Ichthellid is non-living and so the egg cannot be transferred to it.  Also, I think Icthellids are too expensive for so little health to build a book around no matter whose creatures you're trying to hit.

I really appreciate the effort you've put into thinking this through.  I have been the culprit on a few of these anti-wizard comments.  In the end I've chocked it up to just being inexperienced, but a few things I have noticed still cause some concern for me:

1) At least 60% of the books I see on OCTGN are wizards.
2) 100% of the wizards I see are running Wizard's Tower and a toolbox of attack spells.
3) It's not that wizards have a ton of dispels and dissolves it's that they have SO MANY ACTIONS.  They can plan 4 spells a turn (2 planning, 1 tower, 1 huggin)!  Not to mention the spells they have on the mage wand and the elemental wand and the action advantage they've gotten from either Gate of Voltari or Battleforge. It's disgusting.  And now someone is talking about giving them a book that will let them plan another spell?!  Who's drinking too much?
4) 70% of the books I see are running Wall of Thorns + Force Push

To this end I have made it my mission to find a spellbook that will destroy all wizards and punish those who play with thorns.  It would be nice to have competitive matches with other mages, but in the end...I just want the wizard player to cry (in a nice and friendly competition way, of course).  I haven't succeeded yet.

Keeping in mind that I have decided that I am still inexperienced; I am still holding out hope that wizards can be beaten with more regularity (I have done it, but it takes some significant effort) and that "Wall of Thorns Cheese" won't continue to get card support (Acid Ball, Rust, Surging Wave, Disarm).

All that to say that I would kind of prefer that Wizards stay where they are so that I can prove something.  I do like the idea of making the elemental choice more significant in terms of how the book plays.  Your changes would certainly make for some restricted diversity in wizard's spellbooks.  I think the triple cost for everything else is too much by a long shot.

If things were to be changed, (probably not going to happen given Arcane Wonder's errata policy)  I would suggest giving them a choice of which school (or schools) are going to be triple cost for them since the main draw and feel of the wizard is flexibility.  There are several ways to do this:

1) You could pair schools together such as "Training in Water means triple cost in Fire and Dark" or "Training in Air means triple cost in Earth and War".
2) The wizard also chooses a school or two from which they cannot put spells in their book.

The first suggestion is very complicated, but it ensures at least some kind of sacrifice on the wizard's part.  The second suggestion retains the flexibility and simplicity, but all the wizard would have to do is avoid one or two schools of magic when building a book which is not very hard to do.

As I said before, the wizard does concern me and I also feel that you will get virtually no support on an errata to an iconic mage.  I retain a bit of optimism with the release of Harshforge Plate and Harshforge Monolith and the preview of this new "Anchored" trait from Domination that wizards might be getting their comeuppance soon.

I would argue against that.  It seems to me that Jinx is looking at the icon on the spell card in question.  Would Jinx be able to counter Arcane Zap or Force Pull?  Or perhaps the spell swap on a Mage Wand?

Mage Wars: Esoteric Evocations

Make it so!

I'm sorry ACG.  Your list is so exhaustive that it took me a long time to read it all, quite entertaining as it was, I will endeavor to contribute soon!

[mwcard=DNI01]Animate Dead[/mwcard] targets a non-Epic creature?  That wasn't meant to say "non-Legendary" was it?  The only Epic creature I can find is [mwcard=MWSTX2FFC12]Talos[/mwcard].  Nice!  I'll have to include more Animate Dead in my Necromancer books.

Adramelech, Lord of Fire means PRESSURE.  If he's your strategy, then "all you need to do" is make sure he's still a threat.  That can be attempted with a nullify or two or some dispels and seeking dispels to prevent banish or agony, enfeeble, maim wings or rust.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of ways to effectively neutralize creatures and if you're only packing one big one he's going to take all of the enemy's hate.  You need to either 1) make sure that buys you enough time for the kill or 2) have a plan for a follow up target when he's taken down.

YAY! Another 4 dice, 8 cost Soldier! Wooo!