Rebellion Rental Income Comparison
Since Splinterlands released the latest edition of cards, Rebellion, I have purchased a few select cards for rental income. I decided not to participate in conflicts or buy cards for my playing deck. I hope to have the rental cards pay for themselves through rental income, either fully or partially. After that, I'll incorporate them into my playing deck if rental returns decrease.
With the release of conflicts, I wanted to compare how my rental income would change before and after the release. Here is a snapshot of my Rebellion collection on 01/23/2024 at 8:00 AM just before the release of conflicts: a respectable 48% ROA.
Here is a screenshot of my Rebellion collection on 01/29/2024 8:32 AM, a few days after the release of conflicts after I've had a chance to adjust my rental prices higher. I'm pleased with the 88% return and I hope it stays near this for the next month or two. This will help pay off the purchase price of these cards quickly.
What has your strategy been? Have you purchased any Rebellion cards and are you participating in conflicts?
I wish I could say I had much of a purchasing strategy, but it was all willy-nilly looking for value in the Gold Foil market. I wasn't as motivated for the conflicts as I was to have the best deck available for tournaments, brawls, and the juicy R-share bonuses. Initially I was just looking at cards that were cheaper to max out in GF than RF. My initial GF purchases were Mantaroth, Grim Smith, all five 2-mana commons and 3-mana summoners, Daarg, Dallin, Goff, and Chaos Golem.
I am now participating in the conflicts while renting out a few select RF max cards that I have subsequently maxed in GF. In addition to my Max main deck, I also have a GF silver modern and RF gold modern alt accounts that need cards as well. I am glad to invest into Rebellion since that is what the Splinterlands company needs to fund itself going forward, so I have been buying packs 105 at a time via credits and then selling extra RF singles into the market or leveling them up for the rental market.
Thanks for sharing this interesting data about the nearly 2x in rental income since the conflicts started. I have also been much more active in adjusting my rental prices to keep up with the market moves.
It sounds like you made some great choices for your playing deck. Especially Grim and Mantaroth!
Those two were slam dunks. Powerful neutral promos along the lines of Dr. Blight. I knew I had to add them immediately and there would never be more supply!
I didn't realize the power of the 2-mana cycle until I played with the new battle training rules a few times and realized they are BUSTED, especially at max with the 2nd "bonus" ability like blast, infect, true strike, etc.