I was recently playing in Silver II league and enjoying good battles and one extra chest daily. To get there I used the renting strategy but to rent thousands of collection power got a little too much for my DEC budget. I'm still eager to get back up so today I'm going to share some of my thoughts about increasing collection power through trading cards.
Things to consider
- Rarity of a card
- Card set
- Golden cards add more CP
- Price
- Future value
- Am I actually using the card in battles?
Golden Trade
At the moment my Collection Power is 32,020 and I'm still missing 7,980 from unlocking my way to Silver II. So no more renting, this time I'm gonna trade my way back up there. Here's the first one I made to achieve that goal:
Deep Lurker is a really fine melee monster with a powerful attack, good amount of health and also speed. Opportunity ability is making him extra dangerous to monsters with low health.
Unfortunately, this great beauty has just been lying at the bottom of my collection. I'm quite fixated to my water magic and there just wasn't a place for him in the team. Sold.
BUY
BUY
Gargoya Devil is another rare golden monster who could battle in the front line but is unfortunately lacking some health. Nevertheless, a pretty decent middle spot monster who gets some extra credit for belonging to Neutral splinter. This one was also purchased as collection power in mind.
Here's the breakdown of the whole trade:
| Monster | Rarity | Price | Power | Card set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Lurker - SELL | Common | + 3.70 $ | - 125 | Chaos |
| Venari Seedsmith - BUY | Rare | - 1.97 $ | + 500 | Reward |
| Gargoya Devil - BUY | Rare | - 2.00 $ | + 500 | Reward |
| Total | - 0.27 $ | + 875 |
In the future it will be interesting to follow the price development of these cards. As for for now, I feel pretty comfortable with this trade. Main thing is I got what I was looking for and that is collection power. On with the next on:
Legendary Trade
Next scheme I tried to pull was to to sell a Light Elemental card and buy two Legendary cards.
SELL
I made a promise to myself not to sell Untamed(or older) cards, yet here we are! Light Elemental wasn't just gathering dust but was one of my most used life cards. So why sell it?
I guess the biggest reason was the value which was 7.60$ at the time. After done some calculations I figured out that I would be getting two Legendary monsters at that price... It was just too tempting.
BUY
I position Zyvax next to last back-line monster so it has enough time to Recharge and do that 3x damage. He also has Flying ability so he could work well as a last-line monster and most definitely a choice in the Earthquake ruleset.
BUY
So, let's take a look how I did with this one:
| Monster | Rarity | Price | Power | Card set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Elemental - SELL | Epic | + 7.60 $ | - 200 | Untamed |
| Zyvax Vuul - BUY | Legendary | - 3.18 $ | + 500 | Chaos |
| Iza The Fanged - BUY | Legendary | - 3.77 $ | + 500 | Chaos |
| Total | + 0.65 $ | + 800 |
Note that for JUST to gain collection power, I would probably be buying gold rare Chaos Legion cards since their CP value is the same as legendaries. However, there's always a little investor in me and I also want to keep my deck as competitive as possible.
I'd also like to hear your thoughts about these trades! 😊 Was it worth it? Did I make a huge mistake? what has been your best trade?
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