Splinterlands challenge - When is earthquake your advantage?

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Hello all Splinterlands friends,
This is my entry to the Battle Mage Secrets challenge from the Splinterlands team.
This week's theme is the Earthquake rule set, so I would like to share a battle with you here.

The battle rule

  • 33 mana cap
  • 2 rule sets - Earthquake and Tis but Scratches
  • Only Water and Life splinters can be used in this battle

Recently, I like to use Martyr monsters in battle with Earthquake rule set. I put it/them in the middle of 2 flying monsters. The Martyr monsters will die because of Earthquake and strengthen 2 flying monsters which are near to them. And this is how I make the Earthquake becomes my advantage. If you have any monster with resurrect ability, you also can put them in the line and resurrect Martyr monster then your flying monster will be strengthened twice.

My line up

Summonerhttps://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnWfoE2U59ogAG2Bsdp6Wpr7435es5ZBNAeHXDBDF7pJoBvNJGoX5sZcRh9eckbWiMHvCdbtxdu8.webp?format=webp&mode=fitKelya Frendul - to have 1 speed and 1 armor to protect my monsters from the Earthquake
1st positionhttps://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVhHCyPUzkXuVNV4wbZF2hiZyA85zAm16frcZaAiTw6WsrrKWg3a4hz1URYyBACmAUCQ77mFmj4.webp?format=webp&mode=fitNoa the Just - I chose him to be a tanker because he has very high speed so he has a very high chance to evade the attack from opponent's monsters. He also reduces 2 armors of all opponent's monsters which makes the Earthquake more dangerous with non-fly monsters.
2nd positionhttps://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnUyifn2rWR9JLcphxp3bVnuoXaieoQorjVfim99huPv4LmHajhU4bVfgTjN1FvGnxK2BWfFkfBt.webp?format=webp&mode=fitKulu Mastermind - to give the melee attack to Noa the Just and can attack the lowest health monster with his Opportunity ability
3rd positionPelacor Bandit - Flying angel with Sneak and Flying ability so he can attack from a distance and don't get the effect of Earthquake
4th positionVenari Marksrat - I hope to have more Martyr monsters to use in this battle but I only have him. So I put him in the middle of Pelacor Bandit and Gargoya Devil
5th positionGargoya Devil - the Flying devil with high range attack with Close range ability that makes him a deadly devil in this battle
6th positionHalfling Alchemist - I only have 2 mana left and I decided to use him to reduce the opponent tanker attack because he can not stay long in the battle with Earthquake

The battle

Round 1

(You can click on the image to watch the battle)

  • My opponent only used level 1 General Sloan and monsters but they are all flying monsters, so Earthquake doesn't make an harmful to them.
  • My Kulu Mastermind attacked Celestial Harpy but it was a miss.
  • Halfling Alchemist made the last hit to Gargoya Lion.

Round 2

  • At the begging of round 2, Earthquake took out the armors of Noa the Just, Kulu Mastermind and Halfling Alchemist
  • Another miss from Kulu Mastermind. He is not so lucky in this battle
  • Pelacor Bandit sent Tower Griffin to the bench and Gargoya Devil did the same to Pelacor Conjuror while Celestial Harpy killed my Halfling Alchemist. Anyway, if Celestial Harpy didn't kill Halfling Alchemist, he also died because of Earthquake at the beginning of round 3

Round 3

  • Earthquake killed my Noa the Just and Venari Marksrat and my Pelacor Bandit/Gargoya Devil were strengthened.
  • In this round, Kulu Mastermind didn't miss anymore and he killed the Griffin while my Gargoya Devil killed the Harpy.

Round 4

  • On the opponent's side, only Gargoya Devil still stood on the board and my Pelacor Bandit easily sealed the win.

https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVsKpTJo6iWhhatfMmbGB1jXwebX5U3Zmw5taNzV1LNCRAp9xigkuWrjk2FCH5nB13VUh2VEZzN.webp?format=webp&mode=fit

That's all for now and hope you enjoy this battle.
I would love to see your battle with Counterspell rule set in the Splinterlands community.

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Martyr at Earthquake, I have not thought of that! Great you shared it! I've been into Martyr in combination with Resurrect, yes. I learned that Resurrect is an ability only Legendary cards have. As you may know, https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=13 is a great tool for that. There is not even a card for it in Fire and Life is most likely. Water and Earth are the ones that I already posses.

From this commentary and screenshot I just learn that there is one single Card with Resurrect even in Alpha/Beta. That's awesome to know for playing the non-modern Frays.

Just for the record, what is its market status: 973 Beta cards in circulation, 10 available, recently sold for $ 33, 4 week average $ 18.2, higest bid $ 7.25, so nothing for a whimsical trade. So with this knowledge prices will definitely increase. And this even makes me think about blogging on sparse cards I hold in my deck. !invest_vote

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It's the same concept when using Martyr monsters with Noxius Fumes rule set. We need the Martyr monsters to be died first to strengthen the beside monsters.

I just decided to buy River Hellondale to complete this meta in Water Splinter. Hope it works well for me.

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YES! That's certainly a good choice to see some neutral Venari Markstrat ressurect in Water!! It's so sweet how I research those cards through commenting for taking an opportunity soon when in game again. Markstrat and Hellondale take 10 Mana, so probably something for mid range flow of Mana at Earthquake. Unfortunately there is no flying tank in Water, so this will still take some creativity with neutral. https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?Asp=2 !invest_vote

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Here is a super nice 14 Mana Earthquake with double Martyr. Yes!! I just wished my opponent @HEARTSICKNESSES had some higher level cards for making it a tougher battle. We are talking upper Silver II league. !invest_vote

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_e320c5578171eabd05ba7ec8618b17ef&ref=anjanida

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Nice battle and it's exactly what we expect from Martyr and Earthquake.
Cheers!

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Thank you, yes. Cheers! !invest_vote

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I see you use the invest_vote recently,
I tried to research how it works but the contents seems in German and it's hard for me to understand and follow the rule.
Could you please briefly how it works and what is the return rate on this investment?

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Hello @sodom-lv! Good you ask, because I tried to become part of it for a long time until I mentioned @cervisia at https://peakd.com/deutsch/@anjanida/re-investinthefutur-2023311t21642635z
From what I follow it is still in development and those who get on the list by getting it touch are able to invigorate it. German is definitely an advantage here, yet I guess it's not intended to be exclusive. !invest_vote

PS: Oh, the return is, that it encourages giving comments to others giving comments.

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This is my battle with Martyr and Resurrect.
It worked quite well in this battle
Rebirth is the additional point to make my Djinn Oshannus stronger

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_dd869f96bf37a2d7c5cbdf5b84423ea3&ref=sodom-lv

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Yes, I played a lot of Born Again recently. I like that new ruleset. Bummer that your opponent only had Level 1 cards, too. Looks like a bot that did not know where to put their own Martyr. Anyway, your strategy works well, that's all that counts. !invest_vote

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I like regeneration units and earth gladiator the most .
I use it whenever possible

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Yes, Quora Towershead is a powerful card, that's why a lot of teams ban her in the brawl battles. But she is not invincible. We still need to consider the rule set before choosing her to have a higher win chance.

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