Questions about Splinterlands – Down the Rabbit Hole

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Since we seem to be going into a bear market, I’m very limited on how much I can buy and I don’t want to make a lot of mistakes. So I’ve been going down the YouTube rabbit hole just to learn how to play it.

Before I go any further, I found a new Hivean named: @hawks21 who is making a bunch of Splinterlands tutorial videos with $0.00 balances and, even with my curation account, the most I can vote is $0.30, so if you can, please show him some love.

One question that @hawks21 raised was the Packs versus Cards dilemma for new people on a budget.

So what do you guys think, should I buy packs or second hand cards to build a deck that will conquer all opposers who stand in my way, so I can walk away as the ultimate champion, with more splinters than my dermatologists has ever seen.

For splinters, remove the needle from a syringe, then press the syringe against the skin and begin rapidly plunging as fast as you can until the splinter pops out enough to pull it out. Sarah has used this method to pull two inch splinters from the heals of my feet and it is absolutely painless and a life saver for kids... Sorry for the sudden increase in quality and... Back to my shitpost.


For a little bit of background, with MTG, I always liked to play black and blue Clone Decks with Reanimate to turn my opponent’s deck and graveyard against them, so each game felt completely unique.

Laundry List of Questions:

  • How much should I spend building a deck?
  • What kind of element deck should I build for cheap?
  • Forgetting price, What kind of element deck is the most fun?
  • Are there weird outside of the box strategies like the MTG clone decks?
  • Should I buy Foils?
  • Is playing profitable or a money pit?
  • Should I stick with Chaos Legion or buy cards from all sets?
  • How many decks will I need?
  • Which market is the best for buying second hand cards?
  • Are there ways of getting free cards?
  • Do cards ever get banned for being too good?
  • What are some things, that I should know before getting started?
  • And most importantly, is Splinterlands stupid?

I want to thank @otage for all the advice and video links to @bulldog1205 who has an insane amount of very helpful videos, that I am binge watching while typing this and don’t forget to go and vote for @hawks21, because his Splinterland tutorial videos are way too good to be sitting there with $0.00 rewards. Trust me, they deserver at lest ten to twenty times more than that amount.

On a side note, if you don’t own a Hive Punk and would like one for Free here is a Link to the Punk Giveaway.


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haha. great questions.
Id say the closest to an outside the box strategy is the backfire ability which damages the attacker if they miss. The riftwing in the death splinter has no attack, but a high speed and flying which makes it tough to hit with ranged or melee. You'll need it at lv5 to get backfire which should cost you less than $10 but you'll need a lv.4 death summoner to use it which could cost $200 or something.... not to mention the fact that you'd have to battle your way to silver league before you could even use a common card at lv5.
Basically, its genna cost a fair bit to get to the most fun strategies, but prices are as low as theyve been in a long while right now, and as long as your prepared for a bit of a grind, you can always earn your way towards better cards. Maybe test out some decks by renting first and see what works for you

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and yes, splinterlands is stupid. Just like everything and everyone is stupid. If Einstein were to appear in a time machine and save the world it would still be a stupid person, doing a stupid activity to achieve a stupid goal. Stupid is the nature of the universe
peace and love x

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That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!
Not cool bro!

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I think you're right, renting sounds like it's the best option and I'm going to keep my eye out on that Death Summoner for a price drop. I noticed that cards from the older sets are more expensive so I was wondering if I should buy a few packs of Chaos legion for the common cards, so I'm not renting everything, what do you think?

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i mean...its pretty fun opening packs, and you never know what you might get! But buying choice cards and aiming to level up your summoners is probably the best way strategically.... in all honesty, i kind of suck at strategy. I usually get a bit too experimental in that frantic countdown! haha

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Someone said that the third party markets sell packs cheaper, but it probably is a waste of money, but opening them, just looks like so much fun lol

I just realized that you are collecting Punks too, a few months ago I set up the Punk Legends discord server for projects, giveaways and to help curate punk post.

You are welcome to join us, here's a link:
https://discord.gg/khyFHuTrjX

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im already there dude!
I just don't check it much
love the punks tho :)

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Gonzo! Thank you I really appreciate it!

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You're welcome and I just spoke to someone who suggested using the tag: #spt for a chance curation from the Splinterlands team.

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