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With this post I participate in the contest "Share Your Battle" Splinterlands whose theme this week is the card Elven Cutthroat.
The topics I will cover in this post are as follows:
Topics
- Elven Cutthroat
- Description, Stats, and Skills.
- Market Value and Levels
- The levels with the best benefit/price ratio
- My battle with Elven Cutthroat
- My battle formation
- Battle Considerations
- Final Considerations on Elven Cutthroat
Elven Cutthroat
Elven Cutthroat is a card that is part of the Beta collection of the Splinterlands game and is available in two versions: Regular and Gold.
The starting level of the Gold version is the fourth level.
Description, Stats and Abilities
Elven Cutthroat is' a Common type card and is a card of the Neutral element.
The advantage of Neutral element cards is that they can be used with any summoner.
Elven Cutthroat - Regular Version of level 1 has the following battle statistics:
- It has a mana cost of 3 points.
- Has a 1 point melee attack
- Has a single life point and has no armor points.
- Has an average speed value (3).
- Has an ability: Sneak.
Thanks to the Sneak ability, the Elven Cutthroat card will attack the card in last position instead of the card placed in first position.
Market Value and Levels
Each card in the game of Splinterland comes in two versions: Regular and Gold.
Some cards are also present in two different collections: Alpha and Beta.
Elven Cutthroat is present in only one collection (Beta) and so there are in total 2 Elven Cutthroat cards (Regular and Gold) that differ for:
- cost (the Gold version costs much more)
- starting level (gold version starts from level 4)
- number of cards needed to increase the level (lower number for Gold version)
- number of cards in circulation.
The lowest cost of Elven Cutthroat (Level 1) - Regular version on the market is $3.95 (October 27, 2021)
In the image below you can see Elven Cutthroat's complete statistics (levels, battle statistics and abilities)
The cost of Elven Cutthroat - Gold version (starting level is level 4) lowest on the market is 99 $ (October 27, 2021)
In the following image you can see the full stats (levels, battle stats and abilities)
The levels with the best benefit/price ratio
Level 4
Level 4 is the level that, in my opinion, has the best benefit/price ratio!
When Elven Cutthroat reaches level 4:
- increases his life points by one unit (1->2) compared to level 1
- increases his melee attack by one point (1->2).
To reach level 4 you need:
- 12 cards to combine for the Regular version and the best price on the market is 47.40$ (3.95$ per card).
The gold version already starts at level 4 but the price on the market is higher as you can see from the following image.
Level 8
The other interesting level is level 8 because Elven Cutthroat acquires:
- 3 total attack points
- 4 life points total
At this level it becomes much more useful in battle but of course the cost of buying it increases considerably.
Level 10 (Max level)
In my opinion, bringing Elven Cutthroat to the maximum level is not a good choice because the cost is not justified by the improvement of battle statistics in the transition from level 8 to level 10.
This consideration of mine is evident by comparing level 8 and 10 cards with their relative purchase prices.
Now let's see how Elven Cutthroat performs on the Battlefield.
A battle of mine with Elven Cutthroat
If you want to see the battle you can do so from this link:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_ae3fd0c205fbbfd858710e6b09a194a8&ref=libertycrypto27
In the battle of this post I had the following conditions to respect:
- Unprotected: All cards with armor points lose armor points.
- Mana Cap: 20.
- Useable Summoners: Only summoners of the elements Fire, Earth, and Dragon.
My Battle Formation
The maximum number of cards that can be deployed in battle is 7 ( 1 summoner + 6 monsters)
I chose to deploy 6 monster cards (in order of position):
Cerberus - Manticore - Fiendish Harpy - Elven Cutthroat - Kobold Miner - Furious Chicken
Daria Dragonscale (Summoner)
First Position: Cerberus (Level 5)
For the first position I chose to deploy Cerberus (level 5).
Cerberus (level 5) is one of the Fire element cards that I use the most, especially when the mana available in battle is low. I would have liked to upgrade it to level 7 but it's now a very expensive card so I thought about it.
Cerberus is a card that has two good abilities (Heal and Retaliate), plays well in first position and has a really low cost in terms of mana in relation to its characteristics.
Second position: Manticore (level 5)
In second position I fielded Manticore (level 5).
Manticore (level 5) is really a very useful card in battle and one that I use often in second position.
It has the Thorns ability that allows you to counter melee attacks suffered with a reduced but still useful attack.
A good supply of life points (8) and a good speed make Manticore one of the most useful cards in second position also considering the fact that it has a very low cost in terms of mana (4) in relation to its battle statistics.
Third position: Fiendish Harpy (level 4)
Very useful card that I use often when battles are low on mana available.
It only costs 2 mana and has a good melee attack (2) and good speed (4).
Thanks to the Opportunity ability it can attack from all positions.
Fourth position: Elven Cutthroat (level 4)
In fourth position I have deployed Elven Cutthroat (level 4)
It has a good base attack (2) and good speed (4) and thanks to the summoner's ability Daria Dragonscale increases its attack by one point (2->3).
It has only two life points and for this reason I decided to place it in fourth position because it is a position that provides some protection.
Fifth position: Kobold Miner (level 4)
Kobold Miner level 4 is a card I often use in battles with little mana available.
It has a good attack (2) and a good ability (Sneak) that allows Kobold Miner to attack from all positions.
Sixth position: Furious Chicken (level 3 - Gold)
Furious Chicken is one of the most useful cards in battle because it is the only card in Splinterlands that has a mana cost of 0.
Its function is almost always that of "sacrificable chicken" and in fact in the battle of this post I placed Furious Chicken in last position to protect from a possible first attack the card Kobold Miner.
As summoner I chose Daria Dragonscale (level 6).
Thanks to Daria Dragonscale's ability, my melee attack cards increase their attack points by one unit.
Battle Considerations
The battle I chose to share is by no means a balanced battle, and I start with a huge advantage relative to attack points: 19 attack points VS 8 attack points.
I chose to share this battle to show especially to new players how important it is to choose functional cards that fit the battle rules.
When the rule is Unprotected choosing as a Summoner Drake Of Arnak is equivalent to choosing a Summoner with no ability because the Unprotected battle rule cancels the ability of the Summoner Drake Of Arnak that my opponent used.
My opponent's second mistake was to choose to field a card in battle that is strong (Diamond Dragon) but becomes weak when the battle rule is Unprotected.
Diamond Dragon has 10 armor points, but they are cancelled by the Unprotected battle rule.
Thanks to my opponent's strategic mistakes the battle ends in a few rounds.
Round 1
In the following image you can see the starting situation:
My summoner Daria Dragonscale increases the attack points of my cards by one unit.
The Slow ability of my opponent's Creeping Ooze and Diamond Dragon cards decrease the speed of my cards by two and allow my opponent to attack first.
During Round 1, my opponent loses all cards except Diamond Dragon, which, as the only enemy card in play, increases its battle stats with the Last Stand ability.
Round 2
At the beginning of Round 2 I lose Cerberus and in first position comes Manticore.
My opponent's Diamon Dragon card is left with only two life points after Manticore's attack but manages to avoid three consecutive attacks thanks to its high speed (5).
Round 3
The battle ends in the third round of Round 3 and the decisive attack is Elven Cutthroat.
From the battle victory I get +38 rating points and 38.26 DEC tokens.
A quick battle that earned me the equivalent of $0.38.
This battle shows all the importance of battle rules and not following them leads to probable defeat.
The moral of this ~fairy tale~ battle could be:
A Legendary Diamond Dragon can't win without the protection of his shields! :)
Final Considerations on Elven Cutthroat
Elven Cutthroat is a useful card in battles when the battle rules are favorable to its playing characteristics.
In my view, the battle rules favorable to using the Elven Cutthroat card in battle are mainly:
- Little League: without the ability to field cards costing more than 4 mana Elven Cutthroat definitely becomes a good choice.
- Equalizer: Elven Cutthroat has one big weakness: 2 life.
When the battle rule is Equalizer Elven Cutthroat gains the life points of the card (friend or foe) that has the most life points, and as a result it loses its weakness and becomes a much more useful and difficult card to remove from battle.
- Unprotected: Elven Cutthroat has only two life points and no armor points, and by removing armor points from battle many cards become weaker and Elven Cutthroat becomes more useful as a result.
- Rise of the Commons: Without legendary, epic, and rare cards, the battle utility of a common card like Elven Cutthroat increases.
Elven Cutthroat is a good buy?
Elven Cutthroat is a useful card in battle, but it is also a card that costs a lot more than cards that have similar battle stats.
For example, an alternative to Elven Cutthroat is Uraeus.
Elven Cutthroat has two more speed points than Uraeus
Uraeus has 1 armor point while Elven Cutthroat has no armor points.
The two cards are basically equivalent in battle but Uraeus costs much less ...
With this post I participate in the weekly contest Splinterlands entitled "Share Your Battle".
If you are a Splinterlands player I highly recommend that you participate as well.
I hope you liked this post and thank you for taking the time to read it :)
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Any game that involves the purchase of cards and tokens is never a simple game but it is also an investment and should be considered as such.
I am not a financial consultant and if you decide to invest in the game of Splinterlands you do it for your own choice, after having made your personal evaluations and considered all possible risk factors.
My advice is to always invest only what you can afford to lose with a light heart.
See you on the battlefields of Splinterlands.
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