Headmaster Kel'Thuzad
Card Text
Spellburst: If the spell destroys any minions, summon them.
Flavor Text
"You wish to know my secrets, hmm? I carry little bits of tuna in the sleeves of my robe, he loves that. Oh, you meant the risen dead? That was trivial, trivial."
There is a glitch when you play this along with a 5 mana Kazakus potion and deal 4 damage to all minions. Its spellburst triggers but the minions killed don't spawn. The second effect of the potion may be denying the spellburst effect..
Darkmoon Faire -
A Warlock play which seems quite strong.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad into a now-corrupted Cascading Disaster.
Steal 2/3 minions from you opponent consistently. Unlike the Paladin combo which is too situational to pull off reliably.
I think I encountered a glitch.
So, in arena, I ran into my opponent's minion with mine, both died and Kel'Thuzad lost his Spellburst for whatever magical reason.
That's right. My opponent's Spellburst minion triggered their Spellburst in my turn. Poor opponent.
This would be an awesome golden legendary to get
Seems like a really well designed card. It's super situational but it creates huge swings that look great on highlight reels and twitch streams
Control paladin are going to do some big swing with this card. Libram of Justice discounted to 1 or 0 + Headmaster Kel'Thuzad + Consecration = Steal the full board. (And I can already see the guys who are going to mess the order)
Me. I'm the guys who are going to mess up the order
Lots of 9- or 10-mana combos here.
What are the best 8 mana combos? Shaman has two lightning spells for 3 mana (Lightning Storm and Lightning Breath) that can bring in multiple minions. If the board is right, you could steal a lot with Warrior's Bladestorm, and Ramming Speed shouldn't be too hard to get value out of.
What about 7 cost combos?
For 6, we know it must be Torrent.
Libram of Justice discounted by 4 or more, Kel'Thuzad, Consecration.
A quick question, does the spellburs effect attach to the spell itself, or does the minion have to be alive, if it can be dead, hagatha's scheme, brawl , etc.:D
For Spellburst, the MINION is the one using the effect. An example is Wretched Tutor, whose Spellburst effect has nothing to do with what spell you use. Headmaster Kel’thuzad Just happens to be a Spellburst card that happens to interact with what kind of spell you use and what it accomplishes when cast. Since it happens after the spell, the Spellburst minion still has to be alive when it’s finished.
Do note that if you cast a spell that doesn’t kill minions like the coin, the Spellburst will still trigger and end up being wasted.
It's not a deathrattle effect, most other effects that would trigger usually happen after the spell is played in hearthstone, so chances are the effect doesn't go off if he dies
Not only does it not have to die from the spell, the minion must also be present before you play the spell, meaning a spellburst minion summoned by spell does not instantly trigger its spellburst(that would create nasty loops)
This is how cards should be designed around new keywords. Looks pretty strong too!
I think Mages and Priests are going to have fun with this.
Dude the synergy with Torrent is disgusting
new highlander mage card,it will be very strong
Has to be a good one for Control Priests and maybe Rogues (with Assassination and that zero-cost-two-damage card i forgot the name of). Other decs not so sure.
The use is pretty niche. Let say the best case scenario would be this+ you somehow clear the whole enemy board with 5 mana, it would be a huge swing turn, but the real question is, do you really need that? Same happens with Soul Mirror and Murozond. Both have seen played, but they are good on their own already. This requires additional cards to work. Could be auto-included if this is played consistently at turn 6, or 7, even 5 drop for tempo, and for mirror control. At turn 10 forward, your plan is a little bit different than the early turns.
Boy, I will have fun with this card...
I love this card :)