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The cards drawn from your deck is totally random. As you use a card from your hand, the next round another card from your deck is drawn at random.

The best way to get the cards you want is to discard card(s) that you don't want or need. You do so by right-clicking on a card and it will go away. Be careful not to do so quickly because the cards move around, although they don't change the order of appearance. This way, more cards will be drawn from your deck the next round.

Another thing is to take a hard look at your deck and ask yourself, do you really need X amount of this card or that card in your deck. I usually max the shield (of a type appropriate to the monster I'm going to fight) and max the healing (pixie or fairy). The rest is according to what I want to use most often, with appropriate backup spells included.

Once I'm in Krokotopia, there are no more 1-pip attack cards in my deck. Eventually, I will also eliminate the 2-pip attack cards as well. As you progress and start receiving power pips at a higher rate, 3-pip attack cards can be tossed as well.

skallywag wrote:

why is it that when i have my pips up the cards i want to use are never part of my rotation of spells..is it all random? should i stack my cards a certain way so that when i have 3 of 4 pips i dont get a bunch of 0 pip cards to choose from? I'm trying ti figure this out and help my nephew too as he also plays on my account and complains about the same thing. we're both wizzard noobs and love it but feel like we're doing something wrong with our decks.. help plz1

Your spells from your deck and items (for example wand) form a 'spell pool' and they are chosen at random to fill spaces in your card queue you select from.

How you form your 'spell pool' depends on you. At say, level 6, I have 2-pip spells as my attack, so I fill approximately half my deck with attack spells and half with 0-pip defence/boost and heal spells. At level 40, my attacks are about 1/4-1/3 of my deck, boosting are 1/3-1/2, and defense/healing are 1/4...you need blade and trap, if not more, to defeat high end foes.

Remember, the 0-pip and base heal spells are 100%, and will be cast, while I always have extra damage spells, assuming at least one will fizzle.

Treasure cards: Give you a back up when your deck isn't behaving. Discard a few of the least desired cards and draw treasure cards.

Both of the following are just examples, and you really need to re-tool your deck for each specific enemy.
Example of an early Death (secondary life) deck: 3 ghoul, 1 leprechaun, 5 life wand spells, 2 heals & 3 blades.

Example of a later death deck (life secondary): 2 Vampire, 3 Poison, 4 blade, 2 trap, 2 heal, life wand, and 2 0-pip defensive.