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In this post I will be sharing something about how and why renting changed my strategy and how it helped me win more of my battles.
At first, I figured the way to get better in #Splinterlands was straightforward just keep buying more cards. The logic seemed solid: stronger deck, better rewards. So I did what a lot of players probably did early on. I’d check the market, spot something that looked useful, as well as if I had enough #DEC, I’d grab it. Some of those buys paid off, others didn’t. But after a while, I noticed something odd my collection was growing, but my actual strategy wasn’t improving at all.
That’s when I started paying more attention to renting.
I’d ignored the rental system at first, thinking it was just for people who didn’t want to commit to buying cards. But over time, I realized renting wasn’t just a backup plan it was one of the smarter ways to handle the game financially.
The first thing renting taught me was how to manage risk better. When you buy a card, your DEC is tied up in that one asset. If the price drops later, you’re stuck with it unless you sell at a loss and that happened to me more than once. I’d buy something thinking it was a bargain, only for the market to keep falling anyway.
Renting flipped that whole dynamic. Instead of locking my DEC into cards permanently, I could just rent what I needed for a few days or weeks. If a card didn’t work out, I’d stop renting it. No stress over market prices, no worrying about whether the asset lost value.
Flexibility was another huge advantage. Splinterlands has so many different rule sets, as well as some cards are great in one but useless in another. If you only own a small collection, you’re limited by what you have. But renting lets you adapt quickly. Notice a rule set popping up a lot? Rent the cards that do well in those conditions. It’s like temporarily upgrading your deck whenever you need to.
I also didn’t realize how useful renting could be for testing cards before buying them. Instead of blindly buying a card and, hoping it fits my playstyle, I could rent it first, use it in battles, and see if it actually made a difference. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn’t but either way, renting saved me from wasting DEC on bad purchases.
Financially, renting helped me think differently about my SPS and DEC. Before, I’d spend DEC as soon as I saw a card I liked. Now I consider the opportunity cost. If a card is expensive to buy but cheap to rent, renting is usually the smarter choice.
This shift made my whole approach to the game less frantic. I stopped chasing every new card release or market trend. Instead, I focused on building a core collection of cards I actually believed in, while renting everything else when I needed it.
League climbing got easier too. Sometimes pushing to a higher league just requires a few key cards you don’t own. Instead of buying them permanently, renting them for a few days was often enough to reach that league as well as earn better rewards.
Of course, renting isn’t perfect. Prices can spike during certain seasons, and sometimes the card you want isn’t available. But even with those issues, the system gives players more control over how they spend their resources.
There’s also a psychological side to it. When I owned too many cards, I’d feel like I had to use them, even if they weren’t the best choice. Renting cuts out that emotional attachment. You use a card because it’s useful, not because you own it.
Now my strategy is a mix of ownership in addition to rentals. I keep a solid base deck the cards I know I’ll use often. Everything else is situational, rented only when needed.
This hybrid approach has made the game smoother for me. I spend less DEC on impulse buys, experiment with more strategies, and adapt to the meta more easily.
The biggest lesson? Success in Splinterlands isn’t about having the biggest collection. It’s about using your resources in a way that actually works. Sometimes the smartest move isn’t buying another card it’s renting the right one at the right time.
Now when I open the market, I don’t automatically think, Should I buy this? My first question is simpler: Do I really need to own it, or can I just rent it? And more often than not, the answer is renting. That’s why this strategy works so well for me.
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