New Mage Minion - Starscryer

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A new Common Mage Minion, Starscryer, has been revealed!

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

    A new Common Mage Minion, Starscryer, has been revealed!

    Starscryer Card Image

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

    Wait, holy shit, this changes a lot of things.

    MAge is currently very lacking in the draw department and this is well-statted and consistent.

    Honestly, this makes Cyclone Mage so much less awful in the early game because you actually contest the board and collect combo pieces to go off later.

    Obviously also an auto include for Highlander since they welcome draw as well.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    Loot hoarder with spell tutor, will see play if spell tutor is needed. If we don't need spell tutor, 3/1 is not bad already.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    WOAH THIS IS GOOD. Amazing minion and you don't need to run the sidequest package for guaranteed spell draw. Really good card!

    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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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5542 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Maybe a minion heavy tempo deck with Evocation as the only spell so you can tutor it from this card? Or in big spell decks so you're guaranteed to get your Flamestrike, Frost Nova, etc.

    Interesting, but I dont think this card is as great as most people think it is. For one thing, the statline is not good. And secondly, it draws only spells, so if you're running out of stuff to play this guarantees *mostly to get you a reactive card, not a key minion or a taunt.

    If it sees play it would be because it tutors and can get you a specific card you built your deck around. As a draw engine, nah. Novice Engineer may have a worse statline, but I'd rather play this if it means I have a decent chance at getting key cards like Mana Cyclone.

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

    This card can be used in a minion-heavy deck to tutor a specific spell.  Maybe this fits into Highlander mage, but that archetype will suffer a lot from the loss of Luna's Pocket Galaxy. I'm not that impressed by this card though, since Mage has already enough options for card draw.

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

    Star Scryer 
    or
    Stars Cryer

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

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Who would run this? I mean did anyone ever play Loot Hoarder? ...

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years ago
    Quote From Pezman

    Who would run this? I mean did anyone ever play Loot Hoarder? ...

    yes, people run loot hoarder in any combo deck.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years ago
    Quote From DoubleSummon
    Quote From Pezman

    Who would run this? I mean did anyone ever play Loot Hoarder? ...

    yes, people run loot hoarder in any combo deck.

    Sorry, the ellipsis at the end was intended to indicate sarcasm. I should have been more clear

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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

    Better than Loot hoarder, but is it good enough to make the cut?

    I understand why they have printed it now, after the Pocket Galaxy is rotating :)

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Drawing is nice but the card is meh..3/1 is easily removed so its basically just letting you draw spells..

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Card draw is always good

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    It's a better Loot Hoarder. If you want card draw in mage, you play this. Also can be used to tutor Luna's Pocket Galaxy in wild.

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Nice, good stats for it's mana and a good deathrattle too. Definitely a good and well-balanced minion.

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1700 2761 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I like it as an early play for Big Spell Mage (in Wild, unless that archetype ever gets off the ground again in Standard).

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    A better Loot hoarder for sure. In a deck that need a lot of draw this card will see play

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Unfortunate stat distribution, but mages will nearly always run this instead of Loot Hoarder now. Maybe its tutelage (tutor-ness?) could be useful, but exploiting that would require using a deck that is very low on spells, which is unlikely to work well.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    This could be a sleeper card that is stronger than it looks. Yes, weak body, but your opponent will have to her rid of her 3-attack and you do get your draw.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    2 mana draw a spell, maybe this can survive a turn, maybe.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Upgraded Loot Hoarder.

    I think this card will be good enough to see play because it only draws spells which makes it a lot more consistent than its loot hoarding cousin. If nothing else it will be used in a combo deck that wants to cycle a lot of cards.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    We finally see a better Loot Hoarder, not only in stats but effect.

    Granted mage's run a lot of spells, it's their identity, but with Stargazer and Research Project rotating Mage will need the additional draw to stay in the game

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1465 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Tutors are always nice and this has even better stats than Loot Hoarder.

    Team 5 has really a different balance wisdom...

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    A stellar card.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Looks pretty great, cheap draw is always a nice addition to a deck

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Seems slightly weak stat-wise, but guaranteed draw and forces the opponent to remove the threat. Might be stronger than it looks.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Two mana spell tutor is quite OK, but this card is unable to contest a board, with DH arriving.

    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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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I am not seeing this card being that good. It is very weak, it might be good, but those no minion decks can not run this, and I do not want to run this in wild or standard. So, R.I.P

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  • Hawk819's Avatar
    215 22 Posts Joined 03/23/2020
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I would love this card to draw a card instead of a spell, but then again, it could get a good spell in a pinch. 

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