Casting first in defence + endgame spells

[DonCorazon]

Twan, I watched those battles. Wouldn't the attacker have actually come out better if they had also scripted Undead Mastery? In your game, you as the defended would have taken control of Ermor's hordes only to lose them when he as the attacker "re-took" them over.

In that case, going 2nd would be an advantage it seems since the defenders gems and fatigue would be spent with little to show.

Playing that out could lead to some cat and mouse psychology - perhaps the defender waits a round to let the Attacker go first, then casts theirs as a counter...