It's been quite a time since players of Splinterlands have seen any new core set coming to the game, but it is not a big deal anymore as the biggest announcement was made on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, by the Splinterlands team.
The long-awaited Rebellion core edition will be on sale from Wednesday, October 18, at 2:00 PM ET / 18:00 UTC. The presale event will offer 500,000 Rebellion booster packs on sale including 2 limited edition promo cards and titles for those who rank higher in the presale event plus participation in the legendary card design.
Presale Expectations
As observed in the past, Splinterlands presale events last within minutes, so the same is expected this time, those who have their tokens ready for the purchase must obtain their desired amount of packs as soon as possible after the bell rings. However, there will be a 30-day period for this event to finish the pack sale and the event will end as soon as the whole 500,000 packs become sold out.
Each Rebellion pack will offer 5 random cards, a rare or better card is guaranteed as usual upon opening the pack and the chances for better and gold foil versions can be improved by using Legendary and Alchemy potions.
This edition consists of 96 cards from each faction including neutral cards. There will be 2 limited edition cards only available during the presale event and 9 promo cards to be obtained during War events.
Price of Packs and Mode of Payment
Rebellion boosters packs will be offered for sale in both DEC and CREDITS with a base price of 5000 DEC or 5000 CREDITS per pack. The Splinterlands Shop is all set to kick off the Rebellion presale event on the scheduled date, here is the official link (https://next.splinterlands.com/shop/packs) to explore the event page.
Discounts on purchases of packs can be availed by adding *VOUCHER tokens as a coupon. 1 VOUCHER will remove 200 DEC or 200 CREDITS from the base price, the maximum discount is capped at 20%, which means a buyer can use up to 5 Vouchers and buy a pack at the price of 4000 DEC or CREDITS.
Bulk Purchases of packs will also provide additional packs, refer to the table for additional packs.
| Packs Needed to Unlock | % of Extra Packs | VOUCHERS Needed |
|---|---|---|
| 100 or more | 5% | 5 per additional pack |
| 500 or more | 10% | 5 per additional pack |
| 2000 or more | 15% | 5 per additional pack |
It is to be noted that buyers will not be able to open the packs until the next update.
General Sale and Packs Opening
Rebellion packs will be available for general sale on 5th of December, 2023 after the scheduled maintenance rolls out. After this update, pack owners will be able to open the packs and receive new edition cards ready for use in battles. All eligible players will also claim their event rewards obtained during the Presale event.
Untamed edition and related cards will no longer be playable in Modern format after the update, the Rebellion will replace Untamed edition cards and players can earn rewards from Rebellion cards. Cards from each edition are playable in Wild format only.
New Titles for Top Participants in Presale Event
Those who achieve higher ranks in buying Rebellion booster packs will receive exclusive titles next to their Hive IDs in the game. 3 new titles will be awarded to presale participants. The following table shows the details of ranks and expected titles.
| Presale Event Rank | Title Name | Title Icon |
|---|---|---|
| Position 1 -30 | Dawnbringer |  |
| Position 31-100 | Defiant |  |
| Position 101-250 | Rebel |  |
Special Honor for Rank 1-6 in Presale Event
The top 6 participants will receive an exclusive honor to join the design team and help them create a new legendary summoner. Yet unknown, but it seems there could be some special rewards for these 6 honorary design team members, that will be only revealed to them.
Tactical Choices, Dual Element, Target Options
Some new exciting features in the Rebellion edition will change the way battles are fought. Let's see how each enhancement will work after the release of Rebellion packs.
Dual Element is a feature exclusive to some of the Rebellion summoners, these summoners can work like Dragon element and players will be able to pick cards from 2 different Elements.
This feature will allow players to combine 2 different elements and create more fatal strategies against their opponents. It is to be noted that summoners with a Dual-Element feature will cost more mana because of controlling 2 different elements.
Ability Choice is a tactical feature that will be available to some Rebellion summoners, this feature is also known as the "Summoner Tactics". Summoners having such tactical abilities may require more mana than a regular summoner.
Currently, this feature will ask the player to select the summoner ability i.e. either a buff to its team or a debuff to the opponent's team during the Tactic Stage of the battle after revealing the teams to both players. This feature will ask for the selection of ability before the battle starts in asynchronous battles such as guild brawls and tournaments.
This is how the ability selection menu will appear during the battle after the release of Rebellion booster packs.
The target can be an entire team or a single monster, the choices are open and can be decided based on the team revealed to the player. The player can select an ability for the entire team or it can be applied to a single unit.
The player will be able to select a target and buff it with any available ability and once the submit button is pressed the ability will be granted to the desired unit in the lineup.
New Game-Changing Abilities
Rebellion edition is introducing 4 new abilities and these will have a big impact on the currently employed strategies used in the game. It is said that the battles will be more challenging and require extra effort to win the battle against Rebellion card sets.
What are these 4 new abilities, let's look into them.
Armored Strike
Rebellion monsters having "Armored Strike" ability can make one more melee attack using their armor stats, this is more like a shield bash which we use in roleplaying games. Suppose a unit has 8 armor, that unit will make additional attacks using its armor stats.
Corrosive Ward
This is the most effective ability against units having heavy armor, units having "Corrosive Ward" do 2 damage to armor and melt damaged armor, melted armor cannot be recovered and this way monster will lose 2 armor each time it is hit by Corrosive Ward ability. This ability can make Repair monsters a bit useless in the battle.
Flank
A monster with the "Flank" ability adds the 'Reach' ability to the monster in 2nd position in the battle lineup. To use this ability effectively, a Flank monster must be in 1st position and a powerful melee unit should be in the 2nd position.
Look Out
Those who are worried about the menace of stealth attacks can now relax and protect their backline with the "Look Out" ability. The monster with the Look Out ability will grant adjacent units protection and they will take 1 less damage from Sneak, Snipe, and Opportunity attacks. This ability will force the players to rethink their strategies when using stealth monsters in battle.
The War is Here for Airdrops
There will be a total of 9 promotional cards and the airdrop system is going to be a total revamp of old-style purchase-based airdrop. Now, there will be the Conflict and those who join the war will be eligible to gain a chance to receive the airdrop.
Conflict is a system where players will stake cards and REbellion booster packs to increase their chances of receiving promo cards once the war ends. Each player will need to buy a Battle Wagon to stake packs and cards into it, the price of a Battle Wagon will be in VOUCHERS. Each Battle Wagon will carry 5 Rebellion cards and 100 Packs.
Cards and packs staked into the battle wagon for airdrop conflict will be locked and turn soulbound, which means players cannot use them for rentals, sale, and delegation, but those staked cards can still be used in any type of battle in the game.
This is the preview of a Rebellion War as shown in the image above. The location of the battlefield, airdrop, and other features will be available soon after the launch of Rebellion packs opening in December 2023.
It is being stipulated that Conflict will have more rewards added to the monthly War, but this news is not yet confirmed and let's wait and see how it turns out once launched.
We are just 5 days away from the Presale Event and we hope that everyone who would like to participate in the event should get the desired amount of packs. Splinterlands presale events finish quite instantly, so if you want to plan on buying some, make sure to prepare for the event beforehand, and join from the 1st second.
Wish you good luck in the Rebellion Presale Event and happy pack hunting.
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