Splinterlands Gladius Pack Open x5 - Earth Legendary Card - Jini Guise!

Christmas came early. Bought 5 Gladius Packs for 10,000 Merits, and...

LEGENDARY!!! Jini Guise

• Splinter: Earth
• Stats: 4 Mana, 1 Magic, 2 Speed, 5 Health
• Abilities: Protect (+2 armors), Bloodlust (+1 to stats each time it defeats an enemy)

• At level 1, Protect alone is worth it for any Earth deck
• At level 4, with additions of Blind (all enemy melee and ranged have increased chance to miss), Silence (-1 magic attack for all foes), and Resurrect (revive 1 friendly unit), this would be the go to card for most battles
• Bloodlust is always a bonus and standard for Gladius cards
• It will take a while to get 10 more cards to max this out. After all you cannot buy merits and earning this card will take both time and luck

Fortunately (or unfortunately) I already have a maxed out Queen Mycelia

• Protect at level 1 is the key similarity
• Amplify (offensive - increase the damage of Magic Reflect, Thorns, Return Fire to all enemies by 1)
• Triage (defensive - heals your back lane including your Taunt off-tank)
• Rust (offensive - reduce all enemy armors by up to 2 each! Caution: if the Queen's killed, enemies get the armors back!)

If I had both Jini Guise and Queen Mycelia at max level, what would I use?

• Tank + Taunt off-tank: Queen Mycelia for the Triage
• Other situations especially if the rule set includes "no armor", then Jini Guise

For Legendary Level 1 and 2, I think Jini Guise is better, Queen Mycelia really shines at Level 3 with Triage

Queen Mycelia is only ~$10 per BCX now, I paid between $15 to $18 per BCX before the crypto deep freeze 🤧

Gladius Upgrades After Today's Pull:

Krash Wanderford, Level 2 to Level 3

• I already pulled a gold foil previously, this upgrade just brings the normal card to the same strength as the gold foil

• This is going to be a very strong tank at level 10 against physical (melee and ranged) with Thorns, Return Fire, and Dodge. Bloodlust will be triggered when the enemy self-destruct!
  

Bertrol Gobson, Level 2 to Level 3

• Same story, already got a gold foil :)
• This is a strong card, 2 mana for 2 attack and Opportunity

• At level 10 it is ridiculously overpowered, 2 mana for 4 attacks (and Poison)
  

Witch of Warwick, Level 2 to Level 3

• This card could get interesting at Level 10 (still a long way to go) when it gets Affliction and Poison
• This is a good choice if you don't already have a Legendary Doctor Blight, and for rule set where Legendary cannot be used

Gladius set takes time to complete, and there are many many very strong cards to look forward to.

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