Hi, skyharbor, thank you so much for this tip about trying royal. After six losses to Battlemage, I just set my level 14 Sunsnake on him and took him down magnificently, bB. Last few tournaments, I've been stuck at battle 15 or 16, and just had to quit because all my guys were in line for the spa, lol. Can't believe I've made it this far and only used ultimate once (for bingo). One more to go, super-psyched!
Edit: omg! First battle with level 20 Kaulipia...level 7 (lol!) Social, mmB for the win!! Best of luck to those still slugging it out in the arena!!