A while ago I upgraded my collecting power from, 2000 to about 2300. I can't say I have been winning more but I have some cool cards now.

But without them I was winning enough to move above my collecting power. I don't think it's the power of the cards... it's the ability of the player...but cards are super important.

After buying new cards I have lost a couple of games I would have typically won because I wanted to use those new cards...why not stick with the old ones?

Well, I noticed that above Bronze II you start getting more games with annoying combat rules, and if you don't have fancy cards people will play you. So that's some talk for later.

My Favorite Tanks for each splinter is for my people in bronze and who want to move up the ranks.

I'll start with Fire and end with Death since that Dragon can me any splinter it wants for an extra 1 mana.

Fire

My favorite tank in the fire splinter is everyone's favorite three-headed dog.

Cerberus is his name and even though he isn't the strongest tank in terms of damage, I picked him because his damage is 2 HP and if you chose the summoner Malric Inferno then his damage goes up by 1.

There are some other cards with good thank ability but non of them heal also. I typically skip any game that has more than 2 damage to the tank. No use watching my puppy die.

Water splinter

If you're using the water splinter you're typically trying to surprise your enemy with magic. That additional magic Arlic Stormbringer gives is a cheat if you ask me. I hardly ever use the other summoner I just use a splinter that won't be easily defeated by the Water splinter when I think my opponent is going for water splinter.

Spinback Turtle wins most fights for me. Even the ones with a small mana cap. It has a small mana cap and its shield keeps any tank in check except if the tank has piercing ability then it will crack that turtle's shell like an egg.

The sharks in the water splinter are also powerful and I have had a good experience trying them. I am talking Sabre Shark, Wave Runner, and Demented Shark. They are powerful for a reason. First of all I haven't seen much monsters with 2 HP damage with reach. So that's my water splinter team.

Earth

For earth splinter in depends. Unicorn Mustang is the best for a fight against water splinter then when when you have taken down that Tank the water splinter came with, you should have a backup reflector behind that Mustang...I typically use Failed Summoner.

On a normal day I would suggest you use Stone Golem but I could be wrong. Let me know what you think anyway.

Life

Life splinter is my go-to for high mana cap games anyway. ShieldBearer with Devine healer cover is the way to go. But it cost so much mana. Then in addition they have an extra shield and extra HP damage with Truthspeaker and Silvershield bearer respectively.

Death

It's just like Fire splinter but they have a haunted spirit instead of the three-headed dog.

Death splinter with Zintar Mortalis provides the same experience with Malric Inferno for me.

That's my lineup anyway...Let me know what you think!!