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New Neutral Minion - Raid Boss Onyxia
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A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Raid Boss Onyxia, has been revealed!
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A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Raid Boss Onyxia, has been revealed!
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I mean...it's a great upgrade on the other Onyxia's, but I feel like it's way too slow to achieve anything else. Maybe Druid can as a big lategame swing, they're good at those. I very much doubt it's relevant for anything else unless Priest suddenly manages to go extra lategame value again.
Kinda reminds me of Sneed tbh.
I tried having fun once.
It was awful.
So it's a big stat bomb, and removal in one? That seems so good. However i don't think she sees play UNTILL rotation, post rotation i have a feeling like were going to be have a very solid chance of seeing Raid Boss Onyxia in play. This is because some of the most powerful sets in HS are rotating, and most meta decks are either completely dissapearing (Libram Paladin) or most classes will lose key cards that they relied on for a long time (Rogue with Secret Passage, Swindle & etc. And Most OTKs will also lose a LOT of key cards) these changes might genuinely give control a chance to be viable after rotation, which will mean that Raid Boss Onyxia will have her chance. But untill then, i bet Ramp druid will use her with good succes untill rotation. Because that deck definately needs some more removal and Raid Boss Onyxia can give them some hard removal AND smaller minion removal in 1 card. And even if you have a empty board, playing Raid Boss Onyxia can setup a strong board.... as long as your not playing into Snowfall Guardian.
Edit: Raid Boss Onyxia can only take damage AFTER all the whelps are dead, which means that IF you play this on a empty board, then your opponent will need to kill the whelps first, and only THEN can they deal with onyxia. That's REALLY sticky.
I really love this mini set so far, it really gives me "older HS" vibes. This mini set has some strong cards, but not oppresively strong. I really hope they continue this trend into the next HS year!
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.
Its a card for ramp druid, because in nearly everywhere else, I'd much rather just play Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, which comes a turn earlier. 2 turns, if we're counting damage done to face. Immunity is only nice in so far as you get to stick an 8/8 to face, and this one merely has a chance whereas new alex deals it immediately without questions asked.
In ramp druid however, this card is absolute monster. Basically clear everything while having an 8/8 stick around, a feature that would almost certainly relegate yogg to meme level because that's exactly what druid needs. The fact that you can do this a lot earlier in ramp druid only emphasizes on my point.
Still can't find interactions between this card immunity and card like Brawl, or Coerce.
NVM. Found it on Immune hearthstone wiki. The card just prevent damage, not any destroying card effects like Twisting Nether, etc.
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Raid Boss Onyxia isn't really a finisher but more a value/board control minion. Decks like Guff Ramp Druid and Control Priest will use her to stall the end game and wipe out big threats. She is susceptible to hard removal like Shadow Word: Death but with all the Rush, she's a very proactive legendary. Also another thing to note is random 10-cost summon effect like with Primordial Protector, she'll just be an 8/8 with rush, no immune
TREMBLE before.... the most legendary dragon that ever existed!
Small addition, it does prevent targetting destruction effects like SW:D because Immune acts essentially like "Can't be targetted" for your opponent.
I tried having fun once.
It was awful.
Decent removal - but im not sure where this could fit in ... Dragon Priest maybe but not sure - could also work in ramp Druid but i do not see this working anywhere else ...
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10 mana to punch a minion in the face and potentially leave a board of 2/1s along with this fatty at 8/8... I want to so badly say that this will be amazing. The only thing is that a City Tax or even Shadow Word: Devour could make that 8/8 Immune look substantially less scary. In fact, most classes have a way of making it less scary. The idea that you have to dedicate your T10 minimum to casting this and only this makes it less impressive. The more and more I write I see issues with it. Just feels like flavor honestly.
Looks like some pretty strong removal. Most things don't have more than 8 health, and this can kill them without taking any damage itself, and if the target survives, the whelps will almost certainly finish it off.