how would you continue? In either oponing if you dont follow up with one of the other you waste 3(fellela), 4 (fellela +flower) or 1flower spellbook point on something. Probably you should decide on playing with fellela or not. Of course double flower you can play with fellala either way.
The idea is to play with Fellella of course.She'll come out sooner rather than later.
The extra action she brings really frees up the JB to use her Kajarah.
I'm hesitant to play Fellella in R1 though due to her fragility and the care/actions she needs and the possibility of the opposing mage coming out agressively, in which case I like her more in the safety of my spellbook to start the game and summon another creature first.
Have you considered a Tegu, its better with frenzy as it has also an effect.
I did consider the Tegu and have given him some more thought since your reply and suggestion.
Offensively, the Wolf is better imo.
A frenzied wolf rolls 8 dice while a frenzied Tegu rolls only 6 dice and when roused it's 4 vs 3 in the Wolf's favor.
There's also the matter of the wolf having 10 life vs Tegu's 8 which I find somewhat "borderline" safe.
The extra armor of the Tegu helps of course.
The general idea of the book is to take out enemy non-mage creatures asap, not to put rot markers on them.
The Wounded Prey marker points towards the same goal.
I simply think that it is preferable to roll 8 dice vs a non-mage creature ( and hold a QC attack spell in reserve to finish it off ) instead of rolling just 6 dice with a rot probability ( plus possible QC ) and maybe falling just short of killing it, thus giving it one more chance to activate and harm your mage or creatures.
Actually there's only one creature where I like to see those Rot markers amount on and that's the enemy mage.
So, defensively, or when under early aggression I can see the Tegu perform better than the Wolf.
He has the armor for it and the deterrent ( Rot ) and Giant Size is an enchantment that fits this ( Guard ) playstyle very nicely. It's actually a bigger boost (percentagewise) for him than for the Wolf.
I've replaced 1 wolf with a Tegu.
The biggest reason however not to turn this into an all-out Tegu book is
- that the Tegu's Rot chances are rather low imo : only 41.5% chance per hit, meaning you have to attack already 5 times to have an average of 2 Rot markers on an enemy.
- that it is a complete non-factor vs a Necromancer, non-living or other poison immune creatures. You'd basically be playing with Timber Wolves with two less life, one less die but one more armor and a weakened Badger Frenzy.
- that a Priestess might be another problem mage as she is very good at dealing with condition markers
- that Purify is included in a lot of books.
However, as I already mentioned, 1 Tegu certainly has a role in there.
More play will tell whether I want a second copy ( or more ) or not.
I'd run a second hawkeye as well.
I have to agree there, the card is too valuable not to have a back up.
With kajarah why do you want garvikor? for the casting cost kill the flyers? with attack spell+kajarah?
Pumped up, enchantment transfusing Guardian Angels are scary.
I just can't get them out with a Kajarah and an attack spell.
The Kajarah will roll only 4 dice most of the time minus 1 die from Aegis = 3 dice vs 1 armor. The Angel is probably not going to use it's defense on that.
Hurl Rock and Acid ball are not unavoidable and run the risk of being a total loss.
I'd run through my mana and attack spells at an alarming rate and get very little result out of it.
Gravikor gets them down to earth and allows me to get animal support for the kills, which improves the karajah by 1 die as well.
However, I see your point and do agree, the mana and sbp's spent on Gravikor can be better spent on something that does damage.
I figure I simply need a second ranged attacker to handle flyers : enter [mwcard=DNC16] Spitting Raptor[/mwcard]
A ranged attack that can corrode fits right in. This addition also makes sure that the second Hawkeye is not a potential dead card.
why fogbank?
To bring my creatures adjacent without being shot at or to block LoS to a Battle Forge or sometimes just to prevent the other mage from planting a wall in that spot which would hurt me ...
not sure if you want reveal magic instead of a seeking here.
I tried to cover my bases with the Decoy, Seeking Dispel and Reveal Magic.
To pop a Nullify, Decoy is excellent. No, it's not, as pointed out by Ringkichard below.
To take out a FD Forcefield or Spiked Pit, Seeking Dispel is your spell of choice.
To neutralize an Enchantment Transfusion and then Purge Magic or to neutralize an Arcane Ward then destroy the enchantment it is attached to and thus the AW as well, Reveal Magic is your best choice imo.
Maybe you want more avaiable armor, no backups of nothing apart from rhino, so vet belt could get useless fast.
I understand the theory about playing doubles of key cards to be able to continue your strategy, but with regard to armor I like to have "additionals" rather than "doubles".
So rather than have 2 or 3 identical body armor I prefer to have just 1 of many , so they can all be attached ( theoretically ) to improve your armor rate and you keep the "dead" cards to a minimum.
But maybe you mean my possible 6 armor is not high enough ?
That would mean I'd have to add some leathers ?
In addition adramalech warlock will simply roast you alive
Can't deny nor confirm as I haven't played this book vs the Adramelech yet
Any suggestions as to what to add to prevent that roasting ?
My guess is one simple 3 sbp Dragonscale Hauberk is not going to drastically change the outcome.
Thanks for your input, Mystery, much appreciated.
I've been working on a deck similar to this. Glad to see someone else working on it. Most of time I open with Kajarah and mana flower. It helps if they come with early aggression and it conserves mana for when you need to drop a creature and enchantments. The rest of the time I open with fellella and mana flower.
Any reason why you play Kajarah R1, CRBIV ?
You're not going to use it anyway and you can still QC it R2 if you want to use it there.
Maybe Flower + FD Rhino Hide first, then Kajarah R2 ... ?
