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He will only apply anti-magic after the mage's turn)) Now, think about what the mage can do in one turn? ... If it's hypnosis, then who will move after the mage? Not the mantis, right? )

Any summoned creature starts moving immediately after being summoned. On the first turn, the Druid casts Anti-Magic on himself. It doesn't matter what the Mage does. The Druid's turn – summon a Mantis. The Mantis's turn – it flies towards the Mage (even if it doesn't deal damage). The Mage casts Hypnosis on the Mantis. The Druid casts Anti-Magic on the Mantis, and the Hypnosis effect wears off. Now it doesn't matter what the Mage does. With his turns, the Druid will summon Mantises. The Mage becomes useless on the battlefield.

I also went through this battle; I don't know how much mana they had, but it doesn't really matter here, and who goes first isn't that important either. The druid's first move is to cast antimagic on himself, and for the mage, I think Mirror Image would be the best option. Then, the druid summons mantises (level 19, 3 mantises), and the mage has two options: either cast Hypnotize on the mantises or cast Phantom. In the first case, the druid casts antimagic on his third turn, and the problem is solved. In the second case, the Phantom is less effective (the number is the same, but the druid's mantises destroy one of the mage's mantises with the first attack). All the druid's remaining turns are spent casting Swarm on the mage. If no one gets a Spirit buff, the druid will easily defeat the mage (the druid "holds" the mage, the mantises deal with the illusion first, then the mage). If someone gets a Spirit buff, then that person wins, but that's no longer equal conditions.

You're right, ZYbr, in this situation, the druid wins. But if the mage goes first, the mage might win. The mage's first move is to cast Hypnotize on the druid. The druid's turn (while hypnotized). Summon a Magic Dragon. (it appears under the mage's color). Lightning Bolt on the druid. The mage simply skips his turn. The druid summons (while hypnotized - as far as I remember, Hypnotize lasts for three turns) a Mantis Warrior. The Mantis Warrior's turn - attacks the druid. The mage's turn - Phantom of the Mantis Warrior. The Phantom of the Mantis Warrior attacks the druid (if it reaches him, which isn't important). The druid's turn - the cycle repeats. When the druid has made his third turn while hypnotized, the Magic Dragon can cast Confusion on him. The phantom and the original Mantis Warrior finish off the druid, the wizard casts Confusion on the druid, and the mage casts Ice Bolt. And then, order prevails.

I wouldn't say that Life against Nature is a piece of cake.

I tried playing this match – whoever goes first wins, the Priest does, if both have Warfare and Combat skills at level 5.

See – 1 – the Druid summons Manticores, casts Antimagic on himself, or something else. And the Priest casts Regeneration. Now, if the Nature player continues to summon, the Priest will continue to cast Bless as healing, Heavenly Shield, Nature's Guard on himself. And if the Priest does, Regeneration will do its job and prevent the Manticores from killing him.

Then I'll say - Chaos defeats everyone except the Druid. It will defeat the Druid if it goes first.

Well, in this case, only Life is useless because magic is focused on defense.