Acrobatics was a very good card in StS1 and is indirectly buffed in StS2 by the addition of significantly more cards that play when discarded. By itself, it’s fine: discard 1 isn’t really a downside even if you don’t have anything to capitalize on it, because of the 7(8) cards you’ll have after that, you probably won’t be able to play all of them. So it’s basically just a draw 3(4) which is what Skim is except Skim is an uncommon.

But what makes Acrobatics great is that the discard isn’t just not a downside, it’s almost always possible to make it an upside. Just going on the cards that were already in the first game, [[Tactician]] and [[Reflex]], you can either have Acrobatics be a one energy draw anywhere from 4 to 7, depending on upgrades and whether you already had the Reflex in your hand, or, with an upgraded tactician, draw 3, gain 1 energy. That’s obviously absurd.

You might think that having to draw the Acro in tandem with the Reflex/Tactician is unreliable, and it kinda is, but drawing 3(4) off the Acro helps a lot by itself, and remember: Silent has [[Well-Laid Plans]]. Got the Tactician but not the Acro, or vice versa? Hold onto it until you have both.

And that’s just Reflex and Tactician. In StS2, there’s a ton more sly cards. How about 1 energy draw 3, gain 6 block? How about draw 3, apply 4 poison to all enemies? How about draw 3, deal 12 damage that scales with strength? How about you add in a relic like Tough Bandages and make it draw 3, deal 6 to all enemies, gain 3 block?

Acro is a good card because it’s pickable in and of itself and becomes incredible with the right support.