Power: 6 | Speed: 5 | Rarity: Rare | World Region: The Forge Towers
Origins: Torch Mage spent decades in the Forge Towers learning to compress fire into usable forms. Most Fire cards expand – spread heat outward, light everything up. Torch Mage does the opposite: it takes all that energy and folds it down until it becomes something precise and devastating. 6 Power deployed with intelligence is a different proposition than 6 Power deployed carelessly.
Finishing Move: Magefire Bolt: Condenses weeks of collected heat into a single focused bolt. It travels faster than most Fire attacks and hits harder than anything in this tier should.
Synergy & Rivalry: Perfect match with Blaze Rider – the mage directs what the rider delivers. Has an uncomfortable rivalry with Lightning's Thunder Sage, a fellow precision-energy practitioner who makes the same arguments from a different starting point.
