I know they are not recommended for expansion play but I am working on a card drafting/campaign variant that starts all mages as apprentices and then you build your book up from that base. Currently we only have apprentice books for the core mages and as a brand new player I don't trust my judgement when it comes to forming apprentice spell books for the new mages.  Besides even for regular play I am sure players would love to try the expansion mages out as apprentices.

If this isn't possible can I at least get an update for when a possible spell drafting expansion might be available? If it's going to be available soon I can just put this on the back-burner and wait, but if I am looking at 6 months or so I will continue to work on my variant. The problem is my friends would never build their decks in the traditional way. They would just be overwhelmed and wouldn't put in the time. However they WOULD slowly modify their decks over time if new spells become available in chunks and we could just do it at the table on one of our game days.

Or you can just let me playtest for you. I will gladly add my own ideas or suggestions  B)