Hearthpwn

As always, Blizzard doesn't know how to change cards without obliterating them.

Quote from TempestasS >>

Since no one will pick this for the heal, 7 mana for a 5/5 draw a card is not going to make the cut.

Didn't really feel that this was necessary. It was a good card, but its still an epic ....

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Wow, what a pity. From Hero to Zero.

5/5 Body for 5 mana (just acceptable) and 2 Cards for 2 mana (pretty good)

to

5/5 Body for 5 mana (still acceptable) and 1 Card for 2 mana (overpriced).

Not a staple any more. And a bad decision in my opinion.

 The fact that you don't even think about the Health option shows that the original design was not balanced properly.

Cards that offer a choice are generally supposed to be less efficient. That's the price you pay for flexibility. In the case of this card, it was not a real choice because the draw option was so OP.

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As always, Blizzard doesn't know how to change cards without obliterating them.

I feel that they could have buffed it a little in some other way, since this hits it a little too hard.  Azure Drake is +1 mana for a single draw on an Ogre Magi. This is almost always +2 mana for a single draw on a vanilla 5/5, quite horrible. It would have been fine as a 6/5, 5/6 or 6/6, as a 6 mana minion, or with a better heal.

Not a fan of this nerf. I don't think Ancient of Lore really needed a nerf in the first place, it's a powerful class staple but that is not necessarily a bad thing. They didn't nerf Highmane for example, which is similarly overbudgeted. This new version should at least have been reduced in cost to 6, which would have made it a strong but fair card. As it is you're now paying 2 and a half mana to draw one card or even worse restore 5 health.The card has essentially been deleted from the game and now only exists to dilute the Druid arena pool.

I guess we'll be seeing a lot more Azure Drakes in Druid decks now.

Its either draw two or draw one card huh. Too bad there's no "Draw 1.5 cards"

This is the only nerf that I think is weird. It was fine the way it was since it is a class card and they can be a little OP.

Wow, Blizzard sure can't nerf cards without destroying them. Azure Drake >>> new AoL

Quote from Ophion >>

I feel that they could have buffed it a little in some other way, since this hits it a little too hard.  Azure Drake is +1 mana for a single draw on an Ogre Magi. This is almost always +2 mana for a single draw on a vanilla 5/5, quite horrible. It would have been fine as a 6/5, 5/6 or 6/6, as a 6 mana minion, or with a better heal.

Warsong treatment LUL

In my opnion the nerf was a bit too much. I get it, drawing two cards is really strong, that's why it was in (almost) every Druid deck aside from the Egg Druid.
Still, I think it is now on the same level as Guardian of Kings, a card which hasn't seen play since Naxxramas I believe.
They chould have given it a healthboost, even a little one. Either let it restore 6 health (like Guardian of Kings) or make it a 5/6.

P.S.: Some people were saying the card deserved a nerf because one option is clearly favored over the other one. Look at the Ancients "brother" Ancient of War: No one has ever played an uprooted Ancient of War unless twitch chat demanded it or the player was already winning tremendously. But this card remains untouched (for a good reason). I'm not asking for a nerf on that card, I'm just saying the argument is invalid.

Horseshit nerf. Would be playable at 6 mana in this state and be very good. At 7 it's garbage.

Just to point out how garbage this card is now:

Azure Drake - Neutral 5 cost minion; draw a card + spell damage +1 and 4/4.

So; on a class card [Which generally have bigger power budgets than neutrals] you get +1/+1 and lose the spell damage for 2 extra mana! [No-one uses Lore for the heal].

Not the nerf I wanted to see. I wanted to see him go to 8 mana. That would not have killed the card. This is a strictly worse Azure Drake now, and free dust.

Card draw nerf is understandable but its now too expensive. I'm okay with the nerf if they reduce the cost to 6 mana.

I guess this is valid if we add in the fact that the "choose" keyword is maybe word 0.5 to 1 mana?  Gaining 5 health is worth 2 on top of the 5/5 for 5.  idk I agree with some other posters here, should maybe be 6 mana now, though the 6 mana slot is already oversaturated.

this thing should be a 5/6 or 6/6 to make up for the nerf honestly.  The card draw was a bit much but now the body is super inferior for the effect.