So I spent the first few days creating my decks and battling my way out of Novice.
Here are my decks as they stand now:
The first big thing I did is:
- Sell my Life AND Death teams... Yes l SOLD THEM!! lol
Why? Because they are the two most expensive at the moment.
The Death Summoner i sold for $0.77 which I was able to turn around and use to buy two Fire summoners which I could then level up to level two. Two is better than One Right!???
S. Assassin - $0.06; Haunted Spirit - $0.16; An. Corpse - $0.03
And Life team:
Ty. Paladium - $0.31(ugh)
Neutral (a mistake ??):
Cyclops - $0.10; Elven Cutthroat - $0.29
And l sold my Goblin Sorcerer for $0.05 because l bought two Alphas which can level up to lvl2 with just 2 cards instead of 3 like Betas. And they were the same price. So like getting a 1 card discount!!
Purchases:
l bought a Prismatic Energy because it is Neutral and can serve as a good tank and it was cheap: $0.07
Malric inferno - $0.31 and $0.32; Kobold Miner x2 - $0.06 ea; x2 Giant Rocs - $0.04
Alpha Goblin Sorcerers x2 - $0.05 ea (cheaper than Beta)
Alric Stormbr. x2 - $0.42 and 0.43; Alpha Frozen Soldiers x2 - $0.10 ea (same price as Beta)
Creeping Ooze x2 - $0.06 and $0.05; Goblin Mech $0.03; Hobgoblin $0.03
A Gold Sea Genie (lvl 4) - $0.20 because that takes 12 cards to equal and at $0.02ea ... the regular cards would cost me $0.24 to reach lvl 4. So.... seems like a good investment. ...... BUT. Seems l wasn't paying attention and also bought a lvl 3 regular Sea Genie for - $0.10 ... a good deal. but l didn't need it!! Doh!
Sea Monster - $0.05
Got a good deal on a lvl 3 Highland Archer and lvl 2 Rusty Android - $0.09 and $0.05 ea.
Wood Nymph - $0.05; Mushroom Seer $0.04
That puts my purchases in at $3.16 and my sells in at $1.77.
As I said in my first post: l brought over some Doge coin l had earned a couple years ago... that equaled 1.71 SBD. So that covered the balance not earned from selling my starter deck cards. And 0.900 steem (about $0.25) I powered up to help my account run.
Still I ran out of Resource Credits very quickly. That set me back. I had to wait half a day and then l commented on a 
Thanks Steem Monsters!!!!!
That is all for my initial selling and purchases. How am I doing??
In my next post I will cover where my cards are now and what rewards l have earned by Daily Quests! Check it out!