I was recently playing in Silver II league and enjoying good battles and one extra chest daily. To get there I used the renting strategy but to rent thousands of collection power got a little too much for my DEC budget. I'm still eager to get back up so today I'm going to share some of my thoughts about increasing collection power through trading cards.
Things to consider
- Rarity of a card
- Card set
- Golden cards add more CP
- Price
- Future value
- Am I actually using the card in battles?
Golden Trade
At the moment my Collection Power is 32,020 and I'm still missing 7,980 from unlocking my way to Silver II. So no more renting, this time I'm gonna trade my way back up there. Here's the first one I made to achieve that goal:
Deep Lurker is a really fine melee monster with a powerful attack, good amount of health and also speed. Opportunity ability is making him extra dangerous to monsters with low health.
Unfortunately, this great beauty has just been lying at the bottom of my collection. I'm quite fixated to my water magic and there just wasn't a place for him in the team. Sold.
Gargoya Devil is another rare golden monster who could battle in the front line but is unfortunately lacking some health. Nevertheless, a pretty decent middle spot monster who gets some extra credit for belonging to Neutral splinter. This one was also purchased as collection power in mind.
Here's the breakdown of the whole trade:
| Monster | Rarity | Price | Power | Card set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Lurker - SELL | Common | + 3.70 $ | - 125 | Chaos |
| Venari Seedsmith - BUY | Rare | - 1.97 $ | + 500 | Reward |
| Gargoya Devil - BUY | Rare | - 2.00 $ | + 500 | Reward |
| Total | - 0.27 $ | + 875 |
In the future it will be interesting to follow the price development of these cards. As for for now, I feel pretty comfortable with this trade. Main thing is I got what I was looking for and that is collection power. On with the next on:
Legendary Trade
Next scheme I tried to pull was to to sell a Light Elemental card and buy two Legendary cards.
I made a promise to myself not to sell Untamed(or older) cards, yet here we are! Light Elemental wasn't just gathering dust but was one of my most used life cards. So why sell it?
I guess the biggest reason was the value which was 7.60$ at the time. After done some calculations I figured out that I would be getting two Legendary monsters at that price... It was just too tempting.
I position Zyvax next to last back-line monster so it has enough time to Recharge and do that 3x damage. He also has Flying ability so he could work well as a last-line monster and most definitely a choice in the Earthquake ruleset.
So, let's take a look how I did with this one:
| Monster | Rarity | Price | Power | Card set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Elemental - SELL | Epic | + 7.60 $ | - 200 | Untamed |
| Zyvax Vuul - BUY | Legendary | - 3.18 $ | + 500 | Chaos |
| Iza The Fanged - BUY | Legendary | - 3.77 $ | + 500 | Chaos |
| Total | + 0.65 $ | + 800 |
Note that for JUST to gain collection power, I would probably be buying gold rare Chaos Legion cards since their CP value is the same as legendaries. However, there's always a little investor in me and I also want to keep my deck as competitive as possible.
I'd also like to hear your thoughts about these trades! 😊 Was it worth it? Did I make a huge mistake? what has been your best trade?
brando28
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Nice trades. I've been selling some cards too and trading them for other cards or keeping them as DEC to increase my CP. The Zyvax Vuul card looks like a good buy. I think I'll try him out one of these days.
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Thanks. Had CP on my mind when buying Zyvax Vuul but it has become my a really good backline card when I'm playing with Dragon and Kitty is healing the front
yea renting is not profitable for people renting, especially when the dec pool is now so low!
I see, does the pool get filled after the season though?
The DEC Pool fluctuates depending on a few variables. One major thing that affects supply is the price of DEC. If the price of DEC goes up, the pool is increased, if it goes down the pool is decreased. So, we're getting less DEC now in ranked battles because the price of DEC is lower than before.
I see, I've actually noticed a difference between how we are paid at the beginning of each season.
I think those are some decent trades and it makes me wonder if I should be selling some of my untamed cards to get more collection power.
Of course their value might rise but it depends a lot from the next edition and if there's gonna be a card with similar stats, so I think the value of some Untamed may even decrease
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Interesting strategy here. I'm curious to see how that will work out in the time to come. But for now you did an awesome job at getting the collection power you're seeking for.
I was thinking about to check back at those cards I've sold once I make it to the Silver 2 and maybe do a buyback if the price has decreased.
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