This is my participation for the weekly share your battle challenge from @splinterlands

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What's up with this card?

Edition: CHAOS LEGION
Rarity: COMMON
Element: DEATH
Attack: MELEE
Abilities: Shield

Here's some lore about this insect

Any explorers that delve too deeply into the crypts, mausoleums, and necropolises of the world will find a foe they are unprepared for. Not undead, not liches, and not other monsters that can be found in the deep. Instead, tales are told of the crypt beetles. Enormous insects that are found feeding on the corpses within. Most explorers think they are a mere nuisance and will try to scare them away from whatever tomb they are choosing to rob.

But things don't end well for those explorers. These large beetles will defend themselves and their food aggressively. And any explorer that makes it back out alive will have impressive scars to show from the crypt beetle's bite.

Within the darkness of the necropolis, the large crypt beetle scuttled across the stone floor. It made its way through the lines of tombs, searching for its next meal. Retracing steps it often took in the emptiness and silence of the underground.

The crypt beetle stopped at one tomb, reared back on its hind legs, and shoved the lid off. It fell heavily to the floor with an echoing slam.

A small scream of surprise and horror sounded from across the room. The crypt beetle turned. A human stood there, face aghast, staring at the insect. As the beetle fully faced this intruder, the human turned and ran away in fright.

The crypt beetle returned to its meal.

Source: Splinterlands.com

Levels, stats and all that jazz

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For the time being I don't intend on leveling it up, I rarely use the death splinter.

Let's get to the action

BATTLE
This is a bronze II battle.

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I always try to use this guy on low mana battles, to get the most out of him. And since this is an equalizer battle, I was hoping to get some more health for him. I used him as my tank, death elemental to sneak some damage to the backline and dark astronomer to go through the frontline fast.

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My opponent has an extra monster. In these equalizer battles, that's already a bad sign.

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The beetle is tanking the damage from all the enemy team, but thanks to its ability it's only receiving damage from two of their monsters.

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Enemy's Spy is doing some work. The beetle dropped and I'm pretty much done for the match.

Did my strategy work?

Not really. I should have prioritized taking more cards to battle rather than raw damage.

Let's see those rewards

This time I lost. I played some more battles with this card trying to get a win, but I couldn't.

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Thanks for reading!