Splinterlands - A Cheaper Alternative to Llama Kron

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Congratulations to anyone that owns the Llama Summoner and Kron Monster as they are wonderful cash cows on the rental market. Unfortunately, with the inflation of Dec, the removal of cheap quest potions, and the rental market going wild, it's just not feasible to rent out the Llama Kron combo for beginners. The Mylor, Stone Golem, and Nymph combo are very much overused,

After much experimentation and wasted DEC, I've found a pretty good single card combo that works in about 75% of the games that I play, at about 1/4 of the price.

Bortus Summoner, Phantom of the Abyss, and Crustacean King
The summoner and king are free, Phantom goes for only..... 45-75 DEC as of this writing.

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Compare this to Llama Kron combo or even Kron by himself.

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The combo is over 500 DEC a day.

The most popular combo that I'm seeing at low levels is Mylor, Stone Golem and Nymph.
Golem being free, this rental fee costs about 40 DEC, but loses to all range-heavy decks.

Phantom is a great card because the 3 damage magic attack, dodge buff, and 6 speed go through shields, doesn't miss, and dodges 4 out of 5 non-magic attacks. An easy counter to the speed and dodge of the Phantom is to load up on magic heavy attacks with the +1 Magic Alric Summoner, which is why the -1 magic of Bortus is crucial.

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https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_cd9c102c471c179b7e1eb00909bc8397

The speed of the Phantom can't be touched with their counter in this 14 point game.
Phantom is hit only twice in 6 rounds.

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A very common counter that I've seen tried on me. This is a 24 point game, so I'm able to add the crustacean King, the speed ooze and another self healer in the first position. You can substitute the tank for the shield bearer.

https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_3986ca67b00975b297b4887a784701d3

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The phantom cuts through the shield and destroys the lava monster, the rest miss him numerously until they're all destroyed.
https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_4f6b780b822dedaa38b4704b5085ea5d

The Phantom card wins all the low point games, 13-18, at probably a 90% rate with the null effect of Bortus. It gets more complicated higher up, but is still great, especially at the really high point levels because of all the different healers you can sprinkle in.

I needed a good thumbnail picture so I added this generic card to "draw" from.

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Photo by Klim Musalimov



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