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I dont think Pandoras keyword is so bad as some players describe. Sure, there is a lot of vulnerable models, but you need to compare them with another models of the same cost. For example Sorrows is one of the best 5 cost minion in faction, and lyssas for 4 are amazing. Candy is great, and babycade is still a killer for his 7 stones. Still, Pandora is not easy to play, and yes, her models lack of good protection, but there is a lot of mobility and nice tarpit in keyword. Ive rated her third, cause i think 1st place is always a Dreamer, second is collodi or, if dmx is banned, Titania (still her keyword is garbage untill you get Rex on your hands.).Zoraida is not so good in current schemes after nerfs and invention of friendly-emeny controlled in gg, that breaks her manipulations alot. Euripid is lack of survivability and has mediocore models, Marcus is better in arcanists, and lucius is much better in guild. Nekima is nice, but i think mano-o-mano Pandora wrecks her keyword. So if ive played Iron scorpions on 3 tours ive ended up with Dreamer collodi Titania and Pandora.

IF you have bought New box, then just get Insomnia and deep slumber boxes (its 3 madnesses, 3 stiches,3 daydreams, and Serena bowman.) and It will be enough. Its actually enough to get top3 at local tournaments consistently Also widow weaver is great addition. One of the most OP lists is here. If you dont want to get a lot of boxes just change widow weaver for 3d stitched and daydream. https://m3e.page.link/SGHL2TgUfDS9r5y47

Actually there was one tournament in Russia with Ivan and Cadmus. Daniel Walker made some proxys through heroforge and finished on the first place. There was like 12 players, and some of them were really good, like top10 of russian community. Here is his thread with report about 'giant wooden spoon' tournament in Ulyanovsk.

Pandora hardcounters some keywords and masters by herself - Mercenary, Pig, Tri-chi, McMourning and his stuff, Firebug, M&Su, Guard, Reva, Nephilim hy denying their Base mechanic or reapping them like a corn cause their poor WP. And this is the one that comes to my mind first, there are a lot of others keywords that have same feeling. And its essential for Dreamer to get stable WP duels. Its good for all strategies. And if we are talking bout schemes - i almost always pick the ones that almost does not require additional APs from my model or schemes that I can open early and setup end condition after the main action is over (claim, Outflank, assasinate, Vendetta, power ritual, prisoner and search the ruines are my favorites). Dreamer assures that with great summon value we will have enough models to setup end condition, so its no big deal to start with high cost models. Btw mono Dreamer is really cool too but he suffers a lot if game dont last all 5 round cause he get his reall power only on turn 3 or even 4.

Copellius here is replaceble. But its worth to mention that with initial push, on every setup beside Corner we create big danger zone with Nekima. If you want to calcullate this her dead zone is about 14 inches (so she can make move, Charge, Charge and trigger with another attack on different target.). Copellius extend It to 18, and even on standart deploiment its already 26 inches, that making opponent feel really uncomfortable on the map. And Copellius is good overall. Just dont throw him in your opponent face straightforward. Also he prowides anoter ranged wp duel with 6 stat. Of course if you feel so you can exchange him for madness/stiched and daydream to get more Lucid. But in that list i dont need a lot of Lucid cause i use it only for summoned Stiched. And if you want to enchance your dexk with Lucid fast enough to make It count - i think you should take about 6-7 Lucid Dreams on start, cause like 2-3 of this 6 will be high cards for Sticheds to use in defense/offense

For Zoraida lists you better ask Daniel Walker, he has some mindblowing techs with that Master (especially in tandem with collodi if It is allowed. :)). As for Dreamer - he is really strong as single master as well. Here is few of my rosters for him, of course you still need to adapt them to your opponent and schemes. Sometimes you just pick Pandora as second Master to hard counter your opponent.

Still salty about Russian Nationals tournament, lul? Dreamer is just great, thats right. Even as single master he has a lot of flexibility, and cause he is pretty much independent summoner you can easily add to your list additional Master to counter your opponent. Still, i dont think neverborn THAT good overall. In single master rules, as for me, Pandora and Lucius are just weak (at least till we get this tasty new keyword models in play). Nephilims and Feys are also pretty mediocre, and in high competitive meta with strong players i feel limited to few keywords if i am planning to win. Dreamer is the Best boy so i dont get much choice here lol. So if you ask my opinion, in current state of Russian meta, if there will be single master rules, then the top tier will be like Dreamer, Zoraida, Collodi and maybe Euripidus. Good thing that we are not limited to this,and my Dreamer almost always has Nekima or Pandora at his side.