Daphne, I don't have the experience that the moderators do in evaluating pitches, but I agree that your second one went to the heart of the story most directly. It also enticed me as a potential reader, because I'm curious how the clairvoyant Aviva was conned, even if machine learning could produce the ultimate con-artist. I think Mica's synthesis of your pitches is very effective. Best success to you in #PitMad. And thank you once more for your excellent critique of my pitches.

To be brief, I'd like to see you rework #3 to fit some other elements from the first two (and to clarify the setting), while avoiding confusion. My suggestion would be something like this:

Conned into destroying the last city of a futuristic Earth, clairvoyant Aviva has left broken hearts, a war, & a deadly pandemic in her wake. To save what’s left of humanity, she must defeat the synthetic god who tricked her to begin with.

If you have space to better explain "Synthetic god" (android? AI?) in a single word or two, that might be nice as well.

Individual notes on the pitches:

#1 Leaves me too confused:

The last city burns, Aviva its torch. Asking too many questions here. Last city where, and how is she a torch? She thought her clairvoyance would be their whose? salvation but was blind to the synthetic deity ??? manipulating her. To save whats left of a crumbling world she’ll steal God’s throne ??? for herself. #2 Still confusing, but first line was good.

Conned into becoming an avatar of destruction Aviva ends the Last City last of what? beneath the heels of an android revolution. But war has no winners. What is this phrase doing here? A virus is her death knell how so? unless she slays the synthetic God who used her from the start.

#3 Generally cleaner/less confusing.

Clairvoyance hasn't helped Aviva escape disaster. She's left broken hearts, a war, & a virus that's eliminating the last of humanity in her wake. But she might save what’s left of it by taking God’s throne for herself. Not sure what you mean by "God" here.

#1: Is pretty good as is. I'm not sure it's got a super strong concept that's going to draw attention, but I also don't see how to make it better. So let's call it good, not great? I do think in all of these you can delete the title, which is typically omitted, which gives you a few more characters to play with. #2 I think is the strongest. I think it gives the best picture of what's going on in the book...the only issue is that 'Aviva ends the last city beneath the heels' Is a bit confusing. Maybe try to reword for clarity? #3 is a lot like #1, in that it's not bad, but doesn't really tell much about the conflict. We see that she's going to take God's throne...but not what's in her way or what happens if she doesn't. So we've got the goal, but no obstacle or stakes. Just spitballing...could we get one that centers goal/obstacle/stakes? Example: After being tricked into winning an unjust war, Aviva turns on her God. Now she must use her clairvoyance to defeat the <Stuff that's trying to stop her> before a virus wipes humanity out for good.