Pythium (MA) strategy

[Shovah32]

Imprisoned pretenders can be used, but you need a very strong early and mid game if you want to make use of them generally.
A combat pretender who is imprisoned probably wont appear until there are alot of SC counters around - and of course wont be able to defend against rushes.
An imprisoned mage pretender intended to diversify magic will often be a little too late to have the sort of impact you would really want on your versatility.

[Aezeal]

yeah but if I took one just to have decent scales, or better dominion.. or would it still be a bad thing

btw I still not convinced not taking 5S and 2 F on my pretender will make the summoning of the host possible

[Torin]

Take an absent pretender and decent scales only if your mages can handle SCs