I have been playing since May 2020. I have invested some of my old steem account into Splinterlands. I must say the card became quite expensive and is now worth a lot more than what they were some time back. I think it is important to just do your quest daily to get some more cards. You can always sell cards you don't like to get extra money for cards you do like.

I think you can just grow your account over time. I also don't belong to a guild.

!BEER