Promotion deck: complete guide (Princeling)

In the Promotion deck, every ★ a Minion gains makes the team stronger. It starts slow, grows all match and is one of the decks the game team recommends.

What counts as a promotion

• Merging. You can merge 2 Minions of the same ★ rank up to a maximum of 3★.
• Princeling: when Ready below 2★, gains +1★ by itself (a free promotion); at 2★ or more, goes back to 1★.
• Judge Chilius: Deploy: demotes a Minion by 1★, and the official text says it counts as a promotion.

officialOfficial Daily Tip: card levels 7 and 10 bring the big upgrades. At level 10, Princeling treats demotions as promotions.

wikiSo at level 10 it makes a promotion every round: up to 2★ in one, back to 1★ in the next, and both count.

officialOfficial guide: sell a 3★ Princeling that doesn't have the demotion ability yet.

Who profits from promotions

• Sister Cherry: gives +1/2/4 ATK to every promoted Minion.
• Dr. Kraut: gains +1/2/4 ATK on every promotion, of any Minion.
• Floral Friar: 4 random Minions gain +1/2/4 ATK on every promotion.
• Bombercarrot: places Carrot Bombs on the field on every promotion.
• Peanut Page: on every promotion, the highest-ATK Minion gains +1/2/4.
• Prof. Nutter: collects Research on every promotion and spreads it as ATK in its column.
• Glowkeeper: when it gets promoted itself, all others gain +2 ATK.
• Pine Gangster: gains an extra +5 ATK when promoted.

The official deck

officialPer the official guide, Princeling is the key piece:

• Early: Sister Cherry raises its ATK.
• Then: Dr. Kraut and Bombercarrot boost the team and drop bombs.
• Late: Floral Friar's effect closes the match.

wikiScore 11 in the deck builder, better than 9% of random decks. The deck builder simulates cards at level 8, and Princeling only really pays off at level 10, when demotion also counts as promotion. With cards at level 12, the two decks on this page score 31 and 43.

A version tuned in the deck builder

wikiScore 16, better than 13% of random decks. Out: Pine Gangster, Bombercarrot, Glowkeeper, Muscle Melon and Sunny Banker. In: Spudchant, Peanut Page, Prof. Nutter, Cashew Sage and Alchemush. The highest-scoring Promotion deck the builder finds today, at level 8, scores 36 (better than 54%): Princeling, Sister Cherry, Guaca Sage, Dr. Kraut, Peanut Page, Floral Friar, Cashew Sage, Alchemush and Headless Jack. Promotion sits near the average of random decks and below the Summon decks of the meta.