Splinterlands | Portal Spinner Challenge

Another Chaos Legion card this week in the Share Your Battle Challenge for Splinterlands. This time it's the Life Rare Portal Spinner.

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So where to start with the Portal Spinner card which isn't one that I have ever used or plan to use anytime soon. The damage is normal for 5 mana cost, the speed horrible which makes it only suitable for reverse speed game rules, the health makes it vulnerable unless using the rathe Legendary Summoner and the abilities only really provide benefits in very specific game rules. So this if anything is a very situational card that even in those situations isn't really overpowered enough. Low speed + blast with medium-high mana cap.

I choose a match this week with my gold-card-centered alt account where not I, but my opponent opted to play the Portal Spinner...

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With game rules where none of the monsters have abilities, Magic normally rules along with higher-health monsters since it bypasses armor directly while the health helps to keep monsters alive. So Arlic or Obsidian are the only 2 options as I don't own the dragon magic summoner. The Furious Chicken and the Failed Summoner both acted as a cheap way to observe some initial damage. They were followed by 4 Magic Damage cards with good speed (if you kill even 1 opponent before it is able to attack you also are saving your health and it ramps up). The Centauri Mage has good health and a attack, The Spirit Shaman mostly has the speed while the Spirit Miner and especially the Regal Peryton have speed, health and damage.

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My opponent opted for the Ranged attacj approach and lower-health monsters which was sub-optimal and quite easily gave me the win. not only can ranged attack miss, it also hits armor while having monsters with armor is a waste of mana in matches where you are up against Just magic damage.

Full Battle Replay

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Previous Weekly Challenges

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-	Hill Giant	Flying Squid
Antoid Platoon	Xenith Archer	Dragons
Silent Sha-Vi	Garagoya Scrapper	Venari Knifer
Cruel Sethropod	Scalvo Firebolt	Supply Runner
Dragons	Crypt Beetle	Time Mage
Mycelic Morphoid	Kulu Swimhunter	Radiated Brute
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

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