Hello @azircon,
It's fun that we got the same idea! I completely agree with you that one of the best ways of improving in Splinterlands is learning from our opponents. I actually wrote about one of my losses yesterday as well:
https://www.splintertalk.io/@tt88/splinterlands-learning-from-my-opponent-the-combo-taunt-double-heal-used-in-a-way-i-didn-t-expect
Cheers!