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Quote from: "LumberjackJim" post=6608I like to start with a slightly more aggressive opener.
Round 1 - 19 Mana
Mana Flower - 14 Mana
Ring of Beasts - 12 Mana
Round 2 - 22 Mana
Steelclaw Grizzly, Pet - 1 Mana
I find this puts people back on their heals a bit, since they're expecting a few weak creatures early, maybe a spawn point. The next few rounds all depend on what the other player has been up to. If he's within range I might throw down a Charge and a Battle Fury, start smacking him around early. If he has sent some weaker creatures after me, I might just smack them around while I build up my conjuration base. Or I might follow it up with a couple rounds of double Bitterwood Fox summons.
Yeah, this was more like what I was talking about if you really want a "free form" build that can go in any direction. Personally I would still go with the double Mana Flower first turn then Ring of Beasts and Steelclaw on second and not make him a Pet. You just have a more solid base to work with for future turns.
Actually, the better start is like this:
Turn 1: 19 mana to start. Lair (15) + Harmonize on Lair (4) = 19
Turn 2: 9 mana to start (3 on Lair). Ring of Beasts (2) + Mana Flower (5) + Fox from Lair (2 from BM)
Turn 3: 10 mana to start (3 on Lair). Mana Flower (5) + Fox (4)
In the long run you end up generating the exact same amount of mana that your opening does because the Lair produces 2 mana a turn so getting it out first ends up equalling out the mana gain from the double mana flower opening. With your opener you've generated 5 extra mana on turn three, and with mine you've generated the exact same amount but you have a creature out on turn 2 instead of turn 3 which makes it superior IMO.
I believe that the ring of beasts would be better generally speaking than the nullify. In the event of some serious show of aggression from my opponent I might throw it down.
I don't use the lair on the second turn so that I can get the timber wolf out as a pet on the third turn. I'd take one timber wolf as a pet over two foxes.
A turn two creature is nice, however in my experience aggression doesn't come that quickly, and if it does that's what the other two builds are for. Spending the mana to get my pet out now, I feel will allow me to be more reactive later as finding an opportunity to drop 12 mana down the road is a little tougher.
Thoughts? Am I crazy?
An idea I had some time ago, which I posted and never got much notice, was I think a compromise between the casual gamers and the hardcore gamers in terms of the distribution of cards in future expansions.
it goes like this:
include 3 copies of all level 1 spells
2 copies of all higher level spells
1 copy of all epic spells
this would, I think, satisfy the casual gamer. and for the hard core gamer, yes, you would have to spend more to get the "full" set of cards, but you will only have to buy one extra copy of any given expansion (as opposed to 2 or 3 plus 2 or 3 of the tomes)
