Catotune's Top Battles Rundown: Gold league, Modern format - Mar 30, 2025

In this series, I analyze the top battles of the day to reveal which summoners and monsters are most successful for a given league and format. What better way to improve our Splinterlands skills than to study what the best players are doing?

For those of us who buy, rent, or rent out cards, I'm also hoping that this series can inform us of which cards to acquire for maximum effectivenes.

Stay tuned for a new report to be published daily, each covering the top battles for a different league and format!

For simplicity I threw out matches ending in draws and surrender - all data is compiled from wins and losses. Here are the results from 132 of the top Gold league (modern format) battles from Sunday, March 30, 2025:

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Monsters with highest win rate

1. Soul Fiend - Life splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [5/5]
   

   
   
   Soul Fiend is a Legendary monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 1 was most successful, finding itself on the winning team for all 5 games in which Soul Fiend appeared.
   • Soul Fiend performed ideally when positioned in the team's rear, where it saw 3 wins.
   • To understand the strategy of a top player, take a moment to view @todoelmundomira's battle, where they beat their opponent with this card ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Soul Fiend card is $1.40 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Dragon Egg Forager - Dragon splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [3/3]
   

   
   
   Dragon Egg Forager is a Rare monster card from the 13 edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 2 achieved the most success, being a member of the victorious team for 2 games.
   • If you want to learn from one of the best, study @lookinggood's battle history, where they beat their opponent 2 times with Dragon Egg Forager ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a 13 edition Dragon Egg Forager card is $0.41 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Luceheim Demon - Life splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [3/3]
   

   
   
   Luceheim Demon is a Common monster card from the 13 edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 6 achieved success, being a member of the winning team for 1 game.
   • Luceheim Demon performed ideally when placed at the rear of the team, where it saw 2 wins.
   • To understand the strategy of a top player, take a look at @odajareignos's battle history, where they beat their opponent with this card ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a 13 edition Luceheim Demon card is $0.09 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Most winning monsters with at least 10 battles

(Excluding any monsters already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)

1. Grund - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 70.00% [7/10]
   

   
   
   Grund is an Epic monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 1 achieved the most success, being a member of the victorious team for 4 games.
   • Grund performed ideally when positioned as the team's tank (first spot), where it saw 4 wins.
   • If you want to learn from an elite player, take a look at @alviny's battles, where they defeated their opponent 2 times using this card ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Grund card is $0.13 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Fungus Flinger - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 63.64% [7/11]
   

   
   
   Fungus Flinger is a Common monster card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 5 achieved the most success, being a member of the winning team for 3 games.
   • You may want to watch @alviny's battles to see how they accomplished 2 victories using Fungus Flinger ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Soulbound Rewards edition Fungus Flinger card is $0.30 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Pelacor Conjurer - Life splinter
   Win rate: 63.64% [7/11]
   

   
   
   Pelacor Conjurer is a Common monster card from the Reward edition.
   The card at level 7 achieved the most success during the top Gold league (modern) battles today, finding itself on the victorious team for 3 games.
   • Pelacor Conjurer performed ideally when placed at the front of the team, where it saw 3 wins.
   • It could be educational to take a look at @ginger-bread's battles, where they won 2 games with this card ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Reward edition Pelacor Conjurer card is $0.01 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Summoners with highest win rate

1. Grandmaster Rathe - Life splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [4/4]
   

   
   
   Grandmaster Rathe is a Legendary summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 4 achieved the most success in today's top Gold league (modern) battles, winning 3 games.
   • It could be enlightening to take a look at @ginger-bread's battle history, where they won 2 games using Grandmaster Rathe ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Grandmaster Rathe card is $2.41 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Eternal Tofu - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [2/2]
   

   
   
   Eternal Tofu is a Legendary summoner card from the Rebellion edition.
   The card at level 2 was most successful in today's top Gold league (modern) battles, winning all 2 games in which Eternal Tofu appeared.
   • You may want to observe @ricokali's battle to learn how they pulled off a win with this card ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Eternal Tofu card is $62.49 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Lorkus - Death splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   
   Note that while this card has a 100% win rate, it is based on only 1 match.

   Lorkus is a Legendary summoner card from the Rebellion edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 1 was used in one match by @kisifer25, which it won.

   • The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Lorkus card is $32.99 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Most winning summoners with at least 10 battles

(Excluding any summoners already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)

1. Lobb Lowland - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 60.00% [12/20]
   

   
   
   Lobb Lowland is a Rare summoner card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 5 achieved the most success, winning 5 games.
   • You may want to take a look at @sritanya's battle history to see how they beat their foes 2 times with Lobb Lowland ^{[1, 2]}.
   • When used in combination with the Born Again ruleset, Lobb Lowland won twice.
   • The lowest price for a Soulbound Rewards edition Lobb Lowland card is $0.69 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Helios Matriarch - Dragon splinter
   Win rate: 51.28% [20/39]
   

   
   
   Helios Matriarch is a Rare summoner card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   In today's top Gold league (modern) battles, the card at level 6 achieved the most success, winning 6 games.
   • You could take a look at @alviny's battle history to see how they accomplished 3 wins with Helios Matriarch ^{[1, 2, 3]}.
   • When used in combination with the Counterspell ruleset, Helios Matriarch saw 3 wins.
   • The lowest price for a Soulbound Rewards edition Helios Matriarch card is $0.70 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Thaddius Brood - Death splinter
   Win rate: 48.48% [16/33]
   

   
   
   Thaddius Brood is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 5 achieved the most success during the top Gold league (modern) battles today, winning 5 games.
   • You could take a look at @umekko's battles to see how they beat their foes 2 times with Thaddius Brood ^{[1, 2]}.
   • When used in combination with the Maneuvers ruleset, Thaddius Brood won 3 times.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Thaddius Brood card is $0.24 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Splinters with highest win rate

1. Neutral
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   Neutral splinter was successful against Earth, besting that element 1 time in today's top Gold league (modern) battles.
   
   

2. Dragon
   Win rate: 54.90% [28/51]
   

   
   
   Dragon splinter had the most success against Dragon, beating its own element 13 times in today's top Gold league (modern) battles.
   • This splinter performed well with the Up to Eleven ruleset, where Dragon prevailed 3 times.
     
     

3. Earth
   Win rate: 54.05% [20/37]
   

   
   
   Earth splinter had the most success against Earth, beating its own element 6 times in today's top Gold league (modern) battles.
   • This splinter was effective with the Born Again ruleset, where Earth won 2 times.
     
     

Final thoughts

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- Catotune