I can't think of a mage deck that wouldn't run this card in standard right now.
What i like of this card is the "target enemies if possible" as most of the mage spells have negative effects on the minions it target, the aoe are enemy only and the other kind of spell are secrets or spawn some minion or draw you cards; this means that the spells will generally be beneficial for you.
What i don't like is that even if the spell are good for the player that plays this card and negative for the opponent, the variance of this battlecry is too high, it can win you the game or do almost nothing (and spending 7 mana for a 7/7 that does nothing lose you the game). I think a good variance on RNG is the 1/5 rogue card revealed earlier.
Anothet thing i don't like about this card is that seems an autoinclude, but i can be wrong there
The only time when playing this card is a good play is when you play it in turn 2 or 3 thanks to elemental invocation, which is already not the greatest play to begin with and requires a 2 card combo very early in the game, with one of those card being a 1 of in your deck.
Maybe the rest of the set will have cards that support this one
Still remember that you pay 5 mana for a "do nothing" card; if awaken effects weren't good the cards would probably never see play because of the huge tempo loss, we'll see how they will work in practice
Too bad that the only card they are going to unnerf is a very strong early drop with a heavy RNG factor, shaman needs an help for sure, this direction is not one that i like to be honest.
I have to say that this is the fist time since the start of the game where i just stopped playing, i am simply very tired of all the absurd random things that happen in the game, especially because, recently, it seems that those super strong and yet random effects are becoming more and more relevant and they are present in early game cards too.
This unnerf sadly tells that is intended and makes me worried. I'm not even happy about the year rotation, because all this kind of cards remain in the game.
I really hope that i'm wrong and the new year will make the game still enjoyable for me
My favorite moment of 2019 is easy, it was watching the HCT world championship final, where Hunterace played on another level, generally i really like seeing his plays and the final games were insane.
What i hope for 2020 is to have a great meta, where a lot of decks see play and with a lot of sperimentations; possibly not an highroll meta but a a meta where every play matter.
Urgh the hero power completely destroyed the card for me.
Not because is bad, the card is actually good: the battlecry is amazing, and the random spell every turn is in general good.
I hate the fact that this card is pure RNG after is played and that being good will probably see play (exact same problem i have with dq Alexstrasza, the card is so good that obviously see play, but the outcomes are too many and too different). I don't think that hearthstone needs any more random effects so big, have you tried for example to play a control deck versus highlander (more highroller) rogues? Is impossible, you can't play around anything, because some cards will cost zero and you will not be able to tell which ones until is too late, they generate random lackey that generates random things themselves, they even generate random cards from other classes as well, when you lose you feel bad because what you did didn't matter at all, if you win is because your opponent didn't highroll.
This is a good new! Shaman feels too much powerful right now; it's strong versus everything but shirvallah paladin and the mirror matches are decided by the first player that play Galakrond.
After the first few hours of release was already boring
Finally! I don't dislike the concept of bringing back some cards for a limited amount of time, but is something that has to be done more carefully, like Kun and evolve were a mistake with the cards that are in standard now. Furthermore i think the event lasted too long, it should have ended way before
I already hate all my skilled opponents that will draw both of them in their starting hand togheter with a 1 mana cost pirate. I think this card is super strong 5/5.
Aggressive decks want to play something on turn 1. Not always they do have enough things that they want to run at that cost, in those cases they can put this card as an early pressure.
Is not super strong, but has his merit in my opinion
if only there were more dragons good versus slower decks i'd say that this is a good card, too bad the only target which seems worth is the 5/4 untergettable. In paladin can be nice versus aggro if you hit the lifesteal explorer. I don't think this is what dragon decks need to pressure control and combo decks
This card is very good.
I can't think of a mage deck that wouldn't run this card in standard right now.
What i like of this card is the "target enemies if possible" as most of the mage spells have negative effects on the minions it target, the aoe are enemy only and the other kind of spell are secrets or spawn some minion or draw you cards; this means that the spells will generally be beneficial for you.
What i don't like is that even if the spell are good for the player that plays this card and negative for the opponent, the variance of this battlecry is too high, it can win you the game or do almost nothing (and spending 7 mana for a 7/7 that does nothing lose you the game). I think a good variance on RNG is the 1/5 rogue card revealed earlier.
Anothet thing i don't like about this card is that seems an autoinclude, but i can be wrong there
A 1/5 isn't easy to remove, so if played on turn 2 it will probably survive and get some crazy value in the following turns.
If dropped later you can chain the secrets in the same turn.
We have to see the rest of the rogue's secrets to fully see how strong this card is, for now it looks a strong and fun card
It looks terrible.
The only time when playing this card is a good play is when you play it in turn 2 or 3 thanks to elemental invocation, which is already not the greatest play to begin with and requires a 2 card combo very early in the game, with one of those card being a 1 of in your deck.
Maybe the rest of the set will have cards that support this one
Seems pretty bad; sure is a 4\4 in stats in one turn for 3 mana, but it has a requirement;
plus, differently from other buffs, the +2 +2 doesn't have "charge", because it only happens at the end of the turn.
The card would be worth it if it procs twice maybe, but i can't see how a 2/2 can survive a turn, especially with the crazy amount of rush minions.
We have to see the rest of the cards too judge this one, for now i don't see this card getting played
All the cards are so greenish that i mistook this card for a demon hunter's one
Still remember that you pay 5 mana for a "do nothing" card; if awaken effects weren't good the cards would probably never see play because of the huge tempo loss, we'll see how they will work in practice
I'm ok with almost all the unnerfs, in particular i dislike sludge slurper unnerf and reckless experimenter unnerf.
Super happy about Raza because i was still playing him in wild with Spawn of Shadows as a closure
Too bad that the only card they are going to unnerf is a very strong early drop with a heavy RNG factor, shaman needs an help for sure, this direction is not one that i like to be honest.
I have to say that this is the fist time since the start of the game where i just stopped playing, i am simply very tired of all the absurd random things that happen in the game, especially because, recently, it seems that those super strong and yet random effects are becoming more and more relevant and they are present in early game cards too.
This unnerf sadly tells that is intended and makes me worried. I'm not even happy about the year rotation, because all this kind of cards remain in the game.
I really hope that i'm wrong and the new year will make the game still enjoyable for me
I'm the only one that is sad because it wasn't revealed what E.V.I.L. stands for?
My favorite moment of 2019 is easy, it was watching the HCT world championship final, where Hunterace played on another level, generally i really like seeing his plays and the final games were insane.
What i hope for 2020 is to have a great meta, where a lot of decks see play and with a lot of sperimentations; possibly not an highroll meta but a a meta where every play matter.
There is a mistake, Anivia will evolve now only when you are enlightened.
Also now she can block
Urgh the hero power completely destroyed the card for me.
Not because is bad, the card is actually good: the battlecry is amazing, and the random spell every turn is in general good.
I hate the fact that this card is pure RNG after is played and that being good will probably see play (exact same problem i have with dq Alexstrasza, the card is so good that obviously see play, but the outcomes are too many and too different). I don't think that hearthstone needs any more random effects so big, have you tried for example to play a control deck versus highlander (more highroller) rogues? Is impossible, you can't play around anything, because some cards will cost zero and you will not be able to tell which ones until is too late, they generate random lackey that generates random things themselves, they even generate random cards from other classes as well, when you lose you feel bad because what you did didn't matter at all, if you win is because your opponent didn't highroll.
Too bad, i was hyped for this one card.
Discover mechanic give you only cards of your current class and neutral
I like that they are introducing new cards.
But i completely hate that this time there is both an expansion and an adventure, it's getting ridiculous. Very mad about it.
This is a good new! Shaman feels too much powerful right now; it's strong versus everything but shirvallah paladin and the mirror matches are decided by the first player that play Galakrond.
After the first few hours of release was already boring
Finally! I don't dislike the concept of bringing back some cards for a limited amount of time, but is something that has to be done more carefully, like Kun and evolve were a mistake with the cards that are in standard now. Furthermore i think the event lasted too long, it should have ended way before
I already hate all my skilled opponents that will draw both of them in their starting hand togheter with a 1 mana cost pirate. I think this card is super strong 5/5.
Aggressive decks want to play something on turn 1. Not always they do have enough things that they want to run at that cost, in those cases they can put this card as an early pressure.
Is not super strong, but has his merit in my opinion
if only there were more dragons good versus slower decks i'd say that this is a good card, too bad the only target which seems worth is the 5/4 untergettable. In paladin can be nice versus aggro if you hit the lifesteal explorer. I don't think this is what dragon decks need to pressure control and combo decks
Is not good enough to see play in constructed, is just there to make things awkward when randomly generated