April 2016 Card Nerf
It was announced on April 20th, 2016 that Arcane Golem would receive a nerf.
- No longer has Charge.
- Health increased to 4, up from 2.
Quote from BlizzardCharge is an ability we’ve learned to use sparingly. Arcane Golem has been a staple in many aggressive and ‘one turn kill’ combo decks, and its drawback is rarely relevant. We’re addressing both issues by removing Charge and increasing Arcane Golem’s Health, while leaving its drawback. Arcane Golem will now be a 3 mana 4/4 with Battlecry: Give your opponent a Mana Crystal.
nice xD
Ironic how this song was never referenced for Ironbeak Owl or Keeper of the Grove
The new text should be a Deathrattle. At least it could be playable in arena.
Now THIS I welcome. No more retarded combos by warlock or rogue. 200 dust and a better peace of mind.
Forgetting someone?
SMOrc FACE IS THE PLACE SMOrc
adding a "cant be targeted by spells and hero powers" effect would have been the right choice. the real problem was the buffing. a 4/2 is easy to remove.
Funny how the Faerie Dragon ability would actually be a legit nerf for this.
RIP Arcana Golem, never liked it anways...I jsut really regret dusting those 2 golden ones back in the day....HOW COULD I HAVE KNOWN q.q
Should be 4/5.
the ogre is 3 mana for 4-4 with a disadvantage of hitting another target, same here 4-4 the disadvantage is giving a mana crystal
You can also play a 3 mana 4/4 but it has a chance to hit the wrong target.
Good stats for low cost need a trade off.
Starving Buzzard arrived there way before Warsong Commander. They've been living together all this time, and now Arcane Golem is joining them! They're all very excited.
buzzard is actually marginally viable....terrible, but at some point he might be used again, even if it is just by accident through ram wrangleers and such
Warsong will never see play ever again.
Combo Warlock, along with most all OTK decks, was aids and not fun to play against. If you let the warlock get to turn 10, you pretty much just lost. Same with OTK Savage Roar Druid. Good riddance.
Combo Warlock is still viable with [card]Leeroy Jenkins/card]
1000 dust for free? BLIZZARD I LOVE YOU! 200 for normal ones and 800 for 1xgolden that I got from brawl lately.. Cool.
the new dancing swords
Nah dancing swords can at least be useful in mill decks. There is never a benefit to giving your opponent a crystal.
Faceless Summoner buff
Yeah, you're probably right, but there're still several situations when 4/4 is better, especially if meta slows down.