Recently, I decided to change my approach to Splinterlands. Instead of playing actively or holding a big collection, I’m focusing on renting out my best assets and selling off cards I don’t need over time to get the best consistent pricing. Renting requires less capital, and it’s easier to focus on the cards that are the most profitable for rentals rather than managing a huge collection of illiquid assets.
My plan is to gradually sell cards at higher-than-market prices, aiming to catch any price spikes. Recently the game has been constantly changing, making it hard to stick to one strategy and have it pay off before a change makes that strategy irrelevant. But rentals offer steady returns, driven by the supply and demand of each card. I will just rent cards if i want to play using the rental income and other income from fees etc to fund that. Since i will be renting as well the increases or decreases in cost should go up and down together.
My Runi rentals are already making more than they did on land, and I don’t need to buy expensive high-PP cards, which take forever to pay off. I’ll keep operating just a few plots for the cards I have bought already and focus on maximizing returns from renting out SPS and any other asset.
I’m also reducing my exposure to illiquid assets. I’ll sell cards that are high above burn value and keep cards close to burn value, adding more rental cards to my portfolio. I’m looking for an ROI of 1-2 years on new purchases.
Eventually, I plan to scale down to more liquid assets like DEC, SPS, and Hive, and I’m not in a hurry to sell at a loss. If the prices are too low, I’ll just hold and rent. I’ve also listed unused plots at prices I want, and I’m willing to wait. Storage rentals will likely become a key part of my land strategy once that feature is introduced.
I’m still entering all accounts into guild brawls for extra SPS and Gladius cards since it costs nothing and gives me a bit of extra income and roi on the accounts assets. My overall goal is to keep my account cash flow positive, and just by switching to a rental strategy, I’m already seeing better returns than when I was actively playing after the wild pass and sps increased staking requirements were introduced as well as the lowering of rewards in wild also killed any incentive to really play wild unless your winning at the top top level which costs a lot of money for anyone now to do it unless they own the cards from way back.
If I had focused on rentals from the start, I’d likely have more SPS and fewer illiquid assets, like my GLG nodes. They still bring in a bit of income daily, but they’re not very liquid. However, they’re all profit now, and once GLG nodes go live, I might sell them for SPS or Hive. Overall, simplifying my portfolio and focusing on stable, predictable income has been the right move. If the game grows, I’ll benefit from my equity in the company it self as well, but for now, my goal is steady cash flow and less risk as the asset declines have been to much of a strain on my portfolio.