Steem Monsters – End of Season Rewards and thoughts about going Forward

So everyone should have their end of season rewards by now and if you haven’t claimed them, go see what you have got!

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I managed to finish in the bottom rank of the Diamond league so was rewarded with 40 cards, and Hive account@bingbabe finished in the lower Silver league which yielded 12.

Did you notice that 'gold' cards start at level 4?

I received my third ever gold card in the form of the 'Goblin Mech' and a couple of other good cards but I’m not here just to brag about my spoils.

Going forward staying at the bottom edge of the Diamond league seems to be a good place to be. The DQ rewards me TEN cards a day if I can get one in a splinter that I can manage, currently, Death or Water and the end of season yields 40 cards.

Getting any higher means a large outlay of money and I’m not prepared to do that right now. The trick to playing on the 'cheap' seems to use the reward cards when you can for playing, and sell any ones that you feel are underpowered.

That’s not to say that there may be changes to the attributes of monsters in the future.

'Vampire' was beefed up recently, but he still sells for around 2c each. Don’t overlook him though, he hits for 2 off the bat and if you can protect him the life leech does come into its own in longer battles.

I was lucky enough to recently net a 'Ruler of the Seas' in a DQ and the rare card, 'Pirate Archer' is decent too for only 2 mana due to his 'Blast'. I will be using both in the Water splinter deck.

'Sea Monster' seems to be a great water tank and I have replaced the stalwart 'Spineback Turtle' with him recently, though I’m missing the Thorns which were great at level 4.

I feel my Death Splinter deck is still stronger but with TWO decks that can compete at this level, I now have a 40% chance of getting the correct DQ challenge.

Beefing up a third splinter may be an option. What do you think it should be; Fire or my old nemesis Life?