Bane of Doom
Card Text
Deal 3 damage to a character. If that kills it, summon a random Demon.
Flavor Text
My advice to you is to avoid Doom, if possible.
Additional Information
Name | Type | Class | Cost | Attack | Health |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Faceless Manipulator | Minion | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Faceless Manipulator | Minion | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Worgen Infiltrator | Minion | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Demolisher | Minion | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Dust Devil | Minion | Shaman | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Alexstrasza | Minion | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
Faceless Manipulator | Minion | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
Cult Master | Minion | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
Al'Akir the Windlord | Minion | Shaman | 8 | 3 | 6 |
Wrath | Ability | Druid | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bane of Doom | Ability | Warlock | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Lay on Hands | Ability | Paladin | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Shield Slam | Ability | Warrior | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vaporize | Ability | Mage | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Lay on Hands | Ability | Paladin | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Nightblade | Minion | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
Medivh | Hero | Mage | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Vol'jin | Minion | Priest | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Gahz'rilla | Minion | Hunter | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Iron Juggernaut | Minion | Warrior | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Shielded Minibot | Minion | Paladin | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Dragon Consort | Minion | Paladin | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Demonwrath | Ability | Warlock | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tiny Knight of Evil | Minion | Warlock | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Chillmaw | Minion | 7 | 6 | 6 | |
Excavated Evil | Ability | Priest | 5 | 0 | 0 |
DOOM! | Ability | Warlock | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Simulacrum | Ability | Mage | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Everlasting Devotion | Ability | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roaring Edifice | Ability | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vol'jin | Hero | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Alexstrasza | Hero | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Al'Akir | Hero | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Simulacrum | Ability | Mage | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Worgen Infiltrator | Minion | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Al'Akir the Windlord | Minion | Shaman | 8 | 3 | 6 |
Alexstrasza | Minion | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
Shadow Word: Pain | Ability | Priest | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wrath | Ability | Druid | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Shield Slam | Ability | Warrior | 1 | 0 | 0 |
It also could be a twisted April Fool's Joke.....
WE DID IT BOYS!
Finally it actually summons any random demon :D
Why YES!! We did!
Actually, we may have overdone it. I'll have to look at the math but it may be OP this way.
why not just do the damage range like Imp-losion?
Like, deal 0 - 5 damage, Summon a demon with the same mana cost + 2.
So that 1, it does not summon the 2 higher tier legendaries, unless with spell damage.
2, It is still a gamble.
Because there're no 7, 8, 10 mana demons?
Not yet. That said, I DO NOT want Bane changed to anything else. It's great as it is, now.
I sure hope you waited...
In case someone questions this or other comments like it : they were written months before the card was changed. Blizzard changed it to its current form without warning.
Allow the card to summon any demon or change the card text. simple as that.
Card text is very misleading. It does NOT summon a RANDOM demon. Very disappointed that this card is so gimped.
Edit : Blizzard changed it! On April 1st 2015. I'm leaving this old comment for posterity.
Blizzard needs to seriously buff this card. Webspinner can get Gahz'rilla or King Krush across rarities and card sets. Unstable Portal can get Tirion Fordring across rarities, card sets and class cards! What's the issue? I'll bet rarities are the issue, actually. That said, I certainly wouldn't mind banning the Legendary and Epics. With just Common and Rare, you'd have:
That looks pretty 50/50 to me. Average attack: 2.75. Average Health: 3.5. If it needed to be weaker, you could throw in the 1/1 Imps from Imp-losion.
Well getting a Voidcaller of these is usually above average because of the deathrattle and getting a Doomguard off this would incredible. Those two would be too strong to be put into this card in my opinion, however putting Floating Watcher and Mistress of Pain would be worth it.
While this may seem like a logical argument, it is actually not a valid comparison. Unstable Portal and Webspinner send the minion to your hand. Bane of Doom summons it to the field. This means, first, that there is no cost associated with the demon - it's free. Second, the demons you listed have only battlecry which harm the caster, significantly - Bane of Doom skips these (ok Void Terror would suck to get without battlecry).
Not much of a counter argument, tho. Currently, half of the demons that it can summon have negative battlecry effects. Felguard, Dread Infernal and Flame Imp. Changing it would actually reduce the number of negatives that you could dodge. Don't forget that the result would still be random.
As a side note, this card was designed "back in the day" when Blood Imp was a 1/1 minion. That actually makes a huge difference.
4 damage over your Holy Smite/Arcane Shot. Only one of the Demons summoned makes it worth the mana (Dread Infernal) and another leaves you even on mana (Felguard, which acts as Sen'jin Shieldmasta in this case). The best use for this card is extracting 100 dust from it.
So this card cannot summon all demons?
I just learned that this card cannot summon every demon. what the heck. the description is just wrong then and it would be nice to change it :c
If this card could summon ANY demon (Ilidan Stormrage, Pit Lord, Doomguard, Lord Jaraxxus, etc.) it would be good. As it stands, it only has a 30% chance of being worth the mana, and that's assuming you kill something.
This couldve been a rare and it would still be bad. Class card which you get from the start seems more like it.