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Quote from Metzelmax »

Thinking that a 30/7 will win you the game at some point is the same thought process that creates innerfire priestdecks... and those dont work either.

They work 1 in 10 times... do you want your Deck to have 10 percent win rate?

Inner fire priest decks require a four card combo, this is a single card.

Sludge Belcher, Harvest golem, Cairne, Sylvannas, redemption, get down!, Imp Master, Kel Thuzad, silver hand knight (the 4/4 guy who summons a 2/2 squire), Muster for Battle. These are some of the cards that have synergy with Bolvar. I'm sure there are more.

If you bring him out as a 5/7 or anything higher and he gets removal'd, then that's one less removal the enemy has. That means your other legendaries will have an easier time.

Basically, it sounds to me like Bolvar's job is to force a silence if you are running the above cards that have good synergy with him. Most of these cards are already pretty good, and some of them are staples in control paladin.

How is this better than Boulder First Ogre? Costs 1 less mana and can get a lot more than 6 dmg if you are running a deck with a lot of the cards above. It feels lackluster to me, but I'm sure someone can create a deck around it and make it value.

EDIT: Onyxia works too.

First time I played him today my opponent was topdecking and Bolvar stayed on the board as an unchallanged 16/7. Bolvar is love, Bolvar is life.