Splinterlands | Crypt Beetle Challenge

There are plenty of Chaos Legion Cards left to be featured in the Share Your Battle Challenge in Splinterlands. This week, it is the Common Death Crypt Beetle...

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This is one of those cards for me that shows that nearly all cards have a use in the game if there are specific game rules where they are crazy overpowered. For the Crypt Beetle these game rules are very specific. Some that I can think of are no magic allowed as the combination of the -1 Melee attach for the opponent and the shield is quite powerful in that situation. This only with low mana to spend and limited splinters available to be played. For nearly all game rules though, this doesn't feel like a must-have card.

Another way cards like the Crypt Beetle with shield can be used in low-mana battles is in 2nd place when all cards get the blast ability. This pretty much will block most of the blast damage keeping monsters alive for longer. This is how I used this card on my alt account.

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I love the Haunted Spirit as a 1st place tank in low mana battles as the heal is just really powerful to keep it alive. I played the Crypt Beetle in the 2nd position even though it could not attack just to absorb blast damage. This also is the card for the Shadow Presence which is a card I think is quite underrated. The 2 cards that I played to mainly do damage trying to optimize the blast were the Parasitic Growth and the Twisted Jester, Finally to absorb potential sneak damage I played the Furious Chicken in last place.

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It turned out in a clean win with very little satisfaction like most games as my opponent simply didn't seem to have the cards to really be competitive.

Full Battle Replay

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Previous Weekly Challenges

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Disintegrator	Dragons	Carrion Shade
Chaos Knight	Gobling Psychic	Deeplurker
Lava Spider	Dragons	Shadow Snitch
Feral Spirit	Wood Nymph	Spineback Turtle
Giant Roc	Centaur	Dragons
Animated Corpse	Defender Of Truth	Stone Golem
Pirate Captain	Goblin Shaman	Elven Cutthroat
Dragons Challenge	Haunted Spider	Crystal Jaguar
Centauri Mage	Wave Runner	Ant Miners
Grumpy Dwarf	Dragons	Dark Ha'On
Cave Slug	Beatrix Ironhand	Electric Eels
Effreet Elder	Sand Worm	Retaliate
Scavenger	Cerberus	Coral Wraith
Minotaur Warrior	Octopider	Silvershield Bard
Peaceful Giant	Fire Spitter	Naga Fire Wizard
Naga Warrior	Mushroom Seer	Spineback Wolf
Lone Boatman	Furious Chicken	Molten Ogre
Water Elemental	Stonespitter Orc	Grim Reaper
Defender Of Truth	Enchanted Defender	Dragon Summoner
Exploding Dwarf	Sea Monster	Mitica Headhunter
Death Elemental	Feral Spirit	Mantoid
Naga Brute	Falemsmith	Sabre Shark
Earth Elemental	Screaming Banshee	Silvershield Sheriff
Rusty Android	Scale Doctor	Serpent Of The Flame
Pirate Archer	Equalizer Challege	Flesh Golem
Soulstorm	War Chaang	Koblod Miner
Captain's Ghost	Child Of The Forest	Phantasm
Silvershield Warrior	Horny Toad	Gloridax Soldier
Tortisian Fighter	Barking Spider	Twisted Jester
Armorsmith	No Attack	Blast Ability
Sneak Ability	Opportunity Ability	Javelin Thrower
Giant Squid	Serpentine Spy	Goblin Mech
Nectar Queen	Manticore	Undead Minotaur
Spark Pixies	Serpent Of Eld	Gelatinous Cube