanna see you rate the relics too

Thoroughly enjoy NL going in depth into a game he loves.

My first run ever I got Barricade, Panic Button and Body Slam very early, and I was like "people think this game is hard?"

It’s funny seeing him shit on metalicize so much now that he’s fallen in love with Wish’s plated armor, which is basically just more expensive metalicize

I was super excited when I saw the smash thumbnail. Now I’m realizing he only knows one effect. I’m still very excited. One step at a time egg.

Glad to see that Egg is embracing his Eggness. That thumbnail is S+ Tier

Headbutt is a 5/5 because it can be used to get Entrench or Limit Break every turn, driving your defense and strength up to absurd levels. And even without that combo it retains a stunning level of versatility, with the damage just being a bonus. In particular its good witg Barricade/Entrench at which point it makes you basically invincible.

Such an out of character video for Ryan to make, I am keen to see the other videos in the series.

Yo, if you do all the cards and want to keep doing these videos, you should rate the boss relics as well.

I had this on in the background and heard him rating Fire Breathing a 1 and I was like "wait, WHAT?" then I looked and saw the effect....guess they retooled that one somewhere along the line, huh.

This is the quality content I love

The best rating system that i've seen so far egg it's: 1= never add 2=almost never add 3=add if necesary or if it enables a synergy 4=good card overall, good by itself and enables combos 5=almost allways take, build around card Took it from pro hearthstone players, it probably works just as well

This thumbnail is blessed and cursed. It's a BLURSED thumbnail.

He ignores the fact that Dual Wield can duplicate powers too. Imagine tripling your Metalicize, or your Demon Form. It works better with Mummified Hand or Madness but regardless it can singlehandedly be your win condition

God damn this video is over an hour long. And here I thought he was going to say "never take anything but Reaper" and then end the video.

The new Fire Breath is a lot of fun. I just got the game a week ago and had no idea that card used to be so terrible 😆

the comeback of top 10 isaac items in its beautiful 2019 face

missed a tinted cleave

Yoooo. Ya boy NL servin' Stone cold 1 h of his sweet sweet voice. This time no missplays. Inb4 must be a speedrun or quintuple loss.

I thought this was some random fan compiling clips of whenever you said how much you liked a card

2 for burning blood? Wow. That 2 energy could let you kill an enemy 1 turn sooner and prevent 20 damage. That is easily worth 3hp

Calling spot weakness a 2 hurt my brain

This is the content i love

I feel like NL undervalues discard and exhaust. They enable some insane decks for high ascension play and it's how you enable infinites, especially exhaust. I might edit this as I continue watching, but so far this is my impression.

This is my kind of content. You magnificent egg.

He should do the same with The Binding of Isaac: active items, passive items and maybe trinkets; or maybe after the Repentance DLC launches.

I agree with a lot in this video. I enjoyed it very much, ah, though please try to rate more conclusively, like body slam was a 2, 3, and a 4. So which one is it?

350 hours and still calling sentries obelisks, gremlin knob a devil, and the acts floors. Never change bud.

Im even worse at spire than NL

I'll be sure to come back to this video once I buy slay the spire when it's out of early access(which is pretty soon I hear).

you're going ham with the eye glow effects now that you know how to do it

quick analysis of important points common: -this man just rated clash and clothesline the same -this dude just low rated havoc because it can exhaust your win condition, failing to realize that having a one card win condition is very bad independent of havoc. he keeps talking about a win condition and I feel like his idea that decks having singular win conditions are fine might be a large part of his problems at high ascension w/ the ironclad -pommel strike 2, I was writing that I thought NL underrated draw as he said it, at least he's self aware -shrug it off is really good, probably 5/5 but interesting he really likes it but not other comparable draw options commons: NL really underrates pommel strike, clothesline, havoc. his ratings in the middle seem nonsensical to me when talking about perfected strike and clash being above stuff like sword boomerang, thunderclap, and especially pommel strike and the same as clothesline, pommel strike, as well as I think body slam if you average the scores he said in the vid. I can't really see a rhyme or reason to these discrepancies besides NL underrating aoe, card draw, and weaken. verdict: NL seems to understand what theoretically should make cards good, but fails to see what cards fulfill the goals he talks about. uncommon -NL's right battle trance is really good idk why he so rarely takes it -blood for blood's ehh I agree with NL's analysis mostly although he does say it's good with 4 energy (i.e. post boss 1 at earliest) which is the opposite my experience as late game if your taking damage multiple time's your kinda fucked anyways, -NL's right he probably does underrate burning pact -carnage's really good early, not so much late 3 is fair -(EDIT LATER) NL"s uncommon rating is pretty solid relative to uncommon -NL's corruption analysis was way better than I anticipated, I thought he had deluded himself into thinking corruption is an Insta win -NL is consistently correct about the cards he underrates, next example entrench- to be honest early entrench can be really good even in non barricade decks with bodyslams -NL finally appropriately rates evolve this may be the greatest moment in the history of NL's slay the spire episode -probably underrates feel no pain even w/ 3 but it's progress -fire breathing is really bad, good job NL you've accurately rated one of the worst cards in the game -love NL high rating flame barrier and ghostly armor thank goodness not too long ago he wouldn't take flame barrier like at all -probably overrates infernal blade but it's still good - this man gave inflame a 2, I'm seeing why it took him so long to win on high ascension strength gain is huge as the ironclad for high ascension -metallicize is really good, 1 cost power for 3-4 block per turn, he sorta seems like he knows this but still gives it a low rating which is interesting. -Pummel is really good at high ascension since strength builds are huge, although NL doesn't get late that often so maybe that's a factor -rage can be a dead card on a lot of turns when you overblock anyways especially on act 3, usually you either have a deck that can accumulate more block than the enemy is attacking consistently or the enemy doesn't late long enough to deal significant damage, overall rage is alright but definitely not as good as NL is making it seem here -he's right about searing blow, a lot of wins with searing blow at high ascension are grinder for a run specced purely for that, you need a super thin deck to allocate enough upgrades to make it good. -sever soul is probs a little but overrated especially the situations NL argued with -shockwave's rating is fine -underrates spot weakness a lot, spot weakness early can define a build, a lot of ironclad cards benefit heavily from strength gain and 3-4 strength is enough to make cards like pummel/sword boomerang insane, ultimately I think NL should realize building an archetype should start when you get cards that fit into that archetype, whether they are archetype defining or not, if you take early spot weakness+sword boomerang, the limit break/demon form pickup can be an Insta win, but if you don't have those cards limit break for example can feel dead even tho it's one of the best cards in the game. -uppercut is one of the best cards in the game. - NL seems to rate aoe differently based on the card which is confusing, whirlwind is really good aoe but he says how important aoe is while simultaneously saying other aoe cards are low tier for seemingly no good reason, whirlwind is incredibly good tho so solid rating there. Uncommon verdict: NL is better at rating uncommons than commons I think, although it's becoming apparent where his weaknesses fall, namely a huge underrating of strength builds, his ratings on block cards in general are pretty fair although it seems his understanding of what makes a deck win on high ascension with an offensive style is severely lacking. Better overall than his common rankings. Rare: - Both entrench and barricade can work fine without one another, if the rest of my deck is fitting that archetype I'd take either individually in a heartbeat, with early body slams and other strong block options both are Insta takes. -Berserk is bad -bludgeons quite situational, can be good early, can be nearly dead late in a lot of decks -brutalities eh - you don't need demon form for strength decks, inflame spot weakness flex limit break can beat heart on ascension 20 (with other help obviously) no Demon form needed, demon form is really good but not a must have for strength builds. -fiend fire is good situational, any exhaust synergy can make it an almost solo win condition. -impervious is really good even without barricade/entrench assuming you have body slams, can be 2 cost 40 damage which is very efficient. -juggernauts insanely situational, dead in a lot of decks, amazing in a lot, classic idea of the idea's slay the spire is built on. -limit break is insanely good, high ascension can be close to best card in the game, easily can give you 10+ strength in fights fast given how many cards/relics the ironclad has to improve strength, NL probs slightly underrates it, also first rare card limit break can be insane, it's only bad if you're first like 6-7 card options go by with 0 strength generation. -also hugely underrates offering, many many many occasions extra energy and draw can save you more than 6 hp, especially since ironclad regent that anyways I think NL super underrates it. -NL needs to get reaper doesn't win him those runs, reaper needs strength for it to be really good, reapers more good as a result of other stuff in your deck rather than it being good in isolation. Rare: overall pretty good assessment of rare, probably still underrates strength in general as far as an archetype, same with barricade and the block archetype (although on high ascension that can be dicy). better than uncommon and common as far as ranking. tl;dr NL underrates both block and strength builds in favor of, well, I'm not really sure rage I guess? ultimately I think he has a good idea of what theoretically makes a deck win, but not a good understanding of which cards fulfill that theoretical ideal.

How to use havoc. Step one head butt a card back or warcry one out. step 2 play havoc step 3 enjoy your 0 cost demon form, uppercut or whatever else you might need to play but couldnt or have already drawn. Its even better with dead branch corruption obviously but its an s tier card as is.

How does he underrate strength so much, I literally cleared ascension 15 to ascension 20 really easily and reliably using only aggresive strength decks.

spot weakness is very good, its cheap and re-playable scale. some situations are more common then others, exhaust is part of many iron clad cards, that's why some of those cards are better than you think

Nice video. I agree with most of these, but I actually snatch Combust and ignore Battle Trance a lot. Combust can save you if you’re outclassed. Even if you aren’t, ending a battle quickly at the cost of a few extra life is often a fair trade. And then of course the combo with Rupture is sick. With Battle Trance, either you are playing a draw deck or you aren’t. It’s mildly useful in a non-draw deck, but that is limited by the fact that those decks aren’t set up to take advantage of draw. OTOH, Battle Trance is basically a curse in a draw deck. The worst situation is in a Havoc/Deadbranch deck. You’ve turned one of the best decks into almost certain doom.

Legit thought this was a fan edit for a second

I like how incredibly defensive you get every card ha. I wish I could play this game anywhere near as fast as you do, I can't even read the cards or items when you play you know every single one. I am curious what I would rate every card I am only at like 6 ascension with every class (I finally stopped trying to go for end game and just going for acension win). I for instance have won a couple times with body slam decks (I have also lost many times...). I think 3 cost/2cost things gain value due to all teh ways you can lower their cost. Madness/mummy hand for instance.

The thumbnail baited me to watch it. Got 7 minutes in before I thought “wait, I don’t watch slay the spire. Why do I care about cards I know nothing about?” Tricky egg

Now this is the quality content I signed up for