The final [Splinterlands Quidditch](https://peakd.com/hive-190212/@bdcommunity/bdcommunity-presents-final-splinterlands-quidditch-year-four) from @bdcommunity invited us to reflect on the best Splinterlands card purchase/ trade/ burn we made. 

I don't really have a 'killer' purchase as I'm not generally one to buy big in one go, I tend to peruse the market every now and then and 'snipe' particular cards I think look good value. 

I've been doing this for more than a year now, mostly to level up certain cards that have the best win rates, and thus the most utility, using @darthgexe's excellent stats tool. 

In the last few months I've managed to max out several cards and taken several others to their optimal level,  and with certain of these cards I've been deliberately snapping up a few to hold as investments, based mainly on a combination of how often they're used and and how much they win.  

Here are two of my best-gain purchases with roughly how much they've gained since I started stacking them. I decided to go with two rather than one as I don't really have a compelling story! 

NB - they're both rewards cards, which I started buying when I noticed their print run was at about 70% of the way through. 

### The Fallen Specter 

![fallen spectre.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/revisesociology/jHaetj0i-fallen20spectre.JPG)

I got into this card because of Mimosa, he's the perfect fit with his low mana, and TBH he's useless without her, because you need that universal Void otherwise he just dies with reflect! 

It was mainly thanks to this card, along with Mimosa herself, who got me into playing the Death Splinter - I find winning by hexing to be great fun!  

I maxed mine out a while ago, and then bought enough cards to make another maxed one - so 22 BCX in all. I haven't combined the other 11 yet, mainly because my Level 3 is on loan to @slobberchops, whose hopefully making good use of it!

I bought in at around $1 a card, so that's a $22 investment, now worth $64 - so that's almost 200% up, I'll take that! 

### The Chicken

<center>![Screenshot 20200810 at 19.13.42.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/revisesociology/vbvocVra-Screenshot202020-08-1020at2019.13.42.png)</center>

<br> A second great investment was buying up a few Furious Chickens when they were selling for $0.02 to $0.03 - I think these were regarded as a bit of a joke until low mana battles became much more common, when they suddenly became essential.

I took one up to Level 5, the one I use, and then bought another 79 at those low prices, just every now and again with DEC winnings, and now they're selling for $0.08 and, just like with the Fallen Specter, they're out of print and I've seen those cards almost quadruple in value, even if from a low starting point. 

And let's face it, sometimes a good [Chicken Difference](https://steemmonsters.com/?p=battle&id=eaa3d30ac0fa09d098c6ed6ef7316725f0fbed58) can really sort you out!

![chicken difference.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQEoX2F4Bdv4Zfpdjc7dtUDaHV8qeQsjyQ4qU7XWLg5UG/chicken%20difference.JPG)

I also bought up enough gold cards to make up an L5 chicken, it's probably the most commonly played card after all! 

![chicken g.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/revisesociology/xBtBBeHF-chicken20g.JPG)

I think these have almost doubled in price since I bought them. 

### Final Thoughts 
<br> It's as much fun to invest as it is to play Splinterlands, and I enjoy purchasing the odd cheap card that I think will increase in value, it's all part of the game!

The risk in holding cards is that you don't know what's around the corner.... what new cards are going to perform a similar function to already existing cards, but at a lower mana cost? 

So as with all investments, there is a risk!

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