Welcome back Splinterlands battlemages to another edition of "For Guild & Glory" with DuceCeypto, my brawl report series covering the action in Tier 5 with 
I had five opponents in Brawl #242, including our Kingdom of Glory rival guild Guardians of Glory, and Japanese powerhouse Samurai Soul.
@omochi of Samurai Soul
Who says Quora is the most powerful gladiator? Give Helmet Kharafax the right neighbors and he can gun down anyone in his way. Only 19 mana? No problem with the +2 barrack guild bonus and two weapon trainers to give him a dual attack.
@jedielf of Guardians of Glory
This one is always personal for me since Shield of Glory has not finished ahead of GoG since we joined Tier 5. I must win my battle, and I got there with ease. I think we're back to 50/50 record in brawl battle.
The extra body in my lineup helped as Ajax carried the day. The rare gladiator has elite speed for Silver League and helped me get the jump on their attackers. Of course, Ilthain vs. Sloan isn't much of a fair fight. Bye Boy Bye! (GoG won).
@erlendo of PeakMosnters [PREMIERE]
Interestingly, Erlendo was a guildmate in my original guild where I cut my teeth and got through gold league, The 420 Syndicate. When our leader went AWOL, I remember the search for places to land and him heading off to PeakMosnters. After all these years, I'm always excited to play against him in brawl when I have the chance.
This battle is an amazing showcase for the potential of the Lookout ability. With the battle rule giving opportunity and Slipspawn taunting all attacks to the front, Ujurak Mystic in 2nd position halves all the damage. It doesn't hurt that Mystic also has void when the taunt tank goes down.
But lookout and void free me up to play Obsidian for that extra potent magic attack, trumping one of his silence monsters. With Immortalis banned, he chose to play Tofu and it wasn't much of a threat in this one.
@splintercogg of Legendary Raptors
Splintercogg is another long-time brawl rival who I've played in this Modern GF fray up the ranks from Tier 3. Here's another earth mirror with different summoners. I was ready for Katrelba with Slipspawn, and Tofu giving thorns triage means only more good things for earth's rare taunt monster as it tore down the sneak attack threat.
This battle wasn't particularly close at all and really showcases how format defining Tofu will be in the new modern meta. I'm actually excited to see if it has a lasting impact in wild. With big game abilities like snare and thorns, I'll bet there are so me ruleset combinations that make it elite! Thank goodness for all those mage wagon airdrops, I'll be renting Rebellion summoners to happy Splinterlands players for years to come.
@odinsonzclan of The MobyDicks
In this final Back to Basics battle, 
This was a solid 5-0 sweep in Tier 5, Fray 20, Gold Foil Modern Silver League. All 5 battles were solid victories with strategies that never left the result in doubt. In the end, Shield of Glory finished 5 wins behind GoG and Samurai for 3rd place, but I won't be mad at nearly 8000 merits and over 400 SPS. And check out the Gladius Cases this cycle!
Now that merits are flowing generously through the new loot chests, my desire for opening gladius cases is narrowing. I only need to max out 1 epic and 3 legends, missing less than 10 BCX overallto complete my RF set of Gladiators. But Gold Foils are always welcomed, and today I poped a lucky Gold Foil Legendary Xulax Nightwing of the death element. This is one bad boy I can't wait to be able to use on my squad for the Modern Silver League fray in my favorite element!
I hope you enjoyed some Tier 5 Brawl coverage since I've been slacking a bit with my BOTD. How did your brawl cycle finish? What are you winning in your Tier? Let me know in the comments and I'll see you on the battlefield!
If you are interested in any of the guilds I belong to,
I've linked the pictures below with an invite to each guild Discord server.
Come by, give me a shout, and check us out!
Proud member of the original KoG alliance guild
Proud member of the YGG Brawlers alliance within 
Proud member of my original guild and YGG member,
the always affable YGG 420 Fam, on Hive as 
