Hey everyone! After my big yearly Splinterlands break, being abroad on holiday with my family and about a week taking care of the backlog in house chores an other daily life commitments plus back to sporting, I can finally say I'm back in to my usual habit, grinding Splinterlands and now also, making my next post.

I had a nice welcome back things as well, my internet connection was horrible in France but I could see that LEO was pumping hard, not being on my PC I couldn't do anything with it but before I left, I did unstake everything I had, I'm not sure why maybe it was just a gut feeling but when I got back, I could sell just over $100 in LEO tokens to put in to my favorite game, so I scouted the market, and put out some bid buys with some of them already filled!

The card I am hoping the most it gets filled soon is Taye Loreswift, at Silver level she brings the Inspire ability, which is pretty awesome for only 3 mana but she's not cheap so I'm hoping, with a little patience to buy her with a little discount...

Community Engagement Challenge:

So, on with today's main topic - This weeks Social Media Challenge is the same as last weeks:

This week, we’re diving into Battlefield Breakthroughs — the epic moments when your strategy, timing, and deck choices all align to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Whether it’s a clever counter-pick, an underdog card carrying your team, or a last-second win, we want to hear about it! 📝 Your Mission: Share your most exciting, surprising, or satisfying Splinterlands battle moment. Break down your thought process, lineup choice, and why this match was special. Bonus points for including screenshots, replays, or creative storytelling! Let the breakthroughs begin! 🚀

To find out how you can participate in the challenge yourself, check out the official Splinterlands post here.

I had planned to use this battle for this weeks Social Media Challenge, until I realized the use of my tactic was really a breakthrough, I was teamed up again a higher level player with one of the best Archons in the game, Lorkus, more on that later!

Since yesterday I am back to grinding my Splinterlands battles but I didn't have time to make a post until now, but yesterday I had a very fun battle, I am playing in Modern at Silver level with Rebellion Archons (I keep saying Summoners, old habits die hard I suppose) and the use of the Legendary Tactic Archons is a lot of fun, the one I'm using the most is Elias but I also have Cryptic and Risqruel in my deck to surprise my opponents with nasty tactics and not get too predictable what I am going to play.

The TAUNT ability, from defensive to offensive.

The taunt ability has always been a great tool for making sure those glass cannons in our decks can survive long enough to do serious harm, the one I have been using the most is Mycelic Slipspawn, but also Shield Bearer and Iziar comes right up in my mind, and Wave Brood!

But with a Archon that has taunt as a tactic, we can give it to ANY unit on the battlefield!

When I see other players use Risqruel, they usually go for the Impede / True Strike tactic or IF they use the taunt, they choose a unit on their own team... I like to use taunt on my opponents team! 😁 granted: there is a downside to this: It also gives redemption but even then, it's a valid weapon not used by many players.

Another way I use it is in the Ferocity ruleset so it kills a enemy unit of my choosing with double the damage... nasty but very effective! 😁

Turning the tide

The battle I want to share for this post is a battle against a Gold level deck, me having a Silver level deck already puts me on a disadvantage, this player also had some really nice cards to bring to the battlefield, with the use of the Archon Tactic, to my surprise I changed the outcome of the battle I would've otherwise surely lost.

This battle happened yesterday, it's a 36 mana Modern League, Explosive Weaponry / Blood and Sunder / Equalizer battle with only the Fire, Earth and Life splinters open to be chosen from, because it's a mid range mana battle and I wanted to have a unit with Deflection Shield, both Fire and Earth have those units in my deck so the choice was easy - Risqruel Drath!