Investment in Splinterlands outperforms Hive and BTC? || Ep. #94 || Splinterlands
When I started playing Splinterlands in July 2020, I made a small purchase of splinterlands cards from the market. Today, I wanted to look back and see how those cards have performed and look at how that small investment compares to Hive, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Splinterlands Marketcap
Firstly, let's set the scene. The splinterlands marketcap has increased 4x since the day I made that small purchase.
| MarketCap at 2020/07/31 | Marketcap at 2021/06/01 | % increase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| splinterlands | $3,887,000.00 | $16,652,000.00 | 428% |
2020/07/31
2021/06/01
Splinterlands Purchases
As mentioned above, on July 31st 2020, I wrote a post detailing a small ~$5 investment I made in purchasing 19 cards from the marketplace. As I mentioned in the post, I predominately based my purchases on:
- Summoners
- Neutral monsters
- Reward monsters with a %printed between 60 – 85%
2021/06/01 Update
| Cards | Avg Purchase Price per BCX (USD) | Cards Purchased | Spent (USD) | Price Now per BCX (USD) | Worth (USD) | % increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrus Paladium | $0.82 | 4 | $3.26 | $2.40 | $9.62 | 295% |
| Delwyn Dragonscale | $0.15 | 5 | $0.76 | $0.75 | $3.73 | 490% |
| War Chaang | $0.35 | 1 | $0.35 | $0.90 | $0.90 | 254% |
| Silvershield Assassin | $0.04 | 1 | $0.04 | $0.54 | $0.54 | 1327% |
| Screeching Vulture | $0.01 | 1 | $0.01 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 1127% |
| Battle Orca | $0.03 | 1 | $0.03 | $0.09 | $0.09 | 313% |
| Boogeyman | $0.03 | 1 | $0.03 | $0.13 | $0.13 | 447% |
| Serpentine Mystic | $0.03 | 1 | $0.03 | $0.09 | $0.09 | 313% |
| Octopider | $0.03 | 1 | $0.03 | $0.14 | $0.14 | 480% |
| Nectar Queen | $0.01 | 1 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 340% |
| Flame Monkey | $0.01 | 1 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.04 | 360% |
| Undead Rexx | $0.009 | 1 | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 300% |
| $4.58 | $15.47 | 338% |
Granted, it doesn't come as a surprise as most splinterlands cards have been increasing of late, but it is still cool to see that the average increase has been close to 3.4x. I am kicking myself for not purchasing more Silvershield Assassins and Screeching Vultures whose prices have seen a ten-fold increase in price! It is crazy to think that these were reward cards dropped to players until they went out of print.
How does it compare to Hive, Bitcoin and Ethereum?
A fun exercise I wanted to undertake was to compare the ~$5 value if I had purchased Hive, Bitcoin or Ethereum on 2020/07/31 instead.
| Price at 2020/07/31 | Crypto Purchased | Price at 2021/05/31 | Worth (USD) | % increase | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | $11,325.55 | 0.000404307 | $37,341.00 | $15.10 | 330% |
| Ethereum | $346.00 | 0.013234104 | $2,708.43 | $35.84 | 783% |
| Hive | $0.22 | 20.53823727 | $0.43 | $8.90 | 194% |
That small investment in splinterlands card outperformed BTC and Hive! Nonetheless, Ethereum outperformed the splinterlands card by almost two times.
Conclusion
Even though the scale of the investment was tiny, it still was a fun exercise to do and solidify the growth that splinterlands continue to undergo over the past year. There is much more to come from the splinterlands team with lands and the SPS governance token release. Finally, this post should be not be seen as financial advice. Always treat games as a game first :)
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Ethereum seems to be leading in this case.
I have not invested much in @splinterland, just start with the basic pack and then investment in untamed series through Kickstarter.
I am glad to see that the worth of my all account is more then the 4000 USD, even the reward card received or the quest has good value over the time.
In your case the flame Monkey nd Rexxi gives 300% return which is amazing.
And if we include the DEC earning from battle matches played the the ROP will future increase.
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BEER.True, I had bitcoin that I sold and bought splinterlands cards, this was before bitcoin went up, BTC was at 10k. Even so, it was very advantageous, my collection today is worth much more than I invested and more than if I had hold the BTC and expected to appreciate in value.
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