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@stdd - Font used is Open SourceI have a steady flow of DEC from renting Splinterlands, which I want to reinvest back into the game to earn even more DEC and build up my winning deck of cards. This raised the question of what cards to buy. Buy them so that you can use them yourself and also rent them out profitably. On the one hand we never know where the meta game will go, and on the other hand we can always rebalance, which I have not done so far. So it's time to do it right now.
So, I need to find the most profitable cards to rent, but that I will use in battles all the time. To do this I will need peakmonsters.com the Rent tab.
Since I'm aiming to play in the gold league, my search will consist of looking at Common 8, Rare 6, Epic 5, and Legendary 3 level cards. In the rarity filter, which is on the right, I've adjusted the appropriate settings:
Before writing this post, I prepared and checked the most profitable Yearly ROAs for different card releases. To my great surprise, the most profitable cards were the Chaos Legion rewards cards. That's probably because there's an oversupply of them on the market and a lot of people are undervaluing cards, outbidding each other. In second place are Chaos Legion cards themselves, I assume for the same reason. So I'll choose from those two categories and filter right accordingly:
Next, I will click on the Best Price column to sort the cards from lower to higher prices. In this way we will see at the top the cards that are most likely more in demand for rent because they cost less. If you have followed my steps, you should see roughly the following picture:
Next I need to look through all the cards in the column Est. yROA-B %. This is necessary in order to find the highest possible stats and choose cards that fit my playing style. So as not to make you read too much, I'll go straight to my top cards to buy.
My TOP
Djinn Renova is an epic level 6 mage with Strengthen and Triage abilities for 7 mana that can really mess up your opponent's blood in battle. But since we're also choosing to rent out later, let's take a look at yROI. That score is 119% at the time of writing this post. That is, if you buy this card now at the market and rent it out, in a year it will pay back its price and make a profit. Yes, things can change over time, but this is a really decent card that I want to have in my splinter of life deck. According to Peakmonsters, we will need to shell out $15.68 for it. In return, we get 4,830 CP. That's pretty good!
