<center>**So, a bit over 3 weeks ago i started playing [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=emaleth)...**</center>




Goals are obvious:

 - Have fun
 - Profit

So, once i bought the spell book (basically entry fee, 10$),  i played for a couple of days with starting deck and decided to buy some card packs, first 10$ then another 10$ and finally 20$ for a total invested of 50$. Now, i wanted generally to invest 100$ in crypto but long KYC times made it difficult (still waiting for Gemini...) and so [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=emaleth) was a perfect way to do it.

Overall my deck is currently worth $40+ which considering 10$ went for the spell book is basicly 1 : 1 ratio to my investment which gives me now more cards to play with and thus chance to get more rewards from higher leagues but still, what i did was a mistake in hindsight. 

You see, as it is always the case with gambling, you rarely get back more or even the same what you invested. I was really lucky to get 1 : 1 my money worth and that's all thanks to 1 card: 
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Otherwise my deck would be worth around 10$ which is 1/4 my investment in cards and 1/5 my total investment in [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=emaleth)...

<center>**The correct approach:**</center>

We know that cards will most likely go up once they are out of print / [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=emaleth) gains more players, thus the safest way to make some money long term and still have fun would be:

1). buy credits worth of our intended investment

2). after playing for a weak or so, just go on the market and buy cards you want

This will leave you with far better deck and 1:1 investment that will (possibly) only go up in value. 

<center>**Further Tips:**</center>
Join a official discord and ask if you are unsure about something.
Join some guild and ask them as well.
Don't invest more than you can afford to lose.




<center>Obviously, as you can see i'm new to both [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=emaleth) and generally crypto so take this advice with a grain of salt.</center>



PS: if you want to start playing [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=emaleth), i provided some reflinks. Would appreciate.