New Paladin Minion - Lightforged Crusader

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    A new Epic Paladin Minion, Lightforged Crusader, has been revealed!

    Lightforged Crusader Card Image

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  • MisterFerro's Avatar
    Charmander 395 129 Posts Joined 09/06/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    New deck building strats!!! Love this card just for that, but the 5 rando pala cards might push this card into the unplayable section.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Cute, but tell me which Paladin deck could even afford to go without neutrals. Certainly not Highlander, and that'S the only deck I could imagine running this.

    Sweet artwork though.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • ArcanisDF's Avatar
    660 214 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    why make a deck without neutrals???

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  • Mercynary9's Avatar
    355 239 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Woah, what a flashy card with art and effect. I think this value is pretty bonkers!

    Also, awesome card design!

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  • RenoLord's Avatar
    335 55 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Insane Buildaround

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  • TheOdinson's Avatar
    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is definitely a crazy powerful build around card, but its also a super slow one. 7 mana cards have to be very good to see play, and this is not only a 7 mana card its a 7 mana build around. It still might be good enough, but we'll have to see. Obviously there is some minor synergy with the Wyrmrest Purifier.

    To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.

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  • vprr's Avatar
    Face Collector 560 209 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Really like the no neutral card design, and this card certainly makes it worth trying.

    The other synergy card Lightforged Zealot does not seem quite as powerful. The problem with this though is the sheer amount of bad hits you can get, especially with regards to all the secrets and small buff cards Paladin has. 

    Will definitely look forward to trying this deck, but it probably won't be very good.

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  • Drageren's Avatar
    Noisemaker 470 187 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    meh, yes, a lot of decks already playing without neutrals or very few, but not highlander and not mechs and 100% sure can t play with Pala's quest, looks like new dead arhetype who will be pushed in future.

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  • Skorpionex's Avatar
    Headless Horseman 1445 426 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago
    Quote From ArcanisDF

    why make a deck without neutrals???

    You can make deck with neutrals but u must draw them first.

    What's the most powerful card in Hearthstone?

    A credit card.

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Really harsh condition, but that's also a massive Payoff... Maybe Wyrmrest Purifier will see play? 

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1465 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I loved the card but i would like more if it has taunt and 8 mana tbh.

    I tried same deck idea in past with rogue and shaman, now it has a mechanic so I'm so happy to see this and other cards like this.

    It also fits well to the class thematically, you know, paladins can be fanatics, purifying evil etc. Yeah we paladins are just dickheads.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Suddenly Wyrmrest Purifier looks a little less stupid...I'm not sure that you'd want the combo, but it seems like a nice way to a) have useful neutral cards in the early game, and b) generate the massive card advantage in the mid to late game without having to do a full Pure Paladin deck.

    All in all, this card is awesome and will drive people to new ways of deckbuilding

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    The value for this is off the charts with it procs. Can even get itself.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    5 cards basically means your entire hand. 

    This card is quite powerful, this allows your midrange paladin to gain a plethora of resources with just 1 card. I am sure paladin decks can afford to cut some of their neutral cards (by which I mean all of their neutral cards) for this insane value generator.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • padoru's Avatar
    Explorer of Outland 180 154 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    lol i really dont see this archetype being viable

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  • SLima's Avatar
    The Undying 560 415 Posts Joined 08/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    New deckbuilding challenge is always appreciated. This seems very strong at first glance. 7 mana 7/7 that adds 5 cards to your hand is a big reload. But random cards tend to be highly inconsistent even if they are exclusive to your class. It's a neat card but i don't think it will work all that well. Doesn't mean i won't try if given the opportunity though!

    "True mastery takes dedication."

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  • b4timert's Avatar
    165 151 Posts Joined 11/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

     A interesting card. if it had lower stas and taunt ill say its good but hopefully 5 random card can make up for the loss of tempo

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  • Farfelee's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 400 151 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I like this new way of building decks, but the payoff just doesn't seem good enough to justify it. Will still be fun to try out with Lightforged Zealot and maybe even Wyrmrest Purifier if you still want to have some neutral minions in your deck.

    More dragons? Yes please!

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  • AngryShuckie's Avatar
    1705 1735 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Because I almost always add class cards to decks before any neutrals, I often find myself with an almost all class-card draft anyway. Pally has some meaningful holes in what it can do with its class cards though, so it might be an interesting class to put this effect in.

    Either way, I am more than happy for an excuse not to sift through endless pages of neutral cards.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Doesn’t seem that great, especially since there’s so many 1 cost spells you could get at this point from it. Don’t think it’ll be worth it for awhile, unless they reveal something interesting next expansion

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    815 721 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    So, on one hand, trion and other legendaries on the other 5 secrets and some sand breaths it seems too risky to make a neutral-less deck

    Self proclaimed good at battlegrounds

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1700 2761 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    New build-around cards are always appreciated, although this one is a bit wonky. If I were to play this card, I would probably save it for a late-game value-engine and hope I draw all of my Neutrals before I truly need it. I don't trust such an archetype to work out.

    Also might be the closest we get to seeing Yrel in-game.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Yet another interesting mechanic - pushing in a whole new direction. I like it.

    “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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  • ArngrimUndying's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 520 626 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    L.O.V.E. LOVE the art. This card + Lightforged Zealot - will they be enough shift Highlander Paladin to Highland "Pure" Paladin? I'll certainly give it a whirl. Also, there are so many amazing Paladin Dragons I could absolutely see these being run in that deck as a trade off for a few of the stronger neutral dragons.

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  • PipoHs's Avatar
    Vampire 220 142 Posts Joined 11/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    pure paladin?

    make my day team5

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  • sicknantos's Avatar
    Rexxar 470 231 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is a bad archetype for Paladin to pursue.

    Seems like a meme, but glad to be proven wrong

    Rage quitting: the best way to ensure your opponent knows they beat a giant baby.

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  • troY's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 250 271 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Such a powerful effect! I never thought about this kind of Paladin before, but now I'm intrigued. Gonna make a deck for this archetype :D

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  • georevilo's Avatar
    80 8 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    The build around requirement is very cool but there's no pay off. 5 random Paladin cards in a deck that already only has Paladin cards is basically a draw back. 25% of Paladin Cards are 1 cost, theres a bunch of specific deck build around cards like the Quest, Sir Finley, Immortal Prelate, Tip The Scales, and then finally Paladin has a bunch of garbage cards like Prince Liam, Bloodclaw, Nozari, and Light's Justice that you wouldn't want under any circumstances.

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  • happyshorts's Avatar
    Snow-Covered 185 124 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Maybe as a 1 of when you reach endgame?

    Getting a shirvallah or another 1 of this card is pretty strong unfortunately when you play this you have very little options to deal with the board so it is a big commitment.

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  • Hedwyn's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 325 161 Posts Joined 07/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Bad card, there're so many bad pally cards (if you don't have cards in your hand, ok, it's a good value, but you really want random pally cards?), in arena it's a 7 mana 7/7 do nothing, awful.

    I'm sorry for my bad english :)

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  • Yusuke's Avatar
    295 187 Posts Joined 06/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This card is interesting, but not good enough yet. For this restriction this card should have worked like Zephyr the Great to make it worth to build a deck around. This restriction is way harder than the highlander restriction.

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  • IlBelTia's Avatar
    Wizard 440 333 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Cool! I hope to see some paladin decks of this new archetype! I cannot figure out how good they would be, but sure they seem interesting.

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  • p's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 615 127 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Draw 5 is bonkers since Divine Favor left the standard and you dont have to remove all naturals its a 7 mana and you want to starve cards to play this. This will definitely find a cozy home

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  • KinetiClasH's Avatar
    135 87 Posts Joined 09/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Seems insteresting but the build around is a little to-much more so when 3 sets rotates in april.....we'll see

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Paladin cards are really random, you could be getting useless secrets or something similar. But you still get 5 cards so there might be a spot for this in a highlander paladin.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    NuHighlander huh.

    Probably worth it but not with Mech decks.

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  • mayhern's Avatar
    Wizard 355 294 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Amazing card and great design! New way to build a deck and good reward for doing so!

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  • DelkoHS's Avatar
    Child of Galakrond 485 481 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    That's a whole lot of value for a single card! You can always run the combo Call to Adventure + Wyrmrest Purifier for this to be active without lacking neutral cards. This would probably be the most effective without Lightforged Zealot as well. On the other hand, when scrolling through my inventory, Paladin can pull off this mechanic without too much problems.

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    pretty op..wonder if this works with having the neutral cards but drawn out..it should work that way similar to highlanders..in that case it would be pretty strong considering pally already use limited neutral cards..

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  • jagu's Avatar
    405 186 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    No need to create a Pure Paladin Deck. Just slot this in a Nomi Murloc Highlander deck and it works as a value generator if the Nomi doesn't kill your opponent.

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Pure Paladin might be an interesting deck, especially an aggressive version of the deck could be strong. This card offers a lot of card generation if such an aggressive deck runs out of steam.

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  • dylbertarenas's Avatar
    Mangletooth 445 85 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    i'll play it - my fav class
    but doubt will go highlander, I want to run 2 of these!

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Well, most decks already mostly run class cards so I can see this happening it's not that harsh of a restriction, the reward from this is HUGE, it's 5 cards it can outlast control easily, plus the other 4/2 card is very good as well.

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  • Svintusevich's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 185 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I very like the card but i'd say the same as for Lightforged Zealot - this new mechanics needs more support to make it worth playing this way. But i like we see something new in HS. And i hope we'll get new cards to support this mechanics in the future.

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  • Bersak's Avatar
    Magma Rager 720 432 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I actually think that those cheap spells are pretty good. They are generally not worth the card but they deliver for their mana cost! 

    Generating 5 cards is a lot. I guess it will consistantly give a reasonable range of Cards

    Winner winner chicken dinner

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  • Narfi's Avatar
    175 148 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is a pretty powerful ability, but I’m not convinced this archetype will work yet.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    In wild, this can be great. Sadly, no Highlander deck is possible (except if you only have Zephyrs?)

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  • Tetsuo's Avatar
    Magma Rager 840 638 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    That's such a restrictive condition for a pretty weak payoff. Is it even possible to build a deck without neutrals? It's an interesting build-around strategy though, maybe Blizzard will do something like this in the future for a stronger payoff. 

    The artwork is really sweet, though. 

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I like the idea of a new archetype with only class card! It probably won’t rule the meta but would be fun to try out.

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  • Freforos's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 330 320 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I don't see this "pure" paladin deck.

    Especially if this card is the reward, 5 random paladin cards is good, but paying 7 mana to add 5 cards that maybe will suck is not an easy thing to do because on turn 7 is just playing a 7 mana 7/7 and there is a reason the golem was never played in any deck

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  • Shapyzaur's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 265 5 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Class cards are better than neutral ones...altough some neutrals shine brighter than what pally cards i think we shall see some heavy plays

    Hello there

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I am not sure how I feel about this "no neutral cards in your deck" approach. We will have to wait and see what decks come up, but I don't think this is a very good card due to the limitations the deck must have to trigger the effect.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I like the concept, but if I need to build a deck without neutral I want a really strong effect. 5 card are a huge value, but the problem is the randomnes. I'm not a huge fan of this card

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  • Mahobear8's Avatar
    350 284 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    7 mana 7/7 that draws 5 cards is really spooky as an epic

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  • Joda's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1020 150 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Very interesting card. This non-neutral archetype can get some support in the future, but we have the biggest pool of cards right now, and that deck is better when more cards are in standard. I mean this deck has to rise now, otherwise we will have fewer possibilities to fill the slots.

    Never netdeck, craft Whizbang instead!

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  • RMK117's Avatar
    180 145 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Good stats, Meh effect. Might see play.

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  • 8Nikano's Avatar
    155 144 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Cool way to build your deck, because class cards are usually stronger than neutral

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  • Doublebuttered's Avatar
    145 140 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    If theres ever a time for a card like this, its right after the third expansion of the year. Having the largest pool available of paladin only cards to be able to make a full deck with actually good cards in it.

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  • magikman's Avatar
    285 152 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Decent stats for a 7-drop, but there’s a lot of variance in the quality of Paladin cards and the condition is really restrictive. Probably too unreliable to make its way into a competitive deck in the long run.

    Jaina is best waifu. Always.

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  • johnyDI's Avatar
    Island 210 172 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    this paladin only class card deck sound insane on paper, and I hope it actually is, but it will need another strategy build into it. And by the looks of this card, it needs to be a control strategy. Two that come to mind are higlander (you play this after you get zephyrs and alextraza from deck) or maybe just full out control. But who knows, won't dismiss the idea just yet

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    That is a crazy effect, and Paladin has enough good stuff that they may very well be able to do the no neutral and not feel it too much. 

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  • Ethardoth's Avatar
    Harpy Lieutenant 435 389 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Meh, far from worth it right now, we'll have to wait for future support. 

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago
    Quote From ArcanisDF

    why make a deck without neutrals???

    So you get this great triggers.

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  • leitong's Avatar
    220 147 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Nice hand refill in the late turn with solid stats, but RNG is what will kill this card. It will be fun to pair with the new epic card, but I don't see the latter being played due to RNG.

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  • CuakOn's Avatar
    1070 296 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I don't think right now this archetype it's going to work. Maybe in future expansions. But I like this new archetype. It's pretty cool!

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Imagine playing Wyrmrest Purifier as Paladin and getting this. As for the archtype, it's probably too young to be good, but in time, it might just become something.

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  • Torgal's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 1000 293 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I don't have hope in this "pure paladin" idea, although generated value is insane.

    Fun and interactive game.

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  • TheWanderer's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 200 157 Posts Joined 09/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    What a neat concept! I'm excited to see if they'd bring this to other classes too.

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  • Juan73908's Avatar
    Magma Rager 290 157 Posts Joined 11/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Interesting archetype but without taunt, to play this on turn 7 probably means death. Difficult to evaluate how it will perform.

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  • spy2395's Avatar
    800 174 Posts Joined 08/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    with so many bad paladin cards, especially secrets, the reward is not worth restricting your deck

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    One of the 4 cards I missed during reveal season
    Arg ... so close yet so far

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

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