Alpha Gold Foils are a DEC Gold Mine! (A Great Way to Make Steem too?) by cryptoctopus

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· @cryptoctopus ·
$10.84
Alpha Gold Foils are a DEC Gold Mine! (A Great Way to Make Steem too?)
![dec.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQ5Ey5UfgCR9hcFzmT9quiRg9RDqvj2vHXR4tRPfXm4Kq/dec.png)

Which a bit of effort and time since the beginning of the week, I was able to reach the silver league in @SteemMonsters.  It took me a bit of time to define my strategy and a way of building my deck. I have a limited choice since I decided to play only with Gold Foil Alpha Cards. (which is only missing the lighting dragon)

The major benefit of playing with them and winning is that I'm getting currently +120% on all DEC rewards (without the streak bonus) 

![Steem Monsters   Collect  Trade  Battle  (3).png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPAedCJ4uS37D2ohEWnBoVUiqwivZaADNTPKDzadNGHxW/Steem%20Monsters%20%20%20Collect%20%20Trade%20%20Battle%20%20(3).png)

[See entire my collection here](https://steemmonsters.com/?p=collection&a=cryptoctopus)

Now what I didn't know before is that we can use DEC to buy upvotes from @steemmonsters which as of this morning has **925,563 STEEM in STEEMPOWER** which mean at current price about $160 in potential uvpotes per day. 

[Here is more info to know how to purchase votes with Dark Energy Crystals](https://discordapp.com/channels/447924793048825866/484110507628953601)
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@tsnaks ·
$0.90
Holeee, your Alpha Gold collection is INSANE !
I have some Alpha Gold cards myself, and I try to use them as much as possible for that DEC bonus.
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@cryptoctopus ·
Thanks! Still missing that lightning dragon though and it's frustrating.
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@tsnaks ·
Oh yeah, it's 4,9k$ on market :D

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@josediccus ·
$1.00
Using the Dec to buy votes? That's astounding is this a new development? +120% is massive as well, steem monsters is huge with that 900k plus Steem
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@dalz ·
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Yep they are :) 
You have a gold mine there! I have also pointing this out .... with the ultimate DEC miner.... Selenia Alpha Gold.

I have been focusing on regular Alpha, since the gold ones are just out of my budget for now
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@cryptoctopus · (edited)
at this point, the gold foil alpha are in the "I have stupid money to spend" category. I was just lucky to buy a crap load when SM launched.
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@cryptocopy ·
$0.80
That's a great collection, you have there. So much Alpha Golds in one page!

And yes, you can buy upvotes using your DECs. They actually give a better return for your DEC Tokens with at least a 20% ROI. 

My 2,500 DECs, for example, got me a 3.972 STU upvote. Using a rough calculation, at the current price of 0.0024 STEEM per DEC, the 2,500 DECs would have gotten me 6.0 STEEM, if I sold it. But because I traded it for an upvote, I will be getting a total value of 7.236 STEEM (3.669 SP + 1.446 SBD) at payout, instead. That's already accounting for Curation Rewards and using the current exchange rates for STEEM and SBD. 

Of course, sometimes, I guess depending on the queue, I actually get higher value upvotes. The best was when my 2,500 DECs got 4.887 STU.
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@cryptoctopus ·
Thanks for the calculation! That's really useful!
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@kingrefat ·
#wow its really awesome for help for  buying dc and votes . thanks for incredible things.keep it up good luck
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@jacekw · (edited)
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Awesome cards!
Mine best result - 782.879 DEC from single battle:
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If my alphas were gold that would probably be about 1000 haha :D
Keep in mind that ranking points are squared in the formula so to fully use Alpha Golds potential it's better to have as many ranking points as possible :)
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@deniskj · (edited)
The ability to vote using Dec was a godsend by the team at Splinterlands at least for me. Dec is very cheap on Steem Engine, so basically you always turn a profit on each vote if  the price doesn't go down as much.

Also, since you have a lot of Steem Power delegate some of that to Steemmonsters and you will receive a daily contribution of Dec. 

I delegated 50 Sp from my 83 SP and I am getting 10-11 Dec daily. Just bought more Steem today that will go into delegating to Steemmonsters.

Congrats on your gold deck btw.
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@exyle ·
Nice collection man! I sadly never did get *(besides 1)* those legendary golden alpha's! Glad to see you are enjoying the game!
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@kretorkk ·
those are great profits in a few days, and I am suffering from buying letters and I can not raise gold, thanks for that help, I will try to gather and look for rent
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@oracle-tasks ·
This is a fantastic case study. I would have thought you’d earn more DEC, but overall it’s a great showcase of how powerful renting cards can be.
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@tj4real ·
Wow. Thats insanely huge. One thing i love about steem is its ability to give value to every action one takes. I really have to join in these games you know.
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