Victory, Promotion and a Deck Upgrade! My Modern Ranked Progress Continues
Hello fellow Splinterlands warriors! It's 
Well, I do not feel demotivated if I lose, like it's a game and if one wins someone has to win right? Anyway, I have been continuing my grind in Modern mode and today's session brought even bigger wins. Not only that something else came up as well which is an exciting league promotion, I forgot to mention about the long-awaited deck upgrade which I can't stop to show you all.
Right now, I will give you a brief details about how I broke down the opponents team. And I officially marked my entry into the next competitive tier.
Stepping Into Modern Against ZAHEL
Mana Cap: 42 Mana
Ruleset: Standard
Active Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Life, Death, Dragon
42-mana, I wouldn't say it was low, it was not high either. I felt lucky that all of the elements were available in the battlefield, I knew the competition would be exciting as my opponent was using a completely different lineup. I have never seen those cards before also how do they work. Not knowing exactly what an optimized automated setup would be against me, I decided to lean into the element I know best, which was death element.
My favourite Thalgrimore, I knew I could immediately shrink the enemy team's max health pool, because it's my lucky line up.
My Lineup Layout:
- Summoner: Thalgrimore
- Position 1: Nim Guard Captain (Melee tanking upfront)
- Position 2: Spellmonger (No attack, utility placement)
- Position 3: Sorrow Harvester (Magic attack)
- Position 4: Vengeful Monk (Melee attack)
- Position 5: Great Bear Druid (Melee + magic Attack)
My opponent brought a highly diverse lineup featuring mixed attack styles and I have not learned to do that yet. He also had heavy secondary buffers. However, Thalgrimore's immediate impact on their health bars shifted the pacing entirely in my favor.
​The match ended faster, just in 4 rounds, it was quite faster than usual. My squad one by one took down their teammates. After a while in last round , my opponent's cards were completely wiped out and my team a beautiful victory!
In the end, I have successfully achieved a +40 rating and some glints. It was truly an incredible match. To be honest, I have lost 2 matches before so it felt great to win again.
Modern Bronze II Unlocked & Rewards Chests!
My team was pretty dominant and we achieved the victory which paid off in a massive way. After winning I got the +40 rating points. Even better, hitting exactly a 400 rating officially triggered my next milestone, which was Modern Bronze II, it was finally unlocked.
Overall stats, I have won 14 times and only 2 Losses in Modern mode so far a massive testament to how much smoother this climb has felt compared to my older Frontier grinds.
​So, whenever you upgrade up your tier you would receive some chest rewards and I did too. As I just got into Bronze II it means I'm going to get better rewards from now on, so I immediately went to check it out because I couldn't wait anymore. This is my latest reward chests, here is what dropped:
- 33 Merits
- 1 Legendary Potion Charge
- Anchor-Hex Adept
Deck Upgrade: Leveling Up Hungry Ulund!
After all of these, I went into my collection to check my cards. So, I found way to level up a card of mine.
So, the moment I saw that I have only 5 cards for Ulund then I wanted to combine 5 individual copies of it, Hungry Ulund in a few seconds was officially upgraded to Level 2! I’m currently at 0/9 cards on the path toward Level 3, but this immediate stat bump is going to be huge for my future tournament and ranked formats.
Lastly, I wanted to thank 
We have 3 days and 23 hours left in the current season, I have set my goals on on hitting Bronze I before the timer runs out.
Full Gameplay, Modern Ranked Match link
What are your favorite ways to utilize the newly upgraded Hungry Ulund in your mid-to-high mana Life lineups?
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