Breach the Bastion Spire Deck Builder Relics Tier List & Evaluation Framework

Relics decide whether your Breach the Bastion deck becomes an engine or a museum. This page teaches an evaluation framework, then places examples—including Happy Flower and Ember Strike—as November 2026 community opinions, not official grades. Cross-check effects in-game after every patch (Updates). Parent hub: Tier List Hub. Classes: Classes Tier List.

Evaluation framework (use every elite reward)

Score a relic from 0–5 on each axis, then total:

1. Energy / action economy — Does it give turns you did not have?
2. Draw / dig — Do you see business cards more often?
3. Survival — Block, heal, or damage prevention into elites like Frog Parasite?
4. Archetype lock-in — Does it make your plan inevitable (brew, burst, block)?
5. Floor flexibility — Still good if the next two card rewards are mediocre?

15–25: Priority take. 10–14: On-plan take. Under 10: Skip unless literally nothing else.

This rubric beats memorizing letter grades when a new relic appears overnight.

Tier bands (opinion)

S — Run-defining

• Extra energy or permanent discount effects that legalize expensive payoffs.
• Draw engines that keep thin decks humming.
• Happy Flower — classic-style sustain/energy fantasy that feeds multi-turn plans; high value for Brewer engines and any slow setup kit. Confirm exact numbers in your build after patches.

A — Strong steers

• Reliable block/heal relics that unlock elite pathing (Beat Elites).
• Ember Strike — noted for changing regions near the cauldron; spikes when you path with cauldron relevance and brew positioning in mind (Brewer Class).
• Start-of-combat strength or status amplifiers that shorten elites without emptying potions.

B — Good with help

• Situational damage relics that need thin decks.
• Gold/shop relics that only matter if you still have removals to buy (Deck Building).
• Event-swing pieces that shine in co-op only when the party agrees to take variance (Co-op).

C — Trap magnets

• Relics that force a second archetype you cannot draft into.
• Anti-synergy with your seat (pure greed damage on a cover Brewer who still lacks Alembic).
• “Win more” items that do nothing until you are already ahead.

Spire-like generic advice (honest unknowns)

Because Bastion borrows Spire DNA, many relic roles feel familiar even when names differ:

• Energy first, fancy damage later.
• Early defensive relics raise win rate more than boss-only nukes.
• Dying with three unused potion slots and a greedy relic is a skill issue, not bad RNG.
• When tooltips disagree with a wiki letter, trust the tooltip.

We will not invent fake relic names beyond documented examples. If your client shows a new drop, run the 0–5 rubric instead of waiting for a patch blog.

Brewer-centric relic notes

• Happy Flower keeps spore/steam turns fueled.
• Ember Strike asks you to respect cauldron geography—pair with map literacy from How to Play.
• Block conversion enablers synergize with Alembic lines.
• Skip relics that push pure single-target greed if your job is party cover (Players Brewer, Brewer Update).

Solo vs co-op relic politics

In four-player lobbies, the best relic is the one that raises the lowest win-rate seat—not the flashiest DPS toy. Shop captains should say this out loud. A stabilizer with energy often saves more runs than a fourth damage amp.

Worked examples

Example A — You are Brewer with Spores online but brick on heavy hits. An energy relic and a block relic both appear. Take block/energy that enables Alembic turns; your Spore Burst already clears packs.

Example B — Burst seat, thin deck, potion ready, facing Frog Parasite next. A start-of-combat strength relic outranks a late-game infinite enabler you cannot use yet.

Example C — Party is healthy, decks thin, boss tomorrow. Now the “win more” boss relic can be A instead of C.

Practice drill

For three elites in a row, write the five-axis scores in chat before picking. Compare with teammates. You will argue less and skip more bait. Track picks on the Run Checklist.

Related hubs

Guides Hub · Getting Started · Players Hub · Codes · How to Redeem · Tools · Scripts · Auto Combat · Links · Wiki

Relics are multipliers. Multiply a real plan—or you are just collecting shiny debuffs for the graveyard screen.