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 edition I will be looking at the Aganju.

What a Beast!! Great artwork!!
On a side note, and probably not known by many, Aganju is a Spirit – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aganju.

Card ID, Editions, and Number of Cards

This card’s ID number is 298, and it is a card from the Dice set.

Total printed: 1569

Foil	Printed	Burned	Power/BCX
Regular	1525	1	1000
Gold	43	0	50000

(Data from splinterlands API)

Rarity type: Legendary
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’s main advantages are its very low mana (1!!), reasonable Speed (3) and the Reach ability. Clearly useful in low mana battles, under 20 mana, where despite its low HP can safely do damage behind a tank. The Equalizer rule set is also great for this card helping it in regard to its low HP. Probably I would not advise using this card under the Equal Opportunity rule set, but even in that case it may be useful if well placed.
This card becomes even better under Tarsa or even Malric. All this being said, this is not a card for most wallets, costing around 25$. If you can afford it, go for it; but if you are on a low budget, better focus on other cards.

Market Analysis

An expensive card that has a lot of utility in the game and may also be seen as an investment.
Let’s look at the last 6 months.

Looking at the graph, the following can be concluded:

• in regular foil, this card’s value absolutely does not care about market trend – it does not lose value easily. A resistance can be identified at about 24$ which will probably not be broken any time soon. Furthermore, its value occasionally spikes (up to 2.5x) making it an interesting card in terms of investment.
• in gold foil, there are very few cards with a gold foil (only 43), therefore the value is through the roof, and possibly unrealistic. As with any card with few units available it is vulnerable to market manipulation, and it is not possible to identify trends just looking at its value.

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