by Steelhorns
First of all, I have to admitt I've plaid the WL only twice, since I've got my copy lately, but I understand this thread rather as a collection of ideas than a statement of my thoughts.I plaid the both games against the wizard. We used the updated mage wars spellbooks decks form the filesection here at bgg, so there was no big suprise ahead, but as we were both new to the game, in all beginnings dwells a magic force ; )
1. Mana was a major problem, because of the mana siphon. I would suggest to put some lightning attack into the warlord's deck to attack the inorporeal siphon with an ethereal attack. The other way to deal with the siphon would be to set aside some bat or imp to take care of the nasty item, though that would take some rounds of play due to the incorporeal effect that only 1's count towards the attack value. Maybe one should consider to appoint a Darkpact Slayer to that task (if you wanna have the job done right - hire a professional).
2. The Wizards Wands, attached with teleport and lightning bolt were annoying! As it was nearly impossible to close to him, I let them explode with *tadah!!* Explode, which was quite expensive (11 - 6 [Explode] + 5 [casting cost of the Wand]), but I decided it was worth the mana. Maybe Dissolve would be the better card, because it's cheaper (X = casting cost of the item, i.e. 5 of the Wand) to get rid of the wands and the spellbind spell. Mana was a big deal...
3. Dragonscale Hauberk of the Wizard was also quite annoying, since it provided this little mage with flame -2 (two less attack dice / -2 penalty on the effect die) and 2 armor. I had no third Explode / Dissolve in my deck, something I would like to avoid for future games!
4. One should probably consider to add a 2nd Lash of hellfire to ones deck, because the wizard also is in posession of dissolve...
Enough for now - I hope you add some ideas to the question of what cards are necessary in your opinion...