[Zapmeister]

The reason I'm not happy with Johan's response, and I'm not overly concerned about non-pretender vulnerability to Magic Duel, is that losing one's pretender is a real downer. For me, it's a trigger for losing enthusiasm in a game in which it happens.

On the one hand, we are being encouraged to spend points on our pretenders. However, loss of that pretender trashes those points since a pretender loses magic when it dies (I assume this still happens in Dom2). Add to that the hoops you have to jump through to get the pretender back at all.

If there's a game element that puts low and midrange astral magic pretenders at much greater risk, then I think you have a problem.

Just my 2c worth.