Exploring the Chaos: Core Neutral Rares

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Introduction

Hi! @saydie here playing Splinterlands everyday!

This is Exploring the Chaos where I take a look on Chaos Legion cards including their subsets such as Riftwatchers and the Reward cards, as they brought new abilities and strategies that changes how the game was played.

For the past 5 weeks now, I've been making card reviews about the Core Rare cards of the Chaos Legion Set on how they are used in play and which of them are my favorite and has great utility when playing. So far, I was done with the Fire, Water, Death, Earth and Life Element and for this week, I'll be making a review for the Neutral Element.

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Rare Neutral Cards

Xenith Archer

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	2
Element	Neutral
Rarity	Rare
Card Type	Range
Abilities	None
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Card Stats

Stats	Cards Printed

Xenith Monk is the only neutral monsters within the neutral rare monster within the Chaos Legion that does not have an ability but it got decent speed and only cost 2 mana for an archery unit.

Xenith Monk

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	4
Element	Neutral
Rarity	Common
Card Type	Melee
Abilities	Heal Void Magic Reflect
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Stats	Cards Printed

Xenith Monk is a 4 mana neutral melee card which has the Heal ability at level 2 that allows it to restore its health.
When it reach level 6, it gets the Void ability that reduces the damage it gets from magic attacks.
As it reaches max level, it gains the Magic Reflect ability that will reflect magic attacks towards the attacker.

Venari Spellsmith

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	4
Element	Neutral
Rarity	Common
Card Type	Magic
Abilities	Dispel Amplify Redemption
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Stats	Cards Printed

Venari Spellsmith is a 4- mana magic unit with the Dispel ability at level 1 to remove positive status buffs on the target.
At level 4, it gains the Amplify ability which increases the damage from reflected attacks such as Thorns and Magic Reflect.
In max level, it will earn the Redemption ability which deals 1 damage on all the opponent monsters when this card was defeated.

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^{Print rates of the card was taken by the time of writing this post and is subject to change depending on when you check on it. Source: Peakmonsters, Splintercards}

Rare Neutral Cards In Action

Battle 1: Xenith Monk and Xenith Archer

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League Modern Format}	16 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Death ^{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_1def7e07259bf14ade987d78d4427f6a&ref=crimepoet=crimepoet}
^{Little League}	Only Monsters & Summoners that cost 4 Mana or less may be used in battles.
^Thorns	All monsters have the Thorns ability.
^{Aim True}	Attacks always hit their target.

This battle has the Little League rule set which limits the use of monsters and summoners to only those that cost 4 mana or less along with Briar patch that gives Thorn ability on all monsters and Aim True that makes attacks to never miss. I have played Xenith Monk for my tank cause even if it receives damage from Thorns when it attacks, it got the Heal ability to restore its damage and it could also be a pain for magic monsters since it got the Void and Magic Reflect ability that not only reduce the damage for magic but also reflected back the damage towards the attacker like what it did for the Doctor Blight that was not able to damage it but instead it received 2 Magic Reflect damage.

Meanwhile, we have Xenith Archer here that despite not having any abilities, can always provide low mana range monster that can be accessed on all the elements, dealing 2 range damage to the opponent.

Battle 2: Xenith Archer and Venari Spellsmith

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League Modern Format}	57 Mana Cap Available Elements: Water, Earth, Life, Death, Dragon _{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_0dfabc17034ba84395e292a4a6c0713d&ref=crimepoet}
^{Keep Your Distance}	Monsters with Melee attack may not be used in battles.
^{Little League}	Only Monsters & Summoners that cost 4 Mana or less may be used in battles.
^{Tis but Scratches}	All monsters have the Cripple ability.

This time, we have the Keep Your Distance rule set so we cannot use Xenith Monk so instead, I have used Venari Spellsmith and Xenith Archer for this match as we use the life- dragon element this time. With the Amplify of Venari Spellsmith, the damage that magic monsters have received from Magic Reflect has doubled which is the case for Elven Mystic that deals 1 damage but 2 magic damage got reflected on it and causes for its defeat.

While Xenith Archer just continues to inflict damage to the opponent just like what it did for the first match and was able to defeat Tower Griffin.

Final Thoughts

This has concluded my review for the neutral monsters among the Chaos Legion. Compared to the other elements, it has way fewer cards available on this element but was compensated by the flexibility of it to be played with other elements. On this set, Xenith Monk has proven to be a really good card with its capability to restore its health and to counter magic attacks.

And that was it for this review, next week's review will focus on the Epic core cards of the Chaos Legion Set. See you on my next post.

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Card abilities and rulesets from Splintercards

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