Ok so unfortunately I didn't open Archmage Arugal and he was one of the cards I really really wanted to play, the thing is I have more than enough dust to craft him but I don't want to rush and waste all that dust in a card that might not end up seeing any play. I've been playing a pretty similar list to the Kibler's elemental mage featured on the front page but I replaced Arugal with The Lich King just to have a late game strong value play, I even got Toki and she's ok, probably won't make it on the more refined list but for now it's just fun to have her, my question is if arugal is actually OP and insanely good? Is getting duplicates of your cards really so insane?
Do any of you guys have any other approach on thesubject? Maybe a non-elemental deck that has been working for you? It would be great if you share your decksand ideas.
I would say hold for now. Arugal is a value card as you said and he doesn't do much on his own. It is a strong late game play with Book of specters, but that comes too late imo.
I have not played with Arugal but i imagine having too many minions in hand but can't play them anyway.
I crafted a golden version of Arugal and tried it out in my Kazakus mage deck in wild mode, but when I was building my deck I forgot to throw in a copy of Echo of Medivh. It didn't take me that long to realize what my deck was missing, and in short let's just say that Arugal fills the same niche as Echo of Medivh but is far less versatile and weaker version of it, being forced into having to follow it up with card draw. If you have any concept or grasp of how strong of a card Echo of Medivh is, Arugal is just a weaker version of it; so I just ended up cutting Arugal out from my deck after 3 or so matches.
As of now, I would say that this card is completely useless unless you're able to follow it up with card draw. Even then, this card requires you to hold it in your hand in addition to holding the card draw in your hand and typically you want to be dumping mana on cards like Arcane Intellect whenever you have a chance. Its a dead card that clogs up your hand, and vice-versa if you're holding onto Arcane Intellect. You're holding off to play Arcane Intellect until you get Arugal, and in the meantime its a dead card that also clogs up your hand. When you're finally able to cash in on the value however, you end up just clogging your hand even more with not enough mana to dump and might even mill a card or two depending on how unlucky you are.
I will however say that this card is absolutely crazy if you build a deck around it alongside Book of Spectres in a minion mage deck. You can run 4 or so powerful secrets in a minion mage deck, use Arcanologist to pull the secret spells out of your deck, and then follow up with the value combo. Arcanologist is used to rip the secrets out of your deck, and Book of Spectres is used to rip minions out of your deck to follow. This concept and power level of card cycling is something that has never been seen before in Hearthstone. The drawing consistency is unbelievable good, which is an advantage that it definitely has over any other draw engine in the game. Top tier card for sure in the right deck.
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Ok so unfortunately I didn't open Archmage Arugal and he was one of the cards I really really wanted to play, the thing is I have more than enough dust to craft him but I don't want to rush and waste all that dust in a card that might not end up seeing any play. I've been playing a pretty similar list to the Kibler's elemental mage featured on the front page but I replaced Arugal with The Lich King just to have a late game strong value play, I even got Toki and she's ok, probably won't make it on the more refined list but for now it's just fun to have her, my question is if arugal is actually OP and insanely good? Is getting duplicates of your cards really so insane?
Do any of you guys have any other approach on thesubject? Maybe a non-elemental deck that has been working for you? It would be great if you share your decksand ideas.
I would say hold for now. Arugal is a value card as you said and he doesn't do much on his own. It is a strong late game play with Book of specters, but that comes too late imo.
I have not played with Arugal but i imagine having too many minions in hand but can't play them anyway.
tried arugal and even turn 3 you can play him if you played glymph book of spectre and be happy you got 4 mana wyrm.
High roller card
current meta right now , too many taunts I even need 8 silencers
He’ll work well with black cat and curio collector, especially in minion Aggro decks
I crafted a golden version of Arugal and tried it out in my Kazakus mage deck in wild mode, but when I was building my deck I forgot to throw in a copy of Echo of Medivh. It didn't take me that long to realize what my deck was missing, and in short let's just say that Arugal fills the same niche as Echo of Medivh but is far less versatile and weaker version of it, being forced into having to follow it up with card draw. If you have any concept or grasp of how strong of a card Echo of Medivh is, Arugal is just a weaker version of it; so I just ended up cutting Arugal out from my deck after 3 or so matches.
As of now, I would say that this card is completely useless unless you're able to follow it up with card draw. Even then, this card requires you to hold it in your hand in addition to holding the card draw in your hand and typically you want to be dumping mana on cards like Arcane Intellect whenever you have a chance. Its a dead card that clogs up your hand, and vice-versa if you're holding onto Arcane Intellect. You're holding off to play Arcane Intellect until you get Arugal, and in the meantime its a dead card that also clogs up your hand. When you're finally able to cash in on the value however, you end up just clogging your hand even more with not enough mana to dump and might even mill a card or two depending on how unlucky you are.
I will however say that this card is absolutely crazy if you build a deck around it alongside Book of Spectres in a minion mage deck. You can run 4 or so powerful secrets in a minion mage deck, use Arcanologist to pull the secret spells out of your deck, and then follow up with the value combo. Arcanologist is used to rip the secrets out of your deck, and Book of Spectres is used to rip minions out of your deck to follow. This concept and power level of card cycling is something that has never been seen before in Hearthstone. The drawing consistency is unbelievable good, which is an advantage that it definitely has over any other draw engine in the game. Top tier card for sure in the right deck.
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I wouldn't know; they have no removal so I keep SMOrcing 'em down :V
Here is my list (sorry I don't know how to show the picture of list?):
It is Elemental Mage, yet elemental mage has great synergy and fire power in the late game, also life steal is a game saver against control.
The key with Archmage Arugal is Book of Specters, Bonfire Elemental giving you extra good elemental bodies to work with in the later game.
North's Arugal Voodoo Elemental
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