One of the benefits of every man and his dog playing Survival Mode to grab some more SPS rewards, is that there are far fewer people playing Modern, where I hang out. And for some reason, it seems a little easier too - and for once, it kind of feels like my RNG luck is okay. I even reached my highest ever rating of 4880, and am currently in 15th place on the leader board with less than 6 days to go.

And, the SPS rewards are pretty good also.

The SPS earnings in Survival are much higher, but to get access to the higher rewards, I would need to be competing at the top there, and I am unable to, as I would be burning my deck as I climb, so I wouldn't be able to compete for the bigger pools anyway. It is a trade-off position of course, where some people with the decks and cards to spare are able to earn very well, but I suspect that in time, many will realise that they can earn in Ranked play anyway and return.

But as said, Modern Ranked is pretty quiet.

In fact, only 68 accounts so far have gone into Champion and the points spread from 1 to 68 is 7,320 all the way down to 3,640. That is quite a gap occupied by those accounts.

But, people are playing Survival, and they are playing with Land at the moment - as the latest changes have upset the apple cart once again, and people are trying to work out what is going on. Or perhaps, that is just me. So far though, my experience with the bit of land I have, has been underwhelming to say the least. And now with the latest changes, I should spend hours trying to balance things and buy what I need, and get pretty much nothing in return for the time spent. Obviously, there are other factors in play, but my current desire to spend that time is non-existent.

Is there a cheat sheet?

Makin' Gaines

And the other thing going around at the moment is perhaps one of the deadliest snipers to date, Kelan Gaines, which is a fun promo card in the Exclusive shop. I picked up a gold one of these off the secondary market, because I think it will be a killer card - and it is! It is surprisingly versatile for many usecases, and can even be squeezed into low-Mana battles at times. Being Dragon and death, it gives some life to Lorkus, and of course can be used with Cryptic also. I have even been using it with Waka.... remember him? I have been enjoying seeing how many different ways I can use it, and it is satisfying to occasionally beat some of the Tofu spam with it. Under the right conditions, it is a decent tank also.

With the end of season coming, I would like to switch over to Survival for some fun, but there are also Brawls to participate in, as well as some tournaments. I don't have the deck to be able to do everything, so I will probably not survive this season. I think there needs to be new incentives added to Brawls though - because people just aren't very committed these days, and Guilds should be a big part of the game. As always though, there are lots of things going on, and only so much attention (and money) can be paid.

Taraz
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