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I have a feeling this will be as good a counter to Razakus Priest as Skulking Geist was to Jade Druid. Lot's of people will try it out when the set is released and then realize that it doesn't work. All this does against Razakus is prevents them from playing Raza for a while, but getting Raza early doesn't matter nearly as much as getting Anduin early, you just have to draw him eventually to close out the game. Razakus Priest isn't really a combo deck, it's a control deck with an extremely powerful late game, so sacrificing 4 mana of tempo to delay their late game isn't going to help you as much as utilizing that 4 mana to kill them before you get out-valued.
Could be good in the ditto though, since that matchup is all about putting an OTK together before they do.
Insta craft for me. Great design and flavor. The mana cost seems very fair, sweet tech against highlander decks and potential extra win condition or just an extra threat - you can't really ignore 20/20 on the board. I guess it'd be very uncomfortable to play against as you never know exactly when you wake it and you have to keep a hard removal if you don't wanna be bashed for 20 in the face. Love the art as well - purple and green, brings a warlock touch to it . They could have make it a demon, just for the sake of it, but I guess it'd just eats space on board when brought back by GD (or by any res effect for that matter). Very, very cool card, really eager too see the animations and sounds.
If the battlecry works with Murmuring Elemental you can shuffle in 6 candles, and you only need 3 to awaken it. When a candle is draw a little quest-like completion pops up under the card and says "#/3" so all you need is 3 candles.
what if Valeera the Hollow
You shuffle 6 candles and get 2 x 20/20 when your opponent draws just 3 ? Sounds good :)
Would be sweet in wild after you play Valeera the Hollow to pull the following: any coin - Brann Bronzebeard - The Darkness twice so you shuffle total of 12 cards :0
This card is also a counter to the Raza Priest deck because it shuffles three identical cards into your opponent's deck.
Don't think that will work
cant target dormant minion bro
Blizzard did take the 4-Mana-meme way too serious
For a second i thought wow the druid mechanics for recruiting a 4 mana minion is just broken asfk. And then i realized it does nothing since it stays dormant for ever same with dirty rat. And as sherazin it can't be bounced if it's dormant.
Guys this is not for mill rogue at least for the ones until now. You don't get the 20/20 if you burn one candle and it's the objective of MILLING burning cards. The real question is what happens if you play 2 of these with Rogue DK, do candles count for both or are inherent to the darkness that has created it?
Even if it's not a main win condition this will of course see play byebye razakus winrate
Still starts dormant. Notice only the candle-part is a battlecry.
I cast
magicarcane missile at The Darkness!Someone's a fan of 8bit theatre!
Mill it!
Reminded me immediately of this fellow because of the whole awaken in the darkness thing ;)
Also great tech card against all kinds of highlander decks :)
Can you give it taunt or use faceless shambler on it?
nope, it's like when sherazin dies, nothing can target him
WOW crazy stats! Might just be enough to make mill rogue a thing. You could build whole decks around this!