Playin impossible mage, might need help

[megajon]

still haven't beaten that castle... I resorted to returning to clean-up/quest freedom isle, which still has a ton of xp for me and come back when I get lvl 16.. I am up to 120 mana now still at 15... hopefully get another boost at 16... or maybe leadership.

Think I will go with: polar bears, griffins, ancient bears, shamans, 15 sprites, and just concede to have a blood bath when I return to that castle... the only creatures I will use in the future will be shamans/griffins, but I have a near endless supply of each.

I am thinkin
turn 1
- mass shackles
- hypnotise one scoffer imp stack
- charge with my circus
- drop a totem with my front line of beasts

turn 2
- phantom my shamans
- drop 2 more totems
- keep pressing the action
- drop iceball or glots armor

turn 3 on just alternate casting magic spring and phantom till they are dead