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Splinterlands: Another Buns The Unseen In The Box.

Good morning warriors! Wishing you all a happy new day and a brand new week. This is @zusi78.

A few days ago, I bought Buns the Unseen using my accumulated sparks for 30k. Today I hit another jackpot while playing Frontier Ranked and pulled another Buns the Unseen, so I now have two copies. It might interest you to know that at the Circa Royale Spark Shop, there are no longer any copies of Buns the Unseen—not even one.

It is the most sort after card among the eight arena vanguard foundation cards released middle of this year. Probably because it is a neutral card and with outstanding abilities(reach,void armor and silence) in that order.

Splinterlands is no walk in the park,but that's what amps up the excitement.A winning strategy weighs stats, abilities, rulesets, mana caps, and beyond. That's why you must factor them all into your deck building.Toss in strong cards to boost your setups, and push hard to rack up as many victories as possible! 🔥Moving forward, I decided to open the 3 packs I got for completing the daily Frontier Ranked battles. That’s fifteen foundation cards.

Look at that—three cards on gold foil. What I do most of the time is buy enough potions (alchemy and legendary) and hope to get gold foil. In this case, I got three.

Back to the topic of discussion: Buns the Unseen.

Buns the Unseen is a Rare Neutral Human unit from Splinterlands’ Arena Vanguard limited-run set (part of the Foundations/Extra collection). It was released on July 21, 2026, as one of eight community-inspired cards (seven Rare units + one Legendary Dragon Archon).
Buns the Unseen draws its inspiration from the well-known Splinterlands streamer and content creator Buns Bags and Caps (@bunsbagsandcaps). Being a Neutral card, it can be played with any Archon or summoner, giving it broad flexibility across all elements and game formats—including Frontier, where Foundations cards form the core of playable decks. As I said earlier and with the screenshot I shared above, there's no single copy left in the Circa Royale Spark Shop.

It is an 11 mana cost card with +2 melee attack,8 armor, 6 health and 3 speed at full max.

Abilities (Progression)
At (level 1),it has the reach ability.Reach.Can use melee attacks from the second position.Normally, melee units can only attack from the front (position 1). Reach lets this card attack from the second position. This is excellent for protecting a tank while still dealing consistent melee damage, or for setting up multi-melee pressure. It synergizes with positioning strategies, Charge, or modifiers like Maneuvers (which gives everyone Reach).

(At level 2),It unlocks an important ability called Void armor.Void Armor.Magic damage hits armor before health.Magic attacks (which normally ignore armor and hit health directly) are forced to damage this unit’s armor first. Combined with its very high base armor (8), this makes Buns extremely resilient against magic-heavy teams.

At( level 4,max),It unlocks its final ability called Silence.Silence. –1 magic power to all enemy units.This is a powerful team-wide debuff that cannot reduce magic power below 1. It dies with the unit.

Silence is excellent against magic-focused compositions and pairs beautifully with Void Armor / Void on your own tanks. It is particularly strong in Wands Out, Arcane Dampening, or any ruleset that favors or forces magic attacks.

Market value: Due to high demand for this card, it is currently selling for $1.74. I need 3 more copies to upgrade it to level 2 and unlock the Void Armor ability.

My Verdict on the card.
Buns the Unseen is a thematic and mechanically cohesive card that rewards smart positioning and anti-magic strategy. Its combination of Reach (offensive flexibility), Void Armor (defensive resilience against the most common high-damage attack type), and Silence (team-wide utility) makes it a strong mid-to-late game piece, especially once fully leveled. The high mana cost and Neutral status position it as a flexible specialist rather than a core low-mana staple—perfect for the high-mana, strategic depth that Foundations and Frontier encourage.
The flavor (mysterious wanderer who weakens magic and turns battles) matches the abilities perfectly, and the community origin adds extra appeal for collectors and fans of the streamer who inspired it.

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