
Introduction
Hello there! @Saydie here, playing Splinterlands everyday!
I'm here again for this week's Share Your Battle Challenge with the featured card: River Mymph. It is a 4 mana- cost magic splinter for the Water element with 1 magic, 3 health and 2 speed at level 1 and has the Cleanse ability which removes all negative status effects of the monster in the 1st position.
The Battle that I will show to you belongs to bltzr-wizard-726 which is the scholar account awarded to me by Balthazar guild that has max level Chaos Legion deck and is currently playing on the Diamond II of the Modern Format but before I show you the battle, let us learn more about this card.

River Nymph

| Mana Cost | 4 |
|---|---|
| Edition | Chaos Legion |
| Element | Water |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Attack Type | Magic |
| Abilities | Cleanse Amplify Swiftness |
| RF Burn Value | 20 DEC |
| GF Burn Value | 500 DEC |
Lore
River Nymphs inhabit the rivers of the Splinterlands. Shy and reclusive, they usually remain hidden beneath the water's surface. However, they have a strong respect for life, and they have been known to aid those in need. They are also fiercely protective of their homes and will defend it if it is threatened. Continue Reading...
Card Stats

Card Prices
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Note:This are the market price for the River Nymph by the time that I checked on it and is subject to change depending on when you check for prices. Source: Peakmonsters, Splintercards

Card Review
Prons
Magic damage can directly get past most armors, dealing direct damage to the health of the opponent.
Cleanse ability will remove any negative status effect of the monster in the 1st position.
River Nymph's Amplify will help to increase the damage of reflected damage while Swiftness is an excellent support ability that increases the speed of all allied monsters.
Cons
Having a low health, River Nymph is susceptible from Opportunity attacks.
Using a River Nymph with Swiftness makes it very disadvantageous on Reverse Speed rule set.

Battle Conditions and Team Line- up

Rule Set
| Conditions | Description |
|---|---|
![]() Diamond League Modern Format | 23 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Water, Death,Dragon |
![]() Armored Up | All Monsters have 2 Armor in addition to their normal Armor stat. |
![]() Briar Patch | All Monsters have the Thorns ability. |
Opponent's Line-up
| Card | Position | Mana Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Summoner | 4 | Kelya Frendul is a rare Water summoner that gives +1 speed and +1 armor to all ally monsters. Monster Cap: Common- 10, Rare- 8Bold, Epic- 6, Legendary- 4 |
![]() | 1st | 6 | Void- Attack damage gets halved (rounded up), except attack 1 which deals 0 damage. Slow- Reduces the Speed of all enemy Monsters Strengthen- All friendly Monsters have increased Health Heal- Restores a portion of the Monster's health each round |
![]() | 2nd | 3 | Reach- Melee attack Monsters with the Reach ability may attack from the second position on the team. Reflection Shield- This Monster is immune to all indirect, or reflected damage. True Strike- This monster's attacks cannot miss. |
![]() | 3rd | 2 | CleanseCleanse- Removes all negative effects on the Monster in the first position on the friendly team. |
![]() | 4th | 4 | Life Leech- Monster's health increases each time it damages an enemy Monster's health in proportion to the damage dealt. Cripple- Each time an enemy is hit by a Monster with Cripple it loses one max health. Snare- When attacking enemies with Flying, removes the Flying ability and cannot miss. |
![]() | 5th | 2 | Neutral range splinter with no abilities. |
![]() | 6th | 2 | Stun- When a Monster with Stun hits a target, it has a chance to stun the target causing it to skip its next turn. |
| Total Cost | 23 |
My Team
| Card | Position | Mana Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Summoner | 4 | Quix the Devious is a legendary Dragon summoner that gives -1 range and -1 speed de- buffs to all opponent monsters. Monster Cap: Common- 10, Rare- 8, Epic- 6, Legendary- 4 |
![]() | 1st | 6 | Void- Attack damage gets halved (rounded up), except attack 1 which deals 0 damage. Slow- Reduces the Speed of all enemy Monsters Strengthen- All friendly Monsters have increased Health Heal- Restores a portion of the Monster's health each round |
![]() | 2nd | 0 | Headwinds- Reduces the Ranged attack of all enemy Monsters. |
![]() | 3rd | 4 | Featured Splinter for this week's Share Your battle Challenge. Cleanse- Removes all negative effects on the Monster in the first position on the friendly team. Amplify- Increases Magic Reflect, Return Fire, and Thorns damage to all enemy monsters by 1. Swiftness- All friendly Monsters have increased Speed. |
![]() | 4th | 3 | Triage- Heals the friendly back-line Monster that has taken the most damage. SilenceSilence- Reduces the Magic Attack of all enemy Monsters. |
![]() | 5th | 4 | Life Leech- Monster's health increases each time it damages an enemy Monster's health in proportion to the damage dealt. Cripple- Each time an enemy is hit by a Monster with Cripple it loses one max health. Snare- When attacking enemies with Flying, removes the Flying ability and cannot miss. |
![]() | 6th | 2 | Backfire- If an enemy misses this Monster with an attack, the attacker takes 2 damage Swiftness- All friendly Monsters have increased Speed. |
| Total Cost | 23 |

Battle Phase

For this battle, we have Armored Up rule set where all monsters get additional monsters and Briar Patch which gives Thorns ability to all monsters so I thought that my opponent will avoid using melee monsters so it will be either magic, range or a combination of both that my opponent will use. Thinking of this, I choose the following line- up
The Summoner Quix the Devious because it reduce the range attack of all opponent monsters by -1 as well as it's speed
I use Baakjira for my tank as it has huge health with the ability to Heal itself and has Void to reduce the damage from magic attacks. As a support, it provides Slow that reduces the speed of all opponent monsters and Strengthen will increase the health of all my monsters.
For the 2nd Position, I use the 0- mana Torrential Fiend which have the Headwinds to further reduce the range damage of my opponent.
The 3rd position, I place River Nymph as my only magic card that will serve as tertiary tank as it is a monster that can attack at the 1st position which as a support card can use Cleanse if ever my tank recieves negative status and also increases the team's overall speed with Swiftness.
For my 4th card, I use Angelic Mandarin because it has the Silence which further reduce the magic attack of the opponent together with Baakjira and it has Triage that will restore the health of back- line monsters in case that there are Snipe or Scattershot attacks.
On the 5th position, I use Merdhampir as the Cripple will be helpful to reduce the health of the opponent monster even if they still have armors and might as well Life Leach from it. The Snare would also help to prevent monsters with Flying or Dodge from evading attacks.
The last member of my team will be Naga Assasin that provides another Swiftness but also the Backfire can deal some damage back in the case that the opponent still uses some melee Sneak monsters and it dodges them.

On the first round, every monster was still on play an no significant damage has been done but it might seem like I was at a disadvantage as my Baakjira is down to only 12 health while the opponent still have 16. We can also see that with the status de- buffs all the opponent's range monster only have 1 range thanks to the combination of Quix the Devious and Torrential Fiend and I am 2 speed ahead of my opponent with the double Swiftness..

Fast Forward to round 5, we can see that the opponent has lose their Baakjira and Tide Biter now occupies the 1st position. While it has Reflection Shield that makes it immune from Thorns, it was not immune from attacks and magic attack from River Nymph causes it to lose 2 health.

Following the lose of the opponent's Baakjira on round 5, Tide Biter was defeated by River Nymph at round 6 while the Baakjira of my team has slowly recovering the damage that has been dealt by the opponent from previous rounds.

On round 7, The opponent also looses their Kelp Initiate. Their Merdhampir has gained a decent amount of health through Life Leech but as a range monster, it cannot attack at the first position.

Skipping round 8, We go with round 9 where the opponent's Merdhampir was defeated and it was only Igor Darkspear that can attack. Xenith Archer now occupies the 1st position.

At round 10, Xenith Archer has been defeated and the opponent only has Igor Darkspear which cannot attack anymore. Baakjira that was previously stunned has been Cleanse by River Nymph and has now restored its current max health that was reduced to 11 because of Cripple but remains very huge.

With no way to fight back, the round ends at 11 where almost no damage has been done to me. A complete victory.

Battle Recap
Here is a replay of the battle which at you can watch at 3speak or in Splinterlands.

Did your Strategy Work?
My strategy this time works really well as I reduced the range damage of my opponent by -2 and boost the speed of my team by +2 with the help of River Nymph. In case that the opponent uses magic then his fate is also sealed because of the Void and Silence. One of my fear is that the opponent uses Doctor Blight another reason why I use River Nymph because it can Cleanse it's Poison and Affliction but it did not happen on this battle.

Do You Like River Nymph
Despite the low health of River Nymph, it is rather one of my most liked cards for low mana matches as it is during this battles where Doctor Blight can be used and it will help to remove any negative status for my tank.

What will you try differently next time?
Summoners
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Magic Reflect
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Return Fire
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Thorns
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On a different occasion, I would like to try using River Nymph with boosted magic damage and with a magic team. For low mana, I will use the summoner Alric Stormbringer or Delwyn Dragonscale and when I have more mana allowance will I use Valnamor or Archmage Arius and the use of Dragon summoners will give me more card options and battle strategies. Using Lir Deepswimmer can also be a good choice since it has the Return Fire ability that will also prove effective to my previous match as my opponent uses lots of range monsters.
On terms of monster line- up the use of monsters with abilities that reflected attacks like Magic Reflect, Return Fire and Thorns will allow River Nymph to maximize the use of Amplify which will increase the damage output of the said abilities.


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