When you get Necro going he is insanely good. That's why you have the cost of the zombie attacks.
My sister plays as him a lot, and by turn 5 she's either nearly dead and starting to get going or her zombie engine is rolling and the heroes are nearly unstoppable. She likes the risk reward of him.
Ra or Wraith are amazing with him since their return damage can kill the litle buggers.
Haka and Nighmist are also lots of fun with him.
Scholar as well, he's just ridiculous wth them.
AZ Using Thermal on them with only 1 villain target is awesome as well.
There's just so many ways to deal with them, and the effects get so good.
They are a lot of fun vs. the Ennead, Those silly thieves just keep killing them for you, esp. when you flip the one that destroys them for free.
I love the games with Necro, the increase in amount of shenanigans makes it so much fun.
He messes with the normal order of things, and I think that is a very good thing.
I like the theme, he is summoning the zombies to use for his magic which helps his allies, the Zombies don't fight for him, they are just there as spell components.
Beacuse it's not the same dynamic. It's good to have a different mechanic and a different feel for it. I do think Necro is a bit weak and can end up being not fun with so much setup and not that much payoff. [edit: I haven't played him as phanta has so I might be off. I still do not like when Heroes depend on other Heroes to be useful]
In case of the Stranger, the damage works as a limit of how many Runes he can sustain per turn. I think it's good since it looks like it works.
In general I like tosx cards better when it doesn't include any of the official Heroes/Villains (but it includes other of his own), it just feels more polished. The lack of bios also make them lacking in personality compared to official Heroes/Villains.
Can someone give this man a quick explanation as to how this man can get these decks printed from The Printer's Studio website? It would mean a lot to my group.
Short answer: There are several posts in this thread at BGG devoted to exactly that question:
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1104083/tosxs-sotm-the-cauldron-expansion-tracking/
Wow! I can't believe that I am seeing this for the first time. What would it cost to get a set printed? I see the cost of a deck, but if you order multiple decks do you get a price break if they are different decks?