With a low mana cap, and every element in play, this one had to be a Dragon battle. My Dragon summoner, Quix the Devious, is a higher level than my others and so I'd be able to get some more powerful monsters out there in the arena. Also with the Equalizer ruleset, low mana monsters were going to get a boost to their health, this was a biggy considering the low mana restriction.
Battle Lineup
First of all the summoner had to be my level three, Quix the Devious. I wanted to play Dragon and it would deny the opponent some speed and minus their ranged attack if that's what they decided to bring along.
When you use the Dragon element you get to choose another one as well. I could pick any of them as they were all available but when it's low mana, I find Earth have the best options to choose from. So the first in my line up was going to be a level one Brownie. With one health he was going really take advantage of Equalizer and he's fast with the added Speed ability. Not normally a position one card, so it was a bit of a gamble, but then you never know unless you try!
Now for my most expensive mana card, a level seven Goblin Psychic. He was going to be my highest health card with five as well, so if the enemy didn't bring anyone along with higher, that was going to set the bar for Equalizer. He also has Tank Heal for my Brownie, Affliction to prevent the enemy from healing their number one spot and Silence to give the enemy magic attacks a minus one. So now we've got minus one to their range and magic attack.
Next we have my level one, Queen Mycelia. She has a low magic attack but I was bringing her along for the Protect ability, a boost of two to all my troops armour. This can so often be the deciding factor between a win and loss and is so worth the four mana points cost.
This was probably going to be one of my most powerful monster's in this battle, my level three, Iza the Fanged. You get so much for your mana with her. Granted she only has one attack but its ranged so you can sit her safely in the center ranks. She's certainly not slow and has some useful abilities. Firstly her Sneak attack was going to target their rear line together with her annoying Stun ability. Then to top it off she has Scavenge so any deaths at all were going to boost her health even higher than Equalizer was going to start her with. A great card!
Time for my second Dragon monster, my gold level six Naga Assassin. Now she really is fast, especially with the Brownie's boost to speed. As you might have seen from my Evasion and Backfire post, she can be quite lethal as her enemy consistently miss her with attacks and have them Backfiring, doing themselves damage instead. With two ranged attack and only costing two mana, she is great for low mana matches.
And last, but by no means least, we have my level three Djinn Biljka. With Camouflage he would sit safely until his comrades were all downed, so of course I'd put him at the back. He has two magic attack and has Void to reduce incoming magic attacks and Weaken to reduce the health of all the enemy monsters. Again, for only three mana, this card packs a punch and is worth its weight. Another solid winner for any low mana match.
After Battle Report
I was fighting against a fairly high level team here and they had some nasty attacking monsters in the Silvershield Assassin and Stitch Leech, and they'd also brought along two healers with their own attacks as well (lucky I had Affliction). But their Pelacor Conjurer in the front rank boosted all of our health to seven and I didn't need to worry immediately for my Brownie as the Conjurer has no attack. Very quickly my team revealed they were going to win the day with my Naga Assassin rebounding damage onto her attackers while Iza and Biljka caused their own carnage amongst the enemy ranks. The additional armour courtesy of Queen Mycelia really did help and amazingly my Brownie stayed alive - who'd have though a Brownie could survive in the front rank!
