The first thing many have noticed is now that the daily focus follows earning chests from just a single Splinter, many have taken advantage of renting for their focus. What this means is you will come up against players with strong decks for that particular focus Splinter.

In this example my opponent cards settup for a Death Focus and were rented.

So what you will notice is that you can see what your opponent is playing, in this case Death. Based on match conditions and summoning points it is alot easier to predict what strategy your opponent may go for if you are even someone with just moderate experience. I employed Deepswimmer to deal with ranged with return fire and melee with the added armour. I knew that I needed a melee and ranged combo at the front to deal with any heavy damage from what might have been a Chain Golem (as they appeared to use Chain Golem in nearly all battles). So I employed The Kraken to take hits. I also wanted to draw fire to the frontline and protect my Abyss and Axemaster. I expected the negative 1 magic in play so I placed Cornealus to tank in front of Oshanneus in the off chance a Cthulu was in play. And finally in the 4th slot a well protected position of my Sandworm who could go to work on whatever was in the backline.

The Results And Closing Thoughts