I would keep our mark as Death no matter what they play. If we have a lot of
then we won't have enough
and he just won't play the nightmare. But it's an interesting idea, and it might be the best way to go. I think we should test this.
Upped Poisons would help damage, but they each net us -2 quanta since they cost +1 and prevent us from upping 1 pillar. I guess we could cut out 1 Bonewall. We need 6 lightnings, 1 Fractal, and 2 Dragons. 6 lightnings are essential to stop their chargers; we need 1 lightning for every charger Gravity runs. the 1 Fractal makes a big difference to help damage. 2 Dragons are there so we usually have a target to Fractal by the time we have quanta for it.
It's not a huge problem if Fractal doesn't show; our Dragons are still useful and we have Poisons. It's not worth using a second Fractal. We would have many draws without the quanta for it or without a target for it.