at the end of this year, or early next, at the soonest for a reprint.

oh man.. I really discovered this game at the wrong time..
I do want the expansions (was close to buy them all the past days) but also now where I see that there come reprintings with additional copies, it would be wiser to wait. but this long?? jeez 

I am little confused.
in order of changing the Mage Wars sets to Arena, the core set got additional copies of certain cards like Dissolve.

the Arena version of FvW is already out, too. does it also come with additional cards??
the card list under "Resources and downloads" seems to be old (220 cards):
http://www.arcanewonders.com/resources/Forcemaster_vs_Warlord_Spell_List.pdf
while the new FvW Arena site says 248 spell card:
http://www.arcanewonders.com/products/forcemaster-vs-warlord-expansion-set

so does this actually mean that the answer to my question is Yes?

kind regards

PS: if the answer was Yes, will the other expansions be also equipped with more copies?

hi 
I searched and found these 2 threads
http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=15043
http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=14854
very helpful, but I got one question that isn't covered there.

how do I actually change the spell of the mage wand?
say I have a Sleep of the wand used last turn. this round I want to change it to teleport.
* do I have to choose teleport that I want to bind to the wand now in the preparing phase and put the card in front of me with only one other card (and change it as a 3 mana quickaction during the action phase)?
* OR could I choose 2 normal cards (1 enchant + 1 creature) and then during activation of my mage I can pay 3 mana and go to my spellbook again to swap sleep vs teleport as a quickaction.
2nd case would be much more powerful.

and from the threads I got it right that when you take a spell from the mage wand you have to bind a new spell on it? (in case you expect a Dissolve and dont want to put a new spell on the wand).

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When you cast a spell with the Spellbind trait, you may immediately bind a spell to it.

what happens when I not to choose a spell immediately but next round? (kinda same question like above)
at which point I can put my spell under the wand?

PS: one more thing.
in the 2nd thread I saw one contradictory thing pertaining Wizards Tower:

Wildhorn is incorrect about the Tower. Even though it is a Familiar, it does not prepare it's spells like other familiars do. Therefore the spell does not return to it's owner's spellbook during the planning stage because it is not a prepared spell.

and

The wizards tower says "During planning stage you may change the bound spell."
That would mean that during the planning stage the spell would return to your book and a new spell would be placed there.

any confirmation if I can switch the spell during the planning stage?

thank you ACG and Zuberi!
I got clarification on most of my problems now. I want to master all the rules since I love the game. probably best card game I ever played.

see you in the Arena!  .. (or forum if I got a question again  )

thank you Zuberi! interesting thoughts there!
talking about guards, I got one question that I haven't found to be answered anywhere. following scenario:
Player A has 2 creatues in a zone (A1 and A2) and player B1 has 1 creature in there too, all 3 on guard.
I activate A1, remove the guard token, and attack B1. rolling dices, counting damage. then it comes to the counterstrike of B1. and now I am confused.. who does B1 has to attack now? 
- A1 since he is the original attacker.
- or A2 since he is a guard.

the rulebook says that a counterstrike follows the same rules like a normal attack, starting with declaring an attack etc.
so when I (B1 now) declare the (counterstrike)attack, I need to respect the other guard?

thank you very much sdougla2!

The way you asked the question I was just unsure whether you were aware that a guard marker was removed after the guard is attacked.

yes, but no worries. you helped me a lot. my girlfriend was very frustrated when I had 2 guards up (not attacked) and they were still guarding next round - and active(!). I waited until the end of that round to decide what to do with them.
needed some confirmation if I did alright because it seems indeed a powerful game mechanic.

3. Yes, Bull Endurance works on a mage and increases their life.

wow, I guess if your max life is 32 (as priest) and you got Bull Endurance and your damage marker is at 33, then you are one Dispel away from instant death x)

thank you Sir, that makes much sense and helps me in some other cases too!