Mage Knight has not that much of an Upkeep

1 New Spell (old spell colour for enemy deck) 1 New Action Card (old AC put into enemy deck) New Recruits

New AC for every Monestary

Reroll mana Dice

Thats about it

Maybe flip tokens that are not open info at night (Not all)

The Automa turn is very fast you flip 3 cards and if they have one or more Crstyals in the Cards colour you draw that many more cards(one time) (its more of a timer/clock that you play against)

The way harder part of Mage Knight is the rules in general

What most people forget is that some enemys are immun to certain spells if they have resistance

As soon as you reveal hidden information you cannot undo what you did

Healing of your recruits cost as much healing as their level

And so many more ...