Well..... 40 Death gems diseased 600-700 of my troops, including all of my very expensive and high MR Illithids.
It diseased a good 40 commanders, over 30 of which are mages. Yeah if they can't get cured, they can technically go down in a blaze of glory, but diseased troops very rapidly deteriorate - fully half of them already had an additional affliction on the same turn the spell is cast.
So all things considered, 40 Death gems to ruin 8000g+ worth of troops and mages, some of them highly experienced and/or rare magic picks - I'm gonna call that a bit extravagant. I mean I blew 50 Water on a Murdering Winter, and killed like 33 guys. Sure, the province wasn't Cold 3, but Leprosy doesn't have that kind of a restriction.
I'm disappointed the Air Queen isn't a commander any longer. She's kind of silly without her gear or magic, hardly a better result than just killing her.
