Just started with Splinterlands!

Hey Guys and Girls,

I just started playing Splinterlands and got into the Hive community.

There are some things that I dont understand with this game, and which I could not research anywhere. I was hoping you could help me with the following:

What are the pros and cons for each splinter? Which one is good against which? How are they balanced?
I was wondering if there was a concept to memorize the abilities quicker. I always struggle to remember what the ability does a monster has just by the symbol.
How realistically is it to build a deck which can actually earn you the $10 paid for the spellbook back, and in which timeframe? I am really intrigued by the ecosystem evolving around this game and hive in general!

If this isnt the right place to ask questions, I apologize in advance and would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction to where to ask those.

Hello, @dumperjumper ! This is @macchiata from the @OCD team. We saw that you already posted your first post here in Hive!

Welcome to Hive ! it would be awesome if you do an introduction post. You can refer to this intro post for reference:

My Introduction to the Hive Community

There's no specific format on how you do your intro post, but there are some suggested content that we would love to see in your post. Information like who are you and where you're from, how did you discover Hive or who invited you, what types of content you want to see here and the types that you want produce, and what are your expectations in this platform.

There's no pressure on this. You can choose on whatever information you would like to share.

By introducing yourself, you might be able to meet other fellow splinterland players and potentially new friends.

If you have questions, you can hop into OCD's Discord server and we'll gladly answer your questions. For now, @lovesniper will follow you and we are looking forward to your intro post!