The card itself looks really good, a little slow at first glance but you still have a 7/7 on the board. When you face it, you pretty much have to choose: do i deny the value of the weapon or i clear the minion? some classes may have some hard time dealing with both at the same time.
And, not less important, as warrior is dominant, this card will actually make a lot of people tech Acidic Swamp Ooze and Harrison Jones, so it can result as an indirect nerf to weapon classes.
Very interesting design tho, i've been expecting similar weapon effects in a very long time
Edit: it's very sad that we cannot equip that with Malkorok :(
8 mana is where its at.. Best 8 mana spell i can think of? Call of the Wild + a potential Ragnaros the Firelord? Yes please. Will definitely have to make Yogg hunter with this one...
I'm waiting to see more cards but right now Medivh looks playable to bad to me. I don't see any deck that would use him, maybe Reno Mage or Warlock but other than that the card is just too slow and requires too many things to get some value.
It's slow but if you notice with card like this and Melachazzr (sp?) they're giving classes a way to fill up their hand/deck. This might allow classes to go much more 'full' control and then fill up with finishers in other ways.
Do you see Summoning Stone played? Medivh is a fun card but will not be played in competitive is what I meant. At least it's what I think. I don't think any class even in a control match up has the luxury to keep spells in hand just to get some random minions later.
Just this + Frostbolt or any cheap spell is pretty ok, if you play this card in spell-heavy deck, you don't need to wait for combo. Problem with Summoning stone was 0/6 body, that easly gets free traded or removed, 7/7 still does something and it's guaranteed value if the weapon is not removed, but even Harrison Jones is not run that often now.
Harrison Jones is stil run, Acidic Swamp Ooze too. If you're going to use a Frostbolt with him why not just play Archmage Antonidas? At least you know what you get. I'd compare Medivh to Rhonin, everybody was hyped when they first saw it and yet no one played it. Even in Priest, you can't spend your entire 8th turn just to summon a 7/7 in the current meta. People will try it in control mirror matches and realize that he's just not worth it.
8 mana is where its at.. Best 8 mana spell i can think of? Call of the Wild + a potential Ragnaros the Firelord? Yes please. Will definitely have to make Yogg hunter with this one...
though the first time you'll make use of Atiesh is the 9 mana turn (just saying, you may play OP of the wild anyway then ;) )
I actually don't see this card seeing much play. Sure, you'll have the fringe cases, but in general, it may just go down the same road Summoning Stone did: plenty of people wanting to play it, but eventually will be forgotten all together. Sure, the non-weapon classes can now have a weapon, but if your playing this just for the weapon, you're playing it wrong.
So its an 8 mana 7/7 that has a Summoning Stone card (thats pretty much a 1 mana cost) attached to it that has 3 charges. Not sure if it will see much play in standard but there's a chance and its an interesting card at least.
IDK the fact that nobody can say with clarity in wich kind of decks this is a must play, make me think to high chances of a new archetype. Probably the best use of it it's to cast 2 spells the turn after it's been played; mage is in the best spot to do this, druid also, maybe bit less.Warlock make me think about Bane of Doom, Shadowflame(insane value IMO) even a new archetype with Dark Bargaincould be somenthing. Seems a card to be discovered a lot.
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The Legendaries in this set are really cool and hard to evaluate! Obviously this is extreme value and extreme power ... Still apart from a reno lock that could then also include Cho'gall and the token spell and a (not really existing) grinder mage, I do not really see a deck where it might belong and it is pretty damn slow!
All in all, I am looking forward to trying it out and I would be glad to see it working!
This is one of those "awesome but not that practical" cards in a competitive setting. You don't just throw it alone on the board and expect it to do well but if he survives a turn, "Oh boy oh boy!" as Donald Duck would say.
Very nicely designed card for some off-meta control decks. The two best decks I can think about to play this card are currently Yogg Hunter ( HeyGuys Call of the Tirion ) and Fandral Token Druid. I think the card could replace Onyxia in the latter.
8 mana is where its at.. Best 8 mana spell i can think of? Call of the Wild + a potential Ragnaros the Firelord? Yes please. Will definitely have to make Yogg hunter with this one...
Neutral, there are no class legendaries in adventures, only in expansion. + you can see it by the card color
Even in Priest, you can't spend your entire 8th turn just to summon a 7/7 in the current meta. People will try it in control mirror matches and realize that he's just not worth it.
so far my favorite card from this expansion
Medivh, prep, conceal, for a stealthed 7/7, 2 wisps plus a 1/1 dagger. ALMOST A BOOM, RIGHT?
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Neutral weapon!! Blizzard are going all out in this adventure. Love ig. Proper control minion!
I actually don't see this card seeing much play. Sure, you'll have the fringe cases, but in general, it may just go down the same road Summoning Stone did: plenty of people wanting to play it, but eventually will be forgotten all together. Sure, the non-weapon classes can now have a weapon, but if your playing this just for the weapon, you're playing it wrong.
Arena might love it though.
So its an 8 mana 7/7 that has a Summoning Stone card (thats pretty much a 1 mana cost) attached to it that has 3 charges. Not sure if it will see much play in standard but there's a chance and its an interesting card at least.
IDK the fact that nobody can say with clarity in wich kind of decks this is a must play, make me think to high chances of a new archetype. Probably the best use of it it's to cast 2 spells the turn after it's been played; mage is in the best spot to do this, druid also, maybe bit less.Warlock make me think about Bane of Doom, Shadowflame(insane value IMO) even a new archetype with Dark Bargaincould be somenthing. Seems a card to be discovered a lot.
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I already run with Ooze AND Harrison in my deck. This is just one more reason to keep them there...
The Legendaries in this set are really cool and hard to evaluate! Obviously this is extreme value and extreme power ... Still apart from a reno lock that could then also include Cho'gall and the token spell and a (not really existing) grinder mage, I do not really see a deck where it might belong and it is pretty damn slow!
All in all, I am looking forward to trying it out and I would be glad to see it working!
This is one of those "awesome but not that practical" cards in a competitive setting. You don't just throw it alone on the board and expect it to do well but if he survives a turn, "Oh boy oh boy!" as Donald Duck would say.
Finally a card for mage players!
My mage decks like this!
Very nicely designed card for some off-meta control decks.
The two best decks I can think about to play this card are currently Yogg Hunter ( HeyGuys Call of the Tirion ) and Fandral Token Druid. I think the card could replace Onyxia in the latter.
i think its a fun card but probably too slow for the meta
In Warlock you can play this into Cho'gall, into bane of doom. Seems fun.
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learn how to play Control. Stop bitching. You are part of the problem