Confirmed.
Before the game, realizing that playing Pikdrama with this pick would be quite difficult (I drafted pretty well for myself, of course), I decide to offer my opponent a normal hero and in return get the chance to start with +30-40 Gremlins) and off we go.
For normal survival on this snow respawn, I had enough with 4 heroes, but Tazar came as the 5th, thereby crippling the economy. On day 115, I pick a green secondary to continue exploring, but I run into a guard of 50+ Magogs and realize that breaking through it with a hundred Gremlins and 7 Mages is either impossible or would result in massive losses. I turn back. The tempo is over. I'm 90 gold short for a Naga + Tazar level 4-5)
On day 121, I break through a portal into Gomunguls' unclaimed adjacent zone and, overall, I level up Tazar quite well there. I got Earth magic. I find a level 3 Griffin Conservatory. I plan to even the situation on day 131 by taking the Griffin Conservatory, but around day 125, Turis runs by with 3 Angels and leftovers, takes my saving Griffin Conservatory, and heads toward the capital. Realizing there's no way out of this, I write gg.
Thanks for the game.