Introduction
Hi! @saydie here playing Splinterlands everyday.
This is Exploring the Chaos where I take a look on Chaos Legion cards including thier subsets such as Riftwatchers and the Reward cards, as they brought new abilities and strategies that changes how the game was played.
Last time, I have talked about the old card rewards that we usually get on our daily and season chest and how they were used as well as their importance to the meta. Now, I will be reviewing the new Soulbound rewards card which replaces them, offering new possibilities to the game and for this post, I will be taking a look at the Neutral Soulbound Rewards.
Neutral Soulbound Rewards
Gobson Bomber
| Edition | Soulbound Reward |
|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 7 |
| Element | Neutral |
| Rarity | Common |
| Card Type |  Range |
| Abilities |  Recharge Camouflage Piercing Fury |
| RF Burn Value | Unavailable |
| GF Burn Value | Unavailable |
Card Stats
Recharge deals 3x damage to the target in exchange of Gobson Bomber to only be able to attack every other turn.
Camouflage prevents Gobson Bomber to be unable to be attack directly until it gets to the 1st position.
Piercing deals the extra damage to the armor to the targets health.
Fury deals double damage to an opponent with Taunt.
Cards Printed
Damacke Orc
| Edition | Soulbound Reward |
|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 6 |
| Element | Neutral |
| Rarity | Common |
| Card Type |  Melee |
| Abilities |  Shield Retaliate Thorns |
| RF Burn Value | Unavailable |
| GF Burn Value | Unavailable |
Card Stats
Shield reduces the damage to Dumacke Orc against melee and range attacks.
Retalitate allows Dumacke Orc to attack back on melee monster that attack this card.
Thorns deals damage to any melee monster that attacks this card.
Cards Printed
Venari Marksrat
| Edition | Reward |
|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 3 |
| Element | Neutral |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Card Type | Range |
| Abilities |  Martyr Snare Shatter |
| RF Burn Value | Unavailable |
| GF Burn Value | Unavailable |
Card Stats
Martyr increases all the stats of the monster adjacent to Venari Marksrat when it was defeated.
Snare removes the Flying ability of the target monster.
Shatter removes the armor of the target monster.
Cards Printed
Clockwork Aide
| Edition | Soulbound Reward |
|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 4 |
| Element | Neutral |
| Card Type |  Non- damage |
| Abilities |  Swiftness Rust Stregnthen |
| RF Burn Value | Unavailable |
| GF Burn Value | Unavailable |
Card Stats
Clockwork Aide increases the speed of all ally monsters with Swiftness as long as it remains on play.
Rust reduces the armor of all opponent monsters as long as Clockwork Aide remains on play.
Streghthen increases the health of all ally monsters as long as Clockwork Aide remains on play.
Cards Printed
Drybone Raider
| Edition | Soulbound Reward |
|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 12 |
| Element | Neutral |
| Rarity | Legendary |
| Card Type | Melee, Range |
| Abilities |  Double Strike Shatter Cripple |
| RF Burn Value | Unavailable |
| GF Burn Value | Unavailable |
Card Stats
Double Strike allows Drybone Raider to attack twice every turn.
Shatter removes the armor of the target monster under successful attack from Drybone Barbarian.
Cripple reduces the max health of the target monster for every successful attack from Drybone Barbarian.
Cards Printed
Neutral SoulBound Rewards in Action
Battle 1: Dumacke Orc
| Conditions | Description |
|---|---|
 Brawl Gold Fray Bronze | 39 Mana Cap Available Elements:  Fire,  Water,  Life,  Earth,  DragonLink: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sm_6eTxqPDWqUKk9WJjYqtn&ref=bltzr-wizard-726 |
 Equal Opportunity | All Monsters have the  Opportunity ability. |
 Equalizer | The initial Health of all Monsters is equal to that of the Monster on either team with the highest base Health. |
 Close Range | Ranged attacks may be used in the first position in battles. |
For this 39 mana battle, we have Equal Opportunity, Close Range and Equalizer that makes all the health of the monsters the same and with this kind of rule set Dumacke Orc which originally only have 1 health will copy the health of the monster with the highest health, adding to its armor, makes it a very good tank on certain situations but it also has Shield which was an ability that reduces melee and range damage so makes it more hard to defeat.
Battle 2: Venari Marksrat
| Conditions | Description |
|---|---|
 Diamond League Modern Format | 25 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Life,  Death, Dragon Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_a5a05240fe62a4d9016bc4b0c51adc36&ref=bltzr-wizard-726 |
 Earthquake | Non-flying Monsters take 2 Melee damage at the end of each round. |
 Target Practice | All Ranged and Magic attack Monsters have the  Snipe ability. |
 Tis But Scratches | All monsters have the Cripple ability. |
For the 2nd battle, we have a 25 mana cap match Earthquake, Target Practice and Tis But Scratches and this favors the use of Venari Marksrat because it will die faster because of the rule set damage and will increase the stats of the adjacent monsters which are Celestial Harpy and Void Dragon in this case and since Venari Marksrat has the Snare it was able to remove the Flying ability from Chaos Dragon which makes it damaged from the rule set.
Battle 3: Clockwork Aide
| Conditions | Description |
|---|---|
Diamond League Modern Format | 22 Mana Cap Available Elements: Life, Earth, DragonLink: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_767ec5c436846152cf7f7adccece0193&ref=bltzr-wizard-726 |
 Evens Stevens | Only Monsters with even Mana costs may be used in battles. |
 Briar Patch | All monsters have the Thorns ability. |
Target Practice | All Ranged and Magic attack Monsters have the Snipe ability. |
For this battle, we have 22 mana cap with Evens Stevens, Briar Patch and Target Practice for the rule set and so I placed Clockwork Aide at the 1st position since range and magic monsters would not attack this card due to them having Snipe and melee monsters would less likely to be used with monsters having Thorns. At the same time, the Swiftness from Clockwork Aide increases the speed of all monsters which helps Pelacor Conjurer to avoid attacks, being it the monster on the 2nd position.
Battel 4: Drybone Raider
| Conditions | Description |
|---|---|
 Diamond League Modern Format | 99 Mana Cap Available Elements: Water, Earth, DragonLink: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_593cb80194905fcd31be1dbe10698209&ref=bltzr-wizard-726 |
 Up Close & Personal | Only Monsters with Melee attack may be used in battles. |
 Aim True | Melee and Ranged attacks always hit their target. |
With This battle, we have 99 mana cap and the rule set includes Aim True and Up Close & Personal which limit us to only melee monsters but since Drybone Raider was a melee monster as well as range monster at the same time, it can be used on this rule set and can attack with range damage as it was far from the 1st position for melee attacks and it can attack twice every turn. Having Shatter also allows Drybone Raider to remove the armor of the target no matter how many it is as it did for Legionnaire Alvar for this match which originally has 9 armor.
Final Thoughts
The New Death Soulbound Reward cards offers new sets of possibilities for the Neutral element with the addition of new abilities they posses adding to the meta as well as the flexibility they poses, being able to be used together with any element. The most notable cards for this set would be Venari Marksrat that allows me to use Martyr on any element and Drybone Barbarian having dual attack type but while also having the Double Strike ability.
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