Learn more about One Night in Karazhan
Want to learn more about One Night in Karazhan ? Head on over to our One Night in Karazhan guide!
Discuss this Card on the Forums
Join the discussion on our forums! Come discuss Purify over in our dedicated Purify discussion topic.
So.. Silence costs 0 and it can be used on enemy minions.. this one costs 2 and can be used only on friendly minions and gives you a card (could potentially be good at 0 mana with this effect), this can't go wrong, r-right? Also, the synergy with Gadgetzan Auctioneer is incredible!
So did everyone who thinks this card is anything but a slap in the face forget that Silence exists? If Silence Priest was going to be a thing, it would've already been a thing. This is, without a doubt, the single worst designed card in the game.
Ancient Watcher and Eerie Statue priest here we come
So what? You play the 4 mana 7/7 on turn 4 and play Purify turn 5. It's essentially a 4 mana 7/7 with overload 2 and you don't lose card advantage as you would with the card Silence. In the same deck you'd also be running Sunfury Protector and Defender of Argus, so it's not even just some niche combo that you'll never make use of.
Ancient Watcher would be a 2 mana 4/5 overload 2. That's definitely playable. This overreaction is ridiculous. On top of that, it combos with Barnes very well. Imagine turn 6 playing a 3/4 that summons a 7/7. That's not bad at all.
Unless you're going to tell me that shaman's 4 mana 7/7 is bad because it's technically 6 mana.
And no, you don't "pay" two cards for it. It draws a card and replaces itself.
Are you joking? You can't attack with any card the turn it's played unless it has charge. You can play your 4/5 on turn 2, then purify (and possibly power word: shield) and attack with it on turn 3. Just like a normal card with overload. You really aren't thinking this through.
Em, not exactly. Shaman need 1 card. He mulligan good early game then place 7-7. and he can do anything. But priest must mulligan buff (debuff sometimes) and pray god of random for 7-7 in early game, if you got 7-7 without your buff - you ll suck. if you got buff without 7-7 - it's better. but you still suck. coz you can't play it, coz, you know, only YOUR minions.
Well you'd have other cards like Sunfury Protector and Defender of Argus as activators too. Maybe even Spellbreaker. I'm not saying the deck would be tier-1 but I wouldn't call Purify a bad card at all. Worst case, you cycle a card for 2 mana. Just like Wild Growth.
I love priest and your point of view not stupid. I ll try, but i think it's just another 4th tier deck that can win only when you was lucky and opponent not=(
That may end up being true but Barnes and Volazj synergize with it as well. It could even be used in a Yogg deck. The card definitely has potential and it's really upsetting to see people blindly trashing it without fully thinking it through. I'm personally going to dedicate a good week or two to trying to make it work.
Why does anyone play Totem Golem instead of Spider Tank? Why play Flamewreathed Faceless instead of Boulderfist Ogre? It's because you get it out/active several turns early and it's hard for your opponent to deal with.
Right, so if you can just play them without any conditions its worth it, but with the conditions attached of needing specific cards in hand to pull off overload; it's a bit silly.
I wonder, would it have been playable if it also restored 4 or 5 health to the minion?
Priest has turned into the whipping boy class.
"Is someone silenced?"
:(
This would make Herald Volazj playable. As well as many other theory crafts. Good card!
They might as well have made a card that could look like this:
That would have literally been more of a priest buff than purify thanks to Forbidden Shaping.