The Frugal Mage Warrior
Your Guide to Competitive Mage Wars Arena on a Budget
The Frugal Mage Warrior's Library
Welcome to the Frugal Mage Warrior's Library! Here you can find all of the bare necessities for anyone to play Mage Wars Arena on a budget!
Introduction to Frugal Dueling:
Two Laws to Live By (http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=15686.0)
Buy it!
Arcane Wonders online store (http://store.arcanewonders.com/product.php?productid=17611&cat=254&page=1)
Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Mage+Wars+Arena)
Ebay (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XMage+Wars+Arena.TRS0&_nkw=Mage+Wars+Arena&_sacat=0)
http://www.arcanewonders.com/retailer-locator]Or at your friendly local game store (http://www.arcanewonders.com/retailer-locator)
Learn it!
Rules (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nrf9ej5rvb3qurf/Mage%20Wars%20Arena%20%28Web%20Version%29.pdf?dl=0)
Comprehensive Codex (https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6hvh65o3wcupax/MageWarsCompleteCodex%20Text2-0.07%20%28Final%29.pdf?dl=0)
Rules and Codex Supplement (http://www.arcanewonders.com/resources/Mage_Wars_Official_Rules_and_Codex_Supplement.pdf)
Or learn the game from an Arcane Wonders ambassador at your FLGS or at a Mage Wars organized play event!
Play it!
Apprentice Mode (http://www.arcanewonders.com/resources/Mage_Wars_How_to_Teach_Mage_Wars.pdf)
Block formats (http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=15270)
OCTGN Guide (http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=12862)
Mage Warriors Network (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1559770534340394/)
Note: For standard team games, friendly mages have lifelink +2 or +3 and there is not unified spellbook building. Each mage can have their own copy of a particular unique object in play, even if they're on the same team. When a mage dies, they give up control of their objects in play to a teammate (at least the objects that it is legal for them to gain control of.) 2v2 works best on a 5x4 zone arena. You can use a 4x3 arena as a 4x5 arena by using the space off of the board on the longer sides.
Customize it!
The Mage Wars Arena Portability Project (http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=13364)
Budget spellbook examples
Spellbooks included here must be constructed from a cardpool that includes at most no more than one copy each of the core set, a major expansion and a minor expansion. Major expansions include the word "versus" or "vs" in their names, include more cards and cost more than minor expansions.
Spellbooks are organized first by the format they're designed for and the number of sets that are legal in that format, and then by the number of sets used to construct the spellbook.
Standard format (all sets legal):
1x Core set
-The Frugal Warlock (http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=15683)
1x Core set + 1x Minor Expansion
1x Core set + 2x Minor Expansion
1x Core set +1x Minor Expansion +1x Major Expansion
1x Core +1x expansion Block formats:
1x Core +2x expansion Block formats:
Will be updated with more budget spellbooks as I or others complete them.
Watch it!
Arcane Duels (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJlTpUZS02GTO9rWXbR-jowR-jow)