Card Category
Skill Cards
Complete guide to Skill cards in Slay the Spire 2 — all block, utility, and support cards across every character.
Skill cards in Slay the Spire 2 are green-bordered cards that provide block, utility, status effects, and support functions. While attack cards deal damage, skills are the backbone of any successful deck's defensive and synergistic capabilities. Mastering skill card selection is often what separates winning runs from losing ones.
Block skills are the most common and crucial category. Cards like Shrug It Off, Leg Sweep, and Glacier provide direct block generation. Some block skills offer additional benefits — drawing cards, applying debuffs, or generating orbs. The efficiency of block skills determines how much damage you can mitigate each turn, directly impacting your survival through tough encounters.
Utility skills provide temporary or permanent advantages that shape combat outcomes. Powers — a subset of skills with persistent effects — include build-defining cards like Demon Form, Wraith Form, and Echo Form. These cards represent long-term investments that pay dividends across entire fights. Other utility skills apply debuffs (Weak, Vulnerable), remove debuffs, or manipulate cards in hand and draw pile.
Every character relies on skills differently. The Silent has the deepest skill pool, with an emphasis on poison application, card draw, and discard synergies. The Ironclad's skills often involve self-damage or status-inflicting mechanics that turn penalties into advantages. The Defect's skills focus on orb generation and Focus manipulation.
Skill card cost efficiency varies widely. Zero-cost skills like Deflect provide free block, while high-cost skills like Impervious offer premium protection. Block-to-cost ratios, additional effects, and synergy potential all factor into a skill card's true value. The Corruption + Dead Branch interaction demonstrates how skills can become exponentially more powerful under the right conditions.
Acrobatics
Common · Skill · Silent
Draw 3 cards. Discard 1 card.
Adrenaline
Rare · Skill · Silent
Gain . Draw 2 cards.
Afterlife
Common · Skill · Necrobinder
Summon 6.
Alchemize
Rare · Skill · Colorless
Procure a random potion.
Alignment
Uncommon · Skill · Regent
Gain .
Anointed
Rare · Skill · Colorless
Put every Rare card from your Draw Pile into your Hand.
Anticipate
Common · Skill · Silent
Gain 3 Dexterity this turn.
Apotheosis
Ancient · Skill · event
Upgrade ALL your cards.
Apparition
Ancient · Skill · event
Gain 1 Intangible.
Armaments
Common · Skill · Ironclad
Gain 5 Block. Upgrade a card in your Hand.
Backflip
Common · Skill · Silent
Gain 5 Block. Draw 2 cards.
Battle Trance
Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad
Draw 3 cards. You cannot draw additional cards this turn.
Beat Down
Rare · Skill · Colorless
Play 3 random Attacks from your Discard Pile.
Believe in You
Uncommon · Skill · Colorless
Another player gains .
Big Bang
Rare · Skill · Regent
Draw 1 card. Gain . Gain . Forge 5.
Blade Dance
Common · Skill · Silent
Add 3 Shivs into your Hand.
Blade of Ink
Rare · Skill · Silent
This turn, whenever you play an Attack, gain 2 Strength this turn.
Blood Wall
Common · Skill · Ironclad
Lose 2 HP. Gain 16 Block.
Bloodletting
Common · Skill · Ironclad
Lose 3 HP. Gain .
Blur
Uncommon · Skill · Silent
Gain 5 Block. Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.
Bodyguard
Basic · Skill · Necrobinder
Summon 5.
Boost Away
Common · Skill · Defect
Gain 6 Block. Add a Dazed into your Discard Pile.
Boot Sequence
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
Gain 10 Block.
Borrowed Time
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Apply 3 Doom to yourself. Gain .
Bouncing Flask
Uncommon · Skill · Silent
Apply 3 Poison to a random enemy 3 times.
Brand
Rare · Skill · Ironclad
Lose 1 HP. Exhaust 1 card. Gain 1 Strength.
Brightest Flame
Ancient · Skill · event
Gain . Draw 2 cards. Lose 1 Max HP.
Bubble Bubble
Uncommon · Skill · Silent
If the enemy has Poison, apply 9 Poison.
Bullet Time
Rare · Skill · Silent
You cannot draw additional cards this turn. ALL cards in your Hand are free to play this turn.
Bulwark
Uncommon · Skill · Regent
Gain 13 Block. Forge 10.
Bundle of Joy
Rare · Skill · Regent
Add 3 random Colorless cards into your Hand.
Burning Pact
Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad
Exhaust 1 card. Draw 2 cards.
Burst
Rare · Skill · Silent
This turn, your next Skill is played an extra time.
Calculated Gamble
Uncommon · Skill · Silent
Discard your Hand, then draw that many cards.
Capture Spirit
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Enemy loses 3 HP. Add 3 Souls into your Draw Pile.
Cascade
Rare · Skill · Ironclad
Play the top X cards of your Draw Pile.
Catastrophe
Uncommon · Skill · Colorless
Play 2 random cards from your Draw Pile.
Chaos
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
Channel 1 random Orb.
CHARGE!!
Uncommon · Skill · Regent
Choose 2 cards in your Draw Pile to Transform into Minion Strikes.
Charge Battery
Common · Skill · Defect
Gain 7 Block. Next turn, gain .
Chill
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
Channel 1 Frost for each enemy.
Cleanse
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Summon 3. Exhaust 1 card from your Draw Pile.
Cloak and Dagger
Common · Skill · Silent
Gain 6 Block. Add 1 Shiv into your Hand.
Cloak of Stars
Common · Skill · Regent
Gain 7 Block.
Colossus
Rare · Skill · Ironclad
Gain 5 Block. You receive 50% less damage from Vulnerable enemies this turn.
Compact
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
Gain 6 Block. Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.
Conqueror
Uncommon · Skill · Regent
Forge 3. Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.
Convergence
Uncommon · Skill · Regent
Next turn, gain and . Retain your Hand this turn.
Coolheaded
Common · Skill · Defect
Channel 1 Frost. Draw 1 card.
Coordinate
Uncommon · Skill · Colorless
Give another player 5 Strength this turn.
Corrosive Wave
Rare · Skill · Silent
Whenever you draw a card this turn, apply 3 Poison to ALL enemies.
Cosmic Indifference
Common · Skill · Regent
Gain 6 Block. Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.
Dark Shackles
Uncommon · Skill · Colorless
Enemy loses 9 Strength this turn.
Darkness
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
Channel 1 Dark. Trigger the passive ability of all Dark Orbs.
Deadly Poison
Common · Skill · Silent
Apply 5 Poison.
Deathbringer
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Apply 21 Doom and 1 Weak to ALL enemies.
Death's Door
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Gain 6 Block. If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.
Decisions, Decisions
Rare · Skill · Regent
Draw 3 cards. Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Defend
Basic · Skill · Defect
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Basic · Skill · Ironclad
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Basic · Skill · Necrobinder
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Basic · Skill · Regent
Gain 5 Block.
Defend
Basic · Skill · Silent
Gain 5 Block.
Deflect
Common · Skill · Silent
Gain 4 Block.
Defy
Common · Skill · Necrobinder
Gain 6 Block. Apply 1 Weak.
Delay
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Gain 11 Block. Next turn, gain .
Demonic Shield
Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad
Lose 1 HP. Give another player Block equal to your Block.
Dirge
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Summon 3 X times. Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.
Discovery
Uncommon · Skill · Colorless
Choose 1 of 3 random cards to add into your Hand. It costs 0 this turn.
Distraction
Event · Skill · event
Add a random Skill into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Dodge and Roll
Common · Skill · Silent
Gain 4 Block. Next turn, gain 4 Block.
Dominate
Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad
Gain 1 Strength for each Vulnerable on the enemy.
Double Energy
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
Double your Energy.
Dredge
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Put 3 cards from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Dual Wield
Event · Skill · event
Choose an Attack or Power card. Add copies|a copy} of that card into your Hand.
Dualcast
Basic · Skill · Defect
Evoke your rightmost Orb twice.
Eidolon
Rare · Skill · Necrobinder
Exhaust your Hand. If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
End of Days
Rare · Skill · Necrobinder
Apply 29 Doom to ALL enemies. Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
Energy Surge
Uncommon · Skill · Defect
ALL players gain .
Enfeebling Touch
Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder
Enemy loses 8 Strength this turn.
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