Hey Steemit, hope you're all having a great day! I thought it would be cool if I shared some of the stuff that I've been doing on SteemMonsters and I'll try to write some more updates, guides and general posts about SteemMonsters in the near future :) .

The Beginning

Firstly, I'll start off with how I got into the amazing and innovative game that SM is. It all started after Hive account@aggroed 's announcement about the new Steemit-based venture, and as I had a few spare Steem, I thought why not give it a go and went ahead to buy the starter pack. Next thing I knew, I was hooked and ended up spending all my liquid Steem (or what I had left after buying my new PC :-[ ) on booster packs. The first few packs were mostly losses in profit, but soon enough, I started opening some epics and even a legendary! Joyous with the opportunity and fun SM provided, I referred my friend Hive account@azaanwrites , and we were both hooked. Soon after, cam the release of the battling system and I ended placing Silver 1 in season one and reaching a peak of Diamond 3 in the consecutive seasons.

My "Tactics"

Since the beginning of my battles, I took a liking for the Death Splinter. The ability to control your opponent and agonise them whilst you twist their defences to rubble with the powerful abilities appealed to me. Alas, not every set of battle rules was ideal, and in the current "Melee Mayhem" rules, Death is certainly not among the strongest Splinters. Despite this, I have still managed to create a somewhat 'usable' team:

This set of cards has got me a decent amount of wins and I am currently hovering in the Gold 1/2 area and has so far kept me from splashing all my Steem on the current Fire meta :) . Anyway, when building a team, I try to have at least two of each "type" of attack Melee + Shield or Magic + Ranged. This, of course, depends on the current rules and mana available, sometimes I will replace a Ranged attacker for a Melee such as in the current rules.

My Experience with Packs

At this point I think it's fair to say my luck is pretty trash, I've purchased 36 packs and how many legendaries have I got? One. Just one legendary :( . Nevertheless, I keep buying the packs and have started letting my friend Hive account@azaanwrites opening them instead and his luck is unparalleled, in his 5th ever pack he got a Gold Talia Firestorm! Here is a recent pack I opened, very reflective of my luck:

GIVEAWAY TIME!

Talking about packs, I have decided to give away 1 Beta Booster pack! However, I won't give these away without a little competition first! I am looking for your best SteemMonsters pack!

To enter:

1) Post an image of your best SteemMonsters pack in the comments below.

2) Upvote (whatever voting power of your choice) or resteem this post.

3) I will choose the winner of my choice and you will recieve the Booster pack after a week in the winner anouncement post!

Best of luck to everyone! If you enjoy my posts, please consider following me. Thanks for reading my post :)

Song of the day: Muse- I belong to you(+Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix)

BOOSTER PACK GIVEAWAY + My SteemMonsters journey!