Last week, the Weekly Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge was about the Arcana Conclave, with a lot of content shared on the web2 and web3 networks by players. But the hype for the launch of this new Splinterlands collection #ConclaveArcana continues because this sixth collection brings with it many new features, such as a new rarity (Black Foil and Arcana) competing with the Gold Foils and also a rebranding of summoners for Archons.
Therefore, this week the theme continues with the exploration of content related to the Conclave Arcana set so that players have a place to talk about the news and their strategies for this launch. Thus, this content will focus precisely on the rebranding of summoners to Archons and why this is interesting for the game and also the impacts of Black Foils and Arcana on the Splinterlands card market. Curious? Come check it out now!
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Archons & Bloodlines - A Big Change!
One change of direction that the Splinterlands developers took in this Arcane Conclave set was to rebrand the summoners as Archons, bringing more player identification as the battlemages who summon the units for ranked battles, tournaments, and brawls against their opponents. Due to the issue of bloodlines that we will talk about next, players will certainly have their favorite strategies and their favorite Archos to play, because there will be something iconic in each one.
Source: Splinterlands Conclave Arcana
In addition to the issue of Lore and identification, there will be an addition in these archos that will have a great impact on the structure of the Splinterlands game itself, which is the Bloodline Dominion, which will allow the summoners of a “class” be it Dwarves, Orcs, Elves, Ulund or Gnomes, to summon units that have the same bloodline as them, regardless of the element, and also guarantee buffs for their class. This will be a BIG paradigm shift within the game, because until now the elements defined clear limits on which cards you could use, with some exceptions such as dragon, neutral and dual elements.
So, little by little these barriers are becoming more flexible, bringing more variations, unpredictability and fun to the game. These increasingly frequent changes can make this collection one of the strongest.
Will Black Foils and Arcane Impact the Card Market?
Source: Splinterlands Conclave Arcana
Black foil cards are theoretically rarer than Gold Foils because of their benefits, such as the 20% bonus reward in ranked battles, half the cooldown time of Gold Foils in Survival Mode - a recent game mode that has become a favorite among players -, and having a point multiplier for Lands of 5x the same as Beta cards, which have one of the highest multipliers.
All these additional advantages that the card will have, together with the fact that it is a new type of card with its unique black background design and has a higher rarity than gold foil cards, could have an impact on the Splinterlands collectibles market. Until now, gold foil cards and cards from older sets were the cards that collectors and long-term investors sought to pursue, within the possibilities of Splinterlands cards.
However, with the arrival of a higher rarity, Black Foil, and the Arcane numbered cards that will only have a few dozen units, it could make collectors change their focus.
Source: Splinterlands Conclave Arcana
So, as one user mentioned in the comments of the splinterlands post, it is very likely that the prices of Gold Foil cards and also Regular Foil cards will fall because the capital of investors and card collectors will be directed to these new cards (Black Foil and Arcane). However, since they are assets with very limited quantities, in the case of Arcana, a few dozen, the impact may be small since there is a limit and there will be no inflation of cards.
Furthermore, since the chance to get these cards is in the packs, the big buyers who will have access to these cards may not sell them on the market, making the Gold Foils option continue to be the focus of those who do not focus on the packs. But it is very likely that there will be some decline, since if there were no new card rarities, their focus would be exclusively on the Gold Foils and Regular Foils from older collections.
