New Neutral Minion - Lokholar, the Ice Lord

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A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Lokholar, the Ice Lord, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Lokholar, the Ice Lord, has been revealed!

    Lokholar the Ice Lord Card Image

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


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  • Live4vrRdieTryn's Avatar
    500 924 Posts Joined 07/14/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    What in the.... O.o : l o.O.   < First reaction.

    Actually strikes me kind of cool and balanced. Lion's Guard  is hated for the times it goes off but the truth is it often gets stuck in hand as a card you wish you didn't draw. Pretty much same story here. Go underdog stories if you can draw this on time!!

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Seems a bit too conditional for my taste. If you're down 15 health you're usually in danger and even if this helps you stabilize it won't get you back in the game. At best you can try and use it as a pseudo-Inquisitor and hope it lives a turn to go face.

    Seems just a tad too slow for the current meta but I've been wrong about these things before.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Great for control decks if their behind. Lokholar, the Ice Lord is great when your behind and can be used as a pretty good board clear. And if the meta slows down perhaps you can remove 2 semi-big minions with him. Of course the problem remains that you have to basicly wait until your >=15 health which is unfortunate. But even at 10 mana i guess its playable?.... if you live that long, but if you don't Lokholar will cost 5 mana and potentially allow you to survive at least 1 more turn. 

    But one thing is for certain, Lokholar, the Ice Lord is a must-include in BIG decks such as BIG Warrior. Cheating it out is easy for such decks, and with Vanndar Stormpikes support it might potentially be game winning.

    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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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Looks decent i guess but right now i kinda see this in more zoo-ish style decks. Could be good.

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    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

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  • Psymon's Avatar
    Red Riding Hood 1505 371 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    This in a Frost Lich Jaina deck is almost a Reno... not sure of the viability right now of this deck but at least seems fun to play with adding more surviability to a deck that was a huge beast in Control.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5544 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Unfortunately for this card, even a 5 mana 8/8 windfury that require you to have less than half your health gone may not reach far enough to swing the board for you. In most cases whenever you drop this low, you're either going to die the following turn, or you need to clear board to even stand a chance at survival, and this card having no taunt will not prevent your face from getting dead.

    As a tempo option, its only fitting place is in a Vanndar deck, or zoolock, where half health is not impossible by turn 5.

    If only this had lifesteal instead of windfury. Oh well, we can all dream cant we?

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Arena: Playable at 10 mana, though this is worse than Darkmoon Rabbit when used as removal as you can also choose not to attack. Needless to say, this is a real powerhouse at 5 mana.

    Constructed: Can't wait to try this out alongside Frost Lich Jaina in Wild. Pain/Darkglare/The Demon Seed Warlocks might be interested in this as well.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Seems like a really solid Elemental for N'Zoth, God of the Deep, and it offers a very imposing threat to your opponent if it's allowed to stick around.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2215 2496 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    I'd like to compare this to Walking Fountain, minus the Lifesteal but +4 attack. This guy would probably be too insane with lifesteal, but he's still a "comeback" legendary where he can remove 2 big threats and help stabilize the board when you're behind. 

    If you're a very slow control deck vs an aggro deck, this guy will be your best friend

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Questline Warlock support. Interested to see what other decks this ends up getting slotted into

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    The Demon Seed may have a new friend.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Might be too hard to consistently activate, but when you do it's strong. Unsure how good it will be, depends on the meta.

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 785 798 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    So Quest Warlock just found its new toy. Not sure if any of the other classes are as able to reliably manipulate their Health, so I'm thinking this sees very little play in classes that aren't Warlock.

    I have spoken.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Splendiferous 2145 1903 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    An 8/8 rush windfury for 5 mana can't possibly not be good. Sure you have to be half dead, but I could see this reversing a few games. And if they can't kill it, that's might be 16 damage to the opponent's face next turn.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Design is surprisingly decent, especially for a card that discounts itself while having Windfury and Rush. Lokholar the Ice Lord is what other mana cheat cards like the Giants would be if they had a minimum mana requirement. And just like the Giants, Lokholar the Ice Lord will still feel insanely bad to play against.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3344 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Decent to stabilize if you are that much behind, but can it save your ass ?

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Very powerful late game minion, and if timed well can be used with only 2 mana cost with Vanndar Stormpike. Especially with warlock

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  • edalyas's Avatar
    Magma Rager 520 165 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Looks good on paper and honestly, looking forward to play it. Thekan in Wild paladin might like it if it won't be welcomed in standard.

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  • Sykomyke's Avatar
    Grand Crusader 780 985 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From dapperdog

    Unfortunately for this card, even a 5 mana 8/8 windfury that require you to have less than half your health gone may not reach far enough to swing the board for you. In most cases whenever you drop this low, you're either going to die the following turn, or you need to clear board to even stand a chance at survival, and this card having no taunt will not prevent your face from getting dead.

    As a tempo option, its only fitting place is in a Vanndar deck, or zoolock, where half health is not impossible by turn 5.

    If only this had lifesteal instead of windfury. Oh well, we can all dream cant we?

    Paladin and Priest can easily give this lifesteal if below 15 health, and swing back to near full (the new paladin card and the priest apotheosis card.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    Reduce his cost with Vandar and you might have a playable minion. As others have said, outside of Warlock, you are too close to dead when the conditional cost reduction is met for this to really save you. In most of those situations you have more than two minions to remove.

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

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  • Jajanken's Avatar
    Charmander 125 13 Posts Joined 11/26/2021
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago
    Quote From Sykomyke
    Quote From dapperdog

    Unfortunately for this card, even a 5 mana 8/8 windfury that require you to have less than half your health gone may not reach far enough to swing the board for you. In most cases whenever you drop this low, you're either going to die the following turn, or you need to clear board to even stand a chance at survival, and this card having no taunt will not prevent your face from getting dead.

    As a tempo option, its only fitting place is in a Vanndar deck, or zoolock, where half health is not impossible by turn 5.

    If only this had lifesteal instead of windfury. Oh well, we can all dream cant we?

    Paladin and Priest can easily give this lifesteal if below 15 health, and swing back to near full (the new paladin card and the priest apotheosis card.

    GIFS7: Mr Freeze - The Iceman Cometh GIF

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    This guy definitely has some utility, even if I personally find the design a bit uninteresting. I don't know if there's some nice lore connection with the ability that I've missed, but at first blush it's kind of bland.

    Welcome to the site!

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1210 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    An alright card in control, and pretty scary to leave up.

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1402 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    This has to be an auto include in Evenlock or Reno Evenlock, reaching 15 health is no issue in those decks.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    Amazing card, and one of N'Zoth's new best friends, for sure!

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