Neglected Splinter? Or not....
I barely use the Dragon Splinter, no offence to those who have a full deck of dragon cards but I can barely afford a nice Chromatic Dragon on a whim. It's one of my most underutilised deck. However, early on when I had began playing, I realised that Dragon cards are great for the Earthquake ruleset! Most have the flying ability and pretty decent attack points. There is a hidden potential in plain sight!!
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My beginner (Purely Dragon) deck consists of the following cards:
For the match, I fielded in these cards (including rentals):
Ruleset: 4 mana restriction with a 48 mana cap. Magic hits armour before reducing health.
Wackkkk. But LET'S GO
Summoner
Daria Dragonscale
Gotta love a level 2 rental summoner! Daria Dragonscale gives 1 extra melee damage so the first 2 tanks can whack a good chunk of health in the first few rounds. As my Dragon cards aren't strong to begin with so any additional bolstering of stats will work!
Tank
Crystal Jaguar
I really like the value for money on this bad boy so much that I levelled him up to 2. It gives an additional speed point (Total 3) so that there'll be a fighting chance! Of course I could have fielded in a Crystal Werewolf but there's no armour and it is relatively pricier. Life cards are great value packed monsters always!!
Back-up Tank
Manticore
Manticore is actually one of my first purchases! I bought him at USD 6.53 and he is now worth ~USD9.50. I really like him because that flying ability plus 3 speed is going to help deal a swift follow up attack after Crystal Jaguar starts off. Unfortunately it only has 1 damage and is costly to level up.
Ranged Attack
Fire Spitter
Doesn't this chonky boi remind you of Charizard?? I bought him together with Manticore! I really like his 4 speed coupled with flying. 2 Aim damage is wonderful, could kill off a low mana magic card. My principle is to have monster health equal to that of their mana cost.
Follow-up Range
Peacebringer
Who doesn't love a stock card! This one's from the Spellbook and it's such a valuable card for low mana battles especially when Ranged attackers can be used up front. I use Life Splinters due to it general wholesomeness- decent health and attacks!
Sneaky Boi
Dragonling Bowman
I cannot imagine how a USD3 card would pump in value overnight?? It's worth USD7 now. INSANE! I bought him as it was rare to see an aim attack monster with sneak ability, this was probably my second time using him. 4 mana for 3 health is acceptable with that sneak ability I guess. He did come in handy later on in the battle.
Rear Tank/Sneaky Boi2
Feral Spirit
He is what I'd consider as the kamikaze monster. There was a possibility that the opponent would play a Mylor summoner so he would have been gone by the first round. Needed all the surprise I could have! As such, my first attacks would either be by him or Fire Spitter, fairly good in preserving the my tank in case anything happened (LIKE THORNS >.>)
The Battle
Round 1:
Well, we do see that Feral Spirit had done his due in shaving 2 damage off Centaur but succumbed to Thorns.
It ended with us killing off Biceratops. 1 for 1.
Round 2:
This happened so fast that by the end of the 2nd round, the opponent had only Elven Mystic left. I was still running with Manticore, Fire Spitter, Peacebringer and Dragonling Bowman.
At this point I was impressed! Would have thought that they would have been clobbered.
Round 3:
Well well well, nothing much other than sweet victory, innit?
Watch it here:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_4ab2ed262c9e6823c716e1bef410c9c3&ref=cabalcoin
I hope you have enjoyed my commentary and analysis of the battle, do stay tuned for more! I have definitely gained a lot of insight into playing the Dragon Splinter!!
-Till next time, @cabalcoin
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STOPThanks for sharing! - @lenonmc21
Good job with your alignment and strategy, your dragon cards are valuable and powerful, keep building your deck. Your post was good.
Thank you @lenonmc21! Appreciate the encouragement