Splinterlands Experiment : Renting for New Modern

To stay in touch with the Splinterlands Game I like to do a few experiments now and then to try out new features without having to tip too much money into the pit and buy up all the latest assets on offer. Recently I have been trying to have success Scraping Brawl Wins in the New Modern Frays and this fresh Ranked Season I've decided it would be a good time to do another experiment and see if I can have success renting some of the new Modern cards (Rebellion and Conclave Arcana) for the season to check out how the game is evolving and maybe score a few extra wins for my Guild in the process.

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Normally I like to set myself a budget first but this time that's been hard because I have no idea what the rental market is like with these new cards and at first glance the rental market doesn't seem to be very liquid. So I've just focused on recording my costs and seeing if I can get some value out of my expenditure. I started out renting some SPS and I picked up a 100,000 SPS Delegation at 0.001 DEC per Day per SPS...for 7 days - That's 700 DEC and I'm expecting I'll need to extend that for another 7 days to cover the season. So, a total of 1400 DEC for SPS rental over the season and that's kicked me off with a x14.76 Boost starting at Silver III (Rating 1100) in Modern Ranked.

Next up I had a look at the Summoners (a.k.a. Archons) to fill out my battle lineups. I originally was looking at Silver Level summoners but the market was so thin (and expensive) I decided to wind it back to Bronze. That means I was looking at Level 1 Legendaries, Level 2 Rares and Level 3 Commons. These are the ones I eventually settled with :-

Then I went through each of the Splinters and tried to pick up a good number of monsters at the matching levels which weren't ridiculously priced (preferably under 100% APR). That was a bit tricky because the market is so thin and I didn't spend a lot of time trying to match up with the chosen Summoners. However, that's part of the learning process as I have no idea what works or is strong in the New Modern Meta. That said, this is the DEC I spent on each Splinter :-

So on top of the 789.54 DEC I spent on Summoners, that brings my direct card rentals expense up to 6,533.635 DEC for the entire season. All up with the SPS delegation the amount I expect to spend on this experiment is going to be just under 8000 DEC. Not too bad, but I already realize that it's unlikely that I will earn anything like that back from rewards, but we will see.

If you're interested in my experiment, stay tuned as I'll do a mid season update and a final report once the season is completed. Of course if you have any tips for me on how to win some games in the New Modern Meta then I'm keen to hear from you too. Please comment below!