From bad to brilliant - my @splinterlands season is looking up!

Well.... What a start to a season it's been in the @splinterlands for little, old me. We've had some lows but mostly we've had highs!

It was a very disappointing start to the season and I didn't think anything good would come out of it. I had been playing regularly, but had been "striking-out" with my daily quest reward cards.

That was until I took part in a @splinterlands tournament a few days ago. Since then I think my luck has started to change and I can't wait for the season to end now so I can pick up all my end of season reward cards..

So where to start?

It started after I entered a GOLDEN RULES tournament, held by @splinterlands and eventually ended up winning 1000 DEC

This was only possibly my 5th tournament, so I was very happy to be picking up that amount of DEC. I think the tournament went OK and I was happy with how I played, eventually losing in the 4th round to the person who went on to finish 4th. Truth be told, I got smashed by much higher level cards, but I'll take the lesson and move on to another gold foil only tournament this afternoon.

So what to do with that extra DEC?

What else is an avid #steemmonsters player going to do with free DEC? You plough it straight back into the game, of course!!

I'm now at a level of summoner I'm happy with, playing mostly with lvl 5 summoners, so thought I'd dip my toe back in to the new UNTAMED decks -

I had been saving my DEC for this exact reason, so bought 2 packs straight away.

First pack was fantastic. Picked up a rare and an epic card.

I still use 99% of my original Alpha/Beta decks when playing and haven't really looked in to how these new monsters will slot in to my playing style just yet, but it's always better to have and not use, then need and not have....

HELLO LEGENDARY!! Well look at what we have hear. There is no greater feeling of anticipation in this game when you tap the screen and a card starts to shake....

It may only be a split second, but in that time all thoughts run through your head. WHAT CAN IT BE? IS IT USEFUL TO ME? WHAT WILL IT BE WORTH? And most importantly WILL IT BE GOLD FOIL??

I was so happy picking up a good card, and I've already used it in battle several times. The EARTH splinter is by far my strongest splinter and wheatch manna levels are high, I always try and sneak him in. Usually either in the second or last position, depending on what my oppenents playing style is.

How could I be so blind!! Has this always been there in front of my eyes??

So now I've noticed that you can claim an "air-drop" if you've ever bought untamed decks.

Safe to say, with the very few I have bought, I didn't have any luck.... But now I know where to look, I'll definitely be buying more.

So that's exactly what I did -

And would you believe it? I've gone and struck lucky again.

A GF Albatross and a legendary summoner.

Which reminds me, I've got to get back to the battlefield to earn some more DEC to buy some more decks.

If you're reading this and you're good, let me win. If you're reading this and you're bad, I hope I win.