Beginner Strategy and Card Giveaway #3 - Green as Far as the Eye Can See

First..congratulations to @cornavirus for winning the giveaway. Thank you to everyone who commented. I encourage you to comment on this post for a chance to win the cards discussed.

It is essential at the start of your Splinterlands journey to experiment with all five splinters (Earth, Water, Fire, Life, Death) as each one offers a slight variation in gameplay. See which one resonates with you as you advance your knowledge and experience.

Your gameplay should evolve as you compete in more battles.

To that end I will try and rotate my splinter selection to give you some tips and strategies for whatever match may come up.

Today I want to look at one of my all time favorite tank cards in Bronze and Silver play for Earth splinter. It is none other than:

STONESPLITTER ORC

For those of you who have been following my blog you know I've written about this guy before. I LOVE him for an opening Earth splinter tank. I have seen him chew up and spit out Monsters twice his size and come back hungry for more.

This Rare Monster is available int he Alpha and Beta cards sets. You can acquire it from the market for $0.10 or comment and try to win a copy of one here. At Level 1 (1 bcx) you get 3 attack, 3 speed, 1 shield and 4 life for 6 mana. This makes him a solid middle of the road Monster in most formats. Its the ability that brings something special to the table.

Retaliate - When hit with a Melee attack, Monsters with Retaliate have a chance of attacking their attacker.

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This is where this card doubles down on the damage inflicted.

This would be enough in and of itself but let's see how we can improve this bad boy and take him to the next level. This can be done with a little help from two of his Earth Monster allies. Either or both of these creatures can be added to improve not only the impact of the Stonesplitter Orc but of your whole team.

Wood Nymph
If the Stonesplitter Orc has one weakness is that he doesn't stick around for very long with only 4 life. Here comes Wood Nymph to the rescue with her Tank Heal ability in her Level 1 form she is a MUST for low level Earth splinter play. Her 4 mana cost makes her very manageable and her 1 magic allows her to go offensive and defensive. A common reward card she is available in the marketplace for $0.016 per card.

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But wait there's more!!!!

Brownie
This Epic Reward Earth Monster will boost the speed factor of all your friendly Monsters by 1. He only uses 1 mana! So looking back on the Stonesplitter Orc the Brownie will raise his speed to 4 which is usually good to get in an opening Round strike before your opponent's tank. Then Retaliate helps you deliver a second hit. The shield can absorb the first strike and the Wood Nymph can restore the health to repeat.

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As I said, depending on the format and the mana cap you can use one, two, or all three of these Monsters in an Earth splinter battle. Try them out. Let me know what works and doesn't work for your personal play style.

As always I will be giving away a set of the cards mentioned in this post to one lucky winner so be sure to leave a comment. Remember to have fun and Play On!!!