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It's another splinterlands' end of the season Which I competed mostly in silver one, the modern format, and this time, I think the reward is just a little bit better than last season, even though I earned more SPS last season. Getting a **gold level 3 pelacor mercenary** was the highlight of the reward. The reason is because money-wise, this might not be great, but I wouldn't pass on any opportunity to earn a gold card this is pretty much the first time I'm getting a gold card in my reward and the feeling has been Overly exciting. One of the reasons why I've not been bothered about having all the rewards in one go is that I'm building, and as one builds, the rewards don't just get better, it improves your opportunities for further Incentivization. >Value Begets Value About two days ago, I remember selling some of my GLX token for about 22 hive with the hope that I could buy them back when the price eventually. Getting this GLX token was as a result of staking SPS, which I got from buying packs in December. It was difficult for me to gather and stake all that SPS and this is because it took weeks and months to accumulate. So the smallest of rewards can be accumulated over time, and the product can be impactful, in-game, or the economic aspect. The beauty of developing in-game is that it creates more possibilities for one both in the present as well as futuristically too. Another thing is, there are splinterlands assets that will do well over time especially when there is a massive demand for them, the hope is to spot some of these assets and hold them.

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> Spotting out value, takes keen eyes on the market *Tactics & cards* I think building tactics around some particular cards are the modus operandi of some bots. You'll notice that there are cards that are indispensable in some particular strategy and if those cards are taken out the battle twists. This is how I know cards that might rise in value in the future. Why? Almost every investor in splinterlands is a stylish copycat. This is because some of the strategies we built are strategies of others that were made better and improvised. This means that there are cards that are instrumental in almost every tactic and that's because they pack special abilities. Special abilities are expensive, this is because these abilities create a certain unfair advantage to people who hold them and this is because these abilities are used to win, hence the value of a card skyrockets when the special abilities are instrumental.

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> Special abilities? On another level Some cards are quite cheap and underrated at the moment and the only way to know they'll be valuable is to check some of the abilities they carry and the in-game utility they pack. One of these cards is **gargoyle devil**, a card that's quite underestimated and the abilities are relevant, however, I guess this is because of the number in circulation, and the fact that it's a reward card. Rarity and collection power are other ways to know a valuable card. Sometimes people don't buy cards because they'll overly need them, they do so because it's rare or packed with collection Power. There's the struggle between finding the right balance sometimes. This means finding an affordable card with all the condiments. I mean if people were allowed to build their favorite cards while adding special abilities that already exist in the game, I think splinterlands will be quite exciting. > But, exciting, might be chaotic Nevertheless, people buy the major things they want in some cards and the other features cannot be sold or exchanged for another feature. The downside to this is that people with a lot of money will take the game away from people with very little resources and this is how we keep the game in check. There are people too with a fetish for buying gold cards as well, this is probably because of the antiquity and the fact that it retains more value, they're more limited and rarer hence, impossible to lose too much value overtime. Not to deviate from the main reason for this Post, it's the splinterlands' end of the season and I keep learning and sharing some of this Knowledge, this is a way to get back value as well. Meaning that in the long run, investing in splinterlands makes sense because of so many factors and you can see the money bags, splashing hundreds of dollars to become kahunas at the top of the food chain and earn a huge chunk of the rewards. Even if I've not gotten anywhere per se, I'm hoping to be accumulating in cents, because I'm enjoying the in-game value and there's the prospect of futuristic value on the horizon.

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> Selling & buying Is pure bliss So I decided to do another overhaul, selling off some cards and buying some relevant ones. Like it or not, streamlining your deck to achieve relevance is very important especially when you don't have a lot of money. While strengthening some of my cards, it was nice to see some of the cards I upgraded, garnered some special abilities and I know a lot of people upgrades their deck after the end of the season. To slack is to lose traction and fall behind the pecking order. For now, I'm happy to keep accumulating, keep upgrading and keep finding creative ways to compete with the big bad wolves.

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