It is "real good" ONLY in Elemental/Big Spell Mage. Just like I said twice already. Do you even listen?
My argument isn't "card is bad, fuck Blizzard, dust it". My argument is "card is barely good enough to consider its inclusion anywhere EXCEPT for Elemental/Big Spell Mage".
Nope. You initially said it was bad in general. It wasn't until the community convinced you that its viable. Have fun with your shitty Ice Barrier trying to save your life!
You want me to say something good about this card? Fine.
It's very good versus Midrange Hunter. And Razakus Priest. End of story.
But since this card is meant for the late game, it's bad against Aggro/Face decks, which usually are the main reason to put any heal into your deck in the first place. And guess what can be good against them? Yup, 8 HP for only 3 mana. And more than that, you can specifically DRAW Ice Barrier/Ice Block from Arcanologist or Mad Scientist (if you're playing in the Wild format like me). Besides, Arcanologist and Mad Scientist both are great early game minions as well.
And now a bit off-topic. Blizzard forced so-called Big Mage this expansion. It's just stupid. To give up on EVERY spell below 5 mana? Ha! And for what? For a random board clear? And 2/2 beast which uses Joust to draw you a spell?! Ha-ha-ha-ha... Cool story. And nope, this idea is almost as bad as Taunt Warrior back in the days of The Grand Tournament. Better than Freeze Shaman though, but that doesn't count for much XD
And by the way, they did not give ANY good cards for Reno/Control Mage. EVERY Mage card in this expansion is meant either for Big Spell or Elemental Mage. Which is so freaking lame, because BOTH of them are still BARELY PLAYABLE. Wow. 2 lame ideas. None of them are successful...
In fact Arcane Artificer is the best card for a normal Control Mage this expansion. And that saddens me the most.
You want me to say something good about this card? Fine.
It's very good versus Midrange Hunter. And Razakus Priest. End of story.
But since this card is meant for the late game, it's bad against Aggro/Face decks, which usually are the main reason to put any heal into your deck in the first place. And guess what can be good against them? Yup, 8 HP for only 3 mana. And more than that, you can specifically DRAW Ice Barrier/Ice Block from Arcanologist or Mad Scientist (if you're playing in the Wild format like me). Besides, Arcanologist and Mad Scientist both are great early game minions as well.
And now a bit off-topic. Blizzard forced so-called Big Mage this expansion. It's just stupid. To give up on EVERY spell below 5 mana? Ha! And for what? For a random board clear? And 2/2 beast which uses Joust to draw you a spell?! Ha-ha-ha-ha... Cool story. And nope, this idea is almost as bad as Taunt Warrior back in the days of The Grand Tournament. Better than Freeze Shaman though, but that doesn't count for much XD
And by the way, they did not give ANY good cards for Reno/Control Mage. EVERY Mage card in this expansion is meant either for Big Spell or Elemental Mage. Which is so freaking lame, because BOTH of them are still BARELY PLAYABLE. Wow. 2 lame ideas. None of them are successful...
In fact Arcane Artificer is the best card for a normal Control Mage this expansion. And that saddens me the most.
Control Mage uses Jaina, put Stonehill and the new 4/5 Elemental is pretty good too.
You need only Firefly and Pyros to spellstone be good too, don't need full upgrade to work.
Lol. Whatever, man, I'm not trying to convince you that card is "bad in general". It's decent. Sometimes. However, that's not enough. At least for me.
I saw people who run Flamewaker in usual Reno Mage XD Arcane Artificer for sure is more appropriate there than this annoying random piece of shit. But nothing more. I will always choose (for example) Antique Healbot over Arcane Artificer. And it's nothing personal. Just... in my opinion cards which don't do anything AND (when the condition is met) don't win you the game by themselves do not worth much. Or, in other words, I dislike them.
Stubborn? Huh. Maybe. But I prefer "confident". And "experienced" :)
You want me to say something good about this card? Fine.
It's very good versus Midrange Hunter. And Razakus Priest. End of story.
But since this card is meant for the late game, it's bad against Aggro/Face decks, which usually are the main reason to put any heal into your deck in the first place. And guess what can be good against them? Yup, 8 HP for only 3 mana. And more than that, you can specifically DRAW Ice Barrier/Ice Block from Arcanologist or Mad Scientist (if you're playing in the Wild format like me). Besides, Arcanologist and Mad Scientist both are great early game minions as well.
And now a bit off-topic. Blizzard forced so-called Big Mage this expansion. It's just stupid. To give up on EVERY spell below 5 mana? Ha! And for what? For a random board clear? And 2/2 beast which uses Joust to draw you a spell?! Ha-ha-ha-ha... Cool story. And nope, this idea is almost as bad as Taunt Warrior back in the days of The Grand Tournament. Better than Freeze Shaman though, but that doesn't count for much XD
And by the way, they did not give ANY good cards for Reno/Control Mage. EVERY Mage card in this expansion is meant either for Big Spell or Elemental Mage. Which is so freaking lame, because BOTH of them are still BARELY PLAYABLE. Wow. 2 lame ideas. None of them are successful...
In fact Arcane Artificer is the best card for a normal Control Mage this expansion. And that saddens me the most.
Lol. Whatever, man, I'm not trying to convince you that card is "bad in general". It's decent. Sometimes. However, that's not enough. At least for me.
I saw people who run Flamewaker in usual Reno Mage XD Arcane Artificer for sure is more appropriate there than this annoying random piece of shit. But nothing more. I will always choose (for example) Antique Healbot over Arcane Artificer. And it's nothing personal. Just... in my opinion cards which don't do anything AND (when the condition is met) don't win you the game by themselves do not worth much. Or, in other words, I dislike them.
Stubborn? Huh. Maybe. But I prefer "confident". And "experienced" :)