So as a begineer I would like to share some of the up and downs I went through when I was first trying to learn how to play splinterlands. The first mistake I made was buying cards on the splinterlands market. I've probably spent somehting like 60 bucks before I realized there's a better way to buy cards so that you can get 3% cashback in DEC!!!!
Set up your monstermarket account and connect it to your hive keychain. Buy your cards on https://monstermarket.io/ just like you would on the splinterlands market and enjoy an automatic 3% cashback in DEC being deposited right into your HIVE wallet!!!! From there you can easily transfer the DEC to your splinterlands account. I wish I knew this earlier, especially with the price of DEC being what it is now. But better late than never, I hope this posts helps my fellow begineers out there! If anyone has any questions on how to setup or work with the HIVE keychain, please leave a comment and I'll be more than happy to share step-by-step instructions