How much do cards cost at the merchant in Slay the Spire 2?

Common cards cost 48-53 gold, Uncommon 71-79 gold, Rare 143-158 gold. Colorless cards have a 15% markup. One random card is on sale for half price.

How much do relics cost at the shop in Slay the Spire 2?

Common relics cost 170-230 gold, Uncommon 213-288 gold, Rare 255-345 gold, and Shop relics 191-259 gold.

How much does card removal cost in Slay the Spire 2?

Card removal starts at 75 gold and increases by 25 gold each time you use it (75, 100, 125, 150, etc.).

What is the Fake Merchant in Slay the Spire 2?

The Fake Merchant is an event that sells counterfeit versions of popular relics for only 50 gold each. These fakes have weaker effects than the originals.

Merchant Guide

All merchant pricing extracted from the game source code. Prices vary within the listed ranges due to a per-seed random multiplier.

Shop Inventory

Each merchant stocks the following items, randomly generated from your seed:

Character Cards (5)

2 Attacks, 2 Skills, 1 Power — from your character pool. One random card is on sale for half price.

Colorless Cards (2)

1 Uncommon, 1 Rare — from the colorless pool. 15% price markup.

Relics (3)

2 random rarity rolls + 1 guaranteed Shop relic. The Courier and Old Coin are blacklisted.

Potions (3)

3 random potions from the available pool.

Card Removal (1)

Remove a card from your deck. Price increases each time.

Card Prices

Rarity	Base	Range	Colorless	On Sale
Common	50	48–53	55–60	24–27
Uncommon	75	71–79	82–90	36–40
Rare	150	143–158	164–181	71–79

Range: base × random(0.95–1.05). Colorless: +15% markup. On sale: 50% off.

Relic Prices

Rarity	Base	Range	Multiplier
Common	200	170–230	×0.85–1.15
Shop	225	191–259	×0.85–1.15
Uncommon	250	213–288	×0.85–1.15
Rare	300	255–345	×0.85–1.15

Relics have a wider price variance (±15%) than cards (±5%). The Courier and Old Coin cannot appear in the shop.

Potion Prices

Rarity	Base	Range
Common	50	48–53
Uncommon	75	71–79
Rare	100	95–105

Range: base × random(0.95–1.05). Same variance as cards.

Card Removal

The merchant offers card removal at an escalating price. The cost increases by 25 gold each time you use it during the run.

1st

gold

2nd

100

gold

3rd

125

gold

4th

150

gold

5th

175

gold

6th

200

gold

Formula: 75 + (25 × removals used). No random variance.

Fake Merchant

The Fake Merchant is an event that sells counterfeit relics for a flat 50 gold each. These are weaker versions of well-known relics. All fake relics have Event rarity.

Fake Relic	Mimics	Price	Effect
Fake Anchor	Anchor	50g	Gain 4 Block at the start of combat (real: 10)
Fake Blood Vial	Blood Vial	50g	Heal 1 HP at the start of turn 1 only
Fake Happy Flower	Happy Flower	50g	Gain 1 Energy every 5 turns (real: every 3)
Fake Lee's Waffle	Lee's Waffle	50g	Heal 10% Max HP on pickup (real: raise Max HP)
Fake Mango	Mango	50g	Gain 3 Max HP on pickup (real: 14)
Fake Orichalcum	Orichalcum	50g	Gain 3 Block at end of turn if no Block (real: 6)
Fake Snecko Eye	Snecko Eye	50g	Applies Confused (randomizes card costs) with no draw bonus
Fake Strike Dummy	Strike Dummy	50g	Strike cards deal 1 extra damage (real: 3)
Fake Venerable Tea Set	Venerable Tea Set	50g	Gain 1 Energy next combat after resting (real: 2)
Fake Merchant's Rug	—	50g	No effect. Purely decorative.

Technical Notes

All prices use the seeded PlayerRng.Shops random number generator, meaning prices are deterministic per seed.

Cards use NextFloat(0.95f, 1.05f) for a ±5% variance. Relics use NextFloat(0.85f, 1.15f) for a wider ±15% variance. Potions use the same ±5% as cards.

The shop randomly picks one of the 5 character cards to put on sale (50% off). The sale slot is determined by PlayerRng.Shops.NextInt(5).

When you buy an item, the slot is emptied. Items only restock if you have The Courier relic, which refills purchased slots with new random items (excluding duplicates already in the shop).