Hi all,

Introduction

Another post in this series. Thank you for your support in the previous posts 😊

This series intends to determine if there are other aspects of cards that may contribute to increasing its value. Based on your feedback I can focus on more/other things – so feel free to tell me where you want me to go into further detail.
I include some analysis on where the cards fit in terms of strategy and a market analysis of the price of the card in previous months. Feel free to suggest what more do you want me to look into in this series, and your support is much appreciated!
In this edition I will be looking at the Goblin Thief.

Card ID, Editions, and Number of Cards

This card’s ID number is 179, and it is a card from the Untamed set.

Total printed: 209521

Foil	Printed	Burned	Power/BCX
Regular	198069	4038	10
Gold	6769	645	500

(Data from splinterlands API)

Role: Monster
Rarity type: Common
Splinter: Earth

Card stats

Strategy

I will be focusing my analysis on the usefulness of this card in lower leagues (i.e. bronze to gold).
This card’s main advantages are its Sneak ability and 2 damage. A well-known card which is very often used in low/medium mana battles. This card is a great addition even when playing under the Obsidian summoner, as the 2 damage can destroy the backline. It is also worth noticing that this card only costs 4 mana, which makes it useful to be used in the Little League rule set. As with other important freely playable cards, if there ever is a rotation, this card’s value will most likely increase significantly. Although currently free to play, I would advise getting this card when you can, as it will not lose usefulness any time soon and it also does not lose value in terms of market.

Market Analysis

A very good card, which although its free to play, holds it value quite nicely.
Let’s look at the last 6 months.

Looking at the graphs, the following can be concluded:

• in regular foil, the card value has been very stable, usually sitting in the 0.5-1.2$ range. Given the relatively high range, it may provide some interesting investment opportunities.
• in gold foil, the card has been losing value. After remaining relatively stable for some months, the card started losing value, having reach as low as 4$.

Please let me know in the comments if there is any further information you would like me to include in future analysis.
Thank you for reading this post.
Stay safe!