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If, like me, you have also played Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG or perhaps other card games *(I don't know if games like Magic and Pokemon TCG have this mechanic because I've never played them)*, you must be familiar with the term **First Turn Kill** or **FTK**. In Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG this term is extremely popular alongside the more commonly used **OTK** or **One Turn Kill**.

Both are self-explanatory, but **OTK** means reducing the opponent's life to zero in a single turn *(100% to 0%)*, while **FTK** means winning on the first turn, regardless of whether it's your turn or the opponent's. There are some decks focused on achieving this goal, but because it is something difficult, they require several factors to combine for it to work. But what if I told you that it's also possible to do **FTK** in **[Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com?ref=underlock "underlock")**?

<center>[![Most well-known FTK deck.](https://e1.pxfuel.com/desktop-wallpaper/862/949/desktop-wallpaper-exodia-ftk-otk-100-winrate-yugioh-exodia.jpg)](https://www.pxfuel.com/pt/desktop-wallpaper-hidrs "FTK Exodia Yugioh Splinterlands")</center>

Of course, we need to adapt the concepts to Splinterlands rules since we don't have exact turns as all actions occur within the same round. Let's consider that **FTK** in Splinterlands would be to defeat the opponent before it's the turn of your cards to attack, so only your opponent would have effectively played their *"turn"* and you need to win using only the abilities of your cards before your turn to counter-attack.

Explaining it this way might make it difficult to imagine such a situation, but I believe some of you may have already experienced or executed an **FTK** in Splinterlands. There are a few ways for this to happen, but all require several conditions to be met. A simple example would be to build a composition only with damage reflection abilities (**Magic Reflect** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_magic-reflect.png **Return Fire** https://imgur.com/m6ZWYq8.png **Thorns** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_thorns.png) and have all the opponent's cards attack before yours, being defeated by the reflected damage. For this to work, all opponents would need to be faster than your cards and have low enough health for a single reflected damage to be sufficient to eliminate them. Difficult conditions to meet, right?

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So, let's follow in practice a combination of abilities that a card needs to easily apply an **FTK** if used in conjunction with a ruleset. All you need is for the match to have the **Stampede** https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/splinterlands/images/5/5d/Combat-rule_stampede.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20210209072022 ruleset and your opponent to execute a **Melee Attack** https://i.imgur.com/DHYYqYs.png?1 against your card and the **Retaliate** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_retaliate.png ability to be activated.

Of course, for this to work, your card must necessarily have the **Retaliate** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_retaliate.png and **Trample** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_trample.png abilities to counter the attack and consequently start a **trample chain**, but the **Piercing** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_piercing.png ability is also extremely useful to avoid your combo being stopped by a mere **Armor** https://i.imgur.com/kHbNkma.png.

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These are all the cards that meet the two mandatory conditions, with two of them also fulfilling the additional condition. However, considering that **Exploding Dwarf** has high speed, it becomes more difficult to apply an **FTK** since there are high chances of it being the first attacker. By elimination, **Desert Dragon** is our perfect choice to execute a wonderful **FTK** in **[Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com?ref=underlock "underlock")**.

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The stage is set, all that needs to happen now is for **Ant Miner** to attack first and be lucky enough to activate the **Retaliate** effect https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_retaliate.png. This is a beautiful scene, so with this gif, I bid you farewell until the next post!

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Se assim como eu vocês também já jogaram Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG ou talvez outros cardgames *(não sei se jogos como Magic e Pokemon TCG possuem essa mecânica pois nunca joguei)*, devem estar familiarizados com o termo **First Turn Kill** ou **FTK**. No Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG esse termo é extremamente popular ao lado do mais utilizado, o **OTK** ou **One Turn Kill**.

Ambos são autoexplicativos, mas **OTK** significa zerar toda a vida do oponente em uma única rodada *(100% à 0%)* enquanto o **FTK** significa vencer no primeiro turno, imdependente de ser a sua vez de jogar ou a do oponente. Existem alguns decks focados em atingir esse objetivo, mas justamente por se tratar de algo difícil requerem vários fatores que se combinem para dar certo. Mas e seu te dissesse que também é possível dar **FTK** no **[Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com?ref=underlock "underlock")**?

<center>[![Deck de FTK mais conhecido.](https://e1.pxfuel.com/desktop-wallpaper/862/949/desktop-wallpaper-exodia-ftk-otk-100-winrate-yugioh-exodia.jpg)](https://www.pxfuel.com/pt/desktop-wallpaper-hidrs "FTK Exodia Yugioh Splinterlands")</center>

Claro que precisamos adaptar os conceitos para as regras do Splinterlands, afinal não possuímos exatamente turnos pois todas as ações ocorrem dentro da mesma rodada. Consideremos então que **FTK** no Splinterlands seria vencer o oponente antes de chegar a vez das suas cartas atacarem, dessa maneira apenas seu adversário teria efetivamente jogado o *"turno"* dele e você precisará vencê-lo apenas utilizando as habilidades das suas cartas antes de chegar sua vez de contra-atacar.

Explicando dessa forma pode parecer difícil de imaginar uma situação como essas, mas acredito que alguns de vocês já tevem ter vivenciado ou executado um **FTK** no Splinterlands. Existem algumas formas disso acontecer mas todas requerem vários requisitos para dar certo. Um exemplo simples seria montar uma composição apenas com habilidades de refletir dano (**Magic Reflect** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_magic-reflect.png **Return Fire** https://imgur.com/m6ZWYq8.png **Thorns** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_thorns.png) e as todas as cartas do oponente atacarem antes de você, sendo abatidas pelo dano refletido. Para isso funcionar, todos os oponentes precisariam ter mais velocidade que suas cartas e uma vida baixa o suficiente para um único dano refletido ser suficiente para eliminá-la. Condições difíceis de serem atendidas, não é mesmo?

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Então vamos acompanhar na prática uma combinação de habilidades que uma carta precisa ter para facilmente aplicar um **FTK** se utilizada em conjunto com uma ruleset. Tudo o que você precisa é que a partida possua a regra **Stampede** https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/splinterlands/images/5/5d/Combat-rule_stampede.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/25?cb=20210209072022 e seu oponente execute um **Ataque Corpo a Corpo** https://i.imgur.com/DHYYqYs.png?1 contra sua carta e a habilidade **Retaliate** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_retaliate.png seja ativada.

É claro que para isso funcionar, sua carta obrigatoriamente precisa possuir as habilidades **Retaliate** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_retaliate.png e **Trample** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_trample.png para conseguir revidar o ataque sofrido e por consequência iniciar uma **cadeia de atropelamentos**, mas a habilidade **Piercing** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_piercing.png também é extremamente útil para evitar que seu combo seja parado por uma mísera **Armadura** https://i.imgur.com/kHbNkma.png.

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Essas são todas as cartas que atendem às duas condições obrigatórias, sendo que duas delas também cumprem a condição adicional, entretanto considerando que o **Exploding Dwarf** possui uma alta velocidade, torna-se mais difícil aplicar um **FTK** pois existem grandes chances dele ser o primeiro atacante. Por eliminação o **Desert Dragon** é a nossa escolha perfeita para executar um maravilhoso **FTK** no **[Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com?ref=underlock "underlock")**.

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O cenário está montado, tudo o que precisa acontecer agora é a **Ant Miner** atacar primeiro e dar a sorte de ativar o efeito do **Retaliate** https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/website/abilities/small/ability_retaliate.png. Essa é uma cena muito linda, então será com esse gif que me despeço de vocês, até o próximo post!

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