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You are correct, my mistake.
Blizzard must realise how serious the problem is with Cursed Blade's very existence. Yes we can wait till next year when Grand Tournament is out of standard, but soon when WoG is out of standard than all the shitty weapons are coming back and this card will be forever haunted by those.
Seriously.....NOBODY plays Cursed Blade.....could Blizzard just fxxking removed it from the game....it literally cost you the game...and that risk is not justifiable. I've seen my opponent and myself getting cursed blade out from it....and the probability just doesn't looks right...it's almost like the eternal marriage of Rag-Sylvanas or pre-nerf: Dr.Boom- draw BGH probability...
Card is solid, but i dont know whomever is responsible for this artwork, but please fire him
5 mana for a 6/5 + 2 mana for a 2.70/3.15 weapon. Seems fair. But is fair enough for standard?
Nice tempo card and a 7 drop that is currently lacking. Loses you the game 1/20 or 5% of the time with Cursed Blade, but 95% of the time its better and sometimes he may win you the game alone with Doomhammer/Gorehowl/Gladiator's Longbow etc.
If you do get that awefull blade however, you could replace it with another weapon later, or bank on having enough atmor to tank another turn.
Turns out there is something worse then Cursed Blade its Charged Hammer. While Cursed Blade has a high chance to lose you the game Charged Hammer guarantees it.
Having N'Zoth's First Mate in a deck running Malkorok is pretty good. There's only a 5% chance of getting Cursed Blade but when you do, you can re-equip a Rusty Hook or Fiery War Axe. It's terrible value but saves you from getting killed.
Also, a card like Upgrade! can really hurt your opponents when you land an amazing weapon.
Soooo... Is this card worth crafting or not?
On average you get a 2.70/3.15 weapon which is decent. Only 5% chance of getting Cursed Blade; while you have about 30% chance of winning the game withDoomhammer, Arcanite Reaper etc.
I would say its worth, but I it only really suits one type of warrior deck; so if that deck proves to be boring or bad, the card was pritty wasted imo.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4fuz3j/average_weapon_stats_gain_from_malkorok_warrior/
I'm honestly trying to figure out why they even put Cursed Blade in the game.
Like... Give me a Whisp, a Magma Rager or whatever. But I'd much rather have nothing at all than a Cursed Blade.
Don't think it was meant to be that bad. But you already have Fiery Waraxe which is borderline broken. If they wanted a cheaper weapon with recoil, they "had to" make it a 2/3 to not be to similar to Waraxe.
"You take double damage while attacking" might have been too good?
Looks good for tempo warrior.
They need to fix this card, Cursed Blade appears way too often.
I think I've seen this played twice and both times he gave Poisoned Blade.
Have you crafted him yet? If so, are you impressed or regretful?
If you get a Cursed Blade just replace it with a Fiery War Axe
Problem Solved
I dusted this guy instantly after he gave me a cursed blade... now i miss him.
Change to discover and it becomes an auto include.
Horrible horrible card. Thinking at it from a stats perspective. Tirion is an 8 mana 6/6 with divine shield and you get a 5/3 guaranteed (unless they silence/polymorph/hex or whatever), this costs 1 less mana but you get a 6/5 and it gives you an RNG weapon (we all know how reliable blizzard's RNG is), which means you could get anything from cursed blade to gorehowl. The only way this card has value is if you get something along the lines of death's bite, arcane reaper, or gorehowl (im just gonna mention warrior class but there are some pally weapons that also make the list and a certain rogue weapon). This card is a strictly worse Tirion.
You compare 2 cards from 2 different classes, where Tirion is defensive card and tempo from his deathrattle you get after he is dead. Malkorok gives you tempo right away, opponent have to deal with him and still you have next charge(s) of your weapon to deal with whatever is on the board. So you can't compare it to Tirion.
This casual legendary is a complete joke, wtf Blizzard I felt so disappointed