Investing In More Splinterlands Cards To Stay Competitive

Hi Everyone,

What an exciting fortnight for all Splinterlands players. From the increase of DEC prices, exploding rental markets, influx of players, record numbers of spell books sold and of course SPS, I can feel that it is harder to move up the ranks this season. My once what I thought was an acceptable team to stay comfortably in Diamond league is starting to feel a little hard to keep up with certain splinters so I decided to bite the bullet and invest in upgrading some of my existing cards. I did say I was hoarding cards before but most of them are a bit short to the next level (as a few of requires 30+ more cards), I have been holding out until now. I am afraid as the number of players join increase, the rate of the cards will increase faster than I can react so I'll have to get them once I have made a decision.

The first one I decided to level up is the Silvershield Sheriff as I found I used it more and more often with high level mana battles. The thing was I only had on level 5 which had the snipe and piercing ability which was sufficient before the influx of players and have been able to hold on. I decided to level up to 6 as I get the extra protect ability. With my life summoner, I already have amour but with the extra protection for the team, I find I am ahead against with my opponents. Of course, it depends what the opponents use but in most cases, I am much better off than having this card sitting on level 5 (good but not great!). This comes with a price. I was holding a nice amount of this card but not enough so I had to get around 10 more to level up and have a few left over if I decide to rent them out to new players in the future.

Normally I would use my DEC to pay for the cards but DEC is pretty valuable now for the SPS airdrop so I decided to buy credits with my HBD and levelled this card immediately. It was about an extra $16USD for those extra cards as everything has gone up in price (again regretting not spending more on cards before) but it is a small price to stay competitive in this league. I am on the lookout to level up a few more cards with my most played teams but would have to find time after all the homeschooling, Discord and Telegram assistance I am providing for Splinterlands. I have to say the last fortnight has been a bit up and down for me due to what is happening in Sydney at the moment and is glad I still have my Hive and Splinterland buddies to keep me sane.

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