Now the game begins for 100% utilization. I legitimately feel like I have clients. In a rental market full of low BCX, some max golds stand out like a sore thumb to command a solid return. I'm glad that they seem to be appreciated by serious players who may notice that I'm giving up the playing side for now. Win-win.
You're totally right on the airdrop timing. Aside from snagging any bargain bin prices along the way, I feel like that's the right move. If I ever decide to cut myself off from UT and CL cards (eye roll at myself), I'll be able to buy from a position of leverage then.
What are your recent or upcoming strategies?
I'm not super sure people are observant enough to notice that you're not playing while they rent your Gold foil cards... I imagine they'd be mostly worried about their ROI on that investment (tournaments and ranked play) and just be so happy your cards are available to them.
Personally I've gone heavy with Rebellion because I didn't participate in Chaos Legion and have been struggling to win many games since. Rebellion has given me a boost in wins already, and I had some spare cards which I'm selling to buy the more powerful Chaos Legion and Riftwatcher cards. I'm really just aiming to be competitive and make the game more fun for myself... it hasn't been all that fun losing ground each season.
I've only got the 7 plots of land, and so they're all producing stuff, but I'm still not sure if the resources generated are better than the rental DEC I could be getting... I guess we'll see how much valuable that Research ends up being.