My Splinterlands Progress Update & Tiered Game Plan - Deeper Into Praetoria I Go

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For entertainment value and my future tracking, here's a snapshot of where I'm at today on my Splinterlands mission.

Overall Stats:

Spellbook Bought: 8/30/21
Prior Experience: 1 Beta pack opened in 2019 after winning a contest
Collection Power Owned: 29,770
Card Value Snapshot: $ 951.89 using List Prices // $ 882.98 using Market Prices
Land Plots: 2
Pre-Sale Chaos Legion Packs: 141
Vouchers Earned: 0
Vouchers Bought: 131
Non-Airdrop/Voucher Chaos Legion Packs: 11?
Current Level: Silver III
Guild: Conquests of Kibandia
Most Valuable Cards (don't laugh):

I bought the Tarsa and one River to level up, the rest came from packs.

Favorite Owned Cards:

L2 Mage Necrosi (camouflage is AWESOME).
Gold old Djinn Osheanus got me through the bronze age.
L2 River Hellondale, Gold Venari Wavesmith, Gold Cursed Windeku
Future favorite card will be Forgotten One once I activate Retaliate.

Favorite Splinters & Rosters:

Least Played Splinter:

Dragon - although I should start learning how to use my Chaos Dragon and Zyvax Vuul (cool name).
I literally almost never play this one.

Recent Lessons From Chaos Legion/Silver League:

Demoralize can be really valuable.
Cleanse/Immunity are much more necessary than before.
Recharge, Ressurect, and Camouflage are new abilities to me, and I'm a big fan.
The Silent Sha-Vi is VERY annoying to deal with, but fun to use (double-standard).
Ressurecting Venari Wavesmith refreshes all shields on the team to the original 2.

Short-Term Goals:

9 more pre-sale packs to reach a 50% drop rate for the next two airdrop cards.
Buy a few Legendary cards to level them up.
Stop forgetting that I have newly acquired 0 mana Fiends and actually use them!

I don't know if I'll hit the first goal since my post payouts may not come in time to cover packs and vouchers, but it'll be close. I want that "coin flip" 50% chance of these upcoming airdrop cards, but also really don't want to go through the extensive process of buying Hive again for such a small transaction.

Medium-Term Goals:

149 more packs total to have full ongoing airdrop benefits for card drops.
3 more land plots.
Get Alric to level 2 or my first Valnamor.
50,000 Collection Power.
Buy 250+ Chaos Legion packs to hold for airdrop rewards and as a future investment.
Turn liquid blog payout funds into SPS since it's a huge pain to buy Hive on a regular basis due to my exchange restrictions unless devs want to level Hive up and build more onramps.

Long-Term Goals:

Stay engaged in the game and community.
Help build up the new guild I'm in when I have the clout to meaningfully contribute.
Onboard friends I can delegate cards to and teach.
Find a way to get involved with the Splinterlands team over time. (Lots of marketing, sales, and project management from my past life.)

Review:

I think this above is simple enough since I'm approaching 6 months into this. I still have plenty to learn and have enough time and funds invested now to make effective progress. I really don't want to feel pressure while growing my account as I'm already light years behind the OGs. I had no airdrop help as well. Ground floor. While I'm extremely competitive, I know that this can't be a race and that I'm not going to be a professional gamer. I just want to have fun and compete against friends once I get into their tier. If I make some passive income off of my investment as a bonus, or some profit if asset prices soar, then that's all a plus.

Battling in Silver III is pretty easy now that I have stronger cards from my pack purchases. While I'm definitely well in the red on that phase, especially since I had no airdropped vouchers, it's good that I can enjoy the battles more. I never knew that there'd be multiple conditions or higher mana allowed (how green), so it's a lot more engaging and suited for my way of thinking. I don't want to advance too fast and get my ass kicked, so I'll hover here for a bit until my future cards force me to level up. Getting two daily quest chests was also a nice surprise.

Am I missing any critical elements in this simple plan? I'm still new, so please share any guidance if there's a hole in my plan, or if I'm putting too much emphasis on something that's not too important.

Bonus:

Early card delegations from @joshman, @ninjamike and @blewitt really helped me learn more about the game and battle early on. @blewitt has also coached me on building up my holdings, so he gets lots of credit and/or blame depending on how this all goes. @aussieninja also wins the award for the most valuable feedback on my posts. Hopefully he qualifies to help design his own card in the future, the Mighty Ninja Jumper (double strike, dodge, inspire, and +2 speed).