Just thought I'd pop in and mention that the DvN unboxing video posted on the MW Facebook page clearly shows the Meditation Amulet--unchanged from the promo version.

Just another card to set aside and never use, in an overall rather good-looking expansion.

The scenario you describe sounds like you had a few rounds with the Obelisk up.  My suggestion would be next time to make the Obelisk itself your top priority.  Why beef up Brogan if you expected to lose him?  If 'beef up' included a Bear Strength, an even slightly lucky single attack roll would have taken the Obelisk out, or two attacks at most with anything but the worst of luck.  Power down the Obelisk, and Mind Control becomes a two-round Stun, and you're also free to bring out all the other stupendously powerful Holy creatures if you want.

The only other way I could see dealing with the issue would have been to keep a Dispel in your hand until he cast it.  Just suffering the one-spell-per-turn issue until the threat has passed.

I don't know if this is the right forum for this post; if not, please move it to the appropriate forum with my apologies.

I would like to share my experience with AW's customer service.

About a month ago, I purchased a copy of FM vs WL, but never actually made a FM deck until about two weeks ago.  When I did so, I discovered that my FM spellbook was defective: the upper right sleeve pockets were splitting along that dotted line there, causing those cards to fit in loosely at best.  This is a Bad Thing (tm), for obvious reasons.  I'm on good relations with the store I bought it from, so I asked them, but they said I would have to contact the manufacturer.

I checked the AW website, decided to fill out the Contact Us form in brief, and wait and see what kind of response I got.  Based on my previous experiences with customer service at other organizations, I wasn't expecting much. ; )  --Particularly since I live in Canada, and there's often shipping issues outside the U.S.

That was late in the evening, Friday Oct 4th.  The *next day*, I get an emailed response from Customer Service.  (Can I say who?  She(?) was apparently the Director of Customer Service, I'm sure I can say that much.)  She says she just needs my address to send the replacement, and could I email pics so she can show it to quality control?  I fire off the info and pics that night, and mention some other minor issues I had had.  That was late Saturday evening.  Two days later, on the following Monday, I get a follow-up email from her saying the replacement spellbook has been shipped, along with replacements for some cards that I had mentioned and photographed (more for that QC part) were damaged when I bought them.

I received the package earlier this afternoon, nine days after she said they were shipped out.

So!  Prompt, friendly, competent, and efficient customer service.  Resulting in one very happy customer. : )

Thanks!

I'm not seeing it.   With no armour, this will go down fast: 2-3 attacks.  Can't be given most buffs, like Rhino Hide/Bear Strength/Vampirism.  Takes 3 spellbook points.  Hard to heal.

Good card, don't get me wrong.  Well worth its casting and spellbook cost, in appropriate decks.  Probably see one or two in most necro decks.  But it doesn't seem incredible to me.

Wait, so that arcane gremlin and this wraith can teleport through walls even if they block LoS?

...Did not know that.  Or expect that. ; )

First post on the forums!

This was an interesting build DB, and it's the first one I've tried for BM since I largely gave up on trying to make the Lair work.  --Or a variation of this, at least.  I saw a few things that had me curious: it looks like some choices here are due to your local meta, maybe?

--I assume having both Dragonscale and Storm Drake armour is for one getting Dissolved.  My question is: why Storm Drake as your spare?  Is lightning really that big an issue in your local meta?  Bearskin would cost two one less book point.

--4 Decoys seems a bit excessive.  You state that they're good as fake nullifies, since your opponent doesn't know you don't play them, but have you really found times where the fourth Decoy was objectively better than a Nullify would have been?

--Similarly, 4 Dissolves and 4 Dispels also seems excessive to me--moreso, because they're double book cost.  Have you ever actually used all four of either in a single game?  And if so, have they really been in situations where something else could not have been use instead, as effectively?

--And 3 Teleports.  Each one's a Steelclaw Grizzly, in terms of spellbook points!  Again, have you really had three times in a game where only a Teleport (and not, say, a Force Push) was needed?  I could see including two, but three seems a bit much.

If we reduced each of those by just one card, and swapped Bearskin for Storm Drake, that's 11 10 Spellbook points freed up.  I added a Nullify, a third Falcon, a second Force Push, a Call of the Wild, an Agony and a Poisoned Blood.

We'll see how it plays out, but I was curious about the reasons for your choices.

(Edit: teh rite math iz gud ; )