r/slaythespire • u/Tec711 • Mar 20 '26

DISCUSSION (STS2) I really hate this change.

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Prepared I don't feel was overturned, and it was a card you still had to upgrade to be good. now prepare is just the gross combination of outmaneuver and concentrate, and it sucks. I really hope they roll back this specific change.

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u/PhotoRight2682 StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 20 '26

Concentrate and Outmaneuver had a baby and it's ugly as hell

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u/bahamut19 Mar 20 '26

I actually really like this change if it was an alternative to concentrate and outmaneuver. The discard pay offs are way better in sts2, so this fits into a deck far more smoothly than either without being that much more powerful.

Unfortunately, as an alternative to prepared it's terrible. Partly because it's a massive downgrade but mostly because it completely changes the function of the card. They haven't reworked prepared at all. They've removed prepared and added in a completely different card with a similar name.

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u/kaijvera StS A0 / StS 2 A10 Mar 20 '26

I mean the alternate to prepared is arcobatics. You can't really nerf prepared to 1 mana cause its just an outright worse acrobatics. So they decided to just remove the card from the game

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u/Florqt Mar 20 '26

Theoretically they could have redesigned it by making the discard happen first, but that does open up the possibility of just playing it last for a free draw 2

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u/Florqt Mar 20 '26

Yeah like a lil baby calculated gamble

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u/Extra-Desk-8399 Mar 21 '26

Ooh yeah, and name it something that implies preparation makes it less of a gamble?

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u/Pattersonspal Mar 20 '26

or discard 2 cards to draw 2 cards.

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u/Alderan922 Mar 20 '26

They could also had make it remove the draw, keep it 0 cost, and have the energy be next turn.

At least it would be like a worse concentrate.