A victory against a superior opponent, because I checked his battle history!

I noticed by opponent had played Mylor with Earth Splinter in the previous several battles, and was expecting the same when I selected this team:

I was right, the fact that Earth was the only Splinter you could choose from in this battle made it even more likely that i wasn't going to have ANY melee attacks in my squad - I mean that way you're just gifting your opponent + 2 damage every round, or more, if you're playing reach, opportunity or sneak as well.

As it stands I won pretty comfortably - thankfully I have a decent selection of non-melee cards with Earth - usually I'd go with the Vulcher in Earthquake, as it has flying, and scavange works better with the higher attrition rate.

However, that would have been nullified by the thorns - so instead I went with only magic and ranged attacks and emphasised shields , triage and repair to neutralise earthquake as far as possible and fell back on the cube strategy - it worked a treat:

The lesson - always check your opponent's battle history, it can come in quite handy, as many players are creatures of habit!