Dear Steemit friends,
yes! it's true the long awaited battle phase is starting on sunday October 14th confirmed by the founders. Now we are getting serious! Steem Monsters 🐉 is not just about collecting and trading cards 🃏, now it becomes a strategic card battle ⚔️ game where you choose your favorite cards for a strong deck and fight in different mana classes against challengers! If you have no Steemit account just join here!
So, prepare for the battles ⚔️and get some cards on the market or via booster packs! And i'll close here with this funny announcement from the golden era of arcade games for the game Joust by Atari in 1982.. slightly changed for our King 🤘😌🤘:
His majesty King 👑 
will receive His many steemians at His magnificent Steem Monsters 🐉 Tournament in ye Land of Molten Magma and Stoned Clouds , whereat all able and brave Monsters shalt ride their Dragons and shalt fight ⚔️ with lance ye courageous contenders: Bounder, Hunter and Shadow Lord.
To see what epic battles 1on1 will await you just look to the picture and video below where his majesty himself was challenged by one of his contenders! 
Steem Monsters Battle Preview #2! - video by Matthew Rosen
If you have any questions join discord channel of Steem Monsters
https://discord.gg/SQzvww
To get into the game (with a free Steem account) just go to the official Steem Monsters website click on BUY (upper menu) and you can buy a Starter Set with 30 battle cards for crypto or fiat money and will get also a Steemit account where you can post good content to earn STEEM and SBD!
So, there is still a ton of time to join before the first ever tournament of Steem Monsters starts on Sunday October 14th!