Well Steemmonsters did surprise me with the introduction of a own coin and the features behind it!
And I do have to admit that I really like this change.
Yes we can argue that it is unfair that higher ranked player do earn more DEC when winning a battle then us little shrimps at the bottom! But it is what it is!

I do earn around 30 to 50 DEC for a win. Playing around 10 to 15 battles a day, I could buy one orb pack per week!
Also with the burn of cards which are not needed I could earn some extra DEC. Suddenly I was really glad that I didn't sell a single card since the beginning of season 11. Not that I knew that something was coming, but I was hoping that it's value would increase with the integration with the TRON blockchain!

But I couldn't wait anymore untill then, so I sold some card, which I otherwise would have sold for $0.01. So hell yes, the DEC is a game changer. We did see an increase of value in the cards already!

What did I do with my DEC

Well after looking at the shop I decided to buy the Quest Potion for 1000 DEC. By doing this I will get 2 extra reward cards for completing my daily quest! And this for the next 5 quests.
To be honest this was also the only option I had with the DEC I had.
But I also bought an ORB pack. I do have to admit that the opening scenary is great, but I do wonder if this also works on the mobile phone!
What was in my pack:

• A common fire monster called Molton Ogre. Probably this won't be used a lot with a cost of 9 mana.
• A common earth monster called Goblin Chef. Only 3 mana, so it could come in handy from time to time. To bad this one doesn't have any special abilities.
• A rare life monster called Silvershield Bard. Only mana but with no attack power but also here a new ability.
• A rare death monster called Undead Archer. Again a card with a low mana cost which could come in usefull.
• The last card was a neutral common monster called Enchated Defender. A cost of 4 mana makes a rather expensive to use, but it has a shield of 4!

New abilities

Some of those orb cards do have new abilities. Let's see which ones!

• Afflication: This ability can take away the power of healing.
• Cleanse: One playing a card with the cleansing ability, the first card is healed from all negative effects caused by the opponent.
• Demoralize: Could be great when playing a life opponent or a melee attack because it does reduces the melee attack power with 1!
• Opportunity: Simple, this monster will attack the opponent's card with the lowest health!
• Repair: Like it states, it does repair the armor of the friendly monster who did have his damage to his/her armor!
• Return fire: When hit with a range attack they will return damage back to the attacker!
• Shatter: Completely destroys the armor of the monster attacked. Probably great against life decks.
• Triage: Heal the monster who did have the most damage starting from the back of the line.

They keep on changing the game and adding features! It seems like steemmonsters is more vivid than ever!
Great job done by the steemmonsters team! They do keep surprising us. I has been a long time since I did play so many battles in a day!

What do you think about the DEC and the new features?

Cheers,
Peter