Analysis --> 13th full season in Splinterlands

The end of the 5th season of the new rewards system has come. I am still enjoying the way it works and I think it is actually pretty well-balanced overall. Here's what I got from my 55 Gold chests:

51 Legendary Potions;
55 Alchemy Potions;
3552 DEC;
a total of 16 cards - no legedaries, 1 epic
344 merits
1 pack

This my first complete season in Gold league and I am pleased with the amount of chests I earned. Moreover I have not rented any cards so I have pushed through solely relying on my level 5 CL Summoners and the respective level of CL and Reward cards. However, I do have a feeling that somehow the amount of cards we get has been reduced this past season. It is visible both in the EOS rewards as well as the Season rewards. I observe the same phenomenon in the rewards I get on my Bronze alt.

And here's the summary for the whole season - 143 Gold Chests:

3 packs;
12514 DEC;
41 cards - 1 legendary, 1 epic
963 Merits;
138 Alchemy Potions;
120 Legendary Potions;

All the data in the sections below has been obtained from HERE

As I have already mentioned this was my first season solely in Gold (apart from the short time I spent climbing from Silver I at the beginning of the seasons). So as you can see relying solely on your entry level Gold CL deck for Modern is not exactly optimal as far as the Win/Loss Ration goes. It's been quite a while since I ended a season with a negative win/loss ratio but it is not such a big deal really. Yeah I waste a bit more ECR but at least I am using my own cards so I feel good about that.

I did sign up for as many tourneys as possible, however, when I switched to Gold most of the silver tourneys and all of the bronze ones became unplayable for me due to the restrictive pricing for Gold level players. That was kind of underwhelming but I guess I might try signing up to as many tourneys as possible in the beginning of the season while I am still in Silver.

Decent earnings for the amount of tourneys I have entered.

As I mentioned in the first section, I've received a total of 41 cards. That almost 50% less cards than what I got last season (74). I am not sure if that's just luck of the draw or there is something else at play as I observe the same on my other account as well. Not even 1 GF card is also a bit sad as well.

The 3 packs I've received definitely make a difference. I hope I will keep getting at least a few packs per season in Gold.
The DEC per battle has definitely seen a significant increase in Modern due to the lower amount of bots dwelling there.

The SPS report just does not look sexy when the airdrop is no longer on it but oh well.. it is what it is. I did earn some SPS from staking but that's nothing compared to the 1000 SPS airdrop I had in my last report.

My rental report looks pretty good thanks to the service provided by Splex.gg. I'm renting out all my duplicate cards. Not touching anything from my main deck though so about 9K DEC from duplicates is pretty nice.

Let's see how the new system treats the poor ol' Bronze players or in this case my poor Bronze alt account.😁 Here's the breakdown of the screenshot containing 74 Bronze Chests:

9 Legendary Potions;
10 Alchemy Potions;
532 DEC;
a total of 11 cards - no legs or GFs (which is expected)
55 Merits;

So again the rewards are in line with the % distribution provided by the team. However, the 11 cards I have received are 50% down compared to the 21 cards I got last EOS.

Let's have a look at my total earnings for the season on this account for 274 chests.

1171 DEC;
60 cards - 2 epics;
424 Merits;
44 Legendary potions;
42 Alchemy potions;

I am actually very pleased with what I have gotten so far for the month. Compared to what Bronze players used to get there is just no comparison actually.

I played only Modern this season and I am planning to just sticking to Modern going forward. I am pleased that I am maintaining a decent win rate on this alt as I am not really deeply involved when playing my daily battles on it.

I have participated in 6 Novice/Bronze tourneys this season. I actually feel I did well having in mind the fact that my collection is very far away from competitive in Bronze as I am missing key tournament cards.