How does "Erosion" work exactly?

[_galaxy]

"+4 mult for each card below 52 in your full deck. Currently: +0 mult"

So that would mean literally every card no?

[Dimmy]

+4 at 51, +8 at 50, etc...

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by Dimmy:

+4 at 51, +8 at 50, etc...

I still don't get it

[Moyai]

Originally posted by _galaxy:

Originally posted by Dimmy:

+4 at 51, +8 at 50, etc...

I still don't get it

Sounds like it would get more multiplier as you remove more cards from your deck. If you only have 51 cards in your deck, you should get +4 mult. Then you get +8 at 50 cards, and so on...

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by Moyai:

Originally posted by _galaxy:

I still don't get it

Sounds like it would get more multiplier as you remove more cards from your deck. If you only have 51 cards in your deck, you should get +4 mult. Then you get +8 at 50 cards, and so on...

Oh I get it now.

Seems this card along a few others aren't described very well. Had this problem on the demo as well.

[Shot_Trip]

Originally posted by _galaxy:

Originally posted by Dimmy:

+4 at 51, +8 at 50, etc...

I still don't get it

Each card you remove from the deck, from tarots like Hanged Man or certain other effects, makes Erosion stronger.

I suppose it has a lot of utility in a flush run that is aiming to entirely eliminate other suits rather than convert them?

[Ronald Brain]

Originally posted by Shot_Trip:

Originally posted by _galaxy:

I still don't get it

Each card you remove from the deck, from tarots like Hanged Man or certain other effects, makes Erosion stronger.

I suppose it has a lot of utility in a flush run that is aiming to entirely eliminate other suits rather than convert them?

Haven't tested it yet, but I have a feeling Abandoned Deck gives it +48 mult by default since it has no Face Cards so the deck starts at 40 cards instead of 52. Will try to check this later (or anyone could beat me to it)

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by Ronald Brain:

Originally posted by Shot_Trip:

Each card you remove from the deck, from tarots like Hanged Man or certain other effects, makes Erosion stronger.

I suppose it has a lot of utility in a flush run that is aiming to entirely eliminate other suits rather than convert them?

Haven't tested it yet, but I have a feeling Abandoned Deck gives it +48 mult by default since it has no Face Cards so the deck starts at 40 cards instead of 52. Will try to check this later (or anyone could beat me to it)

Interesting catch!

[Goblin]

Originally posted by Shot_Trip:

Originally posted by _galaxy:

I still don't get it

Each card you remove from the deck, from tarots like Hanged Man or certain other effects, makes Erosion stronger.

I suppose it has a lot of utility in a flush run that is aiming to entirely eliminate other suits rather than convert them?

It's not quite every card you remove, if you gain cards first it won't do anything. It's explicitly when your deck becomes smaller than 52 that it starts adding mult, and gaining cards removes mult again.
There's other things that actually trigger when removing cards that don't get reverted when you gain new ones, so the distinction is important.

[DiamondMX]

Originally posted by Shot_Trip:

Originally posted by _galaxy:

I still don't get it

Each card you remove from the deck, from tarots like Hanged Man or certain other effects, makes Erosion stronger.

I suppose it has a lot of utility in a flush run that is aiming to entirely eliminate other suits rather than convert them?

(almost) Any deck will get stronger the more cards you remove from it, by reducing variance, increasing the density of your best cards, and (if you pick your removals wisely) increasing the density of same-suit or same-rank cards remaining.

[Bounder Jamberry]

Originally posted by _galaxy:

Originally posted by Ronald Brain:

Haven't tested it yet, but I have a feeling Abandoned Deck gives it +48 mult by default since it has no Face Cards so the deck starts at 40 cards instead of 52. Will try to check this later (or anyone could beat me to it)

Interesting catch!

But unfortunately not true. When you use the abandoned deck, the base requirement for erosion is 40 cards, so you get a zero bonus to start with.

[TowerWizard]

Originally posted by DiamondMX:

(almost) Any deck will get stronger the more cards you remove from it, by reducing variance, increasing the density of your best cards, and (if you pick your removals wisely) increasing the density of same-suit or same-rank cards remaining.

Up to a point, yes. Once I get down to 25 cards, I start thinking it is enough, because you will be unable to draw cards to replace played cards once the deck is empty (it does not reshuffle).

[Dr. Steeb]

Originally posted by Bounder Jamberry:

Originally posted by _galaxy:

Interesting catch!

But unfortunately not true. When you use the abandoned deck, the base requirement for erosion is 40 cards, so you get a zero bonus to start with.

I wish it wasnt like this because i tried building a deck around this till right now trying it haha!