What is the best strategy in Roster Deck?

Match each card to the round it is built for. Play your biggest single-week score in Ceiling, your hottest recent player in Form, and your most consistent starter in Floor. Each card can be played only once per duel.

How does the opponent choose its cards?

The opponent’s three cards lock before you choose. It plays its strongest remaining card for each round, visiting the rounds in a shuffled order with a little hesitation, so it is beatable but not random.

Is there luck in a Roster Deck duel?

A little. Each played card gets a game-day swing between 90% and 110% of its stat. A card whose stat is more than 22% higher always wins its round; closer cards can go either way.

Roster Deck · Strategy

Roster Deck strategy: win two of three rounds

A Roster Deck duel is three rounds: Ceiling, Form, and Floor. You play one card per round, each card once, and you need two rounds to win.

Put your biggest single-week player on Ceiling, your hottest recent player on Form, and your steadiest starter on Floor. If one round is clearly lost, spend your weakest card there.

The rules

Three rules that shape every duel.

Opponent

The other side commits first

Its three cards lock before you choose. It plays its strongest remaining card for each round, in a shuffled order, with a little hesitation.

Swing

Every play swings 10%

A played card scores 90% to 110% of its stat. A card more than 22% higher always wins its round.

Tiebreak

Ties go to totals

If both sides win the same number of rounds, the higher three-round total takes the duel.

Pick your plays

How to pick your three cards.

Look at the opponent’s hand, then give each round the card whose stat is strongest for it.

Find your Ceiling card

Pick the player with the biggest single week, often a boom-or-bust receiver or a quarterback with one huge game.

Find your Form card

Pick the player on the best three-week run. A breakout rookie or a back who just took over a starting job can beat a bigger name here.

Save a steady card for Floor

Floor rewards the low end of a normal week, so a dependable starter often beats a star who has a few duds.

Do not spend two strong cards on one round

You only need two rounds. If one round is clearly lost, put your weakest card there and keep strength for the other two.

The numbers behind each round are on how Roster Deck cards are rated.

The fine print

Questions people ask.

What is the best strategy in Roster Deck?: Match each card to the round it is built for. Play your biggest single-week score in Ceiling, your hottest recent player in Form, and your most consistent starter in Floor. Each card can be played only once per duel.
How does the opponent choose its cards?: The opponent’s three cards lock before you choose. It plays its strongest remaining card for each round, visiting the rounds in a shuffled order with a little hesitation, so it is beatable but not random.
Is there luck in a Roster Deck duel?: A little. Each played card gets a game-day swing between 90% and 110% of its stat. A card whose stat is more than 22% higher always wins its round; closer cards can go either way.
What happens if the rounds are tied?: A round goes to the higher score after the swing. If both sides win the same number of rounds, the higher total across all three rounds takes the duel.

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