Talk:Gems/@comment-184.160.221.126-20120128145050/@comment-4775325-20120128150825

Definitely stick to breeding in order to get the dragons, it's the point of the game anyway(there's no feeling of achievement in buying rare dragons).

If you want to support backflip buy gems for things like upgrading the Nursery to 4 Nests (10+25+50 = 85 gems), the Epic Breeding Island (130 gems), Upgrading the Hibernation Cave to 100 dragon capacity (50+100=150 gems) and if you exchange gems with friends the Dragonsai Tree (100 gems). For 465 gems you can buy/upgrade all the buildings that improve your ability to play dragonvale, all this for around $20 or more realistically with gems you earn from the colosseum and are gifted from friends you could easily earn 190 gems on your own and just buy a single 275 gem "Bag of Gems" for around $10.