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I don't think a 20% chance of an Earth pick is that bad, I would just keep recruiting until I got one. But if it's too risky for your playstyle, getting Earth 2 on a rainbow pretender only costs 26 points. If you use Shovah's Naiad path to get Nature then you could change your pretender to:

Air 4
Astral 4
Death 2
Earth 2
Fire 4

A Crone would have 70 points remaining for scales/dominion, or you could choose an Enchantress and have 49 points remaining but you generate an Astral pearl every turn and there are no old age issues.