Two weeks ago i came back from Gen-Con. Unfortunately one of my suitcases is still missing.

So i lost my computer = no OTCGN and no OTCGN spellbooks.

I lost 10 spellbooks (cards and design) and only had 1 left, quite a bit of mage wars card and some awesome Legion card holders and some really cool card sleeves.  Not to mention 5 copies of PvS.

To get over that, im starting a live spellbook building project and i would like some help with that

I wanna build 5 spellbooks per mage, that people can use and borrow for Viking-Con.
The cons main event is Saturday 15 Oktober, so the 70 Spellbooks has to be ready no later than Friday 14. Oktober.

All books must be designed to kill the opponent mage in 75 min (or less)

They may contain all mage wars cards, but not to many promos - as we only use the promos we actually have.

Existing old wellknow spellbooks are meant to be updated with all the new stuff.

Heres my "to-do list":


Air Wizard
1. Airgate - Gate to Voltari
2. Battleforge
3. The Elemental Lord         
4. Thorny Wizard (Charmynas old WoT combo)
5. Mordok's Tome build

Priestess
6. Temple of Asyra
7. Battle Forge
8. Alfiya
9. Flyers
10.Westward Crusade

Warlock
11. of corruption
12. Lord of Terror (pos wo Lord of Fire)
13. Demon swarm
14. Demon based strategy (wallcrawlers or something else)
15. Die & Rise

Beastmaster
16. Straywood Aviary
17. Steelclaw Cubs
18. Swarmmaster (3 creature per round)
19. Cevere Jinx
20. The Devourer (kralathor)

Forcemaster
21. Spiked Pit
22. Battle Forge
23. Psylocks
24. Fatigue
25. Spends mana late*

Bloodwave Warlord
26. Goblin swarm
27. Veterans
28. Goblin Builder
29.
30.

Dwarf Warlord
31. Dwarfs
32. Runesmith
33. Goblin Builder
34.
35.

Adramaleck Warlock
36. Blasting
37. Trogdor
38. Borgs - ill edit the name
39. Facemelter
40. Demons

Druid
41. Vines everywhere
42. Crocodille + Swamp
43. The Dissolver
44. Flying (eagle wings is fine)
45. Seedling Pods

Necromancer
46. Meditation Graveyard
47. Screaming Zombies
48. The Sacromancer
49. Sacrificial Altar
50. Davy Jones´Locker (pirates)

Priest
51. Victorian Griffin
52. Metatron
53. Clerics
54. Boocheck
55. Ehren

Johktari
56. Spider Girl
57. Poison in the Jungle
58. Dragonclaw Wolverine
59. Ranged - Kajarah
60. Meditation Lair

Paladin
61. Battle Forge
62. Banner
63.
64.
65.

Siren
66. Kraken
67. Sheran Leviathan
68. Water Elemental
69. Pirates
70.

If you wish to help? Just post your spellbook outside of this tread in the normal Spellbook Design and Construction. I hope to post all the books here.

Some of the books has to be used by players that have never tried magewars before.

Will try to cut down on Staples and try to find alternatives, just to avoid to many proxies.
So i might just butcher some really good spellbooks.



I got a bunch of promocards from Arcane Wonders:

Dragonclaw Wolverine
Screaming Zombie
Asto Vidatu, Angel Slayer
Victorian Griffen

Thats why those are included.

*lots of Forcemaster seems to have way to much mana midgame/late i liked to see a build that uses that mana late, even if all the builds in here has to try and kill the opponent mage in 75 min or less.

There is currently a tournament going on for the german community it has the special rules that every mage may only be used during the tournament. 16 players compete we have four groups of four players with the first two advancing. And then a double elimination. Discussions are mainly in german but the spellbooks are often posted as the english version, and you can find some videos of Schwenkgott recording it. More info at:

http://challonge.com/ThunderdomeG

http://www.foren.pegasus.de/foren/topic/26073-thunderdome-g-spielberichte-decks-analysen-wissenswertes/

I'll just also post my decks here:

[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]Veterans[/spellbookname]
[mage]A Warlord Spellbook[/mage]
[mage]built by the OCTGN SBB[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=FWA04]1 x Hurl Boulder[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNA01]2 x Acid Ball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFA02]1 x Hurl Rock[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1J08]1 x Hand of Bim-Shalla[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFJ04]1 x Armory[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J04]1 x Battle Forge[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFW01]1 x Wall of Earth[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWBG1J02]1 x Gravikor[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J13]1 x Mana Flower[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKC01]2 x Bridge Troll[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWC09]1 x Iron Golem[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWC11]2 x Orc Butcher[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFC06]1 x Goblin Alchemist[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1C06]1 x Brogan Bloodstone[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFE04]2 x Brace Yourself[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWE09]1 x Standard Bearer[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFE02]3 x Akiro's Favor[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E32]1 x Regrowth[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E36]3 x Rhino Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E01]2 x Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKE01]1 x Armor Ward[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E29]1 x Nullify[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFQ05]2 x Harshforge Plate[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWQ05]1 x Helm of Command[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFQ06]1 x Morning Star[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q08]1 x Elemental Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q16]1 x Leather Gloves[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ07]1 x Veteran's Belt[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWQ08]1 x Ring of Command[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q09]1 x Enchanter's Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q15]1 x Leather Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ09]1 x Wand of Healing[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1I06]3 x Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I02]1 x Battle Fury[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWI17]2 x Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWI12]2 x Minor Heal[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I20]1 x Purify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I04]1 x Charge[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFI06]2 x Defend[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWI10]1 x Whirling Strike[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I07]3 x Dissolve[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]

"Veteranen: Bloodwave Kriegsherr

Die Idee ist es einige recht starke Kreaturen zu bekommen und versuchen mit diesen Veteranen Marker zu bekommen. Sind zwar viele aus anderen Schulen dabei aber schon gut. Damit ich keine Probleme mit den Aktionen habe, spiele ich es mit Schmiede."

Easy enough:
1. Get some decent dudes out, and try to get some Veterans tokens.
2. Use the "Blacksmith" to save actions.

I loved this book

To questions:

Attack spells seems on the low side? Even in non-Warlord books i often run 2 Hurl Boulders - here in school and almost no other range (2+), no bow etc. 
So why so few in-school attack spells?

Creatures:
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKC01]Bridge Troll[/mwcard] - gotta love em. If opponent can't kill them or stop their regen their just awesome. Never tried to add a third, but that might be a good idea?

[mwcard=FWC11]Orc Butcher[/mwcard] pretty solid guys - unfortunately they don´t last forever.

[mwcard=MW1C06]Brogan Bloodstone[/mwcard] Well Brogan is Brogan, but 8 spellbookpoints?
Besides hes 15 mana and he dies to quick for my liking. 4 dice (5 w HoB) makes it hard for him to kill something and gain the desired Veteran token. We can buff him, with lets say Bear Strenght - but thats make focussing him down more tempting and better. I did end up changing him for another Golem + extra helm and charge and then either command spells or a Hurl Boulder. It just gave some other problems..

[mwcard=FWC09]Iron Golem[/mwcard] another really nice creature - star vs Zombies in trouble vs Priestess with Staff of Asyra/ToL - and they are a lot of work. Your opponent are likely to spend a lot of time and ressourses as well trying to avoid him. 1 might be just right?

[mwcard=MWSTX2FFC06]Goblin Alchemist[/mwcard] i instant replaced him with [mwcard=FWC06]Goblin Slinger[/mwcard] and never looked back. Was very happy with the slinger and the range 2 and had forgot all about him not being part of the build. In hindsight Goblin Alchemist could have been very usefull to corrode enemy armor, even the burn/rot might have helped. Still not easy to keep him alive?

Thats it for now - trying not to make super long posts.

Champion's Gauntlets cost 2 WM only.
"Equipment objects in this Mage's Weapon, Ring and Shield location cannot be destroyed by an opponent's effect. When Champions gauntlets would be destroyed prevent that destruction unless that opponent pays 2 mana"

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Steadfast Boots cost 5 WM only.
"This Mage gains the Unmovable and Anchored traits."

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Knight of the Red Helm
Already spoiled - still looks good for Warlords.

Noble Vanguard cost 9  Holy & war 1   Dwarf, Knight, Soldier.
fast 3 dice

Intercept * Vigilant

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Overextend   cost 4    Incantation Command

"Overextend can only target an inactive creature. Flip the creature's action marker face-up. After that creatures next activation, it gains a Stun condition. You can only cast this one time per round on the same creature"

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Steep Hill          Conjuration Terrain Elevated   Earth L 2

8 q 0-1 zone

"LoS which passes through two sides of this zone is blocked. All non-Flying creatures in this zone gain the Ranged +1 trait. Non-Flying creatures require a full action to move into this zone.

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Ballad of Courage   Enchantment         Psychic, Song

2 / 5        q 0-2 Creature              War 2

Dissipate 2

"This creature cannot be Hindered and gains the Charge +2 and Fast traits."

Warlords gonna Rock (haha)

Equipment:

1 Champion's Gauntlets
2 Dawns Bastion
1 Helm of Justice
1 Paladins Cloak
2 Radiant Breastplate
1 Signet of the Dawnbreaker
1 Steadfast Boots
2 Sword of Radiance

Conjurations:

4 Consecrated Ground
1 Crusade Banner
1 Malakai's Basilica
1 Pillar of Righteous Flame
1 Steep Hill
1 Temple of Meraveran

Creatures:

1 Alandell, the Blue Knight
1 Artemis, Dawnbreaker's Eye
1 Cassiel, Shield of Bim-Shalla
3 Crusade Griffen
2 Dawnbreaker's Initate
1 Dorseus, Stallion of Westlock
1 Eligor Larinton
3 Knight of the Red Helm
2 Light of dawn
2 Noble Vanguard
1 Temple High Guard

Enchantments:

1 Ballad of Courage
3 Blind
3 Eye for an Eye
2 Healing Madrigal
3 Knight's Courage
2 Life Link
1 Song of Love

Incantations:

2 Dispel
2 Dissolve
3 Lesser Teleport
3 Martyr's Restoration
2 Mending Wave
3 Overextend
1 Smite

Attack:

4 Luminous Blast

Happy to give detail on any card if you want them.
No pics from me

If someone wants to help me reach my 50 games goal I will be around all day today at the last day at Gen-Con.

Hall E around were we played the tourney. Ill be building Siren and Paladin etc. so you should be able to locate me.

Just a side note: I have 1 full day in New York - and why not play some more Mage Wars?

So if you want to play or just see Paladin vs Siren or something - tell me when and where.

Are there any Mage Wars players in New York anyway?

Hi!

Its good to be back on OCTGN - hope to meet you in the arenas there

Anyway I have 2 minor things that troubles me at the moment:

1) Game log - nothing happens when I click this?
Id like a closer look on some of those games

2) No plugins in the Deck Editor - so I can´t validate my decks or use the various import features. I just installed OCTGN on another computer and its the same thing.

Happy St. Patrick's day!

So I just played my first Domination Battlegrounds  game yesterday 

We played on "No Man´s Land"

Had to put a spellbook together, and I heard that creatures and creature actions was very important so I tried one of my old favorite mages - Straywood Beastmaster.

My Basic plan was to move 1 & cast a Feral Bobcat Pet, then next round move in hit a Slaack with my Beastmaster (4dice) then kill it with the Bobcat (6 dice).

Cast Galaxxus and hopefully outrace my opponent.

Use Wall of Thorns with Jet Stream, Force Push and 12 level one animals.

Some of the new hot Domination stuff and a lot more Dispells than I normally pack.

4 Tanglevine to get rid of big guards.

I can´t use the spellbook builder to post the book (cause I can´t tell it I got Domination/Arena) but I think I learnt something.

1) Don´t build something that would be good long game - because this will be over quick
2) Build a more versatile spellbook - consider even cards way out of school.

Spells used:
Round 1.
1. Ring of Beast
2. Bobcat (Pet)
Round 2.
3 Thunderrift Falcon
Round 3.
4. Galaxxus
Round 4.
5. Bridge Troll
6  Thunderrift Falcon
Round 5.
7. Wall of Thorns
8   Force Push
Round 6.
9. Windstorm
10. Teleport
Round 7
11. Wall of Thorns
12. Force Push

Notes:
I used the Wall of Thorns/Force Pushes to get his mage away from the action, nearly killing him was just an added bonus/treat.
He played an early Thornlasher which fell into a spiked pit and took 6 damage, which allowed me to kill it the same round.
Windstorm was used to kill Felella, which already had taken 2 damage.
Teleport was used to remove an enchanted Vine snapper from the active Orb Zone.
My Bridge Troll didn't do much, because he used V´Tar Force Sentry effectively against it.


I think you should play even faster, trying to get an Orb activated at turn 2

something like:
(19)  move 1 - Hurl Boulder -8- at Sslak
         Bobcat Pet -7-

(13) melee with Bobcat
       turn on Orb with BM
       Galaxxus -8-

Tips and tricks appreciated!
Biblo