Reminds me of Fandral. If it lives for one turn and then you can bust out an aya it's gg, but this card is much weaker stand alone than fandral. I voted bad.
For one thing, if you play this card and then play Faceless Manipulator on it, how many copies of itself would it then create?
It would have a lot of combo potential with Addled Grizzly, and could generally be a good card in Aggro Druid. Especially in Wild with Egg Druid where you can get all the Whelps!
If you kill this minion with Carnivorous Cube, would it still create 2 copies of Carnivorous Cube or just die before the effect triggers?
If you Faceless Manipulator Ixlid, I believe you should end up with 2 Ixlids and 1 Faceless Manipulator, since the minion you played was the 3/3 and not technically another copy of Ixlid. Also, this only works when you play a minion, so summoned cards like Whelp/Scarab/Treant tokens won't be copied, though any minions that you play that get buffed with Addled Grizzly should get copied, and the copy will receive the buff again, and if you play the Addled Grizzly after Ixlid you'll get a 2/2 and 3/3 Addled Grizzly, which is pretty cool. Also, Carnivorous Cube will just kill your Ixlid and give you 2 copies when it dies, since Ixlid needs to be on the board to trigger his effect, which happens after the Cube's Battlecry resolves. When it dies, you'll get 2 Ixlids base, because it's a summon effect and Ixlid only triggers on played minions.
For one thing, if you play this card and then play Faceless Manipulator on it, how many copies of itself would it then create?
It would have a lot of combo potential with Addled Grizzly, and could generally be a good card in Aggro Druid. Especially in Wild with Egg Druid where you can get all the Whelps!
If you kill this minion with Carnivorous Cube, would it still create 2 copies of Carnivorous Cube or just die before the effect triggers?
If you Faceless Manipulator Ixlid, I believe you should end up with 2 Ixlids and 1 Faceless Manipulator, since the minion you played was the 3/3 and not technically another copy of Ixlid. Also, this only works when you play a minion, so summoned cards like Whelp/Scarab/Treant tokens won't be copied, though any minions that you play that get buffed with Addled Grizzly should get copied, and the copy will receive the buff again, and if you play the Addled Grizzly after Ixlid you'll get a 2/2 and 3/3 Addled Grizzly, which is pretty cool. Also, Carnivorous Cube will just kill your Ixlid and give you 2 copies when it dies, since Ixlid needs to be on the board to trigger his effect, which happens after the Cube's Battlecry resolves. When it dies, you'll get 2 Ixlids base, because it's a summon effect and Ixlid only triggers on played minions.
by the logic you applied with the carnivorous cube, with the facceless maipulator you will summon another ixlid cause his effect apliies after the faceless battlecry resolve, like in the same way the mage secret copy selfbuffed minions the your opponent summons with the buff
I live a better dream everyday. You don't need 4 Malygos to kill most opponents. You can do 80 damage with 3 Malygos. Still I'd try this legendary in my deck if I open it.
This card has so much potential. It won't definitely see tier play, but it has so much potential that it shouldn't surprise anyone if someone makes a working tier deck with it.
Obviously, 2/4 statline for 5 is garbage - so you should be looking at how you can play this and *immediately* make enough use out of it to justify the mana cost. The obvious way to 'guarantee' this is a 10 mana play, dropping Ixlid then a 5 drop. Three come to mind:
1. Druid of the Claw. Two 4/6 taunts for 1 card is nothing to scoff at, especially when they're protecting a must-kill 2/4 behind them. If your opponent is low on life, can also just be 8 charge damage. 2. Leeroy. Two card combo that does 12 charge damage for 10 mana. Very close to what Savage-Force used to be; 14 damage for 9. 3. Faceless Manipulator. If there's any 6+ minion on the board that you can copy, then you're likely getting some very nice value (battlecry should take place before the FM enters the battlefield, and thus the copied minion should be the one that FM is itself copying). In a big/ramp druid deck, which I feel like this card would have the best spot in, there's every chance you might have something out like, say, an Ancient of War or better (Ysera might be a great inclusion in a variant like this - good on its own, but bonkers if across turn 9 and 10 you can get 3 copies of it out). However, a simple one that's also very strong and can be done in one turn, making it disruption-resistant - Kun. Play Kun choosing mana, play Ixlid, play Faceless copying Kun. Suddenly you have 3 7/7s and a must-kill 2/4 in a single turn.
Again, I must stress, that it's a card with potential, not a card that's immediately powerful or can fit in just anywhere - so it won't definitely see high level competitive play. But I think it's insane to ignore the potential this card has, nor make the call that it definitely won't see play.
Yeah, this with faceless is gonna be a strong play. You can play this and then faceless your opponents minon and get two of them(if it works like that, which it should)
If the twig wasn't so weak to weapon removal, this would be insane for Malygos otk. Just play this card and faceless it to get three. Then proc the twig for 10 mana and play 4 Malygi for 42 burst with double Moonfire.
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I think there is a mistake in the card text : they meant "after you play a minion, summon a copy of A RANDOM minion", didn't they ?
This is nuts with the new weapon or with quest. Good thing we got a ton of new removal...
Reminds me of Fandral. If it lives for one turn and then you can bust out an aya it's gg, but this card is much weaker stand alone than fandral. I voted bad.
Guess I'm putting Keleseth on druid as well...
So much potential with this card. Jungle Giants comes to mind. medivah on turn 8 with twig of world tree into this + cobalt scalebane.
I'm feelin a potential Blood of The Ancient One combo would be pre nice with this card :O :O :O... Perhaps Wild could see this set up in one turn.
This card is really good in my opinion. Lots of utility and possible uses
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Definitely seems very meta and synergy reliant.
Your all missing the one real combo,
-this, into faceless manipulator, into arcane giant for a 38/44 board with 4 arcane giants and three of these
Hell, this guy with a Sludge Belcher in my N'zoth Hadronox deck would be great
http://www.hearthpwn.com/members/DarthMageJab/collection
Aviana + Kun +Ixlid + Ragnaros + Drakari enchanter
This card has so much potential. It won't definitely see tier play, but it has so much potential that it shouldn't surprise anyone if someone makes a working tier deck with it.
Obviously, 2/4 statline for 5 is garbage - so you should be looking at how you can play this and *immediately* make enough use out of it to justify the mana cost. The obvious way to 'guarantee' this is a 10 mana play, dropping Ixlid then a 5 drop. Three come to mind:
1. Druid of the Claw. Two 4/6 taunts for 1 card is nothing to scoff at, especially when they're protecting a must-kill 2/4 behind them. If your opponent is low on life, can also just be 8 charge damage.
2. Leeroy. Two card combo that does 12 charge damage for 10 mana. Very close to what Savage-Force used to be; 14 damage for 9.
3. Faceless Manipulator. If there's any 6+ minion on the board that you can copy, then you're likely getting some very nice value (battlecry should take place before the FM enters the battlefield, and thus the copied minion should be the one that FM is itself copying). In a big/ramp druid deck, which I feel like this card would have the best spot in, there's every chance you might have something out like, say, an Ancient of War or better (Ysera might be a great inclusion in a variant like this - good on its own, but bonkers if across turn 9 and 10 you can get 3 copies of it out). However, a simple one that's also very strong and can be done in one turn, making it disruption-resistant - Kun. Play Kun choosing mana, play Ixlid, play Faceless copying Kun. Suddenly you have 3 7/7s and a must-kill 2/4 in a single turn.
Again, I must stress, that it's a card with potential, not a card that's immediately powerful or can fit in just anywhere - so it won't definitely see high level competitive play. But I think it's insane to ignore the potential this card has, nor make the call that it definitely won't see play.
This'll be a great card for Token Druid. Maybe it'll even replace Living Mana in the decks it's in.
Yeah, this with faceless is gonna be a strong play. You can play this and then faceless your opponents minon and get two of them(if it works like that, which it should)
If the twig wasn't so weak to weapon removal, this would be insane for Malygos otk. Just play this card and faceless it to get three. Then proc the twig for 10 mana and play 4 Malygi for 42 burst with double Moonfire.