Here is the final tally of my last season's Spellbook and 1.6K DEC challenge. Unfortunately, I was not able to keep up with the consistent updates. Good thing that I was able to keep the important screenshots related to this challenge before I started playing again with that account for this season.
Let us now take a look at last season's results.
You can access the collection of posts for this challenge HERE. This is best viewed in PeakD with their awesome collection feature.
DEC Balance recap
Here is the summary of the challenge account's DEC balance from last season (excluding EoS balance) :
- Starting balance: 1,636
- Ending balance after the first rental run: 3,934
- Ending balance after the second rental run: 4,026
After the second rental run, I transferred 2,000 DEC to my main account for the DEC-SPS LP. Additionally, there is 10.56 DEC spent on rentals to test out PeakMonsters Auto Rentals. So expect to see a total of +2,010.56 DEC adjustment in the total profit computation below.
Note: I was not able to take a screenshot for the third and fourth rental runs. We will be relying on end of season balance for ranked battle rewards computation.
Ranked battle rewards
My ending DEC balance from the previous season was 1,345 DEC.
This gives us a total Ranked battle rewards profit of:
Ranked battle rewards profit = 1,345 (EoS balance) + 2,010 (adjustments for DEC transfer & test rentals) - 356 (DEC from Chest rewards) - 1,636 (starting DEC balance) = 1,363 DEC
Ending rating
This account ended the season at 3,157 rating -- slightly passing the Diamond II rating threshold. However, I have decided to stop playing 4 days towards the end of season because of the following reasons: 1) time constraints, 2) rentals became expensive early, 3) it became too difficult to get cheap deals, 4) DEC rewards were low, making it harder to breakeven on rentals.
All in all, I have decided to stop playing because it seems like the effort to potential reward ratio is not attractive at that point. This is also the same reason as to why I did not try to push for a Diamond II power to get more end of season chest rewards. It seemed like the more logical step is to push up my power to Silver II, and not gamble anymore with the more expensive rentals.
With the mediocre chest rewards that I was getting, would you even consider gambling for more expensive rentals?
Quest Rewards and Season-end Rewards
Here is the summary of the Chest Rewards that I got during the entire season:
The best pull that I got was a Gold Foil Venari Heatsmith from end of Season rewards.
It is valued at 5 USD, half the price of the Spellbook investment for new accounts. Still a sweet pull despite not having an Epic or Legendary for the entire season.
Summary and Final Thoughts
Profit Summary
Here is the total profit for one season in this 100% rentals account:
- DEC rewards from ranked matches: 1,345
- Card rewards from chests: $16.373 or 1,384 DEC
Total profit: ~2,729 DEC or $32
For this season, we were able to gain a total profit of 2,729 DEC or $32. This means that we have already covered the Spellbook cost with an additional profit of ~$22. I am quite happy that this account was still able to make a profit despite my blunders during the last two rental rounds, and not playing for 4 days towards the end of season.
Final Thoughts
There were a lot of blunders in this run. The main blunder was overpaying rentals, and having a bad losing streak once I reached Gold league and Diamond.
In terms of profit potential for renters, pretty sure that the one illustrated in this challenge is not on the higher end. Reason for that is my poor performance in the higher leagues, and mediocre pulls from the Chest rewards (of course this is based on luck). Pretty sure that other better players would have had a much higher profit on a single season run.
Overall, I believe that the game is still profitable for renters, despite the high rental costs during the end of season, and the recent economic updates. It is just important to take the time in learning the game, and eventually be able to make rental decisions that will yield you a profit.
Note: I am not recommending to do a 100% rental run all throughout. I tried out this challenge to see if it possible to gradually build up a player's deck, based solely on season earnings and initial investment of $10 and 1.6K DEC.
Battle Replays for your enjoyment
As a peace offering for my late update, I have included some of my favorite battles from my last season's run. Enjoy!
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