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[Kelanen]

Yes I have 40+ books built on OCTGN at any time, and more in the archive folder. I refine and tweak a lot on there and then update the physical.

I don't have any casual opponents to play though. If I did, I'd just play a weaker book like Warlord or Priest.

[Biblofilter]

Just going to mention a few other cards i run out of, even if i have a lot of everything.

Core set:

Bear Strength
Regrowth
Rhino Hide
Mage Bane
Poisoned Blood
Nullify

Purify

Tanglevine
Battle Forge
Deathlock

Dragonscale Hauberk
Bearskin (PvS is going to help)

Fireball
Flameblast

Earlier i missed :

Enchanters Ring
Leather Gloves
Leather Boots
Elemental Wand
Mage Wand

Dispel
Dissolve
Teleport
Force Push

Wall of Thornes

Thunderift Falcons
Steelclaw Grizzlies

Other set:

Gravikor (from Domination - so rare)

Hurl Boulder
Hurl Rock
Surging Wave
Acid Ball

Enchantment Transfusion
Rust

Remove Curse
Arcane Ward
Leather Chausse
Pillar of righteous flame

lately im starting to run out of:

Arcane Corruption
Wall of Bones
Akiros Favor
Seeking Dispel
Harshforge Plate
Cassiel
Marked for Death
Coral Barrier
Geyser !

Some of this is personal preference - running 2-4 live books with Straywood BM, Johktari BM and Druids might make most people run out of something as basic (and subpar) as Bearskin.

Ill try to make a more accurate update when i have the 70 live spellbooks that i want.

[farkas1]

Interesting thread.  Yea I find it hard to have enough of tanglevines, dispels, and dissolves.  I do cycle out books I don't play with or just want to try out something.  For the most part I feel like I have a good enough to build a book with what I want and have a few copies just in case another book may need it.

I have 3 core sets
2 warlord vs forcemaster
1 of necro vs Druid
1 conquest of Kumamjaro
1 forged in fire
1 Academy core
1 academy priestess
1 Priest vs Siren

Some of my Mage wars sets I was able to get on the trade table at Geekway to yhe West so I was able to get some sweet deals.

[RomeoXero]

You run OUT of bearskin? Really keen on that frost- 2 eh?

[Kelanen]

You run OUT of bearskin? Really keen on that frost- 2 eh?

My guess is that 1) he doesn't use Chitin Armour (for various possible reasons) and b) doesn't like playing out of school chestpieces?

Even if you don't have/won't use promos, I'd think most BeastMaster should be running StormDrake Hide...

[Biblofilter]

For my last USA trip I brought 7 nature spellbooks:

3 Druids
2 Straywood
2 Johktari

11 Bearskins or so.

"Never" use Dragonscale with nature mages.
Id normally go with 2 Bearskin and 1-2 Elemental Cloaks.
Not that many Air Wizard around here anyway so no Storm Drake Hide (1 in 30 matches or so)
Chitin would be obvious if I had any and if they where legal. (not a problem back home)

New Water armor will help this.

[Kelanen]

"Never" use Dragonscale with nature mages.
Id normally go with 2 Bearskin and 1-2 Elemental Cloaks.
Not that many Air Wizard around here anyway so no Storm Drake Hide (1 in 30 matches or so)

I'd take Dragonscale Hauberk over Bearskin, and happily (probably Bearskin for the 2nd chest piece if you are sure you don't need Stormdrake).