Some time ago, there was a DAO proposal voted in that requested the Splinterlands team to create a promo card for SPS holders:
The SPS DAO requests the Splinterlands company make a promo card to reward SPS Stakers. Each SPS staker would be allowed to purchase 1 card per 1,000 SPS staked for the nominal fee of 1 voucher per card.
Here's the full text of the proposal which passed at the time.
The Splinterlands team agreed and looks like very soon we'll have Vruz, a common promo card that can be purchased by SPS holders in the limit of 1 card per 1,000 staked and costing 1 voucher per card.
We know the character Vruz, it's the little guy that moves his legs and carries a bag when you claim your SPS. This one:
But we don't know the stats for the card yet or its art, as far as I know.
What happened though, expectedly, was that the price of vouchers started to climb from the hole it was in.
That's great for the holders of vouchers.
Not so great for people who were using the lower price of vouchers as a way to get more DEC-B by burning VOUCHERs instead of DEC. I was one of them.
Now the amount of DEC-B received has almost equalized if one burns vouchers or DEC, so it doesn't matter as much. I wished the window lasted a little longer, but I would be a hypocrite to complain. I took advantage of it while it lasted.
Now it's time to get ready for Vruz. Hopefully, it will have some nice stats, so we can enjoy the benefits of holding a nice stash of staked SPS.