Olivia of the brook is an epic Rebellion reward card, meaning that for 7,500 glint you have a chance of getting her there. Or she can be purchased of of the secondary market for 2.50 per chopy, so about ten dollars to get to level 2.

She also has fabulous artwork.

A lot of splinterlands cards artwork is excellent and this is definately an example of this. But great artwork does not a great card make. So lets check out the stats.

So at level one I must admit, her stats are not awesome. It is not until level 2 when she gets the mimic skill that she shines. What does the mimic skill do you may ask? Well it means she can mimic the abilities of folks on the opposing team. Someone has inspiration, suddenly all your units are hitting a harder, someone has heal tank, suddenly Olivia is healing the tank to. In long fights this gets awesome.

while expensive for the stats, the taunt ability makes them very useful and even vital when building a strategy around Olivia of the brook. And when paired with a tank healer they may well stay alive for several rounds despite drawing so much fire.

There's a few rulesets that make Oliva a much more appealing card. Fog of war, which eliminates snipe, sneak and stealth is huge. This means that there is no need for someone with tuant. This opens up a slot for a beefier unit such as the uladin overseer. Which even at level one has a massive 12 health.

The second rule set she can thrive in is equalizer. With equalizer she has the same amount of health as the beefiest unit on the field, this means she won't be as vulnerable to sneak and if you or the other player uses a card with a lot of health she may be in the game for a long while.

That is unless the fog of war rule set is in place.

The fog of war ruleset means that snipe, sneak and stealth are out of play, this means that Olivia can be safety nestled in the middle of the line up without being at risk. In this case I like putting someone real beefy in the front row like the Uladine overseer.

Explosive weaponry can be great fun with her as well since she has two attacks. She also can end up having a bit of an advantage in up close and personal as she is an option, but has magic which is rare.

Super sneak, which gives everyone sneak, is by far the worst rule set for her. Due to her low health she will inevitability go down very quickly.

My personal favorite is Bella as deflection field means she's protected from blast and damage from counter-spell or thornes. In addition, any other Ulund units I put between her and the front line have a good chance of staying up right longer thanks to Bella Ratajowlski giving them shield. Bella is also not to expensive at a 1.60 ish. (Though to get the use of level 2 Olivia it is closer to ten dollars as it would need to be level 2) The gold copy is also currently around 16 dollars which isn't exactly cheap.

The last two options are Chuul and prunda, who are both 3 mana, and allow another splinter other than life. They don't have any abilities so they're not great but they aren't without merit. In a lower mana match 3 mana is helpful. But they aren't awesome. They are however quite cheap. Each one is only about 50 cents each.

Personally, though, if you are in a low mana fight where the cost of these guys is an advantage it's probably not the right ruleset or man amount for Olivia. She thrives on long battles, which tend to be high mana battles.

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