Don't know if I need to be happy about it or not. Last season I was in Diamond III at this moment of time.
There could be several reasons for it. One of the reasons I guess is that it is harder to win 2 battles in a row, missing out on the double rewards for sure hurts a little bit.

I also noticed that if I do win back to back battles I won't always get the double rewards. Still haven't searched for a reasoning behind this!

The daily quests!

Still have to report about 2 daily quests. The Wednesday one was a life splinter quest. I still do consider my life deck, the best deck out of my collection! So, it was a rather easy one.

These were my rewards:

I think I can consider this a great catch!

• The Exploding Dwarf is a new edition to my collection! It has a value of $0.06, which isn't the worse for the reward cards!
• The Javelin Thrower is also a first. This one could be vary handy in some battles and for sure will be used. Also a great value with $0.34.
• Not one but 2 Phantom soldier ($0.34) cards. How lucky I must have been! My Phantom soldier was already on level 2, so 2 more needed to lift it to level 3, which will add the Silence ability!
• Another creeping Ooze ($0.06). Used to power it the card in my collection. It is now 10/14 on it's way to level 5!
• A whopping gold Sea Genie. To bad it is one of the cheapest gold card in the reward section. It has a value of $0.3. Not sure what to do with it. My regular Sea Genie is on level 5 already, so it won't be used on the battle field! I could combine it with the already owned gold Sea Genie, but that will also put the Gold Sea Genie on level 5, and 2 more needed to go to 6. Will leave it for a while in my collection!
• the Prismatic Energy is also a fresh addition to the collection. It reminds me of the first movie of the Fantastic Beasts! With $0.27 it is one of the more expensive rare cards. I do like the 9 HP, but the 8 Mana will make it hard to use in a battle!
• Last and least another Highland Archer. Together with the Rusty Android the cheapest of the reward cards. It has been used to power up, the Highland Archer is now 11/27 far in level 5!

So a very generous reward pack with a total value of $1.73 and some new cards!

The Thursday Daily quest was with the earth splinter, which did worry me a little bit. But it went smoother than I could imagine. Needed around 12 battles to complete it, and more important I was able to stay in Gold I.

The rewards for this one were lesser than the Wednesday rewards but still rather happy with them!

The first card was a Golden Goblin Mech! Now both the golden and regular Gobling Mech are at level 4! It has a great value of $0.7! But I also got rewarded with a regular Goblin Mech ($0.05). Although it has a high Mana, I do try to use them in battles from time to time!
2 Rusty Androids ($0.02) which is getting closer to level 6, with 18/27 completed.
A vampire ($0.02), which I rarely play. I do need one more to have my first level 6 card in my collection. Level 6 will give it the flying ability, but still I will not use it often!
In stead of the Golden one I got on Wednesday, today it was a regular Sea Genie ($0.02). It is now over half way towards level 6, which will add the strengthen ability.
Also a new Wood Nymph ($0.07), which is used to power up. It is taking baby step to the next level. Need 25 more to get there :)
And then also a new card to be added to the collection. The Crystal Werewolf! Only 3 mana for 5 HP and the silence ability. Could be worse!

The total value of this reward was just below the $!

I am now ranked at 467th place with a rating of 2556! Still 300 places better than last season. So probably the investments made in my collection is working! Still have some small hope that I can sneak into Diamond III before the season is over. This would mean 10 extra reward cards, which could be worth the time investment!

The SBC league bets

2 bets for today!

On both betting slips the same games. Only the betting types differs.
On one betting slip, I am all in for the wins of the home teams. It is a long shot but the odds do justify the gamble.
I do hope that Nac Breda, Antwerp and Hertha Berlin will win their home games!
If they can I do hope that in all 3 games more than 2.5 goals will be scored!

Date	Bet	Ante	Odds	Result	Bookie
January 25	Trifold Win	1	19.25	Unibet
January 25	Trifold Over	1	7.21	Unibet

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Cheers,
Peter