Splinterlands - EOS Update, Deck Plans & Renting Income!

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Hi Splinterfans!

This is my second month and the start of my third season in the Splinterlands game. Big shout out to all the guys who have given me some great tips, delegated some cards, and supported a newbie getting started. The Splinterlands community is pretty awesome.

I have been chilling on Splinterlands TV too and it has been good to get to know more people in the community and see their decks and gaming styles. A couple of the guys are digital nomads taking play2earn to the next level. If I'm not on Hive, I'm on Splinterlands TV just hanging out and seeing what's going on in the Splinterlands community.

End of Season Wrap Up


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As you can see my end of season rewards weren't so great as last time when I managed to pull a legendary out of the bag! But I think I can't complain too much. With the new daily focus rules, I'm usually bagging 10 chests on those too now.

I have a few monsters who I would like to add to my earth splinter deck.

I think they could provide some extra much-needed power to help me up my win rate. The Failed Summoner can be useful for repelling the magic attacks. The Xenith Archer and Screeching Vulture would be useful for those low mana attacks.

My most recent addition was the Centauri Mage but I didn't have many opportunities to deploy her yet and probably I need some more backup to fully make use of her. I'm also not sure the best battles and situations she may come in handy yet.

Where possible I have been keeping cards for my possible Life and Water decks. These two Splinters seem to be some good possible combo's to keep hold of. I made a purchase of Soul Fiend in case it may come in useful to give me an edge.

I didn't have many chances to deploy him yet. But I am happy to have him on my team.

Those are my main deck updates and plans for August. I am still renting a gold Mylor Crowling as my main summoner and a few other cheap earth monsters to bolster my deck. I may need to consider a few other heavyweight rentals going forward to give me more firepower. I am in the Bronze I league and am not sure if I will aim for Silver now. The battles are quite tough there.

Renting Deck

I have tried picking up a few cards here and there in order to start renting them out to build me up some DEC rental income. The income is quite sporadic, sometimes high, sometimes low. Trying to get the prices right is a challenge.

When you think you have a great income, the price drops the next day. I am doing hands-on management so need to check in on it each day and adjust prices and make sure everything is rented. So far it is giving around 500-1000 DEC per day depending on how the markets are.

As the cards were cluttering up my playing deck, I had to move them over to another account to keep things nice and tidy for my playing. Some of the cards I like to rent out are Deeplurker, Diemonshark, and Iza the Fanged.

I have also been upgrading some of the rubbish 0,001 cards that I have gotten as rewards as they don't seem to rent out for anything and are not worth selling. I hope this is the best way with some of these cards.

At the end of August, I will give another update on how the renting has gone and if it has been worth it and what returns I have managed to bag. So far my returns are below:

TypeDEC (Fees)
Revenue3710.752 (109.811)
Expenses(3.400)
Cancellation Refunds2.145
NET3599.686

Current Season

My season has gotten off to a good start so far but I would like to get the win rate back above 50%. With some new additions this should be possible. I may rent a few extra summoners to try them out and see what helps fit in with my current combo.

Im not sure what is a sensible amount to spend on renting a bronze league deck each day!? Hit me up in the comments if you know.

Thanks for reading.

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Great job mate will be interesting to see how this works out for you as i am looking at the rental part also at the moment.😎
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Thanks Ben! Its a really good part of the game! !LUV !ALIVE !CTP

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Yeah it is of more interest to me than the actual game to be honest not that there is anything wrong with it.
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I think its just another part of the game. Awesome that you have those different crypto income streams! !ALIVE !CTP !PIZZA

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Yes absolutely it is another part of the game for sure, and it is extra income, i like the fact that the cards you own are NFT's too. !ALIVE
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I love the NFT aspect too. Did some card combining earlier. Loving it. !ALIVE !hivebits

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Yes it is a great feature, adds to the value of it, thats awesome mate i think i need more cards !LOL
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Because this is such an awesome post, here is a BBH Tip for you. . Keep up the fantastic work

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Because this is such an awesome post, here is a BBH Tip for you. . Keep up the fantastic work

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If I think my opponent will be using a General Sloan/Range strategy, I use Centauri Mage in the first position so her "Return Fire" ability will knock out the Range opponents quickly and include Goblin Psychic and Wood Nymph to help keep her alive. This generally works best with the Obsidian summoner and you need at least 21 Mana.

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Thanks for the tip, I am often losing against Sloan and the range strategy lately.!! !ALIVE !CTP

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Hi Steve, i came across your post on publish0x and decided to comment here instead. Nice report👍
I took a step back from playing for a bit and had a lot of my cards on the rental market as well, and you hit the nail on the head with the inconsistency of income. I was willing to take the hit though, as i didn't have the time or energy to micromanage rentals.

In terms of rental strategy, i just pay attention to why i'm losing battles, and see what i'm missing from my line up to counter that. As for how much to spend; i think that will depend on where in the season you are hiring. If you can rent early you'll usually get a better rate, and try to rise in ranks quickly while you have those good cards. last couple of days are usually not as cost effective, as the price of good cards tends to skyrocket, as you already know.

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Thanks for the tips, I am trying to do what you say and lock in my rentals with reasonable prices before they start going crazy. I will see if I manage to do that. Im finding also that I need a 2nd deck as often I cant play my earth splinter.

Look forward to seeing you in the Splinterverse!

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I hear ya about the 2nd deck. I encounter the exact same problem, except I’m a water player.

Let me know what way you want to build your 2nd deck. If I have some cards that’ll help you more than me I can delegate them to you.
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Thanks man, I appreciate that. I will make a post about my 2nd deck soon. 👍 !LUV

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I would not buy Screeching Vulture. It is listed as a reward card, but it's associated with Alpha/Beta (you can see the editions, reward cards are associated with on the skin.)
Except if you want to play in wild instead of modern.

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