Fantastic game!!! The only thing that could've made it better is actually changing your robe (in battle and on the icon) depending on what you've done, because it's kinda weird when you're number 1 in the book and you still look like an apprentiece.
Btw, here is a good strategy for Dark Wood mages:
Trade Life is very powerful. If your opponent has much more health than you, than try to gather 80 special as fast as you can and take enough hits to drain your health down to about 30, after that just cast trade life and finish your opponent with one strong combined bolt. Don't worry if your enemy can kill you while you're finishing him off, you'll still win. The only downside is that it takes a lot of mana to pull this strategy off, so spend a lot of points on mana and less on health. If you're fighting someone who is also Dark Wood than this strategy will lower his health to your maximum (because he will use TL too) so don't get hit if you're fighting a dark wood guy.
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