Silent Cards

The Silent has 88 cards in Slay the Spire 2's main-branch game data (v0.107.1): 4 Basic, 20 Common, 36 Uncommon, 26 Rare and 2 Ancient, two of them for multiplayer only. This page lists every one with its cost, effect, upgrade and patch changes.

The Silent has 88 cards in Slay the Spire 2's main branch, v0.107.1: 4 Basic, 20 Common, 36 Uncommon, 26 Rare and 2 Ancient, as Spire Codex counts the game's files (game data, v0.107.1). Two of them, Flanking and Sneaky, appear only in co-op. Her pool mixes Shivs, Poison, discard and Sly, the keyword new in this game. The game is in Early Access and Mega Crit is still rebalancing her: the numbers here are the live main branch's, with changes from the opt-in public beta (v0.108.0 to v0.111.0, Jul 3 to Aug 14, 2026) labeled "beta only". Who the Silent is, her starting deck and her relics are on Silent; how to build with these cards is on Silent Guide.

Quick facts

Character	The Silent, the second of five characters (Characters)
Cards on the main branch	88 (Spire Codex, game data, v0.107.1)
By rarity	4 Basic, 20 Common, 36 Uncommon, 26 Rare, 2 Ancient
Multiplayer only	Flanking, Sneaky
Ancient cards	Suppress, Wraith Form
Starting deck	5 Strike, 5 Defend, Neutralize, Survivor (Spire Codex)
Themes	Sly, Poison, Shivs, discard (PCGamesN)
Version	Main branch v0.107.1, Major Update #2, Jun 19, 2026
Shiv	Token card: 0 Energy, 4 damage (6 upgraded), Exhaust (Spire Codex)

How to read the tables

Each table gives a card's Energy cost, its type, its text on the main branch and its text once upgraded at a Rest Site. A cost written "2 (1)" drops to 1 when upgraded; X costs spend all your Energy. Keywords such as Sly, Innate and Exhaust stay on the upgraded card unless the Upgraded column says otherwise. The last column lists the balance changes Mega Crit has published since launch, each linked to its patch notes: a version without "beta only" is on the main branch, one marked "beta only" is on the opt-in public-beta branch and not yet in the live game.

0:13 Sly is the keyword to know first. The game's text reads "If this card is discarded from your Hand before the end of your turn, play it for free" (Spire Codex: keywords), and Mega Crit introduced it in its May 2025 Neowsletter as cards "automatically played for free when they are discarded". A Sly card is played for free when a discard effect such as Survivor, Prepared or Acrobatics sends it from your hand.

Card text is the game's own as Spire Codex reads it from the files, a community database that Mega Crit's May 2026 Neowsletter named among community projects. Some guide sites lag behind: Mobalytics' database still shows Grand Finale at 50 damage, which v0.100.0 raised to 60(75).

Basic cards

6:33 The Silent's four Basic cards make up her 12-card starting deck, the only starter of 12 cards: five Strikes, five Defends, Neutralize and Survivor (Spire Codex). PCGamesN's Silent guide (Apr 8, 2026) notes that Survivor is the starter deck's only way to trigger Sly.

Card	Cost	Type	Effect	Upgraded
Defend	1	Skill	Gain 5 Block.	Gain 8 Block.
Neutralize	0	Attack	Deal 3 damage. Apply 1 Weak.	Deal 4 damage. Apply 2 Weak.
Strike	1	Attack	Deal 6 damage.	Deal 9 damage.
Survivor	1	Skill	Gain 8 Block. Discard 1 card.	Gain 11 Block. Discard 1 card.

Source: Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026.

Common cards

16:08 The 20 Common cards include her first Shiv makers (Blade Dance, Cloak and Dagger, Leading Strike), her first Poison (Deadly Poison, Poisoned Stab, Snakebite) and three Sly cards (Flick-Flack, Ricochet, Untouchable). Prepared is the cheap discard card that powers Sly.

Card	Cost	Type	Effect	Upgraded	Changes by patch
Anticipate	0	Skill	Gain 2 Dexterity this turn.	Gain 3 Dexterity this turn.	v0.100.0: Dexterity 3(5) to 2(3). v0.108.0 beta only: Dexterity 2(3) to 2(4)
Backflip	1	Skill	Gain 5 Block. Draw 2 cards.	Gain 8 Block. Draw 2 cards.
Blade Dance	1	Skill	Add 3 Shivs into your Hand. Exhaust.	Add 4 Shivs into your Hand.
Cloak and Dagger	1	Skill	Gain 6 Block. Add 1 Shiv into your Hand.	Gain 6 Block. Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.
Dagger Spray	1	Attack	Deal 4 damage to ALL enemies twice.	Deal 6 damage to ALL enemies twice.
Dagger Throw	1	Attack	Deal 9 damage. Draw 1 card. Discard 1 card.	Deal 12 damage. Draw 1 card. Discard 1 card.
Deadly Poison	1	Skill	Apply 5 Poison.	Apply 7 Poison.
Deflect	0	Skill	Gain 4 Block.	Gain 7 Block.
Dodge and Roll	1	Skill	Gain 4 Block. Next turn, gain 4 Block.	Gain 6 Block. Next turn, gain 6 Block.
Flick-Flack	1	Attack	Sly. Deal 6 damage to ALL enemies.	Deal 8 damage to ALL enemies.	v0.100.0: damage 7(9) to 6(8). v0.108.0 beta only: damage 6(8) to 7(9)
Leading Strike	1	Attack	Deal 3 damage. Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.	Deal 6 damage. Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.	v0.102.0: Shivs 1 to 2, damage 7 to 3
Piercing Wail	1	Skill	ALL enemies lose 6 Strength this turn. Exhaust.	ALL enemies lose 8 Strength this turn.
Poisoned Stab	1	Attack	Deal 6 damage. Apply 3 Poison.	Deal 8 damage. Apply 4 Poison.
Predator	2	Attack	Deal 15 damage. Next turn, draw 2 cards.	Deal 20 damage. Next turn, draw 2 cards.	v0.106.0: Uncommon to Common
Prepared	0	Skill	Draw 1 card. Discard 1 card.	Draw 2 cards. Discard 2 cards.	v0.100.0: replaced by Prepare (discard 2, next turn 2(3) Energy). v0.101.0: Prepare deprecated, Prepared restored: 0 cost, Draw 1(2), Discard 1(2)
Ricochet	2	Attack	Sly. Deal 3 damage to a random enemy 4 times.	Deal 3 damage to a random enemy 5 times.
Slice	0	Attack	Deal 6 damage.	Deal 9 damage.
Snakebite	2	Skill	Retain. Apply 7 Poison.	Apply 10 Poison.
Sucker Punch	1	Attack	Deal 8 damage. Apply 1 Weak.	Deal 10 damage. Apply 2 Weak.
Untouchable	2	Skill	Sly. Gain 6 Block.	Gain 9 Block.	v0.100.0: Block 9(12) to 7(9). v0.102.0: Block 7(9) to 6(8). v0.104.0: upgrade +2 to +3 Block

Source: Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026; changes from Mega Crit's patch notes as linked.

Uncommon cards

1:46 The 36 Uncommon cards are the biggest group: Acrobatics and Calculated Gamble for draw and discard, Noxious Fumes, Bouncing Flask and Bubble Bubble for Poison, Accuracy, Infinite Blades and Phantom Blades for Shivs, and Footwork for Dexterity. Flanking is a co-op card that doubles another player's attack damage on an enemy.

Card	Cost	Type	Effect	Upgraded	Changes by patch
Accuracy	1	Power	Shivs deal 4 additional damage.	Shivs deal 6 additional damage.
Acrobatics	1	Skill	Draw 3 cards. Discard 1 card.	Draw 4 cards. Discard 1 card.	v0.103.0: Common to Uncommon
Backstab	0	Attack	Innate. Deal 11 damage. Exhaust.	Deal 15 damage.
Blur	1	Skill	Gain 5 Block. Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.	Gain 8 Block. Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.
Bouncing Flask	2	Skill	Apply 3 Poison to a random enemy 3 times.	Apply 3 Poison to a random enemy 4 times.
Bubble Bubble	1	Skill	If the enemy has Poison, apply 9 Poison.	If the enemy has Poison, apply 12 Poison.
Calculated Gamble	0	Skill	Discard your Hand, then draw that many cards. Exhaust.	Same effect; gains Retain.
Dash	2	Attack	Gain 10 Block. Deal 10 damage.	Gain 13 Block. Deal 13 damage.
Escape Plan	0	Skill	Draw 1 card. If you draw a Skill, gain 3 Block.	Draw 1 card. If you draw a Skill, gain 5 Block.
Expertise	1	Skill	Draw cards until you have 6 in your Hand.	Draw cards until you have 7 in your Hand.	v0.109.0 beta only: reworked: Draw 2(3), they gain Retain this turn
Expose	0	Skill	Remove all Artifact and Block from the enemy. Apply 2 Vulnerable. Exhaust.	Remove all Artifact and Block from the enemy. Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Finisher	1	Attack	Deal 6 damage for each Attack already played this turn.	Deal 8 damage for each Attack already played this turn.
Flanking	2 (1)	Skill	The enemy takes double attack damage from other players this turn. (Multiplayer only.)	Same effect, cost 1.	v0.108.0 beta only: Uncommon to Rare
Flechettes	1	Attack	Deal 5 damage for each Skill in your Hand.	Deal 7 damage for each Skill in your Hand.
Footwork	1	Power	Gain 2 Dexterity.	Gain 3 Dexterity.
Hand Trick	1	Skill	Gain 7 Block. Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.	Gain 10 Block. Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.
Haze	3	Skill	Sly. Apply 4 Poison to ALL enemies.	Apply 6 Poison to ALL enemies.	v0.110.0 beta only: reworked: cost 2, Apply 4(6) Poison and 1(2) Weak to ALL, no Sly
Hidden Daggers	0	Skill	Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.	Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs+ into your Hand.
Infinite Blades	1	Power	At the start of your turn, add 1 Shiv into your Hand.	Same effect; gains Innate.
Leg Sweep	2	Skill	Apply 2 Weak. Gain 11 Block.	Apply 3 Weak. Gain 14 Block.
Memento Mori	1	Attack	Deal 9 damage. Deals 4 additional damage for each card discarded this turn.	Deal 9 damage. Deals 5 additional damage for each card discarded this turn.	v0.103.0: base damage 8(10) to 9(11) per the notes; the game data shows 9 upgraded, with the per-discard bonus rising to 5 instead
Mirage	1 (0)	Skill	Gain Block equal to Poison on ALL enemies. Exhaust.	Same effect, cost 0.	v0.109.0 beta only: reworked to Next turn gain 1(2) Energy. v0.110.0 beta only: reverted, no longer Exhausts. v0.111.0 beta only: Exhausts again, upgrade removes Exhaust instead of lowering cost
Noxious Fumes	1	Power	At the start of your turn, apply 2 Poison to ALL enemies.	At the start of your turn, apply 3 Poison to ALL enemies.
Outbreak	1	Power	Every 3 times you apply Poison, deal 11 damage to ALL enemies.	Every 3 times you apply Poison, deal 15 damage to ALL enemies.	v0.108.0 beta only: reworked: whenever you apply Poison, 3(4) damage to ALL. v0.109.0 beta only: 4(5). v0.110.0 beta only: reworked to Rare Skill, cost 3: Apply 9(12) Poison to ALL, Poison triggers immediately
Phantom Blades	1	Power	Shivs gain Retain. The first Shiv you play each turn deals 9 additional damage.	Shivs gain Retain. The first Shiv you play each turn deals 12 additional damage.
Pinpoint	3	Attack	Deal 15 damage. Costs 1 less Energy for each Skill played this turn.	Deal 19 damage. Costs 1 less Energy for each Skill played this turn.	v0.100.0: damage 17(22) to 15(19)
Pounce	2	Attack	Deal 14 damage. The next Skill you play costs 0 Energy.	Deal 20 damage. The next Skill you play costs 0 Energy.	v0.106.0: damage 12(18) to 14(20)
Precise Cut	0	Attack	Deal 13 damage. Deals 2 less damage for each other card in your Hand.	Deal 16 damage. Deals 2 less damage for each other card in your Hand.
Reflex	3	Skill	Sly. Draw 2 cards.	Draw 3 cards.
Scare	0	Skill	Apply 1 Weak to ALL enemies. Exhaust.	Same effect; loses Exhaust.
Skewer	X	Attack	Deal 8 damage X times.	Deal 11 damage X times.	v0.100.0: damage 7(10) to 8(11)
Speedster	2	Power	Whenever you draw a card during your turn, deal 2 damage to ALL enemies.	Same effect; gains Innate.	v0.102.0: damage 2(3) to 1(2). v0.103.0: damage to 2, upgrade now Innate
Strangle	1	Attack	Deal 8 damage. Whenever you play a card this turn, the enemy loses 2 HP.	Deal 10 damage. Whenever you play a card this turn, the enemy loses 3 HP.
Tactician	3	Skill	Sly. Gain 1 Energy.	Gain 2 Energy.
Up My Sleeve	2	Skill	Add 3 Shivs into your Hand. Reduce this card's cost by 1.	Add 4 Shivs into your Hand. Reduce this card's cost by 1.
Well-Laid Plans	1	Power	At the end of your turn, Retain up to 1 card.	At the end of your turn, Retain up to 2 cards.	v0.109.0 beta only: reworked to Rare: you no longer discard your Hand, cost 1(0). v0.110.0 beta only: cost 2(1)

Source: Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026; changes from Mega Crit's patch notes as linked.

Memento Mori's numbers are disputed. Mega Crit's v0.103.0 notes (Apr 10, 2026) give its new base damage as 9(11), but the v0.107.1 game data shows 9 damage both base and upgraded, with only the bonus per discarded card rising from 4 to 5 (Spire Codex). The table gives the game data.

Rare cards

55:05 The 26 Rare cards hold the Silent's strongest Powers and payoffs: Accelerant and Envenom for Poison, Fan of Knives and Knife Trap for Shivs, Master Planner and Abrasive for Sly, and Adrenaline, Burst, Afterimage and Tools of the Trade. Sneaky is co-op only.

Card	Cost	Type	Effect	Upgraded	Changes by patch
Abrasive	3	Power	Sly. Gain 1 Dexterity. Gain 4 Thorns.	Gain 1 Dexterity. Gain 6 Thorns.
Accelerant	1	Power	Poison is triggered 1 additional time.	Poison is triggered 2 additional times.	v0.109.0 beta only: Rare to Uncommon
Adrenaline	0	Skill	Gain 1 Energy. Draw 2 cards. Exhaust.	Gain 2 Energy. Draw 2 cards.
Afterimage	1	Power	Whenever you play a card, gain 1 Block.	Same effect; gains Innate.
Assassinate	0	Attack	Innate. Deal 10 damage. Apply 1 Vulnerable. Exhaust.	Deal 13 damage. Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Blade of Ink	1	Skill	Add 2 Inky Shivs into your Hand.	Add 3 Inky Shivs into your Hand.	v0.102.0: reworked to Add 2(3) Inky Shivs. v0.105.0: Inky bonus damage +2 to +1. v0.111.0 beta only: Inky gives no extra damage, still 1 Weak
Bullet Time	3 (2)	Skill	You cannot draw additional cards this turn. ALL cards in your Hand are free to play this turn.	Same effect, cost 2.
Burst	1	Skill	This turn, your next Skill is played an extra time.	This turn, your next 2 Skills are played an extra time.
Corrosive Wave	1	Skill	Whenever you draw a card this turn, apply 2 Poison to ALL enemies.	Whenever you draw a card this turn, apply 3 Poison to ALL enemies.	v0.100.0: Poison 3(4) to 2(3)
Echoing Slash	1	Attack	Deal 10 damage to ALL enemies. Repeat this effect for each enemy killed.	Deal 13 damage to ALL enemies. Repeat this effect for each enemy killed.	v0.110.0 beta only: Rare to Uncommon
Envenom	2	Power	Whenever an Attack deals unblocked damage, apply 1 Poison.	Whenever an Attack deals unblocked damage, apply 2 Poison.
Fan of Knives	2	Power	Shivs now hit ALL enemies. Add 4 Shivs into your Hand.	Shivs now hit ALL enemies. Add 5 Shivs into your Hand.
Grand Finale	0	Attack	Can only be played if there are no cards in your Draw Pile. Deal 60 damage to ALL enemies.	Can only be played if there are no cards in your Draw Pile. Deal 75 damage to ALL enemies.	v0.100.0: damage 50(60) to 60(75)
Knife Trap	2	Skill	Play every Shiv in your Exhaust Pile on the enemy.	Upgrade and play every Shiv in your Exhaust Pile on the enemy.
Malaise	X	Skill	Enemy loses X Strength. Apply X Weak. Exhaust.	Enemy loses X+1 Strength. Apply X+1 Weak.
Master Planner	2 (1)	Power	When you play a Skill, it gains Sly.	Same effect, cost 1.
Murder	3 (2)	Attack	Deal 1 damage. Deals 1 additional damage for each card drawn this combat.	Same effect, cost 2.
Nightmare	3 (2)	Skill	Choose a card. Next turn, add 3 copies of that card into your Hand. Exhaust.	Same effect, cost 2.	v0.104.0: copies lose an Affliction on the chosen card
Serpent Form	3	Power	Whenever you play a card, deal 4 damage to a random enemy.	Whenever you play a card, deal 6 damage to a random enemy.	v0.101.0: damage 4(5) to 4(6)
Shadow Step	1 (0)	Skill	Discard your Hand. Next turn, Attacks deal double damage.	Same effect, cost 0.
Shadowmeld	1 (0)	Skill	Double your Block gain this turn.	Same effect, cost 0.
Sneaky	2	Power	Sly. Whenever another player attacks an enemy, gain 1 Block. (Multiplayer only.)	Whenever another player attacks an enemy, gain 2 Block.
Storm of Steel	1	Skill	Discard your Hand. Add 1 Shiv into your Hand for each card discarded.	Discard your Hand. Add 1 Shiv+ into your Hand for each card discarded.
The Hunt	1	Attack	Deal 10 damage. If Fatal, gain an additional card reward. Exhaust.	Deal 15 damage. If Fatal, gain an additional card reward.
Tools of the Trade	1 (0)	Power	At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and discard 1 card.	Same effect, cost 0.
Tracking	2 (1)	Power	Weak enemies take double damage from Attacks.	Same effect, cost 1.	v0.108.0 beta only: double damage to 50% more

Source: Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026; changes from Mega Crit's patch notes as linked.

Ancient cards

1:18:52 The Silent's two Ancient-rarity cards are Suppress and Wraith Form, and neither appears in ordinary card rewards (Spire Codex, game data, v0.107.1). They come from Ancient relics: Orobas's Archaic Tooth transforms "a starter card into an Ancient version" (Mega Crit's v0.103.0 notes, Apr 10, 2026), and Darv's Dusty Tome gives a character-specific Ancient card on pickup (OP.GG: Darv, beta v0.111.0 data). Who offers what is on Neow and the Ancients.

Card	Cost	Type	Effect	Upgraded	Changes by patch
Suppress	0	Attack	Innate. Deal 11 damage. Apply 3 Weak.	Deal 17 damage. Apply 5 Weak.
Wraith Form	3	Power	Gain 2 Intangible. At the start of your turn, lose 1 Dexterity.	Gain 3 Intangible. At the start of your turn, lose 1 Dexterity.

Source: Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026.

Key cards by archetype

Guides agree on three Silent builds: Sly, Poison and Shiv. PCGamesN's Silent guide (Apr 8, 2026) calls Sly "the most powerful new keyword" and says it pairs with either of the others, while Poison and Shiv are hard to combine. The full build advice is on Silent Guide.

13:18 For Sly, PCGamesN picks Ricochet, Flick-Flack and Untouchable early, Acrobatics, Dagger Throw and Prepared for consistency, and Abrasive, Hand Trick, Reflex and Tactician later. PC Gamer's Harvey Randall ranks Sly the strongest Silent archetype ("just busted") but warns that Sly cards taken before reliable discard act like curses (PC Gamer, Jun 12, 2026). Kotaku's combo is Hand Trick on Hidden Daggers, with Master Planner to make every Skill Sly (Kotaku, Mar 18, 2026).

31:05 For Poison, PCGamesN starts with Poisoned Stab, Bouncing Flask and Noxious Fumes, adds Envenom, Corrosive Wave, Bubble Bubble and Haze, then Accelerant and Mirage. Randall calls Accelerant one Energy "to effectively double poison damage" (PC Gamer), while Mobalytics' JapaneseExport advises no Poison cards beyond Noxious Fumes and Bubble Bubble unless needed, so the deck can still block (Mobalytics, Jun 17, 2026).

For Shivs, PCGamesN takes Blade Dance, Cloak and Dagger, Finisher and Hidden Daggers early, then Accuracy, Fan of Knives and Knife Trap, and says some Shiv cards were toned down from the first game. Randall calls Shivs the most synergy-reliant build and pairs Blade of Ink with the Mystic Lighter relic, since its Inky Shivs count as enchanted Attacks (PC Gamer).

What tier lists say

Tier lists rank the Silent's cards differently, and each is dated. PCGamesN's Silent tier list (Apr 8, 2026) puts Acrobatics, Piercing Wail, Calculated Gamble, Expose, Footwork, Well-Laid Plans, Speedster, Adrenaline, Burst, Tools of the Trade, Abrasive, Serpent Form, Master Planner and Wraith Form in S tier, and Slice, Deflect, Snakebite, Backstab and Grand Finale in D tier.

Mobalytics' card tier list (updated Aug 12, 2026) has a longer S tier, from Adrenaline, Well-Laid Plans, Afterimage, Tools of the Trade and The Hunt to Footwork, Blade of Ink, Calculated Gamble, Malaise, Accuracy, Noxious Fumes, Piercing Wail, Abrasive, Expose, Leg Sweep, Tracking, Hidden Daggers, Prepared, Leading Strike, Blur, Phantom Blades and Backflip (plus the beta's Sidestep), and puts Speedster, Master Planner and Hand Trick in D. Pocket Tactics' best cards (updated Jun 29, 2026) names Accelerant, Shadow Step, Accuracy, Adrenaline and Calculated Gamble.

Mobalytics' guide singles out a few cards in strong words: Adrenaline is "The best of the best", Piercing Wail "one of the best cards in the entire game", Afterimage "one of the strongest cards in the game" and Tracking possibly the best physical damage multiplier (Mobalytics, Jun 17, 2026). Every character's cards are compared on Card Tier List.

Changes on the public beta

The public beta reworks several Silent cards that the live game has not received yet. On the opt-in public beta, v0.108.0 (Jul 3, 2026) raised Flick-Flack to 7(9) and Anticipate's upgrade to 4 Dexterity, softened Tracking from double damage to 50% more, moved Flanking to Rare and added three multiplayer cards: Blade Symphony, Concoct and Fade.

v0.109.0 (Jul 17, 2026, beta only) made Well-Laid Plans a Rare that stops you discarding your hand at all, reworked Expertise to "Draw 2(3) cards. They gain Retain this turn." and moved Accelerant to Uncommon. v0.110.0 (Jul 31, 2026, beta only) turned Haze into a 2-cost card that also applies Weak but lost Sly, made Outbreak a Rare 3-cost Skill that applies 9(12) Poison to ALL enemies and triggers it at once, renamed Scare to Sidestep ("Next turn, gain 1(2) Energy") and moved Echoing Slash to Uncommon. v0.111.0 (Aug 14, 2026, beta only) took the bonus damage off Blade of Ink's Inky Shivs and made Mirage Exhaust again. Mega Crit has not said when these reach the main branch.

Frequently asked questions

How many Silent cards are in Slay the Spire 2? The Silent has 88 cards in Slay the Spire 2's main-branch game data (v0.107.1): 4 Basic, 20 Common, 36 Uncommon, 26 Rare and 2 Ancient, as Spire Codex counts them. Two are multiplayer only, and the public beta adds three more co-op cards (v0.108.0).

What is the best Silent card in Slay the Spire 2? Guides disagree on the best Silent card in Slay the Spire 2. Mobalytics' Silent guide calls Adrenaline "The best of the best", PC Gamer's Harvey Randall says of it "see it, pick it" (PC Gamer), and PCGamesN's tier list (Apr 8, 2026) puts 14 cards in S tier.

What does Sly do in Slay the Spire 2? Sly makes a card play for free when it is discarded from your hand before the end of your turn, in Slay the Spire 2's own words (Spire Codex: keywords). The Silent's Sly cards include Flick-Flack, Ricochet, Untouchable, Haze, Reflex, Tactician and Abrasive.

What are the Silent's Ancient cards in Slay the Spire 2? The Silent's Ancient cards in Slay the Spire 2 are Suppress (0 Energy, Innate, 11 damage and 3 Weak) and Wraith Form (3 Energy, 2 Intangible, then lose 1 Dexterity each turn), per Spire Codex game data for v0.107.1. They come from Ancient relics such as Archaic Tooth and Dusty Tome, not from card rewards.

How much damage does a Shiv do in Slay the Spire 2? A Shiv deals 4 damage (6 upgraded) for 0 Energy and Exhausts in Slay the Spire 2 (Spire Codex, game data, v0.107.1). Accuracy adds 4(6) to every Shiv and Phantom Blades adds 9(12) to the first each turn.

Why was Acrobatics moved to Uncommon in Slay the Spire 2? Mega Crit moved Acrobatics from Common to Uncommon in v0.103.0 (Apr 10, 2026) because it was "completely dominating both win rates and pick rates". The change reached the main branch in Major Update #1 on Apr 17, 2026.

What happened to Prepared in Slay the Spire 2? Mega Crit replaced Prepared with a card called Prepare in beta v0.100.0, then brought Prepared back a week later in v0.101.0, saying it "is so integral to the Silent's core identity". In Slay the Spire 2 it costs 0: draw 1(2), discard 1(2).

Sources

Spire Codex: cards API, Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026
Spire Codex: characters API, Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026
Spire Codex: keywords API, Spire Codex, read Oct 26, 2026
Spire Codex: Shiv, Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026
Spire Codex: Memento Mori, Spire Codex (game data, v0.107.1), read Oct 26, 2026
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How to Win with the Silent | Slay the Spire 2

Caleb Gannon Gaming

0:13 Sly is the keyword to know first. The game's text reads "If this card is discarded from your Hand before the end of…
6:33 The Silent's four Basic cards make up her 12-card starting deck, the only starter of 12 cards: five Strikes, five…
13:18 For Sly, PCGamesN picks Ricochet, Flick-Flack and Untouchable early, Acrobatics, Dagger Throw and Prepared for…
31:05 For Poison, PCGamesN starts with Poisoned Stab, Bouncing Flask and Noxious Fumes, adds Envenom, Corrosive Wave, Bubble…

Every Silent Card in Slay the Spire 2! (Tier List)

Baalorlord

16:08 The 20 Common cards include her first Shiv makers (Blade Dance, Cloak and Dagger, Leading Strike), her first Poison…
1:46 The 36 Uncommon cards are the biggest group: Acrobatics and Calculated Gamble for draw and discard, Noxious Fumes…
55:05 The 26 Rare cards hold the Silent's strongest Powers and payoffs: Accelerant and Envenom for Poison, Fan of Knives and…
1:18:52 The Silent's two Ancient-rarity cards are Suppress and Wraith Form, and neither appears in ordinary card rewards…