Exploring the Chaos: Core Water 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 weeks, I've been making card reviews about the Core Common 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. Now I will proceed with reviewing the Core Rare cards that belongs to the Chaos Legion which I started with the Fire Element and now proceeding with the Water Element.

Common Water Cards

Angelic Mandarin

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	3
Element	Water
Rarity	Rare
Card Type	Range
Abilities	Triage Silence
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Card Stats

Stats	Cards Printed

Angelic Mandarin is a 3-mana range monster that has Triage which heals backline monster every turn.
When it reaches level 8, it gains Silence that reduces the damage of all
magic monsters as long as it stays on play.

Merdaali Guardian

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	3
Element	Water
Rarity	Common
Card Type	Default
Abilities	Tank Heal Repair Stregnthen
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Stats	Cards Printed

Merdaali Guardian possesses the Tank Heal which restores the health of the monster at the 1^st position beginning at level 1.
It also got the Repair at level 5 which restores the armor of an ally monster.
At level 10, Merdaali Guardian has the Strengthen that increases the health of all ally monsters as long as it stays on play.

Diemonshark

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	8
Element	Water
Rarity	Common
Card Type	Melee
Abilities	Trample Enrage Retaliate
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Stats	Cards Printed

Diemonshark is a melee monster with the Trample ability starting at level 1 that allows it to attack once again when it defeated an opponent.
Enrage increases the speed and melee damage of Diemonshark when it receives health damage.
Retaliate allows Diemonshark to attack back on a melee monster that attack this card.

River Nymph

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	4
Element	Water
Rarity	Rare
Card Type	Magic
Abilities	Cleanse Amplify Swiftness
RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Stats	Cards printed

River Nymph is a magic monster that has Cleanse at level 1 which removes all negative status effect on an ally monster.
It also has Amplify at level 4 which increases reflected damage by 1.
River Nymph also has Swiftness which increases the speed of all ally monsters by 1 as long as it stays on play.

Kelya Frendul

Edition	Chaos Legion
Mana Cost	4
Element	Water
Rarity	Rare
Card Type	Summoner
Abilities	+ 1 +1

RF Burn Value	20
GF Burn Value	500

Kelya Frendul is the rare water Chaos Legion summoner which does not have any abilities that can grant but gives +1 armor and speed on all ally monsters.

^Note:

^{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 Water Cards In Action

Battle 1: Kelya Frendul, River Nymph and Angelic Mandarin

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League Modern Format}	21 Mana Cap Available Elements: Water, Life, Earth, Dragon ^{Link:https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_65ea2b1e3cbac0dc776b6edf1cc7de93&ref=saydie}
^{Noxious Fumes}	All monsters start the battle poisoned.
^{Explosive Weaponry}	All Monsters have the All Monsters have the Blast ability.
^Stampede	The Trample ability can trigger multipple times per attack if the trampled monster is killed.

As we have an Noxious Fumes rule set, all monsters were poisoned and the Cleanse ability of River Nymph was essential because it can remove the poison on the monster in the 1^st position which in this case was Baakjira along with the other debuffs on it but aside from that, it was able to provide an additional speed to all ally monsters using swiftness which enables them to attack faster than the opponent. and since, it was a magic monster, it was also able to at least deal some magic damage to the opponent.

Meanwhile, we have Angelic Mandarin that provides Triage, allowing a portion of one backline monster's health to be restored for each round which allowed the poisoned monster to be able to last longer aside from the Silence that reduces the magic attack of the opponent. Both monsters were also made more faster and harder to defeat because Kelya Frendul has provided +1 speed and armor.

Battle 2: Merdaali Guardian, Angelic Mandarin and Kelya Frendul

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League Modern Format}	22 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Water _{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_21d79ecaf8024d461bfdefcfa1b74499&ref=agonyaccepted}
^{Little League}	Only monsters & summoners that cost 4 mana or less may be used in battle.
^{Taking Sides}	Neutral monsters may not be used in battles.
^{Aim True}	Attacks always hit their target.

Once again, I used Kelya Frendul and Angelic Mandarin on this battle due to both having the cost of 4 or less mana which makes it eligible for the Little League rule set but aside from that, I also used Merdaali Guardian that despite having 0 attack, it has the Strengthen that increases the health of all ally monsters by 1 aside from the Tank Heal which restores a portion of the health of the monster in 1^st position as well as Repair that restores the armor of an ally monster every round.

Battle 3: Diemonshark

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League Modern Format}	51 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Death, Life, Dragon _{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_a88946bbd4f96c93deeac5405ce0c8bd&ref=saydie}
^{Up Close & personal}	Only monsters with Melee attack may be used in battles.
^{Silenced Summoners}	Summoners do not give any stat buffs or debuffs or grant/ use any abilities.
^{Lost Legendaries}	Legendary monsters may not be used in battles.

This battle was an unusual one given that I placed Diemonshark at the last position where it does not have the ability to attack due to only melee monsters can be used but since, it got the Retaliate ability, it was still able to deal damage on any melee monsters that tries to attack using Sneak just like how it does to Pelacor Bandit.

Final Thoughts

Once again, just like the Water Commons, The Water Rares for the Chaos Legion also are very powerful cards that makes it dominant among other elements. Kelya Frendul was a very excellent summoner with that +1 speed and armor which further increases the speed and armor of Diemonshark, making it faster and hard to beat. I also frequently use Merdaali Guardian for its Tank Heal and Repair ability as well as Angelic Mandarin for its Triage and Silence which both only cost 3 mana and can be added for different type of rule sets.

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