New to the "Untamed" Expansion
I first started purchasing #Splinterlands (then STEEM Monsters) cards in 2018. The collection I played with exclusively contained Alpha and Beta cards. Eventually, when "Reward" cards were given upon completing Quests, I gathered a few of those too, but not many.
Since returning to the game, I've discovered a whole range of cards I didn't own. Thinking I could continue to win battles as I did in the past with only my high-level Alpha & Beta cards (my highest rank is #151) I quickly discovered I was very mistaken. Even at level 1, many of these #Untamed cards are pretty powerful!
Not being able to use my Level 6 Beta cards because of tier limitations, I decided to purchase some Untamed packs and individual Untamed cards using DEC and enter some tournaments to learn their new abilities (I had my older card abilities memorized and new exactly how to setup the battles, that is no longer the case.)
The results of my first Novice-tier tournament wasn't great, I found myself with to little time to read the rules of the match, read the abilities of my cards, and choose the appropriate summoner and loadout all without the 2 minute+ time limit. I also forgot that Level 1 Summoners could summon Common cards up to Level 3 (whoops) and also noticed my teams facing a lot of Level 1 cards of Blue & Purple rarity, which I also didn't bother purchasing. I have two tournaments ongoing now and am hoping for better results.
Old Strategies are no Longer Enough
Furthermore, I noticed a strategy I have NEVER seen before (and maybe wasn't that applicable when only Alpha & Beta cards were in circulation,) which was to backload a lot of RANGED monsters, even when the rules state they cannot attack in first position.
However, that strategy worked for my opponent in this situation and my team was obliterated.
Clearly, I have a lot to learn with the new cards and will need to continue accumulating them if I have the hope of gaining higher tiers - because simply using my Alpha & Beta cards with my old strategies are not cutting it anymore (and this is a good thing! I like the higher diversity of play in the game.)
Advice is Welcome!
I still enjoy #GodsUnchained a lot more than Splinterlands in terms of the CCG experience, however I'm looking forward to the "Land Presale" coming up and am excited to make more choices in the game AFTER I have submitted my Monster Roster for a single match. If anyone can point me to tips for a Veteran that is returning to the (very different) Splinterlands game after almost 2 years, I'd be very appreciative :)
Thanks for reading!