Splinterlands - Neutral Splinter Pros and Cons

The neutral splinter was first introduced when beta series came out. As beta was identical cards to alpha except it also included some neutral cards to make it its own set.

I would like to go straight through the crust of this post. What are the pros and cons of the neutral splinter. Lets go from the bad and then on with the good. Note this is my opinion and my opinion alone, not the end all be all but I have enough experience to be consider having a reasonable opinion for the game.

Cons of Neutral

By comparison the stats of neutral cards to specific Splinterland cards are lower as a whole. For example monsters with the opportunity ability by comparison a majority of the cards have stats better than that of the neutral monsters.

Another example are neutral monsters with flying ability.

Compare with similar rarity of most neutral monsters with flying ability, rare cards, the following cards with other than neutral splinter.

The stats for neutral cards compared to specific splinter cards leads more to be desired but on the flip side the neutral cards can be used with any splinter hence is more versatile.

Pros to Neutral Cards

I personally believe there are more pros than cons when it comes to the neutral splinter. For instance a major benefit is the fact that some of the best legends in the game are in the neutral splinter. Lord Arianthus, Cornelius, Furious Chicken, and Chain Golem are some of the most used monsters in the game and they are all neutral cards.

The whole collection of legendary neutrals are outstanding cards relative to defense.

The best part about neutral cards is the inherent ability to mix with any other splinter at play. This allows players to stack abilities or focus on monsters with certain abilities. For instance put in Enchanted Pixie in the lineup with Inspire player can add specific splinter card that has also Inspire to stack.

This is partly why Enchanted Pixie is highly sought after for its abilities. The example should lead you into other combo ideas for use when selecting neutral monsters.

Conclusions

As mentioned earlier the drawback of neutral cards is that they appear to have lower stats when compare to similar cards in specific splinters. However the drawback is overshadowed by the pros of neutral card. Such as the highly sought after neutral cards like Furious Chicken that pretty much is used by a player in every fight if they own or rent it.

In addition neutral splinter has some of the best defense cards in the game. Prismatic Energy that defends magic while Lord Arianthus for every kind of attack towards it.

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