New To Splinterlands Plus Intro

Hello everyone, I'm new to the Splinterlands community and would like to share a bit about my lack of experience which has been both fun and frustrating at the same time, introduce the new addition to my deck. You see, I've never been a fan of card games besides solitaire. Being a natural competitor, I thought that I would come into Splinterlands and straight dominate, boy was I wrong. I can honestly say that Splinterlands is full of competitors that understand the characters of the game combined with other tactics and information that is needed in this game of strategy. Will you be learning anything from me? More than likely not but, I don't know you can learn a lot from a dummy...

Don't Be A Big Dummy

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The best thing a beginner like myself should be doing is practicing. Learning about the stats, abilities, and the characters, doing so would prevent wasting time learning the hard way, again, as I did. Although I lose most of my battles at the moment, I'm still learning and building my deck and I would like to share my favorite card so far, take a look.

EFREET ELDER

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Efreet Elders carry a vast array of mystical secrets and spells that were gifted to them in ancient times by Mishna, Mitreyya’s steward who resides in the Burning Lands deep. The most impressive of these is called the envelation of flame. With this spell, which is simple for the Elders but endlessly complex for anyone who does not know the secrets, the castor is entirely enveloped in fire for a short time. This spell is strikingly similar to the natural skills of famed summoner Malric Inferno, who can convert any part of his body to fire, bringing out the part of him that summons with ease the most powerful monsters of flame.

While the Efreet Elders’ council is often sought by those wishing to learn some secrets of their sorcery, the secrets are only shared with the worthy and the old. It is becoming exceedingly rare to find anyone among the Efreet clans that possess both of these qualities.

You can see the full battle here

I Lost My First Battle
So, my first battle with Efreet Elders didn't go as planned and I would love if someone could do a quick analysis on my strategy built around Efreet Elders. Upon your discovery of any flaws please be kind enough to leave your input as it would be greatly appreciated as I'm trying to learn.

I really thought that I had a better hand, I don't know what was wrong. I know every hand can't be a guaranteed win but, I just want to know if it was something that I'm doing wrong.

I can't get over how cool Efreet Elders look, even cooler when he powered up during the last stand.