After many months of waiting, Conflicts are back for players/investors to earn themselves some very useful Cards. The current Conflicts system is an improvement over the Airdrop model that was used before. The earlier primitive model was to simply Airdrop new Cards for those who bought Booster Packs. The downside was that there were many who bought Packs and sold them in the market creating a drop in the price of Packs. There were no long term incentives to HODL the assets.
Conflicts created a better system where anyone with Booster Packs or Cards from those Packs could participate in the "Airdrop". The cherry on top is that everything was integrated into the lore creating a more engaging experience for the players. There are millions of players collectively pay billions of dollars on games to have a good time. Conflicts are Airdrops that allow participants to have a "good time".
Power To The Players
During Rebellion, we had to purchase Mage Wagons directly from @splinterlands with DEC. IIRC the cost was 10,000 DEC with the fees burned. Praetoria is increasingly getting more uses and integrations with other parts of the ecosystem. Players can use their Land resources to produce their own Wagon Kits and sell them.
My Participation
I already have one Mage Wagon from Rebellion Conflicts. I can use it for now as I only 6 Cards that can be used. I play in Wild and most of the Cards I have are from the old Editions. I was with Splinterlands before there was even a game to play. I turned some of the Alpha Cards into Beta and heavily invested in some of the subsequent Card Editions. Better market conditions among Altcoins will allow me to participate better and stronger.
Official Announcement
All the important details one needs to know about Conflicts including the crafting costs can be found in the above article. Even the cheapest Conclave Arcana Legendary Card is priced higher than the price of a Wagon Kit. The most expensive Regular Foil is almost 3X the price of a Wagon Kit.