Introduction
Hello there! @saydie here, playing Splinterlands everyday!
This will be my second entry for this week's Battle Mage Secrets with the featured ruleset Lost Magic. This is a ruleset where monster units with Magic cannot be used in battle.
The Battle that I will show to you this time was from a tournament using @bltzr-wizard-726 which is the scholar account I'm playing from Balthazar Guild in partnership with Side Door Ventures and was currently playing on Diamond League of the Modern format.
But before I reveal my battle, let us learn more about this ruleset.
Lost Magic
 Lost Magic | - Legendary Monsters may not be used in battles. - Focus on high speed and abilities like Flying, Dodge, Blind. Thorns, Return Fire and Shield are the key in this ruleset. |
Cards Based on Attack Types
Aside from the summoner, there were 4 types of monsters based on attack types namely, Non-damage (default) with no attack, melee, range and magic but because of the ruleset, magic monsters cannot be used. These were the samples of cards with different attack types and the cards that were crossed out are samples of Magic cards that were banned from this ruleset.
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Revealing Battle Conditions and Team Lineup
Ruleset
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 Victor's Modern Gold Invitational | 20 Mana Cap Available Elements:  Earth, Death,  Dragon |
 Holly Protection | All Monsters have the  Divine Shield ability. |
 Reverse Speed | Monsters with the lowest Speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attacks. |
Lost Magic | Monsters with Magic attack may not be used in battles. |
Opponent's Line- up
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My Team
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This battle comes with a 26 mana cap where the active rulesets are Aimless, Corrosive Fog and the featured ruleset for this week which was Lost Magic. With this in consideration, my lineup was consist of:
Summoner: Astral Entity - A Death Summoner that not only removes -2 armor on all opponent units but also gives ally units the Dodge ability which gives them 25% chance to evade melee and range attacks and can Resurrect one ally unit.
1st Position: Crypt Beetle - A 3- mana melee monster that has the Shield ability to reduce damage from melee and range attacks.
2nd Position: Corpse Fiend - A 0- mana monster which serves as a damage sponge in case of opportunity attacks or when my tank was defeated.
3rd Position: Ravenhood Warden - A 4- mana range monster with Protect to give +2 armor on all ally units and Inspire that increases melee damage by +1.
4th Position: Wierding Warrior - A 3- mana range unit with Shatter to remove the armor of the target while Amplify would increase damage inflicted by reflected attacks.
5th Position: Soul Strangler - A 3- mana range monster that does not have any abilities but can inflict 4 damage to its target.
6th Position: Xenith Archer - Another range unit with no ability and but just right for the remaining mana that I have left.
Revealing the Battle
Round 1:
10/21 Crypt Beetle attacks Wily Coyotian but missed.
11/21 Zariel removes the Divine Shield on Crypt Beetle.
12-15/21 Sol Strangler removes the Divine Shield on Wily COyotian followed by by 4 damage inflicted by Ravenhood Warden and Wierding Warrior.
16-18/21 The opponent Weirding Warrior Shatter the armor of Crypt Beetle.
19/21 Uraeus removes the Divine Shield on Xenith Archer.
20-21/21 Ahna-Chei Botanist deals 2 damage to Crypt Beetle and afflicted it with Poison.
Round 2:
1-3/13 Crypt Beetle defeats Wily Coyotian although it also takes damage at the beginning of the round due to poison.
4/13 Zyriel attacks Crypt Beetle but missed.
5-8/13 Aside from Soul Strangler that was able to remove the Divine Shield on Chaos Agent, Ravenhood Warden, Xenith Archer and Wierding Warrior missed their attacks.
9-11/13 The opponent Wierding Warrior defeats Crypt Beetle but was revive using Resurrect.
12/13 Uraeus attacks Xenith Archer but missed.
13/13 Ahna-Chei Botanist attacks Crypt Beetle but missed.
Round 3:
1-2/10 Crypt Beetle defeats Chaos Agent.
3-5/10 Soul Strangler removes the Divine Shield of Zyriel followed by 4 damage inflicted by Ravenhood Warden and Xenith Monk.
6-7/10 The opponent Wierding Warrior removes the Divine Shield of Crypt Beetle as well as Shatter it armor and afflicted it with Poison.
8/10 Weirding Warrior attacks Zyriel but missed.
9-10/10 Uraeus and Ahna-Chei Botanist attacks their respective targets but both missed.
Round 4:
1-2/17 Crypt Beetle was defeated due to Poison.
3-5/17 Corpse Fiend defeats Zariel.
6-14/17 Xenith Archer removes the Divine Shield of Ahna-Chei Botanist while Ravenhood Warden and Soul Strangler defeated it but its Return Fire has remove the armor of Xenith Monk and the Divine Shield of Ravenhood Warden and Soul Strangler.
15-17/17 The opponent Wierding Warrior removes the Divine Shield of Corpse Fiend and Shatter its armor followed by an attack from Uraeus but missed.
Round 5:
1-3/6 Corpse Fiend and Xenith Monk defeats Uraeus.
4-6/6 Ravenhood Warden removes the Divine Shield on Weirding Warrior followed by an attack by Soul Strangler which ended the battle in my victory.
Battle Recap
Here is a replay of the battle which at you can watch at Splinterlands.
Did My Strategy Work?
When magic units cannot be used in battle, chances are that the opponent will use melee and range monsters which makes it easier for it to evade specially when we use abilities that will increase the chance for the opponent to miss their target and that is what I did by using a Summoner that gives the dodge ability which allows me to evade most of the attacks and win the match
That was it for this post. Thank you and see you at the next one.
Previous Battles
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Card abilities and rulesets from Splintercards
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