Here's the image pack location for those who may need it:


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/88husko5xmzl3dg/AADCe_R80QfMb31xbfRjRohXa?dl=0

Hello everyone!

Some interesting functionality has been added that is different from the norm by a lot so I wanted to make a post on the changes.

1. You'll notice that the phases are quite different now. They still function as before (Control + Down arrow to be done with the phase), however we've added the Initiative, Reset, and Channel phases to the game. This structure allows you to channel and then reveal stuff after channeling and before upkeep runs (for things like revealing regrowth/poisoned blood/Pillar of Righteous Flame/etc). The phases are also tracked in the top right corner of the screen now instead of by the dice roll area. If you want the phases to stay displayed instead of minimizing, click the Gray window with the turn listed and it should stay up.

2. Mordok's obelisk doesn't hit your mage anymore

3. Druids can now include the wand of ice and fire (and other water spells that had a / cost) with no issues. NOTE: The out of game spellbook builder WILL NOT VALIDATE the cost properly for at least the druid with these spells as well as the Ring of the Ocean's Depths. It's a bit of a pain, but the current work around is to load the book into a game and let the in game validator run on it to confirm the points. This will be fixed in a future patch.

The Arcane Duels League Season 1


League structure and outline

• The League will be played in a round-robin fashion with each competitor playing each other competitor once. If enough competitors for 2 groups, then each competitor will play only those in their group
• Once Group play has finished, there is a 4 person, single elimination play-off to determine the Season's champion
• To begin, Arcane Duels is accepting 6 entrants. Should 12 (or more) decide to enter, Arcane duels will re-evaluate and possibly add a second group.
• In order to enter, you must commit to playing one mage wars game per week. That equates to 5 games in 5 weeks. If that commitment is too much, please do not enter.
• If you would like to enter the League, email arcaneduels@gmail.com with your name on OCTGN. The target start date for the league is Sunday, 28 April 2019
  
  • The weekly schedule will be as follows:
    
    On Monday of each week, every entrant submits the mage that they will play to arcaneduels@gmail.com.
    **Those who don't submit their mage choice by Monday night shall be hounded relentlessly on Tuesday by Coshade (and no one wants that, so submit on time). If by late Tuesday a mage choice is not received for a competitor, their mage choice will be randomized.
    ***Monday will also include the announcement of the results from the previous week for all weeks after the first
    
    On Tuesday the matchups for the new week will be announced. Both competitor match up and mage choice will be announced.
    
    Competitors have from the matchup announcement on Tuesday until 2359 Central US time Sunday to get their matches played and the results emailed to arcaneduels@gmail.com.
    *You can email just the result in a text format,video recorded by you (you'll need dropbox or gdrive for that), or the OCTGN inherent replay files for possible later casting.
  
  Ideally, there will be a featured match up each week. Arcane Duels will reach out to the competitors in the match up chosen for that week and work to schedule either a live cast or acquire the replay files.
  

Rules

• If one party has been unresponsive in scheduling a match, they will forfeit the match and be given a loss
• If attempts have been made by both parties to schedule a match and it just doesn't line up by the end of the week, let Arcane Duels know and we will try to help on a case by case basis (typically by having the match scheduled for the following week with those competitors being required to play 2 matches during the next week)
• If neither player has attempted to schedule, both will be given a loss
• The first unresponsive week will incur a warning. The second will incur a drop and the competitor will not be allowed to participate in the next season (should we have one).
  
• If required, a judge makes the final call on a rule. Any argumentative discussion that takes an excessive amount of time will receive a warning then if it continues that player will be disqualified.
• If a player gets disconnected and dropped during a tournament match it will be considered a loss for that player
• All cards released on OCTGN are legal to use. All promotional cards available on OCTGN are also legal.
  Players will build a spellbook with the standard amount of spellbook points and restrictions.
  Any promotional cards that have been officially released in a set will be considered to read as the official released in a set version

Restrictions And/Or Clarifications

• Disciple of Radiance Text Change
  Once per round, whenever your Mage casts or reveals a healing spell, Disciple of Radiance may deal 1 direct light damage to a target creature in her zone
• Casting a Spell - Change to the end of the Pay Costs Step
  Previous wording - If you cannot pay all of the costs, the spell is cancelled and discarded, and you have lost the action.
  New wording -If you cannot pay all of the costs, the spell is cancelled and obliterated, and you have lost the action.
  Everything else remains unchanged about the step
• Steep Hill
  Steep hill will block Line of Sight if you cast a spell and it goes through two diagonal sections of the.
• Force Pull
  Once per round, the Forcemaster may cast this quick Force spell. Target creature is Pushed 1 zone towards the source of this spell. Will not Push a creature through a wall with the Passage Attacks trait.
• Trample
  - If a Flying creature attacks a non-Flying object, it loses Flying until the end of the attack.
  - Elusive Creatures can ignore guards when making a Trample Attack
  - Defenses that do not work against Melee attacks cannot be used during the Avoid Attack step, however all other types may be (choosing one during the step following normal rules).
• Symbiotic Orb
  Symbiotic orb triggers during the Avoid Attack Step
• Burns
  Object is on fire. This is a flame condition. Each Upkeep Phase, roll 1 attack die of direct flame damage for each burn marker on each object. On a roll of “0,” remove that burn marker. Burn markers have a removal cost of 2.
• Dig in and Press the Attack only apply to the zone they are in
• Object Enchantments, equipment, creatures, and conjurations are spells which represents objects in the game, remaining in play after they are cast. The Mage is also considered an object. Incantation and attack spells do not become objects.
• Swarm (Please remember all non-mage objects are also spells)
  Creatures with the Swarm trait cannot be targeted by non-attack actions or spells that do not specifically target Swarm creatures.  When attacking, Creatures with the Swarm trait may make additional strikes equal to their remaining health.  Additionally, they are immune to conditions, healing, and life gain that does not target swarms. Non-zone attacks do a maximum of 1 damage to them. Swarms cannot guard.
• The Embalmed
  When summoning The Embalmed, remove target non-Epic Living creature in any discard pile from the game. This creature becomes a copy of the removed creature, gaining The Embalmed’s traits and subtypes. X= the removed creature’s mana cost

Other info

• If you wish to be a caster please contact me at Arcaneduels@gmail.com. Even if you cannot stream you could always join me or anyone else casting the game. Players are allowed to cast for games that they are not competing in.
• Judge positions will be less easy to apply for. If you wish to be a judge then you will not be allowed to participate as a contestant in the tournament.
• Matches must allow official commentators and judges in as spectators. Non-Official Tournament spectators are not allowed to spectate a game unless both players agree to it. Some games will be streamed live, and may be posted on youtube for all Mage Wars fans to view.

Logistics

• ALL coordination will be done through email. The reason signups require email is so Arcane Duels can easily track match up coordination (everyone should CC arcaneduels@gmail.com when figuring out when you can play your match). This helps us see if someone has been unresponsive and can take appropriate action
• The above reason is why you must email arcaneduels@gmail.com to sign up. If there are issues with that, let us know through some other means and we'll try to accomodate.

Bold indicates the victor. Standings can be found here

Round 1

Shoopuff (Necromancer) vs Farkas (Straywood Beastmaster)
Sir Jason Crage (Arraxian Crown Warlock) vs jacksmack (Necromancer)
Werekingdom (Priestess) vs Enti (Arraxian Crown Warlock)

Reddicediaries (Paladin) vs Keejchen (Druid)
Sharkbait (Johktari Beastmaster) vs Biblofilter (Bloodwave Warlord)
Knabbmaster (Wizard) vs ein micha (Wizard)


Round 2

Jacksmack (Necromancer) vs Shoopuff (Wizard)
Farkas (Necromancer) vs Enti (Druid)
Werekingdom (Wizard) vs Jason (Arraxian Crown Warlock)

Reddicediaries (Paladin) vs Ein_micha (Arraxian Crown Warlock)
Sharkbait (Johktari Beastmaster) vs Knabbmaster (Wizard)
Keejchen (Wizard) vs Biblofilter (Bloodwave Warlord)


Round 3

Shoopuff (Paladin) Vs Enti (Druid)
SJC (AX Warlock) vs Farkas (BloodWave)
jacksmack (Necromancer) vs Werekingdom (BloodWave)

Keejchen (Wizard) vs Sharkbait (Adramelech Warlock)
Knabbmaster (Wizard) vs Reddicediaries (Paladin)
Biblofilter (Necromancer) vs Ein_Micha (Necromancer)

Round 4

Shoopuff (Anvil Throne Warlord) VS Werekingdom (Bloodwave Warlord)
Farkas (Straywood) VS Jacksmack (Necromancer)
Enti (Druid) VS SirJasonCrage (Araxian Warlock)

Keejchen (Paladin) VS Knabbmaster (Wizard)
Sharkbait (Adramelech Warlock) VS Ein_Micha (Wizard)
Biblofilter (Wizard) VS Reddicediaries (Paladin)



Round 5
Enti (Druid) VS Jacksmack (Necromancer)
Shoopuff (Forcemaster) vs Sir Jason Crage (Priest)
Farkas (drop) vs Werekingdom (bye)

Keejchen (Siren) v Micha (Wizard)
Sharkbait (Adramelech Warlock) v Red (Paladin)
Biblofilter (Wizard) VS Knabbmaster (Wizard)



---------Semi Finals Matches---------------

Keejchen (Wizard) VS Jacksmack (Straywood Beastmaster)
Shoopuff (Forcemaster) vs Knabbmaster (Wizard)

Hi everyone,

This is the book I used in The Shark Tank Episode 4. This is my attempt to make a warlord that uses some of the new cards from the academy set to become a bit of an overwhelming force. Discussion is always welcome, so please feel free to post!






A Mage Wars Spellbook, built using the OCTGN SBB 2/4/2018 5:02 AM

Spellbook points: 120 used of 120 allowed

Key: Quantity - Spell Name - Spell Level - Spellbook Cost - Total Spellbook Cost

Warlord Stats
Warlord

---  Attack  ---
2 - Hurl Boulder - 2 - 2 - 4
1 - Hail of Stones - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Surging Wave - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Hurl Meteorite - 3 - 3 - 3
2 - Hurl Rock - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Stalagmite - 1 - 1 - 1

---  Conjuration  ---
1 - Mana Flower - 1 - 2 - 2
2 - Wall of Earth - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Ballista - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Wall of Steel - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Creature  ---
1 - Bloodcrag Minotaur - 4 - 4 - 4
1 - Dwarf Panzergarde - 3 - 3 - 3
1 - Orc Butcher - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Wychwood Ranger - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Bridge Troll - 3 - 5 - 5
1 - Dwarf Kriegshammer - 3 - 3 - 3

---  Enchantment  ---
1 - Press the Attack - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Dig In - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Standard Bearer - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - Brace Yourself - 1 - 1 - 2
2 - Critical Strike - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Galvanize - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Akiro's Favor - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Ballad of Courage - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Mind Shield - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Reverse Attack - 2 - 4 - 4

---  Equipment  ---
1 - Ivarium Halberd - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Elemental Wand - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Champion's Gauntlets - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Tempered Faulds - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Regrowth Belt - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Steadfast Boots - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Morning Star - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Vorpal Blade - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Harshforge Plate - 2 - 2 - 4
1 - Commander's Cape - 1 - 1 - 1

---  Incantation ---
2 - Lesser Teleport - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Force Push - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Gear Up - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Seeking Dispel - 1 - 3 - 3
1 - Dispel - 1 - 3 - 3
1 - Purge Magic - 3 - 9 - 9
2 - Purify - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Remove Curse - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Teleport - 2 - 6 - 6
1 - Rouse the Beast - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Overextend - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Defend - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Heal - 2 - 4 - 4
1 - Mending Wave - 1 - 2 - 2

Hi everyone,

This is the book I used in The Shark Tank 6

This is pretty standard for my Arraxxian Crown Warlocks. The original idea of the book is to abuse rise again to steal the enemy's creatures and get a big board presence advantage. Curse Weaving allows me to take the Rise Again spell back to my spellbook after the creature dies. So right before you plan to kill a creature (tough to do sometimes because the dice can be fickle), you quickcast and reveal Rise Again on the creature and then reanimate it next turn while getting the curse back.




A Mage Wars Spellbook, built using the OCTGN SBB 2/4/2018 4:52 AM

Spellbook points: 120 used of 120 allowed

Key: Quantity - Spell Name - Spell Level - Spellbook Cost - Total Spellbook Cost

Warlock
Warlock Stats

---  Conjuration  ---
2 - Mana Crystal - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Battle Forge - 2 - 3 - 3

---  Creature  ---
1 - Dark Pact Slayer - 3 - 3 - 3
1 - Blood Demon - 3 - 3 - 3

---  Enchantment  ---
1 - Vampirism - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Marked for Death - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Rust - 1 - 2 - 4
2 - Rise Again - 3 - 3 - 6
1 - Bear Strength - 1 - 2 - 2
2 - Critical Strike - 1 - 2 - 4
2 - Poisoned Blood - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Arcane Corruption - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Maim Wings - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Death Link - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Chant of Rage - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Agony - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Nullify - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Brace Yourself - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Ghoul Rot - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Equipment  ---
2 - Chitin Armor - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Veteran's Belt - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Spiked Buckler - 2 - 4 - 4
1 - Demonhide Mask - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Leather Boots - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Leather Chausses - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Gauntlets of Strength - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Moloch's Torment - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Ring of Curses - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Mage Staff - 1 - 2 - 2
2 - Vorpal Blade - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Elemental Wand - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Incantation  ---
1 - Drain Life - 3 - 3 - 3
1 - Drain Soul - 4 - 4 - 4
1 - Purify - 1 - 3 - 3
1 - Explode - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - Dissolve - 1 - 2 - 4
2 - Dispel - 1 - 2 - 4
2 - Force Push - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Purge Magic - 3 - 6 - 6
1 - Teleport - 2 - 4 - 4
1 - Disarm - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Shift Enchantment - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Seeking Dispel - 1 - 2 - 2

---  Attack  ---
1 - Fireball - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - Firestream - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Surging Wave - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Firestorm - 3 - 3 - 3
1 - Acid Ball - 1 - 2 - 2

As always, ideas and discussion are welcome!

Hi everyone,

This is the book that I used in The Shark Tank 9. The general idea is to use the barracks to gain a mana and action advantage, while using the different deployment options to change up where soldiers are spawned from. Have a front line of fighters, and a back line of archers. This idea isn't as fleshed out as some of my other books, but it was definitely a fun book to use and one that I plan to tune over the course of a while. Comments and ideas are always welcome!

A Mage Wars Spellbook, built using the OCTGN SBB 2/4/2018 4:41 AM

Spellbook points: 120 used of 120 allowed

Key: Quantity - Spell Name - Spell Level - Spellbook Cost - Total Spellbook Cost

Anvil Throne Warlord Stats
Anvil Throne Warlord

---  Attack  ---
1 - Hurl Rock - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Acid Ball - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Surging Wave - 1 - 2 - 2

---  Conjuration  ---
1 - Barracks - 3 - 3 - 3
3 - Garrison Post - 1 - 1 - 3
1 - Ballista - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Steep Hill - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Construction Yard - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Wall of Steel - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - Wall of Earth - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Mana Flower - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Harshforge Monolith - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Creature  ---
1 - Anvil Throne Crossbowman - 3 - 3 - 3
2 - Dwarf Kriegshammer - 3 - 3 - 6
1 - Dwarf Kriegsbiel - 3 - 3 - 3
2 - Dwarf Panzergarde - 3 - 3 - 6
1 - Knight of the Red Helm - 2 - 3 - 3
1 - Goblin Alchemist - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - Orc Butcher - 2 - 2 - 4
2 - Goblin Slinger - 2 - 2 - 4

---  Enchantment  ---
1 - Press the Attack - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Fire at Will - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Standard Bearer - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Critical Strike - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Brace Yourself - 1 - 1 - 1

---  Equipment  ---
2 - Harshforge Plate - 2 - 2 - 4
1 - Tempered Faulds - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Champion's Gauntlets - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Mage Wand - 2 - 6 - 6
1 - Elemental Wand - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Strategist's Helm - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Commander's Cape - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - General's Signet Ring - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Veteran's Belt - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Helm of Command - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Incantation  ---
1 - Seeking Dispel - 1 - 3 - 3
1 - Dispel - 1 - 3 - 3
2 - Remove Curse - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Force Push - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Lesser Teleport - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Teleport - 2 - 6 - 6
1 - Minor Heal - 1 - 2 - 2
1 - Heal - 2 - 4 - 4
1 - Battle Fury - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Gear Up - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Focused Strike - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Charge - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Sniper Shot - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Flank Attack - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Rouse the Beast - 1 - 2 - 2

Hi guys, here's the book that I use in TST 10. It's basically a port over of a priest I've been running lately to get a feel for the differences. As such, it's (accidentally) missing a few things like the signet of the dawnbreaker.

The link to the match is HERE
(Note, if the link doesn't work it probably means Youtube is still processing. Check back shortly. I posted this a bit early)


A Mage Wars Spellbook, built using the OCTGN SBB 2/4/2018 4:08 AM

Spellbook points: 120 used of 120 allowed

Key: Quantity - Spell Name - Spell Level - Spellbook Cost - Total Spellbook Cost

Paladin Stats
Paladin

---  Attack  ---
4 - Luminous Blast - 1 - 1 - 4
2 - Acid Ball - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Surging Wave - 1 - 2 - 2

---  Conjuration  ---
2 - Mana Crystal - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Pillar of Righteous Flame - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Consecrated Ground - 1 - 1 - 1
1 - Crusade Banner - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Creature  ---
1 - Cassiel, Shield of Bim-Shalla - 2 - 2 - 2
2 - Knight of the Red Helm - 2 - 2 - 4
1 - Knight of Westlock - 3 - 3 - 3
1 - Izimbila, Daughter of Badgers - 2 - 2 - 2

---  Enchantment  ---
2 - Bear Strength - 1 - 2 - 4
2 - Galvanize - 1 - 1 - 2
2 - Healing Charm - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Restore - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Divine Reversal - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Divine Intervention - 3 - 3 - 3
2 - Divine Protection - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Akiro's Favor - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Critical Strike - 1 - 1 - 2
2 - Poisoned Blood - 1 - 3 - 6
2 - Eye for an Eye - 1 - 1 - 2

---  Equipment  ---
1 - Dawnbreaker Ring - 1 - 1 - 1
3 - Radiant Breastplate - 2 - 2 - 6
1 - Sunfire Amulet - 2 - 3 - 3
2 - Sword of Radiance - 2 - 2 - 4
2 - Champion's Gauntlets - 1 - 1 - 2

---  Incantation  ---
6 - Remove Curse - 1 - 1 - 6
2 - Purify - 1 - 1 - 2
2 - Minor Heal - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Heal - 2 - 2 - 2
1 - Resurrection - 4 - 8 - 8
2 - Martyr's Restoration - 1 - 1 - 2
1 - Teleport - 2 - 4 - 4
1 - Purge Magic - 3 - 6 - 6
2 - Seeking Dispel - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Dispel - 1 - 2 - 2
2 - Force Push - 1 - 2 - 4
1 - Lesser Teleport - 1 - 1 - 1
2 - Dissolve - 1 - 2 - 4



The plan is to cast Cassiel and use her to remove curse on turns where she has 1 mana. This generates 2 extra mana for your mage. On the turns where she has 2, the idea is to cast a protective enchantment. I have this figured out much better as a priest. I'm still working out the tactics differences with the paladin as you can see in the match above. Posting this here for ideas/discussion, so please feel free to add to it!

Minor update for the holidays. Fixed Cassiel's binding and targeting on things that target "Friendly creature".