Santa

A jolly token machine: Cheer fixes the dice, Egg Nog pays for everything – he simply out-generates you.

• Cheer: 1 token = a reroll, 3 tokens = set any die to a 6
• Egg Nog (spend 3): 2 undefendable OR 2 healing + CP/card
• Trim Your Tree scales steeply: 4/6/8
• Comfort and Joy!: 10 damage + a full bonus attack phase

• Egg Noggin' It prevents NOTHING – just token restock
• Festivities and Naughty or Nice gift the opponent CP/Cheer

• Trim Your Tree

  Standard route

  Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.

  Take it as soon as 3× 🪓 Axe is mostly on the table after roll 1 (98% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.

  3× 🪓 Axe · 4 damage

• Festivities

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of 3× 🪓 Axe + 2× ★ Star is missing after roll 1 (31% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  3× 🪓 Axe + 2× ★ Star · about 9 damage

• Fireside Chat

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of 4× 🔔 Bell is missing after roll 1 (54% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  4× 🔔 Bell · about 7 damage

• Naughty or Nice

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of 2× 🪓 Axe + 2× 🔔 Bell + 1× ★ Star is missing after roll 1 (51% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  2× 🪓 Axe + 2× 🔔 Bell + 1× ★ Star · about 11 damage

• Rosey Cheeks

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Small straight (4 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (59% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Small straight (4 in a row) · about 8 damage

• Holly Jolly

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of 4× ★ Star is missing after roll 1 (10% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  4× ★ Star · 6 damage

• Reindeer Games

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Large straight (5 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (25% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Large straight (5 in a row) · about 9 damage

• Comfort and Joy!

  Finisher

  Ultimate: the board's highest damage value with the hardest requirement.

  Do not force 5× ★ Star (1% across all three rolls): only when the requirement is reachable after roll 1 is giving up the safe route worth it.

  5× ★ Star · 10 damage

• Cheer: Max 3: 1 = reroll a die, 3 = set a die to 6. Rosey Cheeks/Reindeer Games add +1 per held Cheer. Rosey Cheeks, Holly Jolly +2, Reindeer Games, a Fireside Chat win, Egg Noggin' It per star. The 3-token fix for 4× star chases and the ultimate – rerolls only when a turn depends on it.
• Egg Nog: Max 5: spend 3 and roll – 1–3: 2 undefendable (isolated source), 4–5: 2 healing + 1 CP, 6: 2 healing + a card. Usable any time. Festivities +2, Holly Jolly +3, Reindeer Games +2, a Fireside Chat loss, Egg Noggin' It per bell, ultimate +4. At 5 dump 3 immediately – the stack overflows otherwise; every result is value.
• Cheer max 3; Egg Nog max 5. Both are pools, not statuses on the opponent.
• Exact duration/removal of non-damaging card/token effects is kept to the internal set sources; no extra status effect is inferred.
• 3 Cheer = set-a-die-to-6 fix; 3 Egg Nog = usable roll; 5 Egg Nog = spend before overcap.
• 4 stars and 5 stars are the relevant undefendable/ultimate thresholds.
• Cheer: Rosey Cheeks, Holly Jolly +2, Reindeer Games, a Fireside Chat win, Egg Noggin' It per star.
• Cheer: The 3-token fix for 4× star chases and the ultimate – rerolls only when a turn depends on it.
• Egg Nog: Festivities +2, Holly Jolly +3, Reindeer Games +2, a Fireside Chat loss, Egg Noggin' It per bell, ultimate +4.
• Egg Nog: At 5 dump 3 immediately – the stack overflows otherwise; every result is value.

• Seraph

  Seraph adds the healing that Santa lacks.

• Gambit

  Gambit adds the healing that Santa lacks.

• Shadow Thief

  Shadow Thief adds the attack avoidance that Santa lacks.

• Cursed Pirate

  Cursed Pirate lands ~5 damage per turn off Cursed Doubloons without a long ramp – more than Santa heals back.

• Gunslinger

  Santa keeps Gunslinger tied up with attack denial, and Gunslinger already needs tight rolls.

• Pyromancer

  Pyromancer lands ~6 damage per turn once Fire Mastery is up – more than Santa heals back.

• Black Widow

  Santa lands ~6 damage per turn off Cheer without a long ramp – and Black Widow has little to absorb it.

• Tactician

  Tactician keeps Santa tied up with Constrict and Targeted, and Santa already needs tight rolls.

• Druid

  Druid pushes damage through that Santa barely stops with Egg Noggin' It.