So I finally had a chance to play again, and I tried the round 2 super grizzly strategy, and I have to say, I would not recommend it.  The grizzly didn't get force held or put to sleep, and I was able to run him right up to the priestess and start wailing on her.

Except she had Deflection Bracers, so I kept missing.  And she used Pillar of Light and managed to stun my bear after I played a Battle Fury on him.  It took her several rounds to deal with the grizzly, but she spent those rounds summoning creatures from her Temple, while I spent those turns trying to actually hit her with the grizzly.  I ended up with no spawnpoint and a significant mana deficit.  She ended up with a Unicorn, Brogan Bloodstone, a Royal Archer, and two Clerics.  When my bear finally bit the dust I was sitting two zones away with only Fellela to protect me.  

The lesson to take away from this is don't start the game by bringing yourself down to zero mana.  It puts you in a bad spot.

Congrats, Pixel!

Also, yay expansions!  Though knowing when it will be available doesn't make me as happy as waiting two more weeks makes me sad.  Oh well, birthday is on the 28th, so perhaps I'll get mine for free!

@Gewar

There's an errata?  Where might a curious individual locate this mystical text?

Edit: Are you just referring to the rules section of this forum?

Then why is a Unicorn an animal?

That Thoughtspore looks great!  Sit four of them in a corner with various attack spells, maybe throw Battle Fury or the new Power Strike card on one, then have the Forcemaster charge into the fray.  Makes me wonder what kind of spawnpoint the Forcemaster will have.

I also like your idea of a living spell as a creature separate from the Thoughtspore, though I think you would have to make it so that casting the spell costs something.  Perhaps don't give it channeling, and require a full action to cast the spell regardless of what it is, but make the spell cost half its normal mana cost?

The Forcemaster Vs Warlord Expansion that should be out this quarter

This quarter? But the sell sheet says late January! I don't know if I can wait any longer!

Bu seriously, how much longer should I expect to wait, because I am itching for some Jedi action.

Jim, what has been your experience with opening a turn 2 grizzly? What kind of responses have you seen from your opponent? I feel like there are some really strong spells for relatively cheap that quickly stop single-badasses like the Grizzly? Not being critical, just curious.

The turn 2 grizzly has worked out pretty well for me.  Unfortunately, I can't claim that as an indication of a sound strategy, as most of my games have been fairly casual, with me either teaching someone new the game, or trying to avoid overwhelming my opponent with the rules (most of the people that I play with aren't really into this sort of game, unfortunately).  The closest I've come to a competitive game was against my roommate.  He was playing as the Warlock and tried to counter my big scary bear first with a Dark Pact Slayer Blood Reaper, then with Adramelech, the Fire Lord.  I Tanglevined his Blood Reaper and then Force Held the Fire Lord.  That made me feel pretty good I then proceeded to wail on his Warlock a few more turns while I saved up to bring out Tarok and put Eagle Wings on my bear.  Then once he teleported away from my bear, I let the Fire Lord free, and then tore him apart.  In conclusion, I obviously don't have a lot of different games that I can draw from for backing this strategy up, I just feel that as long as I have sufficient counters to my opponents counters, bringing out the grizzly early is a great way to put the opponent on the defensive and allow me to control the pace of the game.  In theory.