@Nightguest I am glad you are soliciting player feedback on prizes! Thank you. Here are my thoughts:
1. I feel a 10 point AW spell is SERIOUSLY undervalued to be a daily prize. Should be at least 20 points or more. And there is precedent for this. During the Elvarnian Carnival event earlier this year, there was a 30 point AW spell offered as a daily prize. So the current event is offering a daily prize which is worth 1/3 of what a comparable daily prize from a previous event was. As a player it is hard to get excited about this and I gave this day a hard pass.
2. During the May Celebrations event earlier this year, the troop spells offered as daily prizes were "regiment" spells which gave 25 squads each. I was actually excited about these and targeted them on several occasions. Now all that is offered as daily prizes are "battalion" spells that give 10 squads each. Once again, the current event is giving daily prizes which are only 40% of the value of comparable daily prizes from an older event. Instead of trying for these prizes, I am now actively avoiding spending event currency on days where troop instants are the prizes.
3. 2x2 buildings that only give culture are in the Magic Academy as a crafting option and do not cost much to make there. Since any player with a Magic Academy can already make something similar, buildings such as Pond Pilar are not very good as daily prizes. If you want to offer 2x2 buildings as daily prizes, have them be something we can't easily make in the Magic Academy, such as pop/culture combo buildings or pop+supplies/goods/mana/seeds.
4. I do like the option of pet food as a daily prize, but I feel only getting 1 is undervalued. I make 3 or 4 a week in the Magic Academy. Make the prize 3. That is nearly a week's production. I would actually try for that. I did not even try for prizes on the day in the current event where 1 pet food was the daily.