I checked the starting save with three different versions of the game.
Tournament Edition 1.03p - all 3 spells are granted!
Shadow of Death 3.2 - all 3 spells are granted!
Running the game executable from Shadow with TE installed - all 3 spells are granted!
Bugs usually occur when trying to switch from one version of the game to another - this is the protective reaction of saves made on TE!
It is better to play from start to finish on one single version of the game, otherwise there may be unforeseen difficulties!
Added 17 minutes ago
I don't know who will win at this stage. However, I will share some secrets of the Walkthrough right now.
We leave the Nagabanks for last, so as not to sell the necessary resource!
We take Utopias with the help of archangels with the book of water magic, resurrecting losses with a clone.
We don't upgrade unnecessary dwellings, so that in the dungeons we only get angels or giants (whichever you prefer).
We don't build magic towers at all because of the sphere of magic prohibition, which we take to the arena!
The main secret - the hero, the army, and how to recruit it, I will leave for later!!!
I sent the final save. :) :) :)
The task has a limitation that "skeletons" cannot be taken to the arena. Literally, so liches will be taken! :)