@Kich

I can't do it frequently, but I would still love to get together when our schedules coincide.  Let me know next time you want to play. My place, your or somewhere in between all work for me.

@wtcannonjr

I am trying to see if I can make it out to WBC Friday-Sunday. The more Mage Wars players that were attending, the easier it would be for me to justify the cost.  Plus I could use the practice for GenCon the following week!

Quote from: tom on March 14, 2014, 08:25:09 AM

Quote from: silverclawgrizzly on March 14, 2014, 04:02:44 AM

So I put together a Necromancer the other day, haven't tested it yet, and I was thinking about Eternal Servant. now I have some hope we'll be getting some more undead on down the line but I'm also curious as to which of the current line up normally gets the token in your experience? I'm going skeletons with a guest appearance by Malacoda though I'm curious about just in general.

Just so you know, Malacoda is living and cannot be an Eternal Servant.  I like making a Deathfang an Eternal Servant. Not only do they get to reanimate close to the enemy but the extra pierce +1 is nice.

Yes I'm aware Malacoda is living, and Legendary.

Ok. Cool. When I read your post I thought you were planning on making Skeletons and Malacoda as your Eternal Servants.

That is certainly a manageable drive for me.  Feel free to PM me if you want to get together some Saturday or Sunday and we can figure it out. I also run the occasional tournament in West Chester PA so I can add you to my notification list for upcoming events if you want.

I am curious, why are you running 2 copies of bear strength and bull endurance?  They cannot be cast on non-living creatures so they will only work on your Necromancer or Malacoda.  Were they your intended targets for these spells?  If not, removing them will free up 8 spellbook points so you could add in some equipment like Cloak of Shadows and armor. 

If you are going to kill the other guy with enchantments, I would add in a couple of enchanter's wardstones to make the dispels as painful as possible for your opponent.

Good luck with your demo webcatcher! Definitely sign up for the Ambassador program. The AW team have a variety of resources to support your efforts. Let us know how it goes!

1) Technically you only need to cast Idol of Pestilence to force the opponent to come to you.  The Tournament rules say that whoever took more damage in 75 minutes is defeated if there is not a conclusive (KO) outcome.  I think the greatest strength of Idol is that it is effectively 1 damage with unlimited range, and puts the onus on your opponent.

That would be correct under the old tournament rules. At this past tournament we were testing out Arcane Wonders new, experimental tie breaker system.
 

Game Points Awarded as follows:
 
5 Points                Defeat the enemy mage.
3 Points                Modified Win – the play with the greatest Health Total i.e. Life Total – Damage
1 Point                  Draw – (the player that had the lower Health Total)
0 Points                Loss
 
Tournament Points and Determining a Winner
 
Add up the total number of points, the player with the most wins. In the event of a tie, look at strength of schedule i.e. average the total number of points earned by each players’ opponents. The player whose opponents have the greatest number of points is the winner.

Total damage is no longer tracked for tie breaking purposes. It is now the remaining health that determines who is the modified winner.

In any event, I agree that Idol of Pestilence is a great card for the Necromancer.