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I love the flavor of this card, and the golden animation is one of the coolest looking animations in the entire game. Great design.

New Undertaker ladies and gentlemen. Be prepared to somehow deal with a 5-heath creature on turn 3 or lose the game. Fun fun fun!

I guess they won't be lonely anymore.

One of the few good anti-aggro cards released since Naxxramas (note: when I say anti-aggro, I mean "cannot be used by aggro." Shielded Minibot is good against aggro, but it's just as good in aggressive decks as it is against them, so I don't count it or cards like it as anti-aggro). An essential card for any non Warrior or Priest deck aiming to win long drawn-out attrition games, or combo decks aiming to buy time to draw into combo pieces. This card is particularly strong in slow Warlock decks, since Warlocks use their health as a resource to gain card advantage more than any other class, and lack any class-specific heals.

"2 Mana to restore 8 Health TO YOUR HERO." That bit is important. The lack of flexibility to heal a minion like you can with spells like Lay on Hands or minions like Earthen Ring Farseer makes the card balanced. Besides, a 3/3 is only worth about 2.5 mana. A 3/4 is worth 3 mana.

Imagine Jaraxxus + Loyal Companion on Turn 10, or both those cards plus hero power if both get discounted by Thaurissan. That card has a lot of potential.

A very strong card that has seen play in pretty much every Warlock deck except Zoo. A 2-mana vanilla deal 3 damage may seem uninspiring when you compare it to similar spells like Frostbolt for Mage or Wrath for Druid, which have additional upsides, until you consider these two things:

1. In 90% of circumstances, spells like Frostbolt and Wrath, despite their potential upsides, are used as vanilla deal 3 damage to remove a minion. Darkbomb is not actually that different from these spells in the vast majority of scenarios, and these spells are considered top-tier cards for their respective classes.

2. Warlock cards usually have a significant downside to compensate for their overpowered hero power, so the fact that this card has no downside is, for Warlocks, an upside.

Additionally, Darkbomb was contextually very important for the class since it lacked good removal. Soulfire was good for aggro zoo that would dump their hand fast, but Handlock risked discarding important cards in exchange for simply killing a Knife Juggler, and Darkbomb filled that gaping hole in the warlock's lineup very well by providing a reliable early game removal spell to buy time until the Twilight Drakes and Mountain Giants.

I disagree with your judgement on Erethral Conjurer in Tempo Mage. You say it's too slow, but Tempo Mage already plays Azure Drake, which is essentially the game thing as Erethral Conjurer (5-mana understatted minion that refuels your hand). Whether the Conjurer is better than the Drake will have to be seen (I think Drake will probably still be better due to Spell Damage +1 and better stat distribution), but Conjurer is absolutely a valid choice for that deck and will probably see some experimental play.

Nothing better than winning against Freeze Mage by stealing their Archmage Antonidas and generating 3 fireballs with Power Word Shield, Light of the Naruu, and Circle of Healing.

Rogue hero power is the best in the game in the early-game. Late-game it's bad but this is an early-game card. Rogue hero power is the one you want early game.

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