Hi all,

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 edition I will be looking at the Spark Pixies.

Card ID, Editions, and number of cards

This card’s ID number is 163, and it is a card from the Untamed set.

Total printed: 75400

Foil	Printed	Burned	Power/BCX
Regular	71766	1027	40
Gold	2313	294	2000

(Data from splinterlands API)

Rarity type: Rare
Splinter: Fire

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 is well known to every player as it is part of the cards available to play. Its main characteristics are its speed of 5(!), ranged damage of 2, and the Flying ability. The high speed combined with the Flying ability make this card dodge a lot, turning the outcome of non-magic battles more unpredictable. Combined with Yodin this is card is a must in most low/medium mana battles, the other Fire summoners do not add a lot (only a little bit of HP from Tarsa). This card is even better with the Equaliser rule set, removing its main weakness (low HP).
As this card is a starter card, most players do not have it. However, if a rotation of the starter cards is to occur this card will be high on the priority list of many players. Furthermore, not having it cuts earnings, which is never desirable. If you can buy it, go for it!

Market analysis

A great card that can currently be bought at around the 2$ price range.
Let’s look at the last 6 months.

Looking at the graph, the following can be concluded:

• in regular foil, not surprisingly this card follows the overall market downward trend. A resistance can be envisage at 2$; but the next weeks will be the judge of this.
• in gold foil, a resistance can be found at the 20$ price range, and even though the tendency is the same as the regular foil it is much less steep, holding its value quite well in the last 4 months.

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