The Craven Maven

[Wise fool]

Okay, so this is my first attempt posting a spell book.  The idea of the book is to stay as far away from the action as possible setting up a kill zone in the center of the board.  The armor is for if she gets cornered or teleported.  I have little experience playing (7 games so far) but I'm hoping to increase that now that I've cleared it with my wife.  I know this game totally favors aggro, and I'm out to change that... somehow.  Open to suggestions.  I know this book is flawed.  I don't know what I'll do the first time I face any kind of Wizard.  I've played a Warlock and that wasn't pretty.  Started off well enough but plants got incinerated left and right.

Anyhoo...

[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]The Craven Maven[/spellbookname]
[mage]Druid[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNA01]2 x  Acid Ball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFA02]2 x  Hurl Rock[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1a09]2 x  Jet Stream[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1a08]2 x  Geyser[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKA01]2 x  Surging Wave[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNW01]2 x  Bloodspine Wall[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ03]1 x  Etherian Lifetree[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ12]1 x  Vine Tree[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j22]1 x  Tanglevine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ10]1 x  Stranglevine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ08]3 x  Seedling Pod[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ09]1 x  Samara Tree[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNJ02]1 x  Corrosive Orchid[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1w04]2 x  Wall of Thorns[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNC21]4 x  Thornlasher[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC20]2 x  Vine Snapper[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC10]2 x  Raptor Vine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c36]1 x  Tarok, the Skyhunter[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNC06]1 x  Kralathor, The Devourer[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNE01]1 x  Barkskin[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e36]2 x  Rhino Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e29]2 x  Nullify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e02]2 x  Block[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e01]2 x  Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1q07]1 x  Elemental Cloak[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ06]1 x  Eagleclaw Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ04]1 x  Druid's Leaf Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q09]1 x  Enchanter's Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ06]1 x  Mohktari's Branch[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q02]1 x  Bearskin[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWQ01]1 x  Dancing Scimitar[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWQ10]1 x  Storm Drake Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ08]1 x  Vinewhip Staff[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1i28]3 x  Teleport[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i24]1 x  Seeking Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i06]2 x  Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i07]3 x  Dissolve[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i01]1 x  Banish[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNI02]2 x  Burst of Thorns[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i12]1 x  Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNI04]1 x  Renewing Rain[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]

Rd 1 Leaf Ring and tree bond a Vinetree in the corner.  Against a likely solo build, I put down as many vines as I can to hinder movement and cast Vinewhip staff for the stuck condition.  Against opponents that summon big expensive creatures, I invariably banish them, particularly if there are any enchantments on them.  Other than that, I haven't needed much more than a Thornlasher/Vinesnapper/Raptorvine combo.  I teleport the mage to the killzone, keep him there with stuck, occasionally pulling him back in with a snatch.  In my limited experience, the Druid can win most damage races because of the high dice to cost ratio of most of her plants.  Again, I've never faced a Wizard and the one time I faced a Forcemaster I got bouldered to death.  Hence the blocks.

[Borg]

If you're planning to stay far away from the action the Dissolves are useless as they require range 1.
Replace with one or two more corrosive Orchids as those are really very good cards, which attack for free, can strip away equipment and keep armor (close to) zero on your enemies.

No Meditation Amulet ?

[Wise fool]

Thanks for the advice!

I tried running a meditation amulet but never got a chance to use it.  Every time I cast it, it sat around my neck while I ran for my life from Grizzly bears or tried to kill a Stranglevine with a vinewhip staff.  Of course, I was only running one copy of teleport at the time, so now that I have three maybe I would benefit from the amulet now.  But what would you get rid of for it?

[V10lentray]

I would also avoid putting the vine tree in a corner. You need LoS to deploy VINE CREATURES from the tree, and if you opponent puts a wall up you're screwed. You do not need LoS to deploy vine markers.

You may want to consider harmonizing both of your trees. also Tataree will speed the process of getting the pods able to pop.

I also found the pods to be weak and easily killed before being able to be used. You may want to consider a life tree to buff the pods. A pod killed with 2 mana on it is 2 turns of wasted actions.

[Borg]

But what would you get rid of for it?

Dancing Scimitar for starters.
You don't plan on being in contact with the enemy, so what do you need the Scimitar for ? It costs upkeep and it can't defend ranged attacks and you probably already have upkeep to pay from your Barkskin ...