Conclave♦️Arcana

Arcane skinwalkers shift forms as easily as others draw breath. One moment, a dwarf. The next, an ulund. A child. A beast. Someone with a familiar face. Portia Nyr has no illusions about what they are. They’re not creatures to be trusted. They’re weapons to be aimed. No matter the skin they wear, arcane skinwalkers feed on suffering and doubt. Whispers spread through the ranks — was that our scout? Is that really our commander? Are the soldiers to my left and right who they say they are? And sometimes, it’s worse. It’s someone you love. A friend. A sibling. A lover. They hold you close. And slip the knife between your ribs.

What are you most excited about with the release of Conclave Arcana?

Splinterlands has their heart in the game. They may not have been the most successful blockchain-based game around, but they are the only one who never went and pulled the rug and stayed true to the player base even if those players abandoned them. This game is here to stay. They're figuring out what they're doing while running at full speed or as another person once stated, "It's like trying to build an airplane while flying." Anyways, this is the best set that has ever been released and this is the set which I think will draw in the most people and give us the boom we've been waiting for. That's how I feel about the over player base as a whole, but as a player and collector, I'm most excited about the possibility of having a card which is the only card in existence. That is truly awesome.

Any card art, lore teasers, or abilities you're hoping to see?

Gladiator cards are always getting me so I'd like to see new ways to stop them. In the last set of reward cards, a lot of people earned gladiator summoners which can summon gladiators which are just way too powerful. I sadly burned all of mine because they were annoying as they would always choose a gladiator summoner and lose. Gladiators have almost broken the game and need to be rectified so that is what I'm looking forward to defeat.

How do you think this set will impact your personal strategy?

I don't know yet. Let's take a look at each new ability one by one and see what I think about it. First, there is Painforge which grants +1 power when damaged by Poisoned or Burning or hit by an ally. This will definitely reduce my reluctancy to use the new reward cards that are very powerful but still hurt my allies.

And then there's Reckless where each successful attack also deals 1 damage to adjacent allied units. This is another one which I will be reluctant to use, but I'm sure the team will find some way to make it useful in the future.

Bloodline Tribute when defeated, it will allow all allied units of the same bloodline to gain +1 health, speed, and armor and +1 power to each shared attack type. This will add another way to use martyr to our advantage, but it will only help those of us who have a lot of cards.

Resurgencs will self-resurrect once per battle with 100% health and armor. All magic debuffs will be removed, and all magic buffs are reapplied. Skips turn. Deals 1 physical damage to all units. This is going to make for a very strong tank or rear meat-shield for sure!

What about Shapeshift? It says on Splinterlands latest post that it will be, "Treated as all bloodlines." I assume this will make it another version of a dragon or neutral card in that it can be used in most fights.

Reveal will take away the camouflage of those camouflaged hiding in the bushes. I'm not a big relier on the camouflage ability, but I'll be happy to take those out who've been hiding in guerrilla warfare.

Relentless Strike seems like another version of True Strike. We'll have to wait and see which one is better or how to use them together for the victories.

In Bloodline Dominion you can summon any unit of the same bloodline as this archon, regardless of element. This is we're going to have to pay attention to all of the different races or species because we can group them together in battle. A lot of us old school players thought that having splinters that can be dual splinters would break the game and it didn't so I don't think this will break the game either but it will be interesting to use if you have the summoners.