Reference Guide

Removed Cards and Retired Encounters in Slay the Spire 2

Use this page to catch content that no longer belongs to the live pool, so old screenshots, stale route notes, and outdated tier lists stop lying to you.

The honest fix is simple: keep old entries searchable, mark them clearly, and separate current run decisions from historical references.

Removed cards tracked1Retired room notes1Current pool checkApril 9, 2026Fastest filterAvailability → Removed

Core Judgment

This page is not here to dramatize one missing card. It is here to keep the live pool honest and keep old references readable.

Removed content should not vanish. It should stay searchable so old links and old discussions still make sense.

What matters is the label. If a card or room is gone from the current pool, the page needs to say that immediately instead of making users decode patch history from context clues.

That is why this guide exists next to the databases. The lookup layer shows the marker. This page explains what the marker means and where it still matters.

Removed Card

Keep the card entry alive, label it hard, and stop letting old pool assumptions leak into current drafting advice.

Retired Encounter

Room-pool cleanup matters for route planning too. If the room is gone, the route note needs to stop pretending it still rolls.

Chomper enemy portraitChomper
Tunneler enemy portraitTunneler
HiveNormal RoomRetired room

Tunneling Twosome

Before

Hive normal encounters could still roll the Chomper plus Tunneler pair.

Now

That room no longer appears in the current Hive normal encounter pool.

Current Hive route notes should stop budgeting for this pair when judging normal-room pressure.

How To Use The Marker

The marker should shorten the decision. It should not turn into one more puzzle the user has to decode.

Use the marker as a pool check, not as decoration

A red Removed badge means the entry still exists for lookup and patch-history cleanup, but it is not part of the current live pool. The right reaction is not panic. It is simply to stop drafting, routing, or recommending around it as current content.

Keep old references readable

Deleting removed entries creates a worse problem: old articles, comments, and screenshots start pointing at ghosts. Keeping the entry alive with a plain availability note is cleaner and far less confusing.

Separate historical lookup from live planning

A database should answer two different questions cleanly: what exists in current runs, and what older references were talking about. The availability marker is the line between those jobs.

Related Pages

Open the narrower page once the availability question is settled and the next problem becomes class planning, event cleanup, or a direct database lookup.

Card Database

Use the main card index when you want to filter live versus removed entries, then jump into the exact card page.

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V103.2 Ironclad Card Changes

Open the Ironclad patch page when the next question is how the class changed after Grapple left the pool.

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V103.2 Event Changes

Use the event page when the practical follow-up is the Hive room cleanup around Tunneling Twosome.

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Not Yet Guide

Jump here when the real question is what currently fills the healing and stabilizing job on Ironclad runs.

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FAQ

Short answers for the obvious follow-up questions around removed entries.

Why keep removed cards visible at all?

Because older discussions, screenshots, and patch notes still mention them. Keeping the entry visible with a clear Removed label is cleaner than pretending the card never existed.

Can Grapple still appear in current Ironclad rewards?

No. Grapple is marked as removed and should not be treated as part of the current Ironclad reward pool.

Is Tunneling Twosome still a current Hive room?

No. The Chomper plus Tunneler normal-room pair is no longer part of the current Hive room pool.

What is the fastest way to find removed entries on the site?

Open the card database and use the Availability filter set to Removed. The list will collapse to the retired card entries immediately.