New Priest Spell - Elekk Mount

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A new Rare Priest Spell, Elekk Mount, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    A new Rare Priest Spell, Elekk Mount, has been revealed!

    Elekk Mount Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    [Hearthstone Card (Spikeridge Steed) Not Found] came back as a priest spell. Hmm honestly i'm not sure what to think about it. It seems good SOMETIMES when you get it from random generation, but it doesn't seem good enough to run in your deck... Wait the only deck i see this getting play is in N'Zoth, God of the Deep Priest decks, ONLY if the Elekk is a beast minion. (Which i'm like 99% sure it is.) 

    In wild i don't see it getting any kind of play, Ress/Big priest prefers big minions with additional effects (Deathrattles, etc.) and Reno priest will never run it, because it just messes things up for them. 

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Way too expensive, even with Priest's mana discounts. If these mounts are included in any deck, they need an insane effect, or be cheap.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Lundy

    Way too expensive, even with Priest's mana discounts. If these mounts are included in any deck, they need an insane effect, or be cheap.

    When Spikeridged Steed was revealed the ppl said the same: "too expensive", and that card is similar.

    It's a good target for discover effects and maybe in a hardbuff list.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Exoensive and vulnerable to silence/transform effects. The hunter one is better with immediate effect

    -=alfi=-

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1210 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    The problem with a Spikeridged Steed in Priest vs Paladin is that Priest doesn't have the endless supply of Silverhand Recruits. Obviously it is big pile of stats for the cost, but if the mount cards become too popular, I can see Secret Rogue rising to the top by punishing with Blackjack Stunner.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Priest can go hard into the late game and they tend to use small value oriented minions that can enjoy and extra buttload of stats. It's not a great card to add to decks, but with all the generation priests have access to, I believe we'll end up seeing a lot of this card.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    This card is certainly interesting because its basically a stronger Spikeridged Steed and in a class where card discounting is relevant.

    But it suffers from the fact that it requires priest to actually stick minions on board, which is an ask for a class that barely plays for tempo.

    Still, this card absolutely crushes aggro decks, and without a silence will likely slow the game so much against midrange that priest simply wins from there. I take it that the Elekk is a beast as well (because why wouldn't it be) so that's one more reason to run it. For that reason this one gets high marks from me, but taken down a peg because priest is not really a class that plays for tempo.

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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1040 624 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Probably too slow but that's a lot of stats. 

    I'll experiment for sure but I think that takes too much set up. Power Word: Fortitude probably keeps the high end spell slot for now.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    I kinda like this one. Priest can discount spells and therefor this could come down earlier in the game. Even if Not it is pretty ok for 7 Mana.

    The only thing i want to know is what stats the Elekk has that gets summoned? is it also a 4/7 ? 

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  • aposteljoe's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_600_HS 1165 644 Posts Joined 06/18/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From FieselFitz

    I kinda like this one. Priest can discount spells and therefor this could come down earlier in the game. Even if Not it is pretty ok for 7 Mana.

    The only thing i want to know is what stats the Elekk has that gets summoned? is it also a 4/7 ? 

    Yes, the Mount has (so far) always the stats of the buff. nd the effect.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Dragon 2215 2485 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    This card is so much better than Spikeridged Steed and only for 1 mana more. Also with all of priest's mana cost reductions and infinite card generation, this spell will be quite difficult to deal with. Might even warrant running silence or more transform effects 

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Noone'S going to actually run it, but it'S going to ruin your day anyways because "created by".

    At least it should weaken Control Priests early game discover options (while still keeping the long game strong for obvious reasons)

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    It's an amazing buff but really slow. It rely on mana discounts in order to make very useful.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    With the ways to reduce costs for minions, this could be used.  Although in a very niche deck

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    This will be nice when generated/discovered in the late game. Otherwise, it's too expensive.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Great stats for the cost - with the spell focused cards of Forged in the Barrens and it's miniset it fits right in. Taunt makes it playable.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    This card is definitely playable, but whether or not anyone actually plays it is a different issue. The only deck I could envision this being utilized in is a midrange deck with N'zoth, which may be a thing, but probably not. Maybe some kind of buff priest? But that also doesn't feel very realistic. 

    It isn't a bad card, but I don't expect it to be played.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    The Elekk this card leaves behind is a beast, so maybe N'Zoth decks would consider running this. Stats aplenty on this card, but we're not living in 2016 anymore, meaning that a 7 mana card without any synergy will not see play on ladder.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Splendiferous 2145 1903 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    That's a huge buff. It's also pretty expensive, but big spell discounts seem to be Priest's thing nowadays.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    I won't include it in my priest control decks, but I'm sure I'll be prying to discover this with Pandaren Importer in mid-late turns.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    I like that it is upgraded from Spikeridge Steed. I'm not sure I like that it just pushes control priest a little more. I think if Priest has any minions on board to stick this on at turn 7 or later they will probably already be in a good position to win the game.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    I like big buffs and i cannot lie. Very playable in control, not sure if good enough for contructed. Great in Arena and to discover!

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  • PopeNeia's Avatar
    Darkmaster 640 841 Posts Joined 07/06/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    5 stars because it will be discovered and makes me want to quit the game

    This ain't no place for a hero

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  • Meneldor's Avatar
    Child of Galakrond 375 203 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Spikeridged steed says hello. However we are in meta with decent amount of transform effects.

     

    2 stars because you'll discover this and sometimes use it

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Alfi

    Exoensive and vulnerable to silence/transform effects. The hunter one is better with immediate effect

    Almost anything is vulnerable to silence tho ... so I guess there's that.
    Its a slow defensive tool for a class that didn't needed to stall the game any further

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 8 months ago

    Spikeridged Steed on steroids. Needs a minion heavy deck to be reliably good, but minion heavy makes me want to play Darkbishop Benedictus. Maybe it would fit in a N'zoth Priest, although those already have Venomous Scorpid for their beast slot.

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  • Swizard's Avatar
    1190 913 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    Too slow, in wild, big priest has much better stats and aggro has often won by turn 7.

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1025 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    Will be needed in the quest deck as a good 7 drop you an play almost any time.

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2025 1394 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    Huge buff and really annoying if your opponent manages to play this mount andyou have to deal with it, twice. Really fits well into the feelsbad about the Priest class.

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1175 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    If this is what Priest is doing, I'll be highly annoyed. Seems slow, though. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    A shame that it's so costly. But the effect is basically a better [Hearthstone Card (Spikeridge Steed) Not Found] for 1 more mana.

    Papa Nurgle wants to share his gifts.

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    I think you might want to run this for various reasons

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    too expensive.

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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  • Smilewine's Avatar
    Enjoys Cake 650 97 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    Very good in arena.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    A nice 7 mana slot for the questline, since it also provides a good defensive tool which that deck will surely need to get to its end goal

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 2 years, 7 months ago

    I don't like such an expensive buff card when cards like Devolving Missiles are very playable right now. You lose so much value on it if they hit.

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