This is part 3 of my Mazahaedron deep dive. Honestly, it’s less a guide than me thinking out loud.
I’m using his unique starting card, his charge ability, and cards from Aeon’s End: War Eternal. Everything here assumes a 4-mage game.
Related:
Is Your “Gift” Actually Helping?
Here’s what Mazahaedron can do with Worldheart Shard on turn 1:
- Open Breach II
- Gain a 3-cost card (for himself)
- Gain a 4-cost card (for an ally)
This time I’m looking at the third option: gaining a 4-cost card and handing it to an ally.
But first: why give a card to an ally at all? Here’s what each card type gets you:
- More spells for an ally → makes that ally (your damage dealer) stronger
- More gems for an ally → your ally can discard power cards, gain charges, or buy expensive spells on their own
- A relic for an ally → Gravehold healing (Mage’s Totem), healing players (Primordial Fetish), charges (Conclave Scroll), and so on
So this time I’m not only checking how Mazahaedron’s own deck runs. I also want to know whether the ally who gets the card is truly helped, or whether it’s a gift they’d rather not have.
The Key Check: When Does the Gift Get Cast?
To answer that, you have to follow the card into your ally’s deck turn by turn. When does it reach their hand? When can they actually prep it? That timing is the whole question. So let’s walk through both sides.
Mazahaedron’s Side
Start of Turn 1 (from Part 1)
- Hand: Worldheart Shard / Crystal / Crystal / Spark / Spark
- Deck: Crystal / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal / Spark
- Discard: none
After Handing Over the Card
He uses Worldheart Shard to reach 4 Aether in total, then gives that card to an ally. This is how things look at the start of turn 2:
- Breach I: Spark
- Breach II: closed
- Hand: Spark / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Deck: Spark
- Discard: Worldheart Shard / Crystal / Crystal
The Spark in hand is the one left over from turn 1.
Now, what about the mage who got the card? I’ll use Quilius as the example.
Example: Quilius Gets a 4-Cost Spell Before Her Turn 1
- Breach I: empty
- Breach II: empty
- Hand: Extinguish / Spark / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Deck: Extinguish / Spark / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Discard: the spell
The spell from Mazahaedron is sitting in Quilius’s discard pile.
If Quilius Gains Frozen Magmite on Turn 1
This is the start of turn 2:
- Breach I: Extinguish
- Breach II: Spark
- Hand: Extinguish / Spark / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Deck: (empty)
- Discard: the spell / Frozen Magmite / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
Cast both prepped spells and gain one more Frozen Magmite, and you end up here:
Start of Turn 3
- Breach I: Extinguish
- Breach II: Spark
- Hand: the spell / Frozen Magmite / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Deck: Extinguish / Spark / Frozen Magmite / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Discard: (empty)
The spell you received can be cast on turn 4. If that spell is Kindle, though, you won’t have a Spark in hand on this turn to stack with it. So I’d give any spell other than Kindle.
Since Quilius already has two open breaches, she can also gain Pyrotechnic Surge.
You also have 5 Aether this turn, so you can gain any spell that costs up to 5.
Next turn, three spells come into your hand, in this order: spell / Extinguish / Spark / Frozen Magmite / Crystal. Spend 3 Aether to focus Breach III, and you can prep all three.
If Quilius Gains a Spell on Turn 1
- Gain a 3-cost spell on turn 1
- Gain Frozen Magmite on turn 2
Do that, and the start of turn 3 looks like this (“Spell (4)” = the 4-cost spell, “Spell (3)” = the 3-cost spell):
- Breach I: Extinguish
- Breach II: Spark
- Hand: Spell (4) / Spell (3) / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Deck: Extinguish / Spark / Frozen Magmite / Crystal / Crystal / Crystal
- Discard: (empty)
War Eternal has a 3-cost spell called Thoughtform Familiar. When you cast it, it deals 1 additional damage for each other spell you have prepped.
With the 4-cost spell plus Thoughtform Familiar, you can expect 5–6 damage. That’s effective against the minions that show up early.
A Word of Caution When Gifting a Spell on Turn 1
Giving a spell helps you get ahead in the fight. But for a mage with few gems, it’s hard to build up charges or focus breaches on their own.
I covered the spell-gifting route this time, but Quilius doesn’t have many gem cards, so handing her a gem is also a strong move.
Notes to Self
- If Mazahaedron gives a 4-cost spell on turn 1, Quilius can cast it on turn 4.
- Give any spell other than Kindle (Quilius won’t have a Spark in hand on turn 4).
- If Quilius gains a 3-cost spell (like Thoughtform Familiar) on turn 1, she’s better set up to handle early minions.
- Gifting a spell puts speed first and it’s fun. But Quilius is short on gem cards, so giving a gem is also a strong option.
Next time, I’ll look at “handing a gem to an ally on turn 1.”
See you next time!
Tested in 4-mage mode with War Eternal cards. Mileage may vary in solo or 2-mage, but the core logic holds.
