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I'm really torn between holding on to my decs or using them to power up

Depends on what you wish to do... if only playing splinterlands, then I would invest on cards... if you wanna try something else and also keep playing, make a 50/50% split for a healthy distribution I would say.

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'll go with the 50/50. I will look for some cards later :)