TBH its probably because Moktaris branch sounds so much cooler! Im a nerd, so i dig stuff like that. But its not great. run healing wand instead.

@ Drefan, you make a bunch of references to Moktaris branch in your post, by chance are you referring to the other druid ring? Moktaris branch lets you heal and remove conditions from plants. And it's almost useless lol. I'm betting that you're referring to the Druids leaf ring.

I totally agree with you on almost everything but allow me just a thing or two.
1, rhino hide, I don't know if it's my local meta( likely) but I find that this card is super useful with the Druid in particular. So much so that the one he is likely to apply to the druid herself will be dispelled. Also Fellela and all of his plant creatures need one, at least Kralathor and the raptor vines and one for the mage. Plants are super squishy and even 2 armor turns them all into regenerating tanks.

2 Fellela, I totally agree with her use, just get her out before your first major threat hits, that way she can immediately cast something useful for the 1 mana it will cost. A bull endurance and a rhino hide and she's a tougher nut to crack than she seems. I've even ( don't ever do this! It was late game, late night, and a goldilocks situation, that was still a bit of a stretch. Seriously I still laugh about it) but bear strength on her and she single handedly killed a decent threat ( invisible stalker, incorporeal) all by herself! She's crazy useful, just get the use fast before they realize how awesome she is and push her into a wall.

Yes I was. Good catch! Sorry I was writing on my phone waiting for work to end. But I still don't think tattaree works very well and he's much more useful not being in the book. I mean he breaks guards, till you roll a 1 or a 2. Then he dies. Plus I find that with the butterfly out people try to take my tree down harder, and if they succeed he becomes dead weight. Anything that draws more hate to something as important as that tree can most likely wait unless it's game plan essential.

One more thing, you've got wall of thorns but no force pushes. Are you looking to have surging waves do your wall pushing for you? It's valid just a little trickier and only works less than half the time. Maybe consider one or two unless you only have them to block los

I was all set to tell you all that Wall of Thorns isnt unavoidable, till i checked my druid book (just to be sure) and i realized that of the 3 copies it runs, only one of them is from my core set, i guess it got fixed cuz the other two both said unavoidable. makes that card even more awesome, but onto the OP i cant think of any other situation where it would matter the order. But We've always played the slam as the last result of the attack.

top tier eh? that's a tough call considering that there are only what, 12 mages? 15 if you count all the wizards? I suppose I should pick the top third, (4 or 5 mages).

1. Wizard (water) = Just too good at the undoing game. whatever you do, he can undo, twice. I wont get into why Wizards of all sorts are superior (perhaps unfairly so) as that topic has been destroyed here, but with all the options open to them wizards are probably the reason for this topic in a roundabaout way. nuff said.

2. Druid = My personal favorite mage. i think she handles the nature school so much better than the beastmasters. add her super efficient creatures, and her unique vine abilities (extended summon range, hinders the unhinderable etc)  she currently has almost as much versatility as a wizard, and that's with TWO 3x schools. awesome mage.

3. Priestess = She probably has the strongest mage abilities (read consistently useful) of any of the mages. the ability to remove conditions without having to book anything for it is AMAZING! even of the spells that remove conditions are in school (purify, healing wand) you don't need them and that makes room for another enchantment (i like enchantments, and parentheses which, at this point, should be blatantly apparent) or what have you. her late game is incredible, and even if your games go to time she can burst heal for ridiculous amounts reliably, making it difficult to attrition your way to a win there. as a side note i really like the priest, i am dedicated to making him a viable choice! he just feels so badass and i wish i knew why most people find him to be one of if not the weakest mage.

4. Forcemaster = Personally i don't agree with this. but her results in the hands of other (likely vastly more skilled) pilots is impossible to argue with! if you completely ignore the creatures in the mind school, her spell selection is pretty awesome. if you can somehow keep the enemy mage as action starved as she is likely to be then you might be in business. she is the absolute queen of the aggressive rush, with a unique weapon that never really goes away, and a potentially amazing familiar (they are damn squishy though,them thoughtspores), and you can splash for a good buddy out of school and it doesn't hurt TOO bad. i cant make one work to save my life, but that's a personal failing i guess. shes tricky, but definitely powerful if done well

Honerable mention: AC Warlock. = If the forcemaster is the queen of the aggressive rush, this guy is the smoldering, angsty king. hes not top 4 in my case because fire is, almost by default, teched against in every build. its almost stupid not to. but sometimes, even when you are ready for the assault, those fireballs and curses make too steady a damage stream to overcome. escalating damage is his specialty, but just like any good bonfire eventually he runs out of fuel. His bet is that hes got you reduced to a heap of ash before he runs out of resources. and hes tough enough to continue to press the assault even if you match him point for point. hes got more life than you. Couple that with the dark school being freaking awesome and he is a very fun mage to play! thats probably why he didnt make top 4, hes more fun to use than reliably victorious.

Anyway thats my take. hope it was useful! i know these are kind of general descriptions but that was kinda the idea. I love this game. Its awesome.

Im not sure if this was brought up or not yet, but i just built a necromancer, and the Spellbook builder is charging me 6 SP per teleport. Im not crazy right? necros only spend 4? just letting the world know. maybe its me tho. not sure

I would watch! Hell, i twitch too, (to a whole 8 people! lol) not Mage Wars though. Trouble with attending live streams is timing. unless you do a weekend or an evening theres much less opportunity to tune in. At least for me but i work till 9. and then there's time zones! but anyway, Yeah id watch it, if i could