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Good morning fam!

This is @zusi78.
It’s already mid-week, and there are just two days left until the end of the season.
Hope you guys are doing well across the various leagues!
Win or lose, there’s always something to learn.

Fellow warriors! Sometimes the biggest wins come from the smallest units.I just walked away from a battle that still has me smiling.My opponent rolled in with almost fully maxed units and maxed archon. On paper, it looked like a complete mismatch. His board was stacked, their damage was real, and their levels were screaming you are about to get farmed.And then this little guy stepped up.Meriput Magician — that adorable, whiskered Life common from the Rebellion set — single-handedly kept my entire team alive until the end.

Splinterlands is no walk in the park,but that's what amps up the excitement.A winning strategy weighs stats, abilities, rulesets, mana caps, and beyond. That's why you must factor them all into your deck building.Toss in strong cards to boost your setups, and push hard to rack up as many victories as possible! 🔥THE BATTLE:The total mana cost of this battle was 67 and you are to choose splinters from Life element only.The rulesets are:

All units that cost 3 mana starts with +1 power.
Affliction, poison,poison burst and stun have a hundred percent chance to trigger.

Line up.
My opponent rolled in with a fully maxed Chuul Jujinchi and an absolute monsters of a lineup:

Janni Rebel (maxed) – Magic attack, Flank, Inspire, Divine Shield
Saltwraith Bulkhead (maxed) – Melee attack, Weary, Oppress, Armored Strike, Heal
Ujirak Elder (maxed) – Magic attack, Camouflage, Divine Shield, Strengthen, Swiftness
Pixie-Knife Hurler (Level 6) – Ranged attack, Close Range, Dodge, Swiftness, Enfeeble
Ironwing Juggernaut (maxed) – Melee attack, Weary, Charge, True Strike, Void Armor
Chaos Battle Mage (Level 3) – Ranged attack, Piercing, Rebirth, Divine Shield

A complete nightmare. Almost every unit was fully leveled with high-value abilities.

My lineup (the underdogs)
Summoner: Eternal Tofu.

All units get +2 Health.
Snare + Thorns (the real MVP ability here)
Option A: Three units received Corrosive Ward + Divine Shield.

My monsters:

Doomshield Warden (Tank) – Melee attack, with Flank.
Saltwraith Bulkhead – Melee attack with Weary.
Mindless Thrall – Magic attack with Phase.
Nephket – Dual attack( ranged/melee) with Sneak + Stun.
Anachron Bolter – Dual attack (Magic/Ranged) with Headwinds.
Meriput Magician – Magic attacker with Tank Heal.

How the magic happened.
Eternal Tofu’s Thorns turned every melee attack into a double-edged sword. Every time my opponent's melee units (Saltwraith Bulkhead and Ironwing Juggernaut especially) swung at my frontline, they collected -2 damage from Thorns. Combined with Snare, their mobility and aggression were constantly punished.
But the real star of the show was still my little mouse.
Meriput Magician sat in the backline quietly doing what he does best:
Every single round he pumped Tank Heal into Doomshield Warden and every units that takes over.
While his maxed units were pouring damage, the Magician kept stitching the tank back up. Round after round. Heal after heal.It was a delight to behold.Game Over.One by one this big units started falling. The little Life common that most people overlook had single-handedly kept my entire team alive long enough for the rest of the lineup to do their work.Watch the replay

My Verdict:
This is why I love Splinterlands.You can bring a nearly fully maxed board with strong archon and still lose to smart ability synergies and a well-placed common.
Eternal Tofu’s Thorns + Meriput Magician’s Tank Heal was a brutal combination when the fight goes long. Never sleep on the little mouse magician — especially when he’s backed by a summoner that makes every melee attack hurt.

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Thank you for reading and watching my post. @zusi78 signing off.