It feels like forever since the Gladius Packs were released in Splinterlands as a Soulbound reward for Playing Brawls. After many years, this is the progress I'm making on getting them all to Max Level...
Gladius Packs History
So it's been 4+ Years ago Since Gladiators were introduced in Splinterlands (Link) introducing 32 New Overpowered Soulbound Cards that could only be earned and used in the Brawls to make them more interesting and reward Longer-term players.
Initially they were a DEC reward as it was possible to burn them for that. However, as this printing money out of thin air always goes, the weight became too high so them switched the system so they can now only be burned for Merrits to buy more packs. They also expanded on making all rewards Soulbound and found a way to have Gladiator cards also be used in Ranked. this with both the soulbound Summoners & with Game Rules that allows them.
This mostly sucks for new players as they have no way whatsoever to get them while many of them are just extremely powerful. I'm not sure if there are plans for a new set and/or to allow them to be unlocked similar to the reward Soulbound cards. As the Ranked rewards now also include Merrits, the accumulation of these cards goes a bit faster but still after 4+ years I'm quite a while from having them all maxed out.
The Set Contains 32 Cards!
10 Common Cards
10 Rare Cards
5 epic Cards
7 Legendary Cards
This is my Progress so far toward getting them to Max Level
Common Gladiator Card Accumulation
| Card | Accumulated | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Chimney Wallstop | 350 | 400 |
| Krash Wanderford | 318 | 400 |
| Alva The Crusher | 328 | 400 |
| Isgald Vorst | 327 | 400 |
| Bertol Gobson | 360 | 400 |
| Katrelba Gobson | 299 | 400 |
| Helmet Kharafax | 333 | 400 |
| Hugo Strongsword | 345 | 400 |
| Whistling Damon | 352 | 400 |
| Witch Of Warwick | 352 | 400 |
I have all but 1 of the common cards at Level 9 with MAX level as the next stop
| Total Collected | Total Needed | % Complete |
|---|---|---|
| 3364 | 4000 | 84% |
Rare Card Accumulation
| Card | Accumulated | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Orella Abadon | 115 | 115 |
| Sarius | 115 | 115 |
| Alfredo | 115 | 115 |
| Relenor Cleaver | 115 | 115 |
| Cutter Brieze | 115 | 115 |
| Palidon Rakk | 105 | 115 |
| Ajax Lightfoot | 115 | 115 |
| Captain Katie | 115 | 115 |
| Kotriphius Bayne | 69 | 115 |
| Liza Fox | 115 | 115 |
For some reason, I already have most of these as Max Level aside from the Kotriphus Bayne which is one of the cards that I ended up burning for DEC.
| Total Collectedl | Total Needed | % Complete |
|---|---|---|
| 1094 | 1150 | 95% |
Epic Card Accumulation
| Card | Accumulated | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Groth | 43 | 46 |
| Edith Emberstar | 46 | 46 |
| Quora Towershead | 46 | 46 |
| Marisol Contumia | 44 | 46 |
| Trapp Falloway | 44 | 46 |
The most important card in the game which is the Quora I managed to get to Max Level today, All the others Epic Cards are close to being fully Leveled up also.
| Total Collectedl | Total Needed | % Complete |
|---|---|---|
| 223 | 230 | 97% |
Legendary Card Accumulation
| Card | Accumulated | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Fina Voxom | 7 | 11 |
| Flagul On Reine | 5 | 11 |
| Jini Guise | 5 | 11 |
| Sola Ranjell | 8 | 11 |
| Xulax Nightwind | 4 | 11 |
| Larissa Kerato | 8 | 11 |
| Tatiana Blade | 4 | 11 |
Either I have just been very unlucky on the Legendary cards or the distribution is kind of broken for them as I only have them 53% complete which kind of sucks. I also can't recall burning them even though that would explain it
| Total Collectedl | Total Needed | % Complete |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 77 | 53% |
Conclusion!
After 4 years accumulating these Gladiator Card, I'm getting more and more of them at MAX Level. I'm not sure what's in store for these going forward as I can imagine that many of the top players owning all of them already while it sucks for new players that they start out with a big disadvantage they impossibly can make up for. In total I have 4722 individual cards which means that I likely opened over 1000 Packs to get there!
