Welcome to the game!

• I don't know how to tell the difference between all the cards. I mean there must be hundreds, if not thousands of them >> There are hundreds of cards and every monster has unique stats and abilities. Not all cards are useful. There are many hive posts written to help newbie. Remember to read them. Or just trial and error with your battles.

• I don't know how you can tell if a card is a monster or a summoner >> Did you look at your cards collection or the market page? There is a filtering button under "Type". Just remember you need to have a summoner for the splinter (eg, Alric for Water). Hmmm I looked at your collection and seems like you don't have the phantom cards.

• I don't know how to identify an edition or rarity on a card >> Same as above. There is a filter buttong for "Edition"

• I don't know about all the abilities >> Did you read this https://steemmonsters.com/?p=gameplay all the stats and abilities are explained there. Or you can ask in the Discord or Telegram. The community is always ready to help.

• I don't know why some cards are in cooldown >> When a card is used in a Ranked Battle and subsequently Transferred to another player, the card will enter a cooldown period of 7 days. This is to counter abuse.

• I don't know why Splinterlands is sometimes called Steemmonsters as well >> The game started as Steemmonsters but later rebranded to Splinterlands. Best choice ever. We want nothing to do with Steem.

• I don't know why my account shows 297 all cards, but I have 80 playable cards, and only own 51 of them >> Where did you see this? You can also look at peakmonster site https://peakmonsters.com/@livinguktaiwan/collection

• and most important of all, I don't know why people spend thousands of $$$$$$ on the game!!! Are they crazy??!!! >> Yes they are crazy.