Hello fellow Splinterlands warriors! It's @zoe01 here, back with another competitive journey of mine. If you had read my my last update then you would already know that recently I have planned to jump from Frontier mode to straight mode into Modern ranked matches. Also, dealing with the struggle to reach Bronze II.

Well, I do not feel demotivated if I lose, like it's a game and if one wins someone has to win right? Anyway, I have been continuing my grind in Modern mode and today's session brought even bigger wins. Not only that something else came up as well which is an exciting league promotion, I forgot to mention about the long-awaited deck upgrade which I can't stop to show you all.

Right now, I will give you a brief details about how I broke down the opponents team. And I officially marked my entry into the next competitive tier.

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Stepping Into Modern Against ZAHEL

Mana Cap: 42 Mana
Ruleset: Standard
Active Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Life, Death, Dragon

42-mana, I wouldn't say it was low, it was not high either. I felt lucky that all of the elements were available in the battlefield, I knew the competition would be exciting as my opponent was using a completely different lineup. I have never seen those cards before also how do they work. Not knowing exactly what an optimized automated setup would be against me, I decided to lean into the element I know best, which was death element.

My favourite Thalgrimore, I knew I could immediately shrink the enemy team's max health pool, because it's my lucky line up.

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My Lineup Layout:

• Summoner: Thalgrimore
• Position 1: Nim Guard Captain (Melee tanking upfront)
• Position 2: Spellmonger (No attack, utility placement)
• Position 3: Sorrow Harvester (Magic attack)
• Position 4: Vengeful Monk (Melee attack)
• Position 5: Great Bear Druid (Melee + magic Attack)

My opponent brought a highly diverse lineup featuring mixed attack styles and I have not learned to do that yet. He also had heavy secondary buffers. However, Thalgrimore's immediate impact on their health bars shifted the pacing entirely in my favor.

​The match ended faster, just in 4 rounds, it was quite faster than usual. My squad one by one took down their teammates. After a while in last round , my opponent's cards were completely wiped out and my team a beautiful victory!

In the end, I have successfully achieved a +40 rating and some glints. It was truly an incredible match. To be honest, I have lost 2 matches before so it felt great to win again.

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Modern Bronze II Unlocked & Rewards Chests!

My team was pretty dominant and we achieved the victory which paid off in a massive way. After winning I got the +40 rating points. Even better, hitting exactly a 400 rating officially triggered my next milestone, which was Modern Bronze II, it was finally unlocked.

Overall stats, I have won 14 times and only 2 Losses in Modern mode so far a massive testament to how much smoother this climb has felt compared to my older Frontier grinds.

​So, whenever you upgrade up your tier you would receive some chest rewards and I did too. As I just got into Bronze II it means I'm going to get better rewards from now on, so I immediately went to check it out because I couldn't wait anymore. This is my latest reward chests, here is what dropped:

• 33 Merits
• 1 Legendary Potion Charge
• Anchor-Hex Adept

Deck Upgrade: Leveling Up Hungry Ulund!

After all of these, I went into my collection to check my cards. So, I found way to level up a card of mine.

So, the moment I saw that I have only 5 cards for Ulund then I wanted to combine 5 individual copies of it, Hungry Ulund in a few seconds was officially upgraded to Level 2! I’m currently at 0/9 cards on the path toward Level 3, but this immediate stat bump is going to be huge for my future tournament and ranked formats.

Lastly, I wanted to thank @atnazo for the gift. I have got some gold foil cards for the first time and all of them are my favourite cards. I'm going to cherish them as much as I can. So, as you can see all of them are level 3. But I've used it yet in any matches.

We have 3 days and 23 hours left in the current season, I have set my goals on on hitting Bronze I before the timer runs out.

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Full Gameplay, Modern Ranked Match link

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What are your favorite ways to utilize the newly upgraded Hungry Ulund in your mid-to-high mana Life lineups?

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Thanks for reading 🌷