^Was the opposite for me, had exactly enough aether for one more match and ended the season at 0 aether. Apparently I miscalculated, I thought I would be short 4 aether so I considered not going for the pots in the penultimate match, went for them anyway as a stupidity failsafe (ALWAYS HAVE A MATH STUPIDITY FAILSAFE) and it turned out to be exactly what I needed. Incidentally, for my last fight I finally found someone who had 5 defenders, was a fun battle!