we are going to run a mage wars tournament at Top Cut Gameing.

Location
 Top Cut Gaming
 15420 S. Rt. 59 Unit 120
 Plainfield, IL 60544
 Phone: 815-267-6078
 Fax: 815-267-6079

entry fee is 5 dollars, prizes will be based on participation.  we are going to do a round robin format, with the top 2 players playing a final game.  matches will be timed at 1 hour 15 minutes.  after which there will be a final 3 rounds played if necessary before a true draw is declaired.  wins are 5 points, losses 0, draws 2.

any questions feel free to ask.

Timber Wolf Vs. Skeletal Sentry

maybe the community can help me out here.  my friend and i have been debating the merits of these two creatures.  which does everyone prefer and why.  i believe both cards can be found on thier facebook page.

im trying to work on a warlock swarm deck.  and ive been having problems and im not sure why.  its probibly something im doing wrong in how im playing it but any suggestions would be welcome.

the deck consists of basicly the pentagram, gate to hell, all the demon creatures for the warlock (also thinking of including the bats) and the standard warlock curses and defences and such.  also enough equipment to do a warlock beatdown if i need too (like against a priestess)

so i generally start off with a pentagram, and i start throwing demons out, i throw up walls of fire to slow down my opponent.  but i never seem to get the gate out, the game usually degenerates into throwing curses to save my life, or throwing on equipment and doing beatdown.  also to save my life lol.

so any ideas what im doing wrong?   the one game i won was against the priestess when i rushed her.

was looking through my cards and i found a few things that may or may not be errors.  some of these may just be me being OCD though.

1) deckbuilting traits are supose to be in grey instead of black.  unique is always in grey but it technicly has no effect on deckbuilding it just limits how many you can have in play.  i noticed legendary is listed in black not grey.  one of these two is probibly wrong.

2) temple of asyra and lay hands say "epic - holy mage only" and divine intervention says "holy mage only - epic"  is epic always supose to be first? for consistancy?

3) Temple of light.  in the attack bar it says 9-10 Stun, 11+ Daze.  shouldnt it be the other way around because stun is better?  ie 9-10 Daze, 11+ Stun?

4) Posion Gas cloud.  is this supose to be zone exclusive?  or is the lack intentional.

5) animal types.  is a serpent supose to be an animal too?  what about a worm?  the stonegaze basalisk is a reptile, lizard (which seems the same thing to me) should that also be an animal?

6) Human types.  the royal archer is listed as a high elf, should the asyran cleric, brogan bloodstone, and knight of westlock be listed as human?  or are they also high elves?

7) Demonhide Armor.  should this have the barrier subtype, as it provides a damage barrier.  (I noticed circle of lightning has a barrier subtype because it provides a barrier)

ok thats all i can find for right now.  i eagerly await the reply to see which of these if any i am correct on.  i hope no one thinks im being picky, i am just trying to help make this game even better.  im sure any issues can be corrected in the second print run.

EDIT: Oops i think i should have put this in the questions area.... my apologies

Conjurations
Battle Forge (2 in base set)
Posion Gas Cloud (2 in base set)

Enchantments
Chains of Agony (2 in base set)

Highland Unicorn (2 in base set)
Gorgon Archer (1 in base set)
Knight of Westlock (2 in base set)
Emerald Tegu (2 in base set)
Steelclaw Grizzly (1 in base set)
Darkfenne Hydra (2 in base set)

I think battleforge should be in the core spell tome because if you run multiple books you probibly want more.  (heck ive ran 2 in one book before)  and posion gas cloud is not zone exclusive, so if thats your thing i could easily see someone wanting to run 4 of these.

Chains of agony, very useful curse.  i can see lots of warlocks using 4 of these.  and even other mages wanting to splash a bit in.

the creatures.  where do i begin.  only having one grizzly available would make it tough to make a deck around.  the tengu, if you wanted to go with a rot theme you would want this and 6 bats (but bats are in the core spell tome so no worries there)  i could also see a wizard deck based around 4 hydras (shivers) with pushes, teleports, battle fury etc.  and as good as the gorgon is, with only 1 available, i dont think i will put that in my deck.

i left out the epic, and legendary cards.  although i could see a warlock wanting to run a second aldramelech in case the first one dies.  and my friend complained he didnt have a second idol of pestolence to put in his wizard deck.

most of the equipment in the spell tome i dont think we need.  the boots and gloves gives a minor benifit and are really only useful when stacked (with the battleforges most likely)  most spellbooks wont use these at all.

i guess the point of this post is to make people aware if the limitations.  and to ask a question.  I assume there were going to be other spell tomes.  how soon and what types of compositions are they going to have?  I could see an equipment tome with equipments and battleforges.  a creature tome to make up some of the lack in the core spell tome, etc.  interested in hearing what you guys are planning before i run out and buy another boxed set lol

is this supose to be non-living?  or are vampires not undead in magewars?

this came up in one of our games.

teleport and tanglevine are spicificly mentioned in the rules, the creature teleports out of the tanglevine and the conjuration is destroyed.

but what about a push?

the creature is restrained, which means it can be pushed.  but the conjuration cannot because it is immoble.  so does this also destroy the tanglevine?  or does the tanglevine move with the attached creature?