Well, not exactly true...but it was almost everyone agreed that if you start with inferno / necro, the ladder climb and earning gold is much easier than other factions. This is only when you hit the 1k ELO though, that is when you are playing against other better people with better decks then you may want to do the same / improve your current deck.

I started out with inferno, but due to the fact that i got "lucky" with some necro cards, i changed when i hit the 1k elo point, and got stuck at ard 1.1~1.2k elo there due to the fact that i was missing some vital cards to move the deck further, but with the newly released expansion (forgotten wars), you are now able to buy specific cards much easier with no random rng involved.

If you stopped due to the fact that you can't get the cards you want, try playing now and check out the new system.

As for spending money, the devs at ubi are handing out free codes as well as some other sites that give you free seals, gold and packs as well, so it's pretty people friendly i would say. Besides, if you play often enough and level up, you get free seals and gold too.

Oh, and luck of the draw for both you and your opponent is quite important too, one wrong draw from you or a better situational draw from your opponent may cause you to lose the game, and vice versa. This is a card game though, so yea.

yeah I restarted a new account because of this. old account not really that old though...

my first account i played inferno, managed to reach 500 elo before i stopped.

now im playing necro, i feel that this is harder. currently 600+ elo, but having hard times vs some decks especially haven. the problem im having now is i have no dispel (besides the one that dispels spells attached on enemy creatures, but no spells that can dispel global enchantment). some decks are just too good, i guess the guy spending $$$ or hes lucky to get good cards.

another issue i have with necro decks is the lack of aoe spells. i have tsunami, its too situational. other than that, i have one geyser (3 damage adjacent) and the one which damages 2 in a line. im saving for the dual box on offer (the one costing 1690). should be able to get it after 1 more level. hopefully after that i get to use better cards.

currently my play style is to go aggresive (early game). i tend to lose when the game goes late. should i be doing this? or should i make the deck more balanced (some small creatures, some big ones)?

another thing i noticed is that academy has some good creature abilities. evade is pretty good, phase is annoying, reflect range... and then the one where it deals damage to creatures played into the same row. oh and the one that can move your creature when it enters the battlefield (not sure this is academy or not).