Splinterlands: Time to Bring UNDEAD MINOTAUR Back to Life

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Greetings, Hivians...

🌟It is Weekly Challenge Time🌟

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This is my submission in Share Your Battle Weekly Challenge.

This week's theme is UNDEAD MINOTAUR

LORE

The creatures of Anumün generally despise the Dark Eternals. There are few Goblins or Lyverians who give up their souls by signing the Dark Contract, but the nomadic Minotaurs of the south are simple-minded. They can occasionally be tricked into signing by the more devious Dark Eternal Missionaries.
UNDEAD MINOTAUR is an death common monster. This guy packs a real punch. Reasonable health with double strike right from level 1 and retaliate ability at level 6, what's not to like. But, I haven't seen it being used as frequently as it should be(compared to other common death monsters). It is also fairly cheap on the market. So, UNDEAD MINOTAUR is a truly underrated monster. There may be multiple reasons for this. First, many players(me included) often gets so tangled with Epics and Legendaries that they forget about about the awesome common monsters they own. Second, people take it for granted being a reward edition cards(considering they haven't purchased it). Third, due to large reward packs issued earlier, market got flooded with commons like these (devaluing them).

So, thanks 'Carrie' for reminding us of this awesome card.

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My Entry

This was a 19 mana battle with two battle rules: one, Weak Magic and second, Melee Mayhem. The Melee Mayhem rule set is perfect for use of cards like UNDEAD MINOTAUR.

Battle Link

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Team Selection and Placement

For the purpose of this challenge, I choose to play with ZINTAR MORTALIS. With magic attack out of equation, it is good to give -1 melee attack to enemy monsters. I avoided using DARIA DRAGONSCALE as the mana cap was not that large.

I placed CURSED SLIMEBALL upfront for its Redemption ability. Melee Mayhem battle rules means there is a bright chance that EXPLODING DWARFs will be used. Redemption ability of the SLIMEBALL takes care of the EXPLODING DWARF.

On one down position, I placed the Haunted SPIRIT. A nice option in low mana battles. Decent attack and health with Heal and Magic Reflect abilities.

On third position, came star of the show, UNDEAD MINOTAUR. Melee attack of 2 with double strike, perfect for Melee Mayhem battle rule . DARIA DRAGONSCALE summoner makes it even more deadly.

Next came the HAUNTED SPIDER. I choose it because of the Poison ability. Poison ability can really affect the outcome of a battle.

On second last position, I placed CREEPING OOZE. Let's slow the proceedings a bit.😉

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On the very last, I used FURIOUS CHICKEN, since I had card slots left unoccupied. FURIOUS CHICKEN is a perfect candidate for first or last card slot, as it costs nothing and indeed provides small cushion to your team.

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Remarks

The battle went as planned. As per my expectation the enemy used EXPLODING DWARF to exploit Melee Mayhem battle rule but my CURSED SLIMEBALL took care of it. Enemy GOBLIN MECH did cause some stun problem but UNDEAD MINOTAUR took care of it thanks to the Double Strike ability. Even my CREEPING OOZE and FURIOUS CHICKEN attacked and played their part.It's a shame that my HAUNTED SPIDER missed due to it's low speed.

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That will be all for today.
Take very good care of yourself and people close to you..
Until next time...
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I totally agree. I think a lot of cards will slowly seep into play.
While I'm finding he's not the best for everything (who is?) he's REALLY awesome in the right rulesets.

And whoa. Redemption when the Ooze died was nuts! It took out the whole backline! And then the Undead Minotaur did his work.

Great post!

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