I know, it's me again with more questions. I've come up against Marva Flamewing and I'm intimidated, frankly. Looking at videos on Central I'm curious about one in particular. The guy only has 8 cards in his hand. 4 Sandstorm, hits to all enemies, and 4 Monstrous, a booster card of +175 (I think that's right). My dilemma is this: I've been buying my gear w/Crowns because the stats are better, but now I have utility cards across the bottom of my page. Dropping those cards would mean dropping that gear, including the wand. I realize that if I'm only in the battle a couple minutes I don't need so much life, so I could fight without my gear. Some of that gear has pip boosters though. I'm confused. That's the only way I can see that he could do that. I would like to know if it makes sense to get rid of that gear? Should I change clothes before the duel? Some of you more experienced wizards please tell me how you would handle this?