Now that the match has been declared, thought I would post the outcome. So, there were two unplanned variables that changed the nature of the game. 1) my buddy brought a Beastmaster book when I was expecting a Warlord book, and 2) he brought a friend with a wizard book asking if we could play a 3 player arena match. Fortunately, I had changed my strategy from my original posted book and went with a garden-variety druid. Lots of plant and vine creatures. Much less focus on equipment. I stayed back in a defensive position expanding my garden and doing some serious damage with plant combos. The wizard thought he was being clever by casting poison gas cloud in a zone where I had three of my strongest plant creatures. I snatched both enemy mages into that zone and held them there with all my stuck, tanglevine and snatch abilities. With regen and vampiric traits, my plants had no issue with the poison- it wound up hurting the beastmaster more than anything. When all was done and said, I made easy work of the beastmaster within an hour of play. The wizard was a little more difficult- between sapping mana, and upkeep costs, I was basically down to channeling 4 mana per turn, but by that point I had a massive garden in place. His hydra who stole my bear strength caused some problems, but in the end, the druid is just ridiculously hard to kill. I am still undecided on Togorah- though he is ultimately what rid the board of the hydra (actually they rid the board of each other).
On the flip side, I think Kralathor is my new favorite creature- holy cow that thing is crazy strong. The Beastmaster did take him out, but with the effort it took, it freed up my smaller plants to focus soley on his mage.
The wizard finally decided to call it. Druid is bad a$$ and maybe my new favorite mage! Thanks again for all the suggestions!
I do have another match scheduled for Tuesday. I plan to tweek the book a bit more and give the druid a second play.