I must definetly missing something. [mwcard=DNC05]Ichthellid[/mwcard] 1 mana for transfer and thats it. If you want another egg token, you need another ichthellid...

Each new Ichthellid comes with a new egg. Each cycle of this combo creates the egg that you need for the next cycle.

Another idea could be raise dead on your sacrificed creatures to gain some crowd control. The new Imp is especially good with this since it can teleport and neutralize the zombie effect a bit.

If you do this, you can't buff the ghoul, since its ability obliterates the creatures it consumes.

But then where do you get the mana for the Ghoul?

Ghoul is 13 mana. Pentagram + Harmonize is 18. Ichthellid is 9. You need 40 mana, 2 full actions, and 2 quick actions to cast all of these, before you can start summoning clerics. I can't see a way to do it, especially with the Warlock's lower channeling.

You would have the 40 mana by turn 4, it is true. But that means you can't really be summoning clerics until Turn 5.

Turn 1: 19 mana
Turn 2: 28 mana
Turn 3: 37 mana
Turn 4: 46 mana

The delay could be fatal, since this takes time to set up anyways.

Armor Ward is a level 2 spell. Therefore it is not a legal target for Disenchant.

@rodriguekhalil (Does tagging even work in the forums?) This tactic can work! I've actually made a deck that I want to showcase on Arcane Duels. Here's how my version works:

Turn 1: Ravenous Ghoul, mana crystal
Turn 2: Ichthilid, face down enchantment of choice
Turn 3: Acolyte of the bog queen, Sacrificial alter; Attack your Aco with the Ichthilid,Sacrifice the Aco, Eat the remains with the Ghoul. l
Turn 4 and Up: Lather, Rinse, Repeat

I've tried to use spawn points but they're too slow, So this method only works well if you stand still. I chose Aco because she's the cheapest creature that will always survive against the Ichthilid's attack. You get a creature that is more powerful than a level one but typically weaker than a level 2.  At the same time you get a ghoul that becomes very powerful. If your opponent goes aggressive at any point you drop the evolution trick and prepare for war.

During the mid-game use the ichthilid that still has an egg on it to attack a choice enemy creature and blast it with everything you have. This gives you some battlefield control and brings one more Icth. out to play. Then repeatedly kill off any of the spiders that are injured with your alter and return the ones from your graveyard with the eggs. An Ichthilid gives +2 melee and Piercing +2 when destroyed with the alter so it's pretty effective.

That's the overall idea. Although it's vulnerable to aggression it's actually very mana efficient. If the opponent comes close you'll have a ghoul turn one that can lay some pressure on them. This is the build so far.

Wow. That is really cool. Let me see if I can figure out the total creature costs (ignoring other spells):

Turn 1: Ghoul (13)
Turn 2: Ichthellid (9)
Turn 3: Acolyte (5) -> Ichthellid (0)
Turn 4: Acolyte (5) -> Ichthellid (0)
Turn 5: Acolyte (5) -> Ichthellid (0)

So by turn 6, you have 4 Ichthellids and a ghoul with a monstrous 7 dice quick attack (on a fast chassis!) for a total of 37 mana (out of a total of 70 channeled).

At this point, the Ghoul is stronger (overall) than a Grizzly, but we'll conservatively put his value at 17, since he is at least as strong.

That means each Ichthellid has cost you at most 5 mana and a full action, on average. Not bad at all.

If your opponent charges, I suppose the other Ichthellids can attack them using the sacrifical altar bonus.

If nothing else, this is a great way to spawn cheap Ichthellids while powering up a monstrous ghoul.

Unlike the vampirism-vs-friendlies tactic (which I generally feel is a bad idea except for extremely niche scenarios), I can see potential with this idea.

The main problem with Icthellids is that to get full use out of their ability, you have to kill enemy creatures, when you would rather be attacking the enemy mage.

With this strategy, you can prime your own creatures to get free Ichthellids if they die, which makes some sense.

Unfortunately, Ichthellids are weak, and the creature whose corpse gives birth to one is likely at least as powerful as the Ichthellid, if not more so. I would generally do this with Level 2 creatures to avoid accidentally killing the creature you are trying to Ichthellidize (which is now a word). Attacking your own creatures is still a bad idea, since you are weakening your offense.

Not sure if demons are the best bet here. What about goblins? Goblin Bombers could be an interesting use of this tactic.

This could be a way to get Icthellid in use, but I am not sure if even this will be enough. It is still somewhat inefficient, and you would need to respawn a lot of Ichthellids to make it worth your while.

Yes, and there is another problem with them. You goal is to beat the other mage, but the larvae only work with non-mage creatures. Not a good synergy.

Actually, you can totally impregnate the enemy mage. This is relevant because of the Necromancer's Plague Master ability; those undead larvae are easy to plant (no d12 needed), and cost 5 mana to remove!

For our part (i.e. the OCTGN dev team), a properly formatted wiki would make it much easier to provide in-game rules clarifications. Currently, we have to enter every clarification into a txt file, which must be updated every time a change is made. What we want to do is allow players to access information from a wiki in game. Then we would no longer need to maintain the content side of such features; the community could take care of keeping the wiki current.

If a wiki is started, we can discuss the formatting. It would be best if Arcane Wonders were to host it.

Many things in Mage Wars do not make thematic sense. Some even go out of their way to rip common sense to shreds. My two favorite examples:

Hydro Immunity for plants. In the real world, plants are, if anything, more vulnerable to water than animals are. Being unable to move, they are prone to drowning, and powerful waves can easily knock them down. Probably this is put in because "plants drink water", but animals drink water too.

Lightning +X for Metal objects. This is absolutely the most egregious violation of common sense, in my mind, for two reasons. First, armor clad objects such as [mwcard=MW1C22]Knight of Westlock[/mwcard] would act as Faraday cages, with the current flowing on the surface, and hence should be lightning immune (or resistant, at the very least). Second, the mechanism by which electricity inflicts damage is through power dissipation, which is proportional to resistance. Reduce the resistance (i.e. increase the conductivity), and the damage inflicted on the object should be reduced. This is why we use conductive metals for our wires - they have high conductivity, so little power is dissipated, and hence they don't melt the second we flip the switch. Yet in MW, make an object out of metal (high conductivity) and it somehow becomes MORE vulnerable to electricity, not less. The absolute worst offender is [mwcard=MWSTX1CKW01]Wall of Steel[/mwcard]. In the real world, a metal wall would be fantastic for protecting against lightning damage; in the world of MW, the lightning somehow does more damage to it than it would to a normal wall. By what mechanism is the lightning inflicting this damage?

Anyway, I should stop ranting lightning+X; it is my go-to pet peeve about MW thematic inconsistencies. I guess the bottom line is, not everything in MW makes sense. Ultimately, in any board game you have to be prepared for some thematic inconsistencies, as not every interaction can be forseen. Mage wars has excellent theme overall, so I am prepared to forgive the occasional lapse (with the exception of the lightning issue).