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# What is Up Splinterlands!
This post is for my Battlemage secret entry for Splinterlands, and the challenge for this week's combat rule is: The Rise of the Common!
# Battlemage Secret
For the battle I'm sharing, the rules of combat are as follows:
- Rise of the Commons: Only Common and Rare monsters can be used in the battle.
- Mana cap of 22.
- Decks that can be used: Fire, Earth, Death and Dragon only.
Since I don't have many cards with Fire, Death, and Dragon Deck, my next go-to deck would be `Earth Cards` and we're limited with a 22 Mana cap to spend so I decided to fill my cards with `Meat Shield`.
What is a Meat shield? is a term used for any entity that can act as a shield to protect or delay an attack to you Main character or Damage creator.
I used `Lobb Lowlands` as my summoner, giving me access to use `gladius card` Since I can only use common or rare cards, I won't be able to play Quora for this battle.
One monster card that always stood out for me and I find very efficient is `Katrelba Gobson`.
# Positioning the Meat shield
- I placed the `Mycelic Morphoid` on the forefront, assuming my opponent has the first strike.
- `Vampire bat` in the second position as a backup, since it had `Flying` ability, there can be a chance of a `Missed` attack from the opponent.
- On the third position, I placed `Fungus Flinger`, which my main goal for it is to be taken down so it could trigger its `Martyr` ability that can give additional stats for my hitter on the fourth position.
- `Katrelba Gobson` is the best position I silent kill be, Katrelba has three awesome ability that makes it notable, `Bloodlust`, `Sneak attack`, and `Double Strike` making her the Ultimate Common Killer .
- And lastly, I place `Venari Marksrat` in the last position, for safety, it also has a `Martyr` ability.
# The Goal
- **Protect** Katrelba Gobson
- **Trigger** the Martyr abilities
- **Amplify** Katrelba's Stats
- **Destroy** the enemy!
Check the video included in this post!
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