Might be playable, nowhere near as good as the poll suggests though. People like living in Magical Christmas Land, which is clouding their judgment on this card (any many others).
It's the first time a Rogue Epic card has actually looked good upon reveal, let us have our fun :)
this is why herald volajz is shit. they both give you 1/1 copy of friendly minions but with this one you do'nt lose battle cry and you can have 2 of it in your deck f**k blizzard. i'm refunding this shit
And yeah, if the opponent is stupid enough to let sylvanas live he will be punished really hard by this and the raptors...
Sometimes the opponent don't have a answer in same turn you play, that is the reason why this card is so strong, any minion you play become a "Must-Kill-Now".
Problem is it doesn't pass the stats test. Stats are poor for cost and unless you copy something of amazing value the 1 mana 1/1 is also very bad stats. The text on said minion will have to be insane to make up for the tempo loss. Certainly a build around epic. Will it see play, who knows? Weak bodies traditionally don't see play unless their effect is extremely good. Not convinced.
Hi, my name is Azure Drake, and I am a staple in every Rogue deck ever made, and I have 4/4 stats too.
This is going to get very interesting. Malygos for 1 should make a wombo combo easy peasy. That still means you need to keep Malygos alive for a turn though. At which point you could just do your combo anyway. Regardless I'm sure this card will enable something insane down the line.
Problem is it doesn't pass the stats test. Stats are poor for cost and unless you copy something of amazing value the 1 mana 1/1 is also very bad stats. The text on said minion will have to be insane to make up for the tempo loss. Certainly a build around epic. Will it see play, who knows? Weak bodies traditionally don't see play unless their effect is extremely good. Not convinced.
Hi, my name is Azure Drake, and I am a staple in every Rogue deck ever made, and I have 4/4 stats too.
Hi I'm azure drake I have an insane effect I draw a card and give + 1 spell power and I don't need another body on the board.
Problem is it doesn't pass the stats test. Stats are poor for cost and unless you copy something of amazing value the 1 mana 1/1 is also very bad stats. The text on said minion will have to be insane to make up for the tempo loss. Certainly a build around epic. Will it see play, who knows? Weak bodies traditionally don't see play unless their effect is extremely good. Not convinced.
Hi, my name is Azure Drake, and I am a staple in every Rogue deck ever made, and I have 4/4 stats too.
Hi I'm azure drake I have an insane effect I draw a card and give + 1 spell power and I don't need another body on the board.
I'd play azure drake over this anyday.
You'd take drawing a random card over choosing exactly what card to draw?
+ Shadowstep :D If you have C'thun already on the board it's a one turn combo: This on C'thun, shadowstep, repeat, play two c'thuns at once :)
HOW can there be so many people in this thread and none of them seem to understand how C'Thun (or this card for that matter) will work?
It's a 1/1 copy. That's it. So you get a 1/1 Battlecry deal 1 damage. There isn't some invisible buff that will stack in the background for your C'Thun copies. The C'Thun cards apply the buff ONTO the card (hence the "where ever" language on all of them).
Problem is it doesn't pass the stats test. Stats are poor for cost and unless you copy something of amazing value the 1 mana 1/1 is also very bad stats. The text on said minion will have to be insane to make up for the tempo loss. Certainly a build around epic. Will it see play, who knows? Weak bodies traditionally don't see play unless their effect is extremely good. Not convinced.
Hi, my name is Azure Drake, and I am a staple in every Rogue deck ever made, and I have 4/4 stats too.
Azure drake has spell damage +1, without this bonus it wouldnt be played.
This is a worse Herald Volazj in a non minion based class. Think about what other classes can do with 5 mana and 4 mana since whatever you played turn 4 has to survive in order for this to do anything.
The only very good synergy this has is with Brann Bronzebeard and even that is unlikely to happen on curve because he usually dies immediately.
Any scenario where this card is good (copying rag, malygos, thaurissan, blood of the ancient one, etc) is one where you already won the game from having any of those cards stick for your opponent's turn.
Someone compared this to Houndmaster saying "you need the friendly minion on board for that too and people still run Houndmaster". Yeah, that's because Houndmaster doesn't suck on its own half as much as this does. A 4/4 for 5 is abysmal compared to a 4/3 for 4.
This card is no different than many other epics from this and the last expansion: Very cute, not very good. Fun for casuals, zero competitive capability. It's almost as if Blizzard is marketing the most expensive cards to casuals (LARGE MAJORITY OF PLAYERS) and least expensive to serious players. Hmm, I'm sure there's nothing there. Master of Evolution, Faceless Summoner, Ravaging Ghoul..think about it.
It's an epic which means if you have both in hand you can end up with and endless stream of 1/1's #thedream
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My mandibles which are capable of pressing down and tearing, my talons which are known to intercept and hold.
this is why herald volajz is shit. they both give you 1/1 copy of friendly minions but with this one you do'nt lose battle cry and you can have 2 of it in your deck f**k blizzard. i'm refunding this shit
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My mandibles which are capable of pressing down and tearing, my talons which are known to intercept and hold.
Wow! That's a really cool card!
This is going to get very interesting. Malygos for 1 should make a wombo combo easy peasy. That still means you need to keep Malygos alive for a turn though. At which point you could just do your combo anyway. Regardless I'm sure this card will enable something insane down the line.
Brann Bronzebeard, copy Malygos. Shadowstep, repeat
Insane ;) now rogue become even more playable
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My mandibles which are capable of pressing down and tearing, my talons which are known to intercept and hold.
It's a 1/1 copy. That's it. So you get a 1/1 Battlecry deal 1 damage. There isn't some invisible buff that will stack in the background for your C'Thun copies. The C'Thun cards apply the buff ONTO the card (hence the "where ever" language on all of them).
So priest get s legendary that does the same thing to the whole board while rogue gets it one mana cheaper for 1 minion?
and it actually works with rogue's cards compared to priest which is a control class.. also works well with the class legendary
This expansion will have so many games ending on the second turn 10
To someone who doesn't play warcraft, it looks like valeera to me. You can't say they don't look similar right?... Right?
Appropriate name since it's best friends with Shadowstep.
This is a worse Herald Volazj in a non minion based class. Think about what other classes can do with 5 mana and 4 mana since whatever you played turn 4 has to survive in order for this to do anything.
The only very good synergy this has is with Brann Bronzebeard and even that is unlikely to happen on curve because he usually dies immediately.
Any scenario where this card is good (copying rag, malygos, thaurissan, blood of the ancient one, etc) is one where you already won the game from having any of those cards stick for your opponent's turn.
Someone compared this to Houndmaster saying "you need the friendly minion on board for that too and people still run Houndmaster". Yeah, that's because Houndmaster doesn't suck on its own half as much as this does. A 4/4 for 5 is abysmal compared to a 4/3 for 4.
This card is no different than many other epics from this and the last expansion: Very cute, not very good. Fun for casuals, zero competitive capability. It's almost as if Blizzard is marketing the most expensive cards to casuals (LARGE MAJORITY OF PLAYERS) and least expensive to serious players. Hmm, I'm sure there's nothing there. Master of Evolution, Faceless Summoner, Ravaging Ghoul..think about it.
Moment of silence for those lost. FeelsBadMan