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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    A one use Supercollider that doesn't damage you is pretty interesting. Its not going to be game breaking but its nice to see warrior still getting new interesting spells after all these years.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Well, there goes the format. This isn't quite Flamewreathed Faceless but its pretty damn close. The spell damage means less directly most of the time but it means way more at finishing the game out. If you're running this along with the normal package it could easily make up for those 2 missing attack by giving you 4-6 extra spell damage and just winning you the game. If this ever sticks on the board your opponent is basically done for. The fact that its a Dragon as well pushes it even further into playability. IDK why this is a card.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This effect is great for triggering self damage related stuff, but Warlock isn't know for being a spell damage class and even with the option to, this rapidly kills your side as well when it amps off spell damage. I think the effect is a bit too narrow to see consist play, but the right kind of deck will want this.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This is a way cooler card than most people realize. The fact that the cost is increased until its used is a big deal and in wild where Even decks exist this has even more potential to mess people up. Obviously some cards give passive hero powers but beyond that this is pretty cool.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Fine for the base effect alone, the additional stuff makes it even better. Not being able to control it is interesting, makes possible to kind of play around. Cool spell, fun.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This is a fine value minion that invokes. That said, its not a great 1 drop, it has less versatility and impact than many of the other invoke cards, and priest invokes are already more value based than tempo based, and I have a feeling the meta might punish that severely.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This effect is very powerful and has a lot of upside but 4 mana is a lot of mana and makes playing this on the same turn you play the minion you want it on much less likely. It also makes silence effects even more powerful against it. I do think the effect is very strong, but the mana cost might be enough to keep it from being competitive.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This is very situationally good. In wild in specific where Mage can really generate a ton of cards this can be super cheap and the elemental tag can also be very relevant. In current standard I think its still fine, I mean its an 8 mana 8/8, so playing even one card makes this fine on tempo, and getting it discounted to 4-5 means its in the range of Mountain Giant most of the time. Being able to do that early enough is the issue, but its always good tempo late game which can be fine. The elemental tag means less atm but makes sense for the card.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 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.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    A non-dragon non-invoke related card like this doesn't seem like it will find many homes in constructed, but its a powerful card for Arena for sure. 

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    If Galakrond Shaman is a thing this will be a huge factor in its success. 5 mana for 2 5/6 taunts is pretty nuts. Invoking twice by turn 5/6 in shaman seems pretty reasonable as well. This card is scary tempo.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Getting giant elementals is cool, but not as game breaking as some of the other Galakronds, and the hero power isn't super impressive. Its still good and you'll likely want to play it in some form of Shaman, but IDK that it will end up being the best shaman deck.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    I mean Frost Shock used to be playable, and this is better than that in most cases. The invoke effect summons a 2/1 rush, to this is kind of Freeze a Enemy, deal 2 damage to an enemy minion. That's a big deal, because you can freeze a large minion or the enemy player, while removing a small threat, or you can simply use it to create a 2/1 that your opponent has to deal with, and ignore the freeze all together. I'm glad you have to have Galakrond in your deck for the invoke to work or else I think this could be too good in decks that aren't playing it.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Faerie Dragons big brother seems great to me. The number of these minions with the Elusive text might drastically warp the meta and make targeted spell based removal very poor, leading more toward AoE and battlecry based effects. That could be a very interesting way for things to shake up, and it could make some minions that don't seem as playable right now more playable simply because board control and tempo become so important.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    The value here is very dependent on the deck you're playing and playing against, so very meta dependent, but its a cool card that could be very fun. Again, its a Dragon related card that isn't a dragon so the number of these that fit into any dragon deck is small, and this probably isn't good enough to make the cut most of the time.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    The cost to effect ratio here is great, its a dragon, IDK what is bad about this card. It is a slow, so its not going to be part of many aggro decks, but Azure Drake used to be one of the best cards in the game as just a 5 mana 4/4 draw a card, the spell damage wasn't even always important. Spell damage was generally great and this is more of a vanilla minion, but its got a great statline for a cantrip.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This seems like the sort of card you want in a Dragon deck. Its provides a tempo play with a unique effect. Playing this into a empty board is pretty scary for your opponent because this is super hard to remove without minions. I think this will be stronger than most people think.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This is super niche, and while it can be very powerful, its not always powerful. A 1 mana recruit effect is interesting, but the way you have to build your deck and the requirement for the effect make it less exciting to me.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    The upside here isn't outrageous, and the downside isn't that bad. This card might see a lot of play if the non-Dragon card count is in the right place.

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    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    another great 1 drop spell for Druid. Its worth noting this doesn't work well with the new Enbiggen, which means we haven't seen all that many cards that are actually good with it yet. This certainly isn't broken, but its solid, probably playable in just about any druid deck.

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