Catotune's Top Battles Rundown: Silver league, Modern format - Jan 12, 2025

In this series, I analyze the top battles of the day to reveal which summoners and monsters are most successful for a given league and format. What better way to improve our Splinterlands skills than to study what the best players are doing?

For those of us who buy, rent, or rent out cards, I'm also hoping that this series can inform us of which cards to acquire for maximum effectivenes.

Stay tuned for a new report to be published daily, each covering the top battles for a different league and format!

For simplicity I threw out matches ending in draws and surrender - all data is compiled from wins and losses. Here are the results from 120 of the top Silver league (modern format) battles from Sunday, January 12, 2025:

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Monsters with highest win rate

1. Gobalano Soldier - Fire splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [4/4]
   

   
   
   Gobalano Soldier is a Common monster card from the Rebellion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 3 achieved the most success, finding itself on the winning team for 2 games.
   • You may want to see @world4play2earn's previous battle to see how they produced a win with Gobalano Soldier ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Gobalano Soldier card is $0.24 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Pelacor Arbalest - Life splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [4/4]
   

   
   
   Pelacor Arbalest is a Rare monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 6 achieved the most success in today's top Silver league (modern) battles, being a member of the winning team for 2 games.
   • You may find it enlightening to watch @oka2's battles, where they won 2 games using Pelacor Arbalest ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Pelacor Arbalest card is $0.05 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Night Stalker - Death splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [3/3]
   

   
   
   Night Stalker is a Rare monster card from the Promo edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 1 achieved the most success, finding itself on the victorious team for 2 games.
   • If you want to learn from one of the best, take a look at @nscythe's battles, where they defeated their opponent 2 times with Night Stalker ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Promo edition Night Stalker card is $2.59 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Most winning monsters with at least 10 battles

(Excluding any monsters already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)

1. Venari Crystalsmith - Life splinter
   Win rate: 77.78% [14/18]
   

   
   
   Venari Crystalsmith is a Rare monster card from the Reward edition.
   The card at level 4 achieved the most success during the top Silver league (modern) battles today, finding itself on the victorious team for 4 games.
   • You could take a moment to view @surgerynationa's battles to learn how they defeated their foes 2 times using Venari Crystalsmith ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Reward edition Venari Crystalsmith card is $0.02 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Drybone Barbarian - Life splinter
   Win rate: 72.73% [8/11]
   

   
   
   Drybone Barbarian is a Common monster card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   The card at level 7 achieved the most success in today's top Silver league (modern) battles, finding itself on the winning team for 2 games.
   • Drybone Barbarian did best when positioned as the team's tank (first spot), where it saw 8 wins.
   • You may want to observe @zandroqzone's battle to see how they beat their opponent with this card ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Soulbound Rewards edition Drybone Barbarian card is $0.04 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Chaos Agent - Neutral splinter
   Win rate: 66.67% [8/12]
   

   
   
   Chaos Agent is a Common monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 3 achieved the most success during the top Silver league (modern) battles today, being a member of the victorious team for 3 games.
   • You may find it educational to take a look at @zandroqzone's battle history, where they won using Chaos Agent ^[1].
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Chaos Agent card is $0.02 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Summoners with highest win rate

1. Chuul Jujinchi - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   
   Note that while this card has a 100% win rate, it is based on only 1 match.

   Chuul Jujinchi is a Common summoner card from the Rebellion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 1 was used in one match by @key2029, which it won.

   • The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Chuul Jujinchi card is $0.25 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Aquatus - Water splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   
   Note that while this card has a 100% win rate, it is based on only 1 match.

   Aquatus is an Epic summoner card from the Riftwatchers edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 6 was used in a single battle by @garlet-68, which it won.

   • The lowest price for a Riftwatchers edition Aquatus card is $0.24 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Waka Spiritblade - Death splinter
   Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
   

   
   
   
   Note that while this card has a 100% win rate, it is based on only 1 match.

   Waka Spiritblade is a Legendary summoner card from the Promo edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 4 was used in a single battle by @chappertron, which it won.

   • The lowest price for a Promo edition Waka Spiritblade card is $165.00 USD (11 BCX) at the time of writing.
     
     

Most winning summoners with at least 10 battles

(Excluding any summoners already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)

1. General Sloan - Life splinter
   Win rate: 92.31% [12/13]
   

   
   
   General Sloan is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   The card at level 6 achieved the most success during the top Silver league (modern) battles today, winning 5 games.
   • If you want to learn from one of the best, see @oka2's battle history, where they won 2 games using General Sloan ^{[1, 2]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition General Sloan card is $0.13 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

2. Tarsa - Fire splinter
   Win rate: 61.11% [11/18]
   

   
   
   Tarsa is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 5 achieved the most success, winning 4 games.
   • You could observe @nscythe's previous battles to learn how they beat their opponents 3 times using Tarsa ^{[1, 2, 3]}.
   • The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Tarsa card is $0.13 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

3. Lobb Lowland - Earth splinter
   Win rate: 58.33% [14/24]
   

   
   
   Lobb Lowland is a Rare summoner card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
   In today's top Silver league (modern) battles, the card at level 4 achieved the most success, winning 6 games.
   • It could be enlightening to take a look at @pathfinderchris's battle history, where they won 3 games with Lobb Lowland ^{[1, 2, 3]}.
   • When paired with the Target Practice ruleset, Lobb Lowland saw 2 wins.
   • The lowest price for a Soulbound Rewards edition Lobb Lowland card is $0.36 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
     
     

Splinters with highest win rate

1. Life
   Win rate: 62.86% [22/35]
   

   
   
   Life splinter had the most success against Water, beating that element 6 times in today's top Silver league (modern) battles.
   
   

2. Dragon
   Win rate: 52.00% [13/25]
   

   
   
   Dragon splinter had the most success against Water, defeating that element 4 times in today's top Silver league (modern) battles.
   • This splinter was useful in high mana cap battles (greater than 46 mana), prevailing in 3 of those matches.
     
     

3. Earth
   Win rate: 51.79% [29/56]
   

   
   
   Earth splinter had the most success against Earth, defeating its identical element 15 times in today's top Silver league (modern) battles.

   • This splinter matched well with the Equalizer ruleset, where Earth won 3 times.

   • Earth splinter held its own in battles with mana caps higher than 46, prevailing in 7 of those battles.
     
     

Final thoughts

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- Catotune