I am starting a series of posts called Building A Splinterlands Deck. Since this is my inaugural post, I am starting from zero - zero owned cards, zero card value, and zero dollars invested.

I will be sharing my adventures of building my @splintersage from the ground up.

All I have (as of right now) are the 'phantom' cards that were provided in my Splinterlands upgraded account.

Check out splintersage.teachable.com to learn more about the Splinterlands focused course(s) I have created!!!

Potential Sources of Income

I will use to the following income streams to grow my account/deck of cards:

• earnings from playing Splinterlands
  • DEC, CREDITS, REWARD CARDS, PACKS, etc.
• earnings from HIVE posts
  • liquid HDB will be converted to CREDITS
• affiliate earnings
  • this post contains affiliate links - any affiliate earnings paid out as CREDITS will be used to grow this account

Current Status

I was able to advance to Bronze III without any upgrades to my deck. I will not be able to advance to Bronze II until I have at least 1,000 Power. I will not be able to earn DEC in Loot Chests until I reach Bronze II.

Actual Earnings

I have completed two daily quests which resulted in being able to open one Loot Chest per day. I received the following:

• 650 CREDITS - this was a pleasant surprise - a player can earn anywhere between 1 - 37,500 Credits per reward chest _source
• 1 alchemy potion - only beneficial if I purchase a pack or receive a pack as a reward

Potential # of Loot Chests Based On League

	Quest Rewards	Season Rewards
Novice	1	0
Bronze III	1	5
Bronze II	1	7
Bronze I	1	9

_source

Potential Contents of Loot Chests Based On League

	Credits	Potions	DEC	Cards	Pack
Novice	45%	45%	0%	10%	0%
Bronze III	45%	45%	0%	10%	0%
Bronze II	40%	40%	0%	20%	0%
Bronze I	35%	35%	0%	30%	0%

_source

Observations

For low mana battles (22 mana and below), the Dragon Summoner plus the Death Splinter seemed to be almost impossible to beat.

This combination of cards was great at earning rating points. I will definitely be excited when I see a daily quest for the Death Splinter.

Summoner	Monster #1	Monster #2	Monster #3
Drake of Arnak	Cursed Windeku	Undead Badger	Silent Sha-vi
+1 armor	thorns	sneak	sneak

Next Steps

I need to use the CREDITS I earned to purchase cards that will help me win battles while increasing my power score.

Although I would prefer to focus on buying Summoners, I believe the better option is to buy low cost rare Reward cards. The cost to power ratio for these cards is ideal for working towards the power goal of 1,000.

At present, I plan to rent higher level Summoners as the need arises.

I have my eyes on the following cards for my first purchase.

I Want To Hear From You

Have you every built a Splinterlands deck without using any outside money?

Tell me about your experience. What advice do you have players who are doing the same?

Thanks for stopping by!
@sumatranate