Should I upgrade Hidden Daggers in Slay the Spire 2?

Compare the upgraded text: Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs+ into your Hand.. If the upgrade lowers cost, adds damage/block, or enables a combo piece, it is usually high priority.

What builds use Hidden Daggers?

Hidden Daggers appears in 1 tracked build: Thousand Cuts (A-tier, flex pick).

What character uses Hidden Daggers?

Hidden Daggers is tagged as a Silent card. See the Silent build hub for archetypes that care about it.

Updated for Data 2026-03-17Early Access — numbers may shift with patches.

Hidden Daggers

Silent · Skill · Uncommon · 0 cost

Base

Upgraded

Card text

Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.

Hidden Daggers+

Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs+ into your Hand.

Builds that use Hidden Daggers

Archetypes that draft this card in real runs, with the role it plays.

AThousand CutsSilent · Flex pick

Keywords

Shiv

Build context

See the Silent build hub for archetypes that feature this card in real runs.

Related cards

Hidden Daggers FAQ

Should I upgrade Hidden Daggers in Slay the Spire 2?: Compare the upgraded text: Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs+ into your Hand.. If the upgrade lowers cost, adds damage/block, or enables a combo piece, it is usually high priority.
What builds use Hidden Daggers?: Hidden Daggers appears in 1 tracked build: Thousand Cuts (A-tier, flex pick).
What character uses Hidden Daggers?: Hidden Daggers is tagged as a Silent card. See the Silent build hub for archetypes that care about it.

Patch history

SpireForge snapshots card text from Untapped exports dated 2026-03-17. When Mega Crit ships a balance patch, we re-run the scraper and refresh every affected URL—see /patches for the editorial log.