Weekly HSBI Giveaway for the Splinterlands Community #22

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to the my weekly HSBI giveaway for the Splinterlands community!

Last week was packed with news about Splinterlands. First and foremost was the release of the Frontier game mode, in which only Foundation cards can be played, making it more suitable for beginners. Overall, I think this mode is very well done, but I do have a few minor concerns. If you want to read more about Frontier and my opinion, you can do so in my blog, which I wrote. Then there was some smaller, but not insignificant news. In the future, probably starting tomorrow, cards that are eliminated in Survival mode will only have a cooldown for Survival mode and not for all other modes. According to the motto “what happens in Survival stays in Survival”. I think the change is okay, but I can also imagine that players with a large collection might not like the change so much. There was also a change regarding tournaments. From now on, players with multiple accounts will only be allowed to participate in a tournament with one account, which is intended to prevent scholars with multiple accounts from playing in the same tournament. Another good change, in my opinion. And last but not least, the Gold Foil Arcane Pickle Draw event recently started and will run for about 50 days.

Your Answers to the last Question:

Last week's question was "Which is your favorite legendary card?". This time 9 people took part and answered the question. Let's have a look at some of your answers.

@middle-earthling:

My favorite Legendary card right now is Lorkus due to its playability in most rulesets.

I completely agree with you, and that's why I bought Lorkus and chose it over Eternal Tofu. Lorkus is incredibly versatile and, of course, very powerful. An absolute must-have in the current Modern meta.

@hatdogsensei:

My favorite legendary card is the classic Djinn Oshannus

Oh yes, Djinn Oshannus is a classic from the Chaos Legion expansion. If I remember correctly, it was actually the first legendary card I ever owned. It has great health and speed stats, is a fantastic magic attack counter, and the card itself can deal quite a bit of damage. This card was and still is very popular, especially among beginners. Djinn Oshannus is in my top 3 legendary cards.

@nozem01:

My favourite legendary card is definitely Venka the Vile, it's Neutral with charge with only 7 mana it's easy to include in most teams.

Venka of the Vile is one of the strongest cards in the current meta. I'm very glad I bought a copy a few months ago. As you say, because the card belongs to the neutral Splinter, it gets used very often. You have to protect it a little in your lineup, but then it can reach its full offensive potential.

@thejedo:

For me, it's Yodin Zaku! I remember my early days in Splinterlands and renting Yodin was a big deal! Just spam Yodin and some Opportunity/Sneak monsters. Worked well with Snipe too!

I remember that time too. Not only Yodin Zaku was rented back then, but also other legendary Archons such as Byzantine Kitty or Scared Llama Mage. Without one of these Archons, it was very difficult to climb the ratings. What I particularly liked about Yodin Zaku was the artwork and the Blast ability. In my opinion, Yodin Zaku is also one of the few Archons who managed to play a really good strategy with ranged attackers.

My Answer to the last Question:

It was quite difficult for me to make a decision because there are so many great legendary cards. And new ones are constantly being added. My favorites include Djinn Oshannus, as already mentioned, and Fina Voxom, which I finally own at level two.

However, I chose Kulu Mastermind as my absolute favorite legendary card, and there are several reasons for that. First, I received the card as a gold foil back then, and it is still my only gold foil legendary card to this day. In addition, when Chaos Legion was still in Modern, I played it very often, frequently together with Deeplurker, and the two of them destroyed the opponent's lineup with the Opportunity ability. It was one of the first cards with the Weapons Training ability, which opened up a number of possibilities for using it. It's just a great card, and I like to think back to the time when I played it whenever I could.

And the Winner is...

It's time to draw the winner of the last giveaway.

Congratulations @thejedo, one HSBI has been sent to you!

Other participants: @olaf.gui, @middle-earthling, @doombot75, @hatdogsensei, @h4rr1s, @artofkylin, @nozem01, @snowboarderpete

How to enter:

Every week there is a question or a task to fulfill. The question or task will always be related to Splinterlands. To participate, you must post a comment under this blog answering the question or completing the task. That's all.

This week's question is...

I'll try to post the giveaway every Monday, so you have about a week to enter, at the latest until the next part of the giveaway is published and the winner is announced there. The winner will be drawn at random and will receive one HSBI share sponsored by me.

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