Hearthpwn

lol, silence and smash......

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Essentially assasinate on legs...really not as bad as the majority of people seem to think and certainly not "magma rager tier."  Not quite sure where it would fit in, but might be nice in that fatigue paladin theory deck I've been hearing about or potentially in some kind of Aviana/astral deck. 

Assassinate doesn't cost 9 mana. XD For 9 mana, you want something that's going to be a strong chance to close out the game... not something that will often just be a 2-for-1, and might be able to hit face for 2 more damage than Nefarian, who is always going to be a 3-for-1.

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unplayable. shit tier. possibly the worst legendary out there?

Why so extreme. Unplayable because the impact is not strong enough. But it won't lose you the game like Majordomos and Millhouse. So no, not bottom tier. And it helps kill Ysera so in a control-dominated meta it can help deal with a few problems so its not a win-condition but acthally nice tech. 

I think it actually will lose you the game if you play this on turn 9

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Essentially assasinate on legs...really not as bad as the majority of people seem to think and certainly not "magma rager tier."  Not quite sure where it would fit in, but might be nice in that fatigue paladin theory deck I've been hearing about or potentially in some kind of Aviana/astral deck. 

Assassinate doesn't cost 9 mana. XD For 9 mana, you want something that's going to be a strong chance to close out the game... not something that will often just be a 2-for-1, and might be able to hit face for 2 more damage than Nefarian, who is always going to be a 3-for-1.

Like Ragnaros? He is also most of the time a 2 for 1. It is true that he only costs 8 mana but at the same time he usually shoots a 1/1 and gets BGHed afterwards.. So is Ragnaros also a very bottom tier?
As allready said this card may not see play but it is still not an absoulte thrash card. Removing a medium threat + having a body on board which can be silenced and buffed and taunted can be very viable for certain decks.

Good card for my Anti-Face Mage deck, together with Flame Lance!

If you're playing a 9 mana card, you're either cementing with a win-more or you're playing a card with a very strong board state effect or comeback mechanic. This card does basically neither besides remove one minion. Not as bad as Majordomo, but it's up there. Overall a very bad card.

It doesn't even kill Ysera :(

 Would have been awesome if he somehow got some Giant treatment, like Frost Giant but maybe minions that have died, similar to Bolvar Fordragon but for cost. Or Legends that have been played maybe? 9 mana is pretty crazy for no face potential, especially if you end up using it on something like a Mirror Image or Annoy-o-Tron. It costs too much to combo with anything without Emperor Thaurissan(Windfury/Reincarnate are kind of ok). If there are more cards like Wrathguard it could be good?

EDIT: OH I GOT IT, Ancestral Spirit enemy Wrathguard then Windfury Icehowl, 20 damage to face gg!

Possible ways to use this card effectively:

1 - Aviana or Alarm-o-Bot
2 - Kel'Thuzad
3 - Recombobulator

Still, it's too gimmicky

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It doesn't even kill Ysera :(

Good to know, good to know.

Honestly the card feels awkward. Anything that can be killed by his charge can be dealt with by BGH. Not very sure what this card is for.

Should have given him something super unique that reflected the encounter like:

Charge. After attacking, Freeze this minion

Make him cheap enough with enough stats like 7/7 for 4 or 5 and he'd be excellent spot removal and definitely trade 2 for 1 against most targets.

Poop. And Icehowl is classified as Humanoid in WoW, so that's why no beast.

It's basically equivalent to grommash as it is commonly used in grim patron warrior, but for 1 more mana, can't hit face, but has more health.

I'm tempted to put this into my "Shut up" rogue list.

As others have mentioned, amazing priest card, far better than ysera due to it's immediate board presence. Ysera's random value just doesn't cut it these days.

This one might be the Flame Leviathan of this xpac - the legend that everyone hates.

This card is terrible and boring. It ends up being bad removal for almost every class. Sure, you can silence it, but then it loses charge. The very card seems to contradict itself, as the only reason you would ever play a 10/10 charger for NINE MANA would be hit to face. Trash tier. Somewhat decent in Arena I suppose.

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Icehowl more like niceowl! I like it. It's a pure board control minion. Not sure how good it is though.

Yea, with upcoming buffed healing factor for priests Icehowl may be a real threat, even without silencing it, just keep it alive, not to mention there are more to be revealed ;) I like TGT more and more each day.

Remember how people were saying King Krush was bad?  King Krush looks like a champ compared to this cards.  2 more attack and health, but you can't hit the face...not just when you play him but ever.  Clear the board?  Too bad, he's just going to sit there useless.  

This should be a common, Blizzard has been releasing big minions lately that are common, that are pretty poor....however can give people with small collections or new to play really big minions.  I don't know if there is a worse legendary than this.  Flame Leviathan is way better.

its sad to see so many bad legendaries in one xpack

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its completely normal to see so many bad legendaries in one xpack

Fixed that for you :D

its actually really sad how many people think that you can just silence and go face...ouch FailFish