[Aldin]

1) Arkmer is the best of the E-Wiz Crew. The combination of solid ranged attack, boostable defense and melee denial are a bargain at 50 points.

2) Ulginesh is second. The only non-Marvel flier with a normal ranged attack, he is also crucial to running any E-Wiz army with his OM doubling.

3) Jorhdawn takes third. Oddly, you would never take her without at least three additional Wizards, but she's still better than the rest - the only one fo them that can attack multiple units in a single attack.

4) Kyntela Gwyn is going to figure prominently in many Elf builds. She's a decent filler unit who will tend to be useful in any game.

5) Emiroon is a necessary evil. The melee attack is spectacularly uninspiring, but he can be absolutely key to shifting the forces around. Especially since he can summon Elves out of engagement as needed.

The rest are all flukey. Arkmer you might take in any game. Ulgy, KG and Emiroon have their places in armies that aren't dedicated to full E-Wiz-Dom. Jorhdawn is THE Elf Wiz. The last three though...

6) Morsbane. As part of an E-Wiz army he is a lot more frightening than Chardris or Acolarh could ever be. He adds to the damage Jorhdawn can cause. He gets summoned by Emiroon and can boost Arkmer's defense. And he adds just as much life as Chardris. Plus, in a pinch he gets to use his melee attack AND try for negation.

7) Acolarh. As a speed booster he's acceptable. He can be summoned by Emiroon and stay adjacent to KG. He boosts Jorhdawn and Arkmer. But mostly, he's the five points of life that your opponent has to at least consider killing BEFORE going after choice units like Jorhdawn, Morsbane, Arkmer or even KG. He always forces the question of whether you really want to take the chance of having another Elf Wiz cheat death.

8 ) Chardris. He offers nothing that Jorhdawn and Arkmer don't already offer between them. He doesn't have more life than Morsbane or a special as good as Acolarh's. In short, Chardris it the worst of the eight Elf Wizards.

~Aldin, magically