[The_Tauren13]

The Carrioin Dragon has 80 points per new path, does it not? Are you seriously going to spend 240 points to get water, air, and fire on it?
Thats why I typically went with the naga; I wanted a sturdy chasis with low new magic paths cost (20 points). And it seems to me the only way to properly site search is having all the needed paths on your pretender. The reason I didnt feel the need to get death and nature was because the pans can search those. It seems to me the only reason to get any would be to get it at really high levels, like if you wanted to get like 4-5 nature to cast mother oak immediately.
Your plan doesnt seem to have much of a way to research, which to me is the biggest problem with Pan CW, and why I decided going for specters was the best bet.
I guess I never thought about getting vine ogres. That sounds like a pretty good idea; the vine ogres can stand a hell of a beating while the carrion beasts dish it out.