Born Again Ruleset
Description:
All units receive the Rebirth ability which allows them to self resurrect once.
The Battle Ruleset
Briar Patch: All Monsters have the Thorn ability.
Born Again: All Monsters have the Rebirth ability.
This is a low mana ruleset game and three color is available to play, which is the Water, Earth and Dragon Splinters. The Briar Patch makes the setup of my team a bit more difficult, because I need to make sure that I do not have too much or any melee attack monster, because if they will damage an enemy monster they will get two reflected damage back to themselves.
The Born Again ruleset means when any monster on the battlefield would die they will be resureccted back to life with one health. This is a very good ability for the monsters with Divine Shield, Martyr or Protect monsters, because they will reactivate these abilites when they came back from the dead.
My Team Composition
Alric Stormbringer is my all time favorite summoner, because he cost only 3 mana and he gives +1 magic attack to all of his monsters! He is especially good in the Briar Patch ruleset, because I have to use ranged or magic attack monsters to counter this ruleset and can boost my magic attack monsters and Alric will boost their magic up.
The Hardy Stonefish is a cheap monster with very low stats, but his main role is to try to hold off the enemy attacks until they will reach to my more important and damage dealer monsters.
I used the Torrent Fiend to buy me some time as well, because he cost zero mana, which is a must have in any fight especially if you have a gold foil one, which will increase all the rewards you get from a winning battle!
The Furious Chicken cost zero mana and he is only playable in the Wild mode and he was a big favorite back than. It is easy to use him in any kind of team, but in return he doesn't really have any stats at all on his lower levels. He will block at least one attack, which is always good.
The Musa Saline has the Scavenger ability, which means that if a monster dies on the battlefield she will get one permanent health for the rest of the battle. She also has the Shatter ability, which will destroy all the armor on her target when she hit them.
The Ruler of the Seas is my personal favorite Water monster, because he is an absolutly powerful creature. He cost only 6 mana and he has three magic attack damage, which will be increased by Alric further to four. He has the Blast ability, which means that he will damage theother two monsters as well next to his target. He laso has the Swiftness ability as well, which means that he will increase the speed of all of his monsters by one.
The Ice Pixie is a bit cheaper than the Enchanted Pixie, because her cost is only two mana. She also has the same one magic attack like her sister, so she will be an easy fit into a low mana battle like this one.
The Battle
Link to my battle: https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_27d5f505603ad6e63d0f8bf11c8550a4
My enemy picked Kelya who gives one speed and armor to all of his monsters. His idea was to rely on his Djinn Oshannus* who has the Void and Phase ability to mitigate and dodge my magic attack damages. He even brought the Merdaali Guardian who has the Heal ability to heal his Oshannus at the front position.
Luckily he didn't expected that I will bring a monster with Blast ability, so my Ruler of the Seas killed her in the second round first and again in the third round.
Usually the Djinn Oshannus is amazing against the magic attack monsters, but my Alric significantly improved the damage of my monsters and they were able to damage four heatlh points per round against his Djinn Oshannus! Witohout Alric this damage would be only one as long as they hit him.
The fourth round was the first time my team killed the Djinn and after he got revived back to life with only one health my Musa killed him easily.
Do you like Born Again? Why or why not?
I like this ruleset, because it helps to keep my monsters alive and using some of their abilities could create some advantage, which can be reactivited with the resurrection. It is a very good idea to fill up my lineup with lower cost monsters, because they will be able to soak up a lot of incoming attacks, but need to be careful against a Bloodlust monster.