Top Gainers In New Modern

In this post, I take a look at the cards from Rebellion that have GAINED the most in the new modern. And I mean GAINED. Get it? Some of these cards GAINED a lot. Let's begin.

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KELAN GAINES

Kelan Gaines gains. The end.

No but seriously, this card went from good to great about as fast as Kelan can strike you twice. @bjangles calls it "the snipe meta". Yeah, Kelan's that good.

He pairs unbelievably with Lorkus and Cryptic and has no Immortalis to worry about.

Sample battle: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_811ddb4b35cc70be47662c28f58c07af?ref=bravetofu

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VENKA THE VILE

In the old Modern, Venka was already viiiiile.

As the Smith's worst nightmare, she made it a habit of terrorizing her opponents.

But occasionally she'd run into a djinn or mycelic-shaped wall. Forcefield made Venka sad.

She no longer has to worry about Forcefield, and she's feasting.

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HELOISE THE HOLLOW

@azircon's favorite demoness got a big upgrade in the new Modern.

Have a look at the early battle data of the new modern in Champ and you'll find HTH has the highest win rate among cards with >1000 recorded battles (59.79%, just above Jicarilla's 58.62%).

Like Venka, Heloise is happy to see Forcefield go away. She also has a regular tendency to get stonewalled by pesky armor, and was glad to say goodbye to Kelya and Lux.

She still needs some rust to be effective, so make sure to bring her pet platypus.

Sample battle: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_c1d0436d59e2f531efdceaee7bee61af?ref=bravetofu

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RISQRUEL DRATH

The squirrel got a boon in the new modern, and it's seen in the battle data.

A big part of that is the higher utility of Heloise. But Drath gets a boon as well from a massively powerful Fire team in Conclave Arcana, with the likes of Graybrow and the totally not Inept Healer by his side.

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COMMANDER SLADE

Slade's a bad mf'er and he knows it.

With Oshannus leaving Modern, Slade became the defacto dodge-machine for Cryptic teams, and he now has two cards who can slap phase on him - Rune Arcanist and Jicarilla.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing Slade backfire shot after shot after shot and then smack with that big sword.

He's also a perfect pairing with EMP. Bring a bunch of armor enhancing hippos (and others) and watch him ram his armor for 12+ damage on his enemies.

Sample battle: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_4423fc3269cc2c4c25d2a4b96d085508

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LORKUS

Potentially the biggest gainer other than Kelan is Lorkus.

He has Kelan Gaines to help of course. But he also has access to the two splinters that likely improved the most in the new Modern: Fire and Death. Tons of terrific melee and magic options Lorkus can give Life Leech to and watch them feast.

Sample battle: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_811ddb4b35cc70be47662c28f58c07af?ref=bravetofu

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ELIAS MAX PRUITT

EMP's another massive gainer in the new Modern. Slade was already a good option, but now Elias also has a cat friend.

Leolin Sifu SMACKS from the second position, behind the Silverblade fighter (who also grants extra armor), when given EMP's piercing & armored strike. She only needs to worry about Thorns/Corrosive Ward but even so, her enemies often die before that matters.

Who doesn't want a cat friend?

Sample battle: https://x.com/Hanv/status/1923884470945579372

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There ya go, your biggest gainers in the new Modern. Think I forgot someone? Let me know.

(All the art on this page was created using AI. Images were produced in Midjourney using original Splinterlands assets as the reference)