Quote from: pete2 on July 02, 2014, 06:00:51 AM

however, at the moment i cast the ring, i just needed 2 damage to kill him..during FA of that turn, i inflicted a whole lot more damage...excuses....

Well... Unless said ring of fire killed a guard which enabled you to melee attack the mage WHILE dealing damage to the mage then i would for the sake of it consider the ring of fire a weaker fireball, or slighty stronger flame blast and the outcome would more or less be the same.

Minor errors happens once in a while.

...there were no creats on guard at that time so...the error did not have that much consequences...

...this really happened in the heat of the fight, and nor me, nor my opponent noticed it..i do pack a flameblast, but i already used it during the game...i will keep this in mind though !

woow..good call jacksmack ! we did notice that my opponent made an error with the sleep on me during gameplay, but i didn't notice the error with the ring of fire...guess that makes it even...should think about this next time we play though...

Hey Arlemus, thanks for the good advice ! i managed to get my first victory with the Priest !

this was the built i played with :

Mage Wars deck (built using OCTGN deckbuilder) 2/07/2014 0:00:00

Spellbook points: 120 used of 120 allowed

1 Priest

---  Attack  ---
4 Pillar of Light
2 Acid Ball
1 Fireball
1 Blinding Flash
1 Ring of Fire

---  Conjuration  ---
1 Hand of Bim-Shalla
1 Battle Forge
2 Mana Crystal
1 Tanglevine

---  Creature  ---
1 Highland Unicorn
1 Guardian Angel
1 Knight of Westlock
2 Asyran Cleric
1 Brogan Bloodstone
1 Joseph Trublood, High Cleric

---  Enchantment  ---
1 Mongoose Agility
2 Nullify
2 Cheetah Speed
1 Falcon Precision
1 Harmonize
1 Maim Wings
1 Critical Strike
2 Bear Strength
2 Rhino Hide
1 Regrowth
1 Healing Charm
1 Divine Protection

---  Equipment  ---
1 Eagleclaw Boots
1 Gauntlets of Strength
1 Dragonscale Hauberk
2 Dawnbreaker Ring
1 Regrowth Belt
2 Staff of Asyra
1 Leather Boots
1 Enchanter's Ring
1 Elemental Wand
1 Leather Gloves

---  Incantation  ---
2 Dissolve
1 Battle Fury
3 Dispel
1 Teleport
1 Force Push
1 Heal


i played against an aggro beastmaster..but i was even more aggro than him.  I really "pillared" him !  i even played the three opening rounds as you suggested.  His opening rounds were built around steelclaw grizzly..he got him out in the second or third round, with a rouse the beast...Fortunately i had a HA cleric on guard at the time his grizzly could strike, which immediately took 11 damage ! cleric was instant dead, but i could go on using my pillars on his mage ! After that i took a bit of a risk staying out without other creatures to support me, but i kept beating on him, with a bear strength on me for melee and a pillar bind to elemental wand for ranged.
i got a bit stressed when he put a sleep on my mage, but he damaged me with his grizzly ( only 3 damage with 7 dice !), so after that i could react.  In my turn i teleported in his mage's zone to get out of grizzly's claws and to beat him again !
He also kept damaging me, but he was getting more because he didn't have any armor ! the attrition war ended in my favor when i was cornered and i had ini : i QC'ed a ring of fire on his mage and grizzly and in FA i gave him the final blow with my melee attack ! game over BM !
I was amazed that i could do so much damage with my mage. On the other hand, i normally prefer to play more creatures, but in some way i felt i had to use my mana on attacks, and not on getting creatures out...a little bet which gave me victory !

here's my amended version of My Priest spellbook : i've worked on the pillar of light theme and made some space for clerics to use as guards...You guys think i could go into the arena like this ?

[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]MyPriest[/spellbookname]
[mage]A Priest Spellbook[/mage]
[mage]built by the OCTGN SBB[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1A11]4 x Pillar of Light[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNA01]2 x Acid Ball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1A04]1 x Fireball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1A06]1 x Flameblast[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1J08]1 x Hand of Bim-Shalla[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J04]1 x Battle Forge[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J12]2 x Mana Crystal[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1J22]1 x Tanglevine[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1C20]1 x Highland Unicorn[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKC06]1 x Guardian Angel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1C22]1 x Knight of Westlock[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1C31]1 x Samandriel, Angel of Light[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1C02]2 x Asyran Cleric[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1E28]1 x Mongoose Agility[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E03]1 x Bull Endurance[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E29]2 x Nullify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E05]2 x Cheetah Speed[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWE03]1 x Falcon Precision[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E20]1 x Harmonize[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E25]1 x Maim Wings[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWPROMO17]1 x Critical Strike[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E01]2 x Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E36]1 x Rhino Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKE04]1 x Enchantment Transfusion[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1E32]1 x Regrowth[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ06]1 x Eagleclaw Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q11]1 x Gauntlets of Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q06]1 x Dragonscale Hauberk[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q27]2 x Dawnbreaker Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q23]1 x Regrowth Belt[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q29]2 x Staff of Asyra[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q15]1 x Leather Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q09]1 x Enchanter's Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q19]1 x Mage Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q08]1 x Elemental Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ10]1 x Meditation Amulet[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1Q16]1 x Leather Gloves[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MW1I07]2 x Dissolve[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I02]1 x Battle Fury[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I06]3 x Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I28]1 x Teleport[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I12]1 x Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MW1I14]1 x Heal[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]

Joseph is worse then a knight of westlock in almost every realistic situation. Joseph is only good if you are going full defense which priest should not do.

i just thought that if i should battle the warlock once again, joseph's 3+2 dice against dark/nonliving creatures + his healing ability could help me...

Take my advice with a grain of salt as i have never managed to get the Priest going.

1)
Dont open with guardian angel.
The priest is an offensive mage - not a defensive mage that can build up.

Instead run 1 or 2 depending on matchup and cast a batteforge in NC or FC.

2)
If your opponent spends 20 mana on manage generators then you got your game plan right here.
Summon 1 or 2 bigs and get in his face.
Guardian Angel is again useless for that.

Go for the mage, and consider adjusting to killing the creatures he summon depending on the situation.

3)
With FiF there will be a lvl 2 creature that fits the criterias of making it a 'pet' very well.
Its already released as promo on octgn. Consider requesting permission to use this card.

4)
add 1 more dragonscale.

5)
Dont even think about including rajans fury for only 2 creatures.

guess you're right about the guardian angel..but he gave me some defense against the warlock's ranged attacks...

you think Samandriel could help as a "big" ? any idea how this promo creature in FIF is called ? i will also leave out the rajans fury...indeed not effective, and it would save me the spellpoints to spend on another "big"...thx for the tips !

please ship some to Europe ! 

i hope so too..i'm really excited !