I'll describe Splinterlands as a special TCG that lets you play to earn. If you have time you can enjoy watching how a battle goes and at the same time if you know the outcome you may press the button to end the battle animation so it goes immediately to the result, therefore saving time for people who's trying to be efficient..
This is like chess game(it can be played in a form of blitz), in a way that we can speed up the play if you don't want to completely end it right away but wanted to watch the battle.
This is also the first game that I was able to buy my own account after working hard as a scholar of someone.