This week’s battle challenge focuses on the Magi of Chaos.

Card Details

A Chaos Legion edition epic level monster from the Neutral unit at level 2:

• Estimated cost: $10.32

• Magic attack: 2

• Speed: 2

• Health: 6

The Chaos Mages in traditional RPGs use arcane weapons like staffs and wands to unleash their dark magic upon foes. And you can see these influences coming through in the artwork of the Magi of Chaos - devilish, cunning look with staff ready to unleash a barrage of magic damage in battle. Its sole focus is to create chaos. The Magi of Chaos has an equal mana cost to health which helps with survivability, okish damage, speed, and no abilities. Therefore, it relies on buffs from summoners and other monsters to aid in its usefulness.

Battle - Full Battle Replay

Battle Details

• Mana cap: 21

• Rulesets(s): Stampede

Lineup Details

• Thaddius Brood (Summoner): -1 magic damage and -1 health to all enemy monsters.

• Harklaw: primary melee tank with abilities to buff its tanking.

• Corpse Fiend: meat shield to provide some protection to the backline.

• Magi of Chaos + Dark Ferryman: primary backline damage + debuff to reduce enemy monster's health.

Did your strategy work? What will you try differently next time?

Frankly, I was humiliated in this battle. I came up against one of the new Riftwatcher summoners, Dallan, who gives all enemy monsters the Cripple ability, which put me on the back foot. However, my undoing was unable to counter the enemy's Riftwing. All those buffs and debuffs, in combination with high-speed none of my monsters hit, could land, and it allowed the duo of Venari Bonesmith and Life Sapper to pick off my monsters one by one. How did the Magi of Chaos fare? It was performed like the rest of the team - average at best. It managed to kill the Chaos Agent but also was undone by the Riftwing speed. Overall, an unsatisfying loss and a good reminder that speed matters.

Do you like the Magi of Chaos? Why or why not?

The Magi of Chaos only gets its first ability at level five. You would require a level six rare summoner or a level three legendary summoner to deploy it in battle with its said ability. Also, it's a Neutral unit monster and an epic rarity monster. Therefore, all these factors contribute to it being relatively expensive. If I were a new player or a player looking to bolster my modern collection, I wouldn't be purchasing it from the market as the opportunity cost is too high and those funds could be directed to other monsters, e.g., Riftwing.

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