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If Hearthstone is lorewise a game that WoW characters might play (ok, it's a stretch, but whatever), then Ragnaros the Lightlord isn't a bad idea. Think about it, for WoW characters Ragnaros is reality. So some warcraftian card crafter simply came up with a fantasy idea of Ragnaros being a minion of the light.

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Who cares about the lore anyway.

HS has never taken itself seriously.

My only complaint about the card is, why is it not a dragon.

 Why would it be?

 Because this would fit in a dragon deck obviously.

 Ragnaros doesn't look remotely like a dragon though..

I personally don't want the card to be a dragon because of deck options.  Short disclaimer, I dislike the popularity of Dragon decks, particularly priests.  Very hard to deal with decks that get so much value out of only running dragons.

If it's a dragon, it only makes dragon decks stronger.  If dragon decks get stronger, more people will run Dragon Paladin instead of another archetype which would make ladder more homogeneous.  You can still add it to your deck, and it will be just as powerful as in any other non dragon deck, Lightlord I mean.

The card not being a dragon creates more deck options, Dragon decks can use it, but they can't do unfair plays like a turn 6 Lightlord or use the Lightlord as a Dragon support proc.

OMG, i love this card with all my soul, first legendary i'm going to craft from WOG for sure :3

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I personally don't want the card to be a dragon because of deck options.  Short disclaimer, I dislike the popularity of Dragon decks, particularly priests.  Very hard to deal with decks that get so much value out of only running dragons.

If it's a dragon, it only makes dragon decks stronger.  If dragon decks get stronger, more people will run Dragon Paladin instead of another archetype which would make ladder more homogeneous.  You can still add it to your deck, and it will be just as powerful as in any other non dragon deck, Lightlord I mean.

The card not being a dragon creates more deck options, Dragon decks can use it, but they can't do unfair plays like a turn 6 Lightlord or use the Lightlord as a Dragon support proc.

I like the idea of twisted cards - they took the normal Ragnaros the Firelord and just made the absolute oposite affect!

Good move Blizzard !

Holy shit, there *ARE* going to be some power cards in this set besides just the ten mana ones after all. ^_^

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I like the idea of twisted cards - they took the normal Ragnaros the Firelord and just made the absolute oposite affect!

Good move Blizzard !

The end of turn effect voiceover had better be 

"Live Insect!"

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Who cares about the lore anyway.

HS has never taken itself seriously.

My only complaint about the card is, why is it not a dragon.

 Why would it be?

 Because this would fit in a dragon deck obviously.

"This game is not strictly attached to the WoW lore and you're not the one making it, so you're not allowed to criticize a card that looks like it was created by a 3 years old Hearthstone player."

The effect is really good, and there are so many good pally characters to have it (i can even name some connected to the old gods), but they chose to show a middle finger to all WoW lore fans and make a card that is basically a fanfic.

Please be an April Fools joke.

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I personally don't want the card to be a dragon because of deck options.  Short disclaimer, I dislike the popularity of Dragon decks, particularly priests.  Very hard to deal with decks that get so much value out of only running dragons.

If it's a dragon, it only makes dragon decks stronger.  If dragon decks get stronger, more people will run Dragon Paladin instead of another archetype which would make ladder more homogeneous.  You can still add it to your deck, and it will be just as powerful as in any other non dragon deck, Lightlord I mean.

The card not being a dragon creates more deck options, Dragon decks can use it, but they can't do unfair plays like a turn 6 Lightlord or use the Lightlord as a Dragon support proc.

 That is a fair assessment and a valid point.

However, you're making the assumption that dragon paladin already is a strong deck and that it would be stronger than a pure control deck with this in it.
Paladin doesn't have the wide array of spells required to be a good control deck so minion heavy will always be the way to go.

And the fact that making a deck good will get more people playing it, making the game homogeneous is not an argument. That's why if this was a dragon would make that particular deck better and add variety to the game, not the other way around.

Why would lore matter? It's a card game, it kind of relates to WoW but it isn't. If you wanted lore why wouldn't you just play a game that has an actual story?

This card could provide potential value but for the randomness I think just like the foreword that it should cost less. I mean if it was a 7 mana 8/8 heal a random character 8 health then it would be of great value.

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This card could provide potential value but for the randomness I think just like the foreword that it should cost less. I mean if it was a 7 mana 8/8 heal a random character 8 health then it would be of great value.

New priest legendary for this expansion: Herald Volazj , Entombed Ragnaros, Lightlord

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Why would lore matter? It's a card game, it kind of relates to WoW but it isn't. If you wanted lore why wouldn't you just play a game that has an actual story?

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"This game is not strictly attached to the WoW lore and you're not the one making it, so you're not allowed to criticize a card that looks like it was created by a 3 years old Hearthstone player."

This, perfectly said. The stupidity of some people in this forum is incredible.

The effect is really good, and there are so many good pally characters to have it (i can even name some connected to the old gods), but they chose to show a middle finger to all WoW lore fans and make a card that is basically a fanfic.

Please be an April Fools joke.

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Why would lore matter? It's a card game, it kind of relates to WoW but it isn't. If you wanted lore why wouldn't you just play a game that has an actual story?

Because there's a difference between lore and goofy stupidity. I would be pissed off the same if they introduced "Dark Tirion Fordring99, lord of Undead Fire!" who shoots laser out of his eyes.

Too much is too much, I'm fine with funny cards but the "Lightlord" makes no fucking sense and feels like the people behind this are drunk kids or something.

Hearthstone is non-canonical to the WoW lore as it already exists. Think of it like Marvel's "What If...?" series. And, y'know, quitcherbitchin. This is one of the only good cards in the set so far. Don't make them nerf this shit too...