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Take the best of both worlds, try a gnome Cleric/Illusionist. Nothing like casting cleric spells at -5 off their normal casting speed or in a contingency/trigger.
Multi class mages end up with smaller number of spells to cast, but Illusionist gets an extra spell per level to make up for it. Illusionist cant cast Necromantic spells so you miss out on Skull Trap, Death Spell and Abi Dalzims. Cleric gets Animate Dead and Finger of Death, and Death Fog is Evocation, so you can use that instead of Death Spell to take out hostile summons (then cancel with Zone of Pure Air if you want).
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