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

Common cards cost 48-52 gold, Uncommon 71-79 gold, Rare 142-158 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 149-201 gold, Uncommon 191-259 gold, Rare 234-316 gold, and Shop relics 170-230 gold. Major Update #1 (v0.103.2) reduced every relic base price by 25 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. At Ascension 6 and above, the Inflation modifier raises the base to 100 gold and the increment to 50 gold (100, 150, 200, ...).

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.

◆Reference·Economy

Slay the Spire 2 (sts2) 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, Old Coin, Lucky Fysh, Bowler Hat, Amethyst Aubergine are blacklisted (gold-generating relics removed in Major Update #1).

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	48–52	55–60	24–26
Uncommon	75	71–79	82–91	36–40
Rare	150	142–158	163–182	71–79

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

Relic Prices

Rarity	Base	Range	Multiplier
Common Relic	175	149–201	×0.85–1.15
Shop Relic	200	170–230	×0.85–1.15
Uncommon Relic	225	191–259	×0.85–1.15
Rare Relic	275	234–316	×0.85–1.15

Relics have a wider price variance (±15%) than cards (±5%). Major Update #1 (v0.103.2) reduced every relic base by 25 gold. Five relics are blacklisted from the shop pool: The Courier, Old Coin, Lucky Fysh, Bowler Hat, Amethyst Aubergine.

Potion Prices

Rarity	Base	Range
Common	50	48–52
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 each time you use it during the run. No random variance.

Ascension 0–5

1st

gold

2nd

100

gold

3rd

125

gold

4th

150

gold

5th

175

gold

6th

200

gold

Formula: 75 + (25 × removals used).

Ascension 6+, Inflation

1st

100

gold

2nd

150

gold

3rd

200

gold

4th

250

gold

5th

300

gold

6th

350

gold

Formula: 100 + (50 × removals used). Major Update #1 reworked Ascension 6 from Gloom (less rest sites) to Inflation, raising the base by 25 gold and the per-use increment by 25.

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

Technical Notes

All prices come from a seeded random number generator, meaning prices are deterministic per seed. Random number generator: PlayerRng.Shops

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% variance 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).