Hello everyone, in this post I will talk about a legion chaos card that spends little mana and that is very useful in battles, this card is the Spirit Hoarder and I will talk about its utility and price.
Edition: Chaos Legion
Rarity: Legendary
Deck: Neutral
Type of attack: Magic
Abilities: Triage, Dispel e Blind
Mana Cost: 3
Power: 500 ( 1 BCX )
The usefulness of a card is mainly defined by its stats and abilities, in the case of Spirit Hoarder it has 3 abilities as I mentioned and I will explain how they work.
The Triage ability makes the Spirit Hoarder heal the backline card that has suffered the most damage, so it's the type of ability that supports your team's cards and is quite useful since the backline cards are usually the most important in battles so healing them so they don't get defeated quickly is a good move.
The Dispel ability makes the Hoarder Spirit clear all the positive effects of the card it attacks, it is not an ability that is usually extremely useful in battles but on certain occasions it can save you from defeat, in a case it would be an enemy card that has the ability enrages and increases its stats by 1.5x which makes it much stronger, so having a card with the ability Dispel would clear that stat boost when attacking and make this card weaker, there are a lot of variables but it's still an ability useful in certain battles and does not work on buffs the summoner grants.
The Blind ability is very little seen in battles but there is no doubt that it is incredibly useful, its function is to decrease the chances of the opponent's melee and ranged cards hitting you by 15% and it may seem like a low percentage but believe me that makes a huge difference.
These are Spirit Hoarder's abilities and I find them quite useful in battles, especially for a card that has only 3 mana cost. But this card also has its weaknesses and they are in its stats.
As you can see it is a card that has quite low attack, speed and health so if it is targeted it won't resist for a long time, its main function is as a support but don't be afraid to put it on the field because of its weaknesses because it still remains incredibly useful in your battles.
Values
Let's now talk about values as it is also a very important subject in Splinterlands because in addition to earning money playing you can also spend it buying/renting cards and thus moving up to bigger leagues to increase your earnings and also buying cards as an investment mode.
Currently the Spirit Hoarder is being sold in the game's Marketplace for $9.90 and for being a legendary card from the chaos legion edition this is a "high" value since it has other cards of this edition and rarity being sold for much less, but as it is a edition that was released recently so the values of these cards still have a lot to increase in the future, but as their value is currently above many others so this already shows that the demand for it is high and that it has good use in battles.
In the image above you can see the weekly chart of the card that is available on peakmonster and as you can see it is a card that varies a lot in price where the value is between $8 and $10.50 so if you see it as a good card for investment and want take less risk so taking it when it is close to $8 is a good choice and even if you want to trade for short term, but it is a variable market so always have your risks and know that, but I consider it an incredibly card this edition and that I believe that in the future its price will be much higher than this.
That's my point of view on this card in terms of both utility and investment, and now stick with its lore.
Acess the game: Splinterlands
LORE
When the Chaos Legion opened their portals to begin the invasion of Praetoria, the great vortexes tugged at the edges of time and space, drawing in matter from other realms. These portals were so powerful that other beings were dragged through against their will, snatched from their own worlds. And so it was that the Spirit Hoarder found itself walking the lands of Praetoria. No one truly knows where it originated from, but the consensus remains the same: They wish the Spirit Hoarder would return and no longer blight the Splinterlands with its wicked presence.
Described as almost dryad-like in its appearance by the few that have lived to tell the tale, the Spirit Hoarder is a faceless creature aside from two large, yellow eyes. Its body is a deep green with tributaries of aqua blue running through its skin, converging into jagged dorsal vertebrae along its back, and the uneven ruts of its head almost look like broken wood jutting away from the otherwise smooth and serene outline of its body. The alien appearance of this creature makes it difficult to tell where it resided on its home world, and it is likely at some point in evolution its habitat was in water, but now it is clear that it makes its home on solid ground and is completely terrestrial.
Granted, it is a docile looking creature, but the gnarled staff it carries, with branches twisted into a series of synchronised patterns, holds a sinister, spinning orb of power. It is a mystic force, the likes of which has never been seen before. This is the Vault of Spirit Hoarders and the one true source of its power. If one were to look at the orb closely enough, they would see the tormented spirits drifting inside, desperate to be free of the anguish prolonged by their eternal prison. What makes the Spirit Hoarder so utterly terrifying, though, is the indifference in which it stalks the land. The Spirit Hoarder cares not of the source of souls it takes, with both Praetorians and Chaos Legion having fallen victim to its obscene harvesting.
The fighting had lasted long through the night and into the following day. Skirmishes had broken out along the flanks of the two armies, amidst the rear guards and between pockets of fleeing troops on either side. It was a complete blood bath. History would no doubt have it recorded as one of the greatest battles since the Chaos Legion’s invasion.
The Spirit Hoarder had heard the clashes of steel and the screams of the dying far away in the sea cave where it had been sheltering from the inclement weather. The delicious sounds enticed it away from the warm fire that crackled and spat at the damp driftwood, tempting it to seek out the delights of the distressed and wounded cries.
The first bodies the Spirit Hoarder encountered littered the beach, broken and bloody. It moved through them, one by one, hunting for any that still might be clinging to a thin thread of life. It eventually found one.
The wounded soldier looked up at the bile-slickened lips of the Spirit Hoarder. “Get away from me…” he coughed, blood frothing at the corner of his mouth.
“Come now, you’re almost free of this ruined shell,” the telepathy of its voice came with an awkward inflection as it still struggled with the foreign tongue.
The soldier's eyes widened in recognition, and he tried to crawl away. “Leave me to my God, demon… I will not let you take my soul.”
The Spirit Hoarder stepped on the edge of the soldier’s cloak, preventing him from moving any further. It then thrust the tip of its staff into his forehead. The mists parted from the spinning orb held within the wooden stave and a crisp blue light reached out toward the soldier’s face, demanding his attention as the lifeblood continued to seep from his body. “I can feel your life force ebbing away and it is truly delectable.”
It watched him with large yellow eyes, unblinking as the man’s feeble struggles and groans weakened. “Give it all over to me and I promise your spirit will live on forever.”
His body relaxed as it finally gave up. The Spirit Hoarder shuddered as his spirit passed fully into the orb. His essence would live on, it was true, but in complete agony. The Spirit Hoarder felt no guilt in keeping that piece of knowledge from him. It only added to the wonderful torture of it all.
