My current ranking is 82922 and I'm firmly in the Bronze league II, bordering on the Bronze league I, depending on my current winning or losing streak! My win ratio is just positive at 50,5% but really needs a big boost here. 
Next I have started to build my first deck. Here I have focused on the Earth Splinter that is green. You can see that I've marked the "Tank" cards below.
It's important to have a good tank. The card "Grund" that I have rented, I like because he has high lift and can attack twice in 1 round. It is only a shame that he has no shield.
The other thing I have found important is to have some good low value cards with skills for those low mana games. Here I have Khmer Princess, Fungus Fiend and Acid Shooter.
Levelling Up
I was also struggling to earn any RP and chests last season and was advised to level up. Therefore I rented Mylor Crowling and it is costing me 19.69 DEC per day which seems very pricey. Im checking the price now and it is available for 12 DEC now. Somehow Im paying quite abit for card rentals!
This is a good all round Summoner that I usually combine with a strong tank and ranged card. This now boosts my RP earned to a decent level each win and I am getting more chests.
In-game Pointers
What has also helped to improve my game is to take notice of the "rules of combat". This seems to change for each game such as no magic or only melee attack and paying attention to this can help your strategy and improve the win ratio.
The 2nd thing I was paying attention to is the "Active Elements". Here some elements arent available each game and so I cant always play my only Earth splinter deck. This usually means I will lose and get less rewards as I dont own or rent the cards.
Rating/Power
So I figured out that when you are winning games, you get something called ratings points and you can progress up the leagues when you win and get more.
However, you cannot progress up the league like you can see above because I dont have strong enough cards or enough "power" to progress to that league. Therefore I need to buy or rent some more cards to increase my power.
DEC Energy Capture Rate
In order not to waste energy, it is important to use it up in plenty of time. I currently have usually time in the evening for Splinterlands but not always in the morning. Usually the energy recovers quite fast and therefore I have found you usually need to play twice per day.
It therefore makes sense for me to run my Energy Capture Rate to at least 85% each time so that if I dont get a chance to play in the morning, i am not allowing my energy to sit idle at 100%.
Summary
It's a long and slow process to try and learn the game and with no experience of these card games it is a bit of a disadvantage.
However, there is a great community of players who have given me some great tips and it has been lots of fun learning and trying to get on top of the game.
What things are important for you in Splinterlands?
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