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There is talk that since the rise of Praetoria and the formation of the chaos gate, strange demons have been sighted amongst the clouds above the new continent. Some have described them as huge bat-like creatures with incredible speed, others swear they are flying invaders from the other world, but to the scholars in Draykh-Nahka who have seen their images there is no doubt, these are new, uncatalogued sub-species of dragon.

I’m a surfer and an OG Splinterlands player. I’ve been playing Splinterlands since the beginning and I see a lot of similarities between card price volatility and the timing of the ocean’s rage. A lot of people are mad at the game, for this reason, or that reason selling all of their cards and leaving. I understand. I’ve done that three times only to come back and have started from scratch. The fact that you can pack up your digital camp, sell everything, and leave is what makes Splinterlands revolutionary. Go ahead and leave. I’ve already learned my lesson. I’ll be here to pick up the cards you sell on the way out.

I don’t really care what my cards are worth. I see them as soldiers in my army that either win or don’t win and the Void Dragon is a winner once it’s at level 3. I never really make it very far into the 💎Diamond League💎 these days, but I’ve got my eye on the 🏆Champion League🏆 in the long run so I need to cheaply MAX as many cards as quickly as I can and I’ve got my eye on the Void Dragon, but going from level 3 to level 4 only means it will increase its magic attack power by one and that can easily be nerfed by an enemy card so I’ll focus on getting my fire splinter summoner, 🔥Tarsa🔥, to MAX level first. I’ve MAXed most of the Chaos Legion common cards already and a few summoners. What about you? What cards are you focusing on?

My battle went as planned. My enemy was destroyed quickly while my Void Dragon dodged and missed most of their attacks. There were three rules to this battle, Aimless, Holy Protection, and Explosive Weaponry. You have no idea who your ranged attackers will strike nor will your enemy when it’s the Aimless so it’s better to rely on speed and choose faster attackers so you at least get in the first strike. Holy Protection is a ruleset I haven’t really figured out what to do with yet so it didn’t really have an effect on my card selection this time. Explosive Weaponry means that all attackers will have the blast ability so that’s another reason I chose fast cards as well as the Void Dragon because I knew it would dodge a few attacks and survive.

What about you? Do you have a good strategy for using Holy Protection to your advantage? Thanks for reading about my battle today.

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_58de10d5bb659830416644218532e087&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-july-19-2023

Check out my original artwork at NFTShowroom:
https://nftshowroom.com/jeremiahcustis/gallery

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-250

by @alexa.art

by @catrynart

Quix had wandered the chaos realm for so long, he’d almost forgotten where his life had begun. Most of the memories only came to him in dreams now, flashes of images that were hard to connect and make any sense of. It was only when he came upon the Ravaged Void and rested by its black well that something stirred within him. It prompted a deep hunger for mana and he became obsessed with magic. Not only that, but the images he saw in his dreams became clearer and he witnessed great dragons. Some of them were native to the realm of chaos and some looked completely alien. Their nature appealed to him and demanded his attention, and so he remained by the void where over time his power grew, the vast emptiness filling him with potent energy.

Quix the Devious is my favorite summoner because he’s a 🐉dragon🐉 which means he can summon any splinter and he also slows down the enemy and reduces their ranged attacks. I remember opening him in a pack and seeing he is a winner so I MAXed him out even though it was very expensive to do so at the time. I’ve got all of my other summoners leveled up to level 6 so they are at the top level for the Gold League where I seem to spend most of the season. When I can make it to the Diamond League, I have to rely on him a lot because it seems like most people are playing with MAX-level cards. Luckily summoners have never been cheaper than they are now so hopefully I can MAX a few more before the bull market suddenly comes along putting them out of my budget.

This was a challenging battle because it had three rules. Divine Shield just means that every card will take one hit without taking any damage. I didn’t factor that into my selection at all, but the other two rules only allowed for cards using 4 mana or less and for archers only which really limited our options. It seems like the new thing to do is to sacrifice a martyr card first so it can boost the stats of nearby cards and that’s what we both did, but my summoner reduced their archers’ attack power which helped me win. Having most of my cards at MAX level also gave me the edge. I’ve been able to MAX many of my cards from just the HBD earnings from these @Splinterlands posts because they support you with big upvotes if you participate in their weekly challenges with good content.

Kelya Frendul is my favorite non-dragon summoner. She is a great summoner that wins more than the others because she increases both shields and speed. I would love to MAX her too, but she’s expensive. I’ll MAX out the other cheaper summoners first because she’s kinda the same as Quix the Devious.

The Great Burn

Did you win any prizes burning DEC last month?

I sadly won nothing, but no hard feelings because I now have 10,000 guild points which I can contribute to guild buildings. My guild only asks for 300 DEC a season so I’ll have enough to contribute for a while.

I was also happy to help our community burn DEC which should help the economy in the long run and I got a chance to see how many people are taking this game more seriously than I am which is over a thousand. I would be concerned if I was one of the top players and discouraged if there had been a huge number of people above me. I think this burning event was a massive success because we came together as a community and burned over 500 million tokens! I doubt there are any other communities around that can work together like this in the crypto-gaming world right now.

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_2129fbb8c83fde2edb40fbb82d9931a5&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-june-28-2023

Check out my original artwork at NFTShowroom:
https://nftshowroom.com/jeremiahcustis/gallery

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-247

by @deadsparrow

Many centuries ago, the Pelacor followed the prophet, Edalus, on what has become known as the ‘Exile.’ They followed him into the Mountains of Fire surrounding Mount Praetorous. For generations, they lived alone in these mountains, hidden away. They were taught to worship the sun and moon gods, Solaki and Lunaki, deities dreamt into existence from the bones of Edalus’ dead parents and his zealous mind. The scriptures read that the two Gods were carried into the heavens upon pieces of consecrated land, torn from the World to raise them high so that their worshipers would always look up to them and forever be beneath their great heavenly power.

The Flesh Golem was my favorite card back in the day, but I stupidly sold my MAX level copy for like $50. Even now, during one of the worst and longest bear markets we’ve ever seen, he’s worth hundreds of dollars, but luckily he was cloned in a more handsome version for the Chaos Legion as the Pelacor Mercenary. With MAX level copies being sold for $5, you’d be a fool not to get one now before land 1.5 and or the bull market arrive. There are a ton of copies so maybe you can take your time, but these good times of super cheap cards won’t last forever.

Both my enemy and I put the Pelacor Mercenary out front because he can self-heal, but they also put out a new martyr card which boosts its surrounding cards’ stats when they die so they won this battle. When the ferocity rule set is up you simply avoid using taunt cards because they will take double damage and when it’s the blast rule set I always choose fast cards to get the blasts in first, but my enemy capitalized on the born again rule set which means every card gets a second chance and is resurrected once. If a martyr card dies twice do they boost their friends twice? If so that is definitely why I lost, but I will remember this battle and deploy the same tactic in the future.

I can’t believe that it’s been five years since Splinterlands has been around. In the crypto space that makes them a dinosaur, but luckily this dinosaur is constantly evolving and decentralizing so I believe they will easily be around for another five years and beyond. There is still some time to burn DEC for the chance to win some awesome prizes, but even if you win nothing, you can still use that burned DEC because it is converted into Guild Power which you can use to level up buildings in your guild. If you haven’t joined a guild yet, then I highly recommend it because guilds give this game a feeling of teamwork. You will want to do your best in Guild Brawls because you don’t want to let your fellow guild members down and you can also help each other out. Thanks to fellow guild members I’ve learned about minting NFTs on both OpenSea and NFT Showroom as well as how to use bots for both renting out cards and putting unused accounts to work. My guild is called The Mandalorians and we are all Star Wars geeks so we also have fun using the language and culture from that universe as well. If you have a strong deck of Gold Foil cards then we would love to have you because we never seem to fill those frays, but that will change as we gain more gold soul-bound cards and summoners from our rewards chests. Thanks for reading about my battle today. Now let’s burn some more DEC before the time runs out!

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_5da9102a43b823f493a49cb75b9259b8&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-6-21-2023

Check out my original artwork at NFTShowroom:
https://nftshowroom.com/jeremiahcustis/gallery

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-246

by @kojart

The vampire now simply known as the Tide Biter was once a human. He was a sailor who loved the seas, and all of his adventures were successful due to his powerful water mana spells. As a mage and captain of his ship, he commanded great respect and admiration. When a vampire attack caught his ship on the open ocean, however, he was nearly killed. Bitten and thrown to his death in the water, the sailor thought his time had come.

The Tide Biter is one of those cards that snuck up on me. I don’t remember when it came out, but luckily I MAXed him out, and then some just from opening my daily and season chest rewards. It’s one of the must-have low-level mana cards because it seems to win quite often. With only 3 mana used he works well in Little League battles and especially against blast attacks because he has a blast shield at level 3. The blast shield also keeps cards safe from return fire, magic reflection, and thorns.

I like to share my battles as animated GIFs, but I tried mixing the first, third, and final rounds all in one picture this time. What do you think? Does it work as one picture or is it confusing? Instead of sharing just a link to our battles, I think it would be cool if the game would automatically generate an animated GIF for us to share. It could be in both portrait and landscape making it easier to share to the different types of social media formats.

I have a lot of difficulties any time I come up against Grand Master Rathe because he’s such a powerful summoner. He gives everybody magic shields and if there are armor-repair and resurrect monsters, his team can be almost unstoppable.

My enemy may have had the better summoner today, but speed matters, especially during blast battles. I like to arrange my monsters by the fastest first whenever I’m choosing my team. This and the Tide Biter are why I won today because he survived all the blast attacks and my faster cards were able to wear away their shields. Having two sneak attack cards also helped me defeat my enemy bit by bit from the rear.

The Great Burn

Have you burned enough DEC to be eligible for some of the great prizes? I burned 10,000 DEC-B on the first day so I’ll be eligible for 3 chances. I hope I get a land plot, but I’ll also be happy with an old pack. Even if I win nothing, I’ll still have plenty of guild points to use on leveling up some buildings for a while because my guild, The Mandalorians, only asks for 300 DEC a season. I’m proud to see that the Splinterlands community has burned so much DEC so far. There are tons of crypto games and defi to choose from these days, but a good community is hard to find and I’m glad to be part of this one. Thanks for reading about my battle today. Now let’s burn some more DEC!

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_34163d4729318067bd29062ce943bd8d&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-june-8-2023

Check out my original artwork at NFTShowroom:
https://nftshowroom.com/jeremiahcustis/gallery

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-244by @kojart

Grum is known throughout his tribe as the strongest warrior. Born in the Sands of Draykh-Nahka, his hard upbringing made him a survivor. No weather was too extreme, no drought too long, and no enemy too cunning for Grum. He became well-respected within the region for his battle prowess and defended his tribe countless times against the creatures of the wastes. Tales were sung around the fires of Grum’s battle with the Great Wyrm of the Sands, the Earth-Shaking Titan, and Velissa the Sorceress. Grum’s tribe, known as the Desert Blood, honored tradition, strength, and courage. He grew to become a legend amongst his people.

Grum Flameblade is a badass you don’t want to see on the battlefield. Once he gets a taste for blood, he keeps getting more robust with each kill. I’ve only managed to level him up to level two, but with these super low prices these days, I’ll have to level him up to at least a level 3 card where he gets the giant killer ability. I’ve been able to use him effectively at levels one and two in the Silver and Gold Leagues, but now that I’m getting into Diamond and hopefully Champion, I’ll need him at MAX level where he’ll have an attack of 5 points and 15 life hearts. He will have even more attack power if used with Tarsa. I honestly haven’t put much thought into which cards I’ve been MAXing out other than going to the market and seeing who is the cheapest, but after looking at these stats, I’ve got my eye on him.

My battle against Grum today was very exciting because it was also an opportunity battle with plenty of mana. Once he got going I didn’t think I would make it, but he fell in the end. It was because my secondary tank has a blast shield and the new reward card, War Pegasus can shatter shields. I also chose a healer while my enemy went for a pure melee attack.

Thanks for reading about my blast battle against the mighty Grum Flameblade today. I think I have fallen in love with him. Just the artwork alone makes him a must-have card, not to mention his ability to smash the enemy. Speaking of art, make sure to appreciate some of the great art the Splinterlands community has created this week below. Have a good one fellow Splinterheads!

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_33f8c16606663cfcba6d3935de2fc5da&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-june-1-2023

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-243by @yanes94

The village folk always say that Tarsa was born with fire in her blood, which is true in many ways. Her burning rage and quick temper are amplified by her powers to summon and control fire. While her parents and teachers tried to instill patience for such dangerous magic, Tarsa had little time. She used her abilities to bully and threaten those in her way.

Tarsa wasn’t used in my battle today, but she inspired my favorite Splinterlands art this week by @kojart and is a strong summoner that is very cheap right now. Handing out free soul-bound summoners has wrecked the value of these older Chaos Legion core summoners, but I’m a Splinterlands player before a collector or investor so I’m happy to see I can maybe MAX a few summoners for cheap and hope the prices go down even further. I feel leveling up all Chaos Legion core summoner cards to MAX level is a good idea because they only use up 4 mana and all have decent buffs and will stay relevant for a long time because they will remain in the Modern League for one more cycle. I currently have all of my summoners at level 6 so I’m good to go in the Gold League, but then I have to rely on my MAX-level Quix Dragon summoner or have to rent Lux Vega when in the Diamond League. I’ve MAX leveled most of the Chaos common core cards and a few rare and above, but I just get smashed in the Diamond League and don’t see myself in Champion for a while even though I have the cards and collection power to make it possible. I lack the strategy and skill to beat the best bots and players in this game, but I will grow my card stats and hopefully get better.

It’s hard to say what is the best thing to do when the rules only allow you to use even-numbered cards, but I promise that you will memorize which of your cards are even and which are odd because these rulesets come up so often. At first, you may run out of time unselecting summoners (which are not affected by even or odd rulesets) and rushing to select a new lineup, but you’ll remember who is who soon enough. I usually choose the card that is self-healing, but I could see my enemy was probably going to go with Death so I used mostly Dragon cards to give the battle some variety. I feel my dragons are the most winning team so I’ll lean that way often. I think that the dragon splinter has always been the strongest team even back in the Alpha/Beta days of 2018/2019. What about you? What do you think is the best team?

Even though my tank wasn’t getting any healing he was able to kill their Cursed Windeku and then plow through the rest of his enemy’s cards for the win. They put some money into Gold foil cards, but at this point, they should sell those for more powerful standard foil cards. Who cares if you got gold cards if you lose?

Are you ready to play Genesis League Goals? I have no idea what I’m doing. At first, I started buying players that were a quarter and were handsome. Then I started to make sure I had a few of each position and a coach. I’ve opened a few packs and have got as many guys with level-10 stats as I can afford. Am I doing this right? Will my team be ready to play? Thanks for reading about my battle and Genesis League Goals MLS line-up today. How many DEC are you planning to burn next month?

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_8d742cd1df16d1e62a8fe70453460a85&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-5-24-2023

Splinterlands 5-Year Anniversary Event:
https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/splinterlands-5-year-anniversary-event

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-242

by @kojart

An Antoid Platoon typically consists of five to seven Fire Ants, each approximately the size of a man’s fist. They are well-armored and wield shields and spears that, while tiny, provide a formidable defense and offense against the antoid’s foes. Operating through a shared hive mind, the Antoid Platoon is employed to defend Ant Miners, other workers, the colony, and its queen. They are also known to become aggressive when invaders encroach upon their homes and surrounding territory.

I sure love my Antoid Platoon. It was one of the first cards that I MAXed out. I’m not willing to pay $5 a month to SplinterCoach to see my personal stats, but I have no doubt that the Antoid Platoon would be one of my MVP most-winning of cards because they seem to never die. Once you get the Antoid Platoon leveled up to level six, they’ll have the ability to eat up life points from both the dead enemy and friendly cards. I’ve seen the ants have up to 23 life points before. Whenever there is a little league battle that only allows cards with 4 mana or less to be played, I always choose my Exploding Rats followed up with the Antoid Platoon.

Cursed Windeku are nightmarish creatures that live in the deepest and darkest woods. They hunt at night, stalking their prey before attacking with their claws, while their thorn-like horns and natural healing ability provide an excellent defense. They exude a pungent pheromone that reduces the reaction time of their victims, often allowing the Windeku to begin devouring them before they are dead. While these lifeless creatures may appear animalistic, they are highly intelligent. They have heeded the call put forth by the Lord of Darkness. Their thirst for blood is now focused on the Chaos Legion.

My battle today was against one of my favorite death cards, Cursed Windeku. You must level it up to at least level 5 where it gets the self-heal ability if you want to win with this card. I’m surprised I haven’t MAXed out my Cursed Windeku because it’s one of my favorite cards, but I’m doing fine with a level 6 version. The self-heal ability is awesome, but the Cursed Windeku has thrones from level one.

My battle today only had the opportunity ruleset with 13 mana so I went with my usual red team low-level card lineup. My enemy would have done a lot better sticking the Cursed Windeku in the middle or rear. They thought they could self-heal through the fight, but they were wrong because my ants’ ability to gain power from the dead did better.

When there is an opportunity battle your enemy will go after your weakest cards so it’s good to set up some bait for your enemy while you smash them with strong cards, but with only 13 mana I could only afford one bait card. Fiends take up 0 mana so you should have all of them because they can really make the difference between victory and defeat. They may be weak, but they can waste a powerful monster’s turn which can give you the battle advantage.

Thanks for reading about my battle today. What do you like to do when it’s an opportunity match?

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_8522332e613b2386a3ba29032ada816e&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-may-18-2023

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-241

by @alexa.art

The large, floating eyeball monster known as Cornealus has strange magical powers and can see anything for miles in any direction. No one knows from whence it came.

Have you seen this scary-looking eyeball in battle? I used to have a MAX copy, but I stupidly thought Splinterlands wasn’t going anywhere in the spring of 2021 and sold all my cards. I re-bought this card at level one during the peak for about $100 only to see it worth a third of its value today, but it still kicks ass at level one because it has a lot of life and self-heals by 4 points each round. If you can afford a MAX copy then you’ll have an almost indestructible wall for your enemy to pass because it will reflect magic and arrows as well as stick them with thorns causing 2 points of damage anytime a melee monster strikes.

This was an equalizer battle which means all monsters will have the same amount of health as the strongest card on either team and in this case, it was Cornealus with 12 health. It was also an archers-only battle so both my enemy and I chose archers that can fire while in the front position.

I always put Cornealus in the rear because most sneak attacks aren’t that strong so Cornealus will usually survive, but this was my wife playing and she put Cornealus as the second card which I told her was a mistake, but I was wrong because it worked as a great wall for a few rounds which made the difference and led to victory.

I like to use the fire team whenever the rules only allow for archers, but the death team will work too. What about you? What do you like to do when it’s only bows and arrows allowed?

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_bd724f51396d77eb05e9ace75f0d473f&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-may-10-2023

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-240

by @yanes94