冷光合唱团

"Leave an offering"

• Pay Gold. Gain a random Relic

"Reach into the mushrooms"

• Remove 2 cards from your deck. Add Mycelial Contamination to your deck

"Reach into the mushrooms" is strongly recommended for players who prioritize deck compression. Removing 2 cards is extremely powerful, since you can cut 2 Strikes or 2 Defends in one go. The Curse "Mycelial Contamination" enters your deck, but the net card count drops by 1 (2 removed minus 1 Curse added). That is an excellent trade from a compression standpoint.

"Leave an offering" is the safe option, paying Gold for a Relic. If you have Gold to spare, the Relic's permanent effect is attractive. It is particularly good if you have surplus Gold and nothing specific you want to buy at the Shop.

• The cost of removing 2 cards is 1 Curse added, but in practice that nets out to compressing the deck by 1 card. If you use it to delete 2 Strikes and take 1 Curse, you can reason that 1 Curse is still better than 2 Strikes in the deck
• If you have Curse removal, you can remove the 2 cards and then strip out Mycelial Contamination as well, for a total of 3 cards of compression. Extremely efficient
• Check the Gold cost. If the Relic option costs more than 200 Gold, running card removal twice at the Shop may actually be more cost efficient
• Early in Act 1 when Gold is tight, "Reach into the mushrooms" is better since you save your Gold while improving your deck
• Confirm what Mycelial Contamination actually does as a Curse so you can judge the impact on your deck
• If your deck is already well compressed (15 cards or fewer for example), a single Curse hurts more, so going for the Relic is safer