We are close to the end of the Ranked season at Splinterlands, and it's time to see my progress on maxing out my Rebellion soulbound reward cards.
It's the second time I write this journaling kind of post, this time in a different front end, hopefully more successfully. Luckily, the calculations didn't get lost with the post (and the draft)...
Many duplicates this season. For example, only 1 in 15 epic draws is "useful" for my progress, all the rest are duplicates of already maxed cards.
So, let's see what I did with the Glint this season.
I purchased 5 legendary draws, 15 epic draws, 100 rare draws, and 142 common draws. I have no Glint left.
That makes it easy to see how much Glint I earned this season (including the season rewards from last season). That makes it a total of 383,800 Glint used for draw purchases this season (+0 remaining in my stash for a total of 383,800). Last season I had a total of 367,850 Glint in purchases. That means I spent 15,950 more Glint this season.
Let's keep a table too, going forward:
| Season since New SB Set | Glint Used to Purchase Draws | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | 363,200 | |
| Season 6 | 344,400 | -18,800 Glint |
| Season 7 | 352,700 | +8,300 Glint |
| Season 8 | 341,850 | -10,850 Glint |
| Season 9 | 328,100 | -13,750 Glint |
| Season 10 | 427,500 | +99,400 Glint |
| Season 11 | 462,500 | +35,000 Glint |
| Season 12 | 322,500 | -140,000 Glint |
| Season 13 | 305,550 | -16,950 Glint |
| Season 14 | 314,100 | +8,550 Glint |
| Season 15 | 322,500 | +8,400 Glint |
| Season 16 | 295,200 | -27,300 Glint |
| Season 17 | 322,500 | +27,300 Glint |
| Season 18 | 322,500 | +0 Glint |
| Season 19 | 367,850 | +45,350 Glint |
| Season 20 (current) | 383,800 | +15,950 Glint |
| Last 3 seasons' average | 358,050 |
Let's see what my current situation of the Rebellion SB set completion progress is so far:
| Season since New SB Set | Commons % | Rares % | Epics % | Legendaries % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 8 / 0 | 9 / 0 |
| Season 2 | 2 / 1 | 2 / 0 | 9 / 0 | 17 / 0 |
| Season 3 | 3 / 1 | 2 / 0 | 10 / 0 | 23 / 0 |
| Season 4 | 5 / 2 | 3 / 1 | 12 / 0 | 27 / 0 |
| Season 5 | 7 / 2 | 4 / 2 | 13 / 0 | 36 / 0 |
| Season 6 | 8 / 3 | 5 / 2 | 15 / 0 | 42 / 0 |
| Season 7 | 9 / 3 | 6 / 2 | 15 / 0 | 51 / 0 |
| Season 8 | 10 / 3 | 7 / 2 | 17 / 0 | 58 / 0 |
| Season 9 | 10 / 3 | 7 / 2 | 24 / 1 | 61 / 0 |
| Season 10 | 19 / 5 | 14 / 4 | 31 / 4 | 63 / 0 |
| Season 11 | 28 / 6 | 22 / 4 | 39 / 6 | 65 / 0 |
| Season 12 | 37 / 8 | 29 / 5 | 47 / 9 | 65 / 0 |
| Season 13 | 44 / 9 | 37 / 5 | 54 / 11 | 67 / 0 |
| Season 14 | 52 / 11 | 45 / 5 | 62 / 11 | 67 / 0 |
| Season 15 | 61 / 13 | 53 / 5 | 70 / 13 | 67 / 0 |
| Season 16 | 66 / 14 | 61 / 6 | 79 / 14 | 67 / 0 |
| Season 17 | 75 / 17 | 70 / 8 | 85 / 16 | 67 / 0 |
| Season 18 | 84 / 19 | 78 / 8 | 91 / 17 | 67 / 0 |
| Season 19 | 89 / 20 | 81 / 9 | 93 / 19 | 73 / 0 |
| Season 20 (current) | 92 / 21 | 86 / 10 | 94 / 19 | 76 / 2 |
That's +3% to the progress of legendary cards (and +2% to GFL, after my first one in the current soulbound set), +1% progress to epic cards (and +2% to epic GF), +5% progress to rare cards (and +1% to the rare GF), and 3% progress to the common cards (and +1% to the common GF).
I now have 5/7 maxed out epics and 2/12 maxed out legendary cards. I also have 2/12 maxed common and 4/12 maxed rare cards now.
I will continue to push for legendary draws first, epics second (because maxing out the last two ones will be difficult), rare 3rd (because they are further from 100% than commons despite having more maxed cards), and commons last (because they are the main beneficiary of cards from chests too).
I will likely start burning some of the duplicates for Glint to speed up the progress, because we don't know how much time is left, and the number of batch 1 draws is limited every season.
Here are the "before and after" snapshots for the Rebellion SB legendary cards, which are my current main focus. "Before" first:
2 at level 4 (max level), 9 at level 3, 1 at level 1
And now the current levels of the legendary cards...
My Rebellion SB legendary cards: 2 at level 4 (max level), 9 at level 3, 1 at level 1.
This season, no legendary card got upgraded.
Perhaps a more relevant metric is the amount of Glint already spent compared to the total amount needed to max out the SB set (only regulars).
Here' s my situation:
8,790,000 Glint
Glint value of the cards collected so far (ignore GF and doubles):
7,332,650 Glint
Progress percentage:
83.42%
Estimated^ time to max out the RF cards (or GF, where possible):
5 more seasons (2.5 months, i.e. end-August)
^) estimation now includes tier advancement rewards (average last 3 seasons); estimation doesn't account for Glint wasted on pulling doubles of maxed out cards or GF instead of RF (where GF card level isn't high enough)
Last season's Glint value of cards collected: 7,105,800.
Difference: 226,850 Glint-worth of cards this season, including tier advancement rewards.
| Season since New SB Set | Glint-Worth of Cards (including Tier Advancement Rewards) | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | 414,550 | - |
| Season 8 | 368,400 | -46,150 Glint |
| Season 9 | 328,850 | -39,550 Glint |
| Season 10 | 388,350 | +59,700 Glint |
| Season 11 | 446,250 | +57,900 Glint |
| Season 12 | 330,600 | -115,650 Glint |
| Season 13 | 407,400 | +76,800 Glint |
| Season 14 | 344,400 | -63,000 Glint |
| Season 15 | 352,050 | +7,650 Glint |
| Season 16 | 323,250 | -28,800 Glint |
| Season 17 | 298,500 | -24,750 Glint |
| Season 18 | 302,400 | +3,900 Glint |
| Season 19 | 375,800 | +73,400 Glint |
| Season 20(current) | 226,850 | -148,950 Glint |
| Last 3 seasons' average | 301,683 |
The progress this season has dropped to a snail's pace due to duplicates. If it continues like that, I'll be collecting these cards well into the fall, if they don't switch the sets.