Suprised to not see Gerard get more votes. Having the ability to get extra piercing or have extra mana to spend it on soldiers or pirates is pretty useful. You also have to maybe think about him like a Brogan light. Since he can get the piercing. He is 2 spell book points cheaper for out of school mages and costs two less mana. Gerard does not have the high armor.
He could be a nasty alternative to destroying conjurations.
Brogan's key power is Unavoidable, not Piercing. Given that you have to breach your opponents armour with all your creatures and attacks you either need to negate it globally (Tooth & Nail, Armoury, etc) or more usually keep it down near zero (Dissolve, Acid Ball, Rust, etc). One random creature with high piercing does nothing to change that...
Also, whilst Brogan is a great tool in some books, he's just that - a tool for the right job. In the general case situation he's mostly worse than a Knight of Westlock, which gets cast far more often (and both are normally in the same book).
Gerrard is okay, but he's not as good as Brogan for specific problems, and not as good as Knight for general use. The mana is a nice bonus, but a trap to rely on - cast Knight of Westlock and save some instead...
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