Splinterlands Weekly Battle Challenge: MAGI NECROSI

Edition: CHAOS LEGION
Rarity: EPIC
Element: DEATH
Level: 6 (Max)
Attack: MAGIC
Mana Cost: 6 POINTS
Abilities: Snipe, Camouflage, Oppress, Stun

Battle Rules (DIAMOND LEAGUE, MODERN FORMAT):

• Ferocity: All monsters have the Fury ability
• Briar Patch: All monsters have the Thorns ability (cause 2 damages to the melee attacker)
• Aimless: All monsters have the Scattershot ability (Ranged/Magic only)
• 38 Mana
• Splinters: Fire, Death

Summoner: Thaddius Brood

• Reduce enemy's Magic Attack and Health by 1
• Given Thorns battle rule, I am expecting the opponent to be mostly ranged/magic

Position #1: Tank - Djinn Muirat

• Void Armor and Magic Reflect pairs very well as I am expecting to go against ranged and magic heavy line up
• Knock Out could be useful if Magi Necrosi stuns an enemy and Djinn Muirat with lower speed follows up with an attack. However Scattershot from the battle rule makes this combo a chance game

Position #2: Darkest Mage

• I had a few choices for 2 mana, picked this one for the Affliction skill, in that random chance it landed on an enemy with Heal ability

Position #3: Magi Necrosi

• This is the weekly challenge superstar 😁
• Camouflage and Stun are good enough reason to use this card regularly
• Snipe can come in handy if we suspect opponent would be using low health support cards in the back lane
• Oppress is a bonus to do double damage to any monster without any sort of attack, although I am not expecting the opponent to use any, given it is not common for Fire or Death splinters

Position #4: Doctor Blight

• This is one of my most used cards
• Camouflage and Scavenger ensures it gets the chance to accumulate health before being targeted
• I moved this card up to give my ranged attackers more rounds to dish out damage (once again, this may be wishful thinking as Scattershot could have taken them out)
• Affliction could proc and stop Heal
• Poison does 2 damage once applied, another added bonus
• Weaken reduces 1 health to all enemy monsters, with my summoner, all enemy monsters now have effectively 2 less health right off the bat

Position #5: Supply Runner

• Swiftness to buff my speed in order to attack earlier and have higher chance to evade melee/ranged attacks
• Strengthen increases all my monsters' health by 1

Position #6: Lira The Dark

• Using this card to further stack speed, with her Swiftness
• I don't think Snipe works as Scattershot overrides it 😭

Conclusion:

• Decisive victory!

But was it because of my superior lineup? Or luck?
Could a different Scattershot targeting sequence turn the battle upside down?
Comment below with your analysis for an upvote!

• It was very interesting the opponent and I shared many of the same monsters, in similar positions
• A cheaper summoner beat the high demand and expensive Legendary Lux Vega 😝

Is my -1 Magic (and save 1 mana) better than +1 Speed/+1 Armor?

Link to the video: Click here for the battle play back!