Catotune's Top Battles Rundown: Silver league, Modern format - Aug 12, 2024

In this series, I analyze the top battles of the day to reveal which summoners and monsters are most successful for a given league and format. What better way to improve our Splinterlands skills than to study what the best players are doing?

For those of us who buy, rent, or rent out cards, I'm also hoping that this series can inform us of which cards to acquire for maximum effectivenes.

Stay tuned for a new report to be published daily, each covering the top battles for a different league and format!

For simplicity I threw out matches ending in draws and surrender - all data is compiled from wins and losses. Here are the results from 99 of the top Silver league (modern format) battles from Monday, August 12, 2024:

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Monsters with highest win rate

1. Baakjira - Water splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [6/6]
   

   
   
   Baakjira is a Legendary monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 3 achieved the most success, being a member of the victorious team for 3 games.
   • Baakjira did best when positioned as the team's tank (first spot), where it saw 5 wins.
   • It could be educational to watch @heart680's battles, where they beat their opponent 2 times with this card ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Baakjira card is $1.68 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Gargoya Scrapper - Life splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [5/5]
   

   
   
   Gargoya Scrapper is a Common monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 3 achieved the most success, finding itself on the victorious team for 4 games.
   • You may find it enlightening to watch @ganzanello's previous battles, where they won 2 games with Gargoya Scrapper ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Gargoya Scrapper card is $0.01 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Riftwing - Death splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [5/5]
   

   
   
   Riftwing is a Common monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 5 achieved the most success, being a member of the victorious team for 2 games.
   • You could study @tharanthula's battle history to see how they defeated their foe with Riftwing ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Riftwing card is $0.01 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Most winning monsters with at least 10 battles

(Excluding any monsters already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)

1. Mycelic Morphoid - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 66.67% [8/12]
   

   
   
   Mycelic Morphoid is a Common monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 3 achieved the most success, finding itself on the winning team for 6 games.
   • Mycelic Morphoid performed ideally when positioned in the team's last spot, where it saw 3 wins.
   • You could take a look at @zalanharcos14's previous battle to learn how they defeated their opponent using this card ^[1].
   • When paired with the Fog of War ruleset, Mycelic Morphoid won twice.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Mycelic Morphoid card is $0.01 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Kulu Mastermind - Water splinter
   Win rate: 64.29% [9/14]
   

   
   
   Kulu Mastermind is a Legendary monster card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   The card at level 1 achieved the most success in today's top Silver league (modern) battles, finding itself on the victorious team for 5 games.
   • Kulu Mastermind did best when placed in the team's number two position, where it saw 5 wins.
   • It could be enlightening to watch @heart680's battle history, where they won 2 games using this card ^{[1, 2]}.
     
     

3. Venari Crystalsmith - Life splinter
   Win rate: 63.16% [12/19]
   

   
   
   Venari Crystalsmith is a Rare monster card from the Reward edition.
   The card at level 4 achieved the most success in today's top Silver league (modern) battles, being a member of the winning team for 4 games.
   • The lowest price for a Reward edition Venari Crystalsmith card is $0.02 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Summoners with highest win rate

1. Lily Shieldpaw - Dragon splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [3/3]
   

   
   
   Lily Shieldpaw is a Legendary summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 4 achieved the most success during the top Silver league (modern) battles today, winning 2 games.
   • To understand the strategy of a top player, take a look at @jayleta's battle history, where they beat their opponent using Lily Shieldpaw ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Lily Shieldpaw card is $6.44 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Underboss Fabino - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [2/2]
   

   
   
   Underboss Fabino is a Rare summoner card from the Rebellion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 8 achieved success, winning 1 game.
   • It could be educational to watch @wengsmith1125's battle history, where they beat their opponent using Underboss Fabino ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Underboss Fabino card is $0.74 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Lorkus - Death splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   
   Note that while this card has a 100% win rate, it is based on only 1 match.

   Lorkus is a Legendary summoner card from the Rebellion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 3 was used in a single match by @hepthorn, which it won.

   • The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Lorkus card is $14.97 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Most winning summoners with at least 10 battles

(Excluding any summoners already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)

1. General Sloan - Life splinter
   Win rate: 63.64% [7/11]
   

   
   
   General Sloan is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 5 achieved the most success during the top Silver league (modern) battles today, winning 3 games.
   • You could take a look at @ganzanello's previous battles to see how they accomplished 2 victories with General Sloan ^{[1, 2]}.
   • When used in combination with the Briar Patch ruleset, General Sloan saw 2 wins.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition General Sloan card is $0.08 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Lobb Lowland - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 55.56% [10/18]
   

   
   
   Lobb Lowland is a Rare summoner card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   The card at level 5 achieved the most success in today's top Silver league (modern) battles, winning 4 games.
   
   

3. Thaddius Brood - Death splinter
   Win rate: 52.38% [11/21]
   

   
   
   Thaddius Brood is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 5 achieved the most success, winning 3 games.
   • You could study @patientgamer9's battle history to see how they defeated their opponents 2 times with Thaddius Brood ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Thaddius Brood card is $0.16 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Splinters with highest win rate

1. Neutral
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   Neutral splinter was successful against Water, beating that element 1 time in today's top Silver league (modern) battles.
   
   

2. Dragon
   Win rate: 62.50% [15/24]
   

   
   
   Dragon splinter had the most success against Water, beating that element 5 times in today's top Silver league (modern) battles.
   • This splinter matched well with the Holy Protection ruleset, where Dragon won 2 times.
     
     

3. Life
   Win rate: 54.84% [17/31]
   

   
   
   Life splinter had the most success against Life, beating its identical element 5 times in today's top Silver league (modern) battles.

   • This splinter matched well with the Close Range ruleset, where Life prevailed 2 times.

   • Life splinter was useful in high mana cap battles (greater than 46 mana), prevailing in 4 of those matchups.
     
     

Final thoughts

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- Catotune