Sep 30, 2026
Eidolon in beta: inspect the Exhaust pile before committing
Understand beta Eidolon's Ethereal replay effect and generation restriction. Check eligible cards, timing, and version differences before planning a payoff turn.
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Sep 30, 2026
Fiddle in beta: a bigger opening hand is not a draw engine
Evaluate Fiddle after its beta draw reversion. Compare opening-hand size with lost mid-turn draw, Energy needs, and cards that no longer find their payoff.
Sep 30, 2026
Fur Coat in beta: follow the marks, not the number eight
Use Fur Coat's eight marked beta combats without assuming they all fit one route. Compare reachable marks, rewards, shops, and the fights it does not solve.
Sep 30, 2026
Maul in beta: count the swings before building around it
Calculate beta Maul's repeated-hit damage and decide when its scaling earns a slot. Separate combat-only growth from permanent scaling and speculative loops.
Sep 30, 2026
Refract in beta: budget for two hits and two Glass
Evaluate Defect's beta Refract without mixing direct damage with Glass value. Check target choice, three-Energy timing, orb slots, and the upgrade's real payoff.
Sep 30, 2026
Relax in beta: can you afford the turn before the payoff?
Use beta Relax without giving away the current turn. Compare its Block, delayed draw and Energy, upgrade value, and the hands where it is too expensive.
Sep 30, 2026
Signet Ring in beta: turn 888 Gold into a better route
Budget beta Signet Ring's 888 Gold around real shops and deck weaknesses. Reserve spending deliberately without inventing fixed prices or guaranteed inventory.
Sep 30, 2026
Slay the Spire 2 next update: roadmap and confirmed patch timing
What Mega Crit has confirmed about the next Slay the Spire 2 update, the post-v0.111 patch gap, alternate Act 2, experimental modes, and the new character.
Sep 30, 2026
Spire Spotting and Neow-lloween: prepare your October 8 submission
Prepare a Spire Spotting or Neow-lloween submission from Mega Crit's September brief. Separate the two prompts, check cover dimensions, and avoid deadline assumptions.
Sep 30, 2026
Well-Laid Plans in beta: keep the answer without clogging the hand
Use the reworked beta Well-Laid Plans rather than its old single-card retention text. Plan setup cost, retained clutter, upgrade timing, and useful combinations.
Sep 30, 2026
Whistle in beta: choose the enemy whose turn matters
Plan Whistle's cheaper beta turn around the right target. Weigh a kill against a stun, budget the remaining Energy, and avoid wasting a one-use answer.
Sep 13, 2026
Beautiful Bracelet in v0.111: is the random enchant worth it?
Evaluate Beautiful Bracelet's four random enchants in the current beta, with deck-quality checks and clear limits on probability estimates.
Sep 13, 2026
Biased Cognition in beta: choosing the right Focus window
Work through beta Biased Cognition's 5 or 6 Focus grant and ongoing Focus loss to decide whether to play it early or save it for a boss phase.
Sep 13, 2026
Haze in the current beta: Poison and Weak in one turn
Learn when the beta Haze rework earns its two Energy, how its upgrade changes Weak coverage, and why old Sly advice no longer applies.
Sep 13, 2026
Mangle or Pact's End: two different Ironclad answers in beta
Compare beta Mangle's costly targeted turn with Pact's End's conditional group damage, and decide which problem your Ironclad deck needs to solve.
Sep 13, 2026
Outbreak in beta: when to trigger Poison immediately
Use beta Outbreak as a three-Energy Poison payoff rather than an old passive engine. Includes ordering, spending, and upgrade decisions.
Sep 13, 2026
Pillar of Creation in beta: count the cards you create
Calculate Regent's beta Pillar of Creation Block, distinguish it from Regalite's once-per-turn trigger, and judge the cost of generating cards.
Sep 13, 2026
Sacrifice in beta: when Osty's Max HP should become Block
Calculate beta Sacrifice's triple-Max-HP Block and compare it with keeping Osty alive, including an example and rebuilding checklist.