"This Mage secret is a powerful card, and has been the centerpiece of Standard decks for years. It’s time to make more room for new Mage decks in Standard."
Barring any meta-defining new cards for Mage... seems like this will just push everyone (who isn't already there) to the Aggro / Burn lists. Won't impact me too much as Tempo / Burn Mage was the only one I was playing in Standard and for Control I go over to Wild and play Reno Mage.
Barring any meta-defining new cards for Mage... seems like this will just push everyone (who isn't already there) to the Aggro / Burn lists. Won't impact me too much as Tempo / Burn Mage was the only one I was playing in Standard and for Control I go over to Wild and play Reno Mage.
A ton of Big Spell mage lists weren't using Ice Block early on. It's entirely possible to play it without Block.
Basically makes Mage a burn class, rip any Control decks. Perhaps a midrange deck with Jaina and a lot of Elementals could work but just about every other slow Mage deck is gone.
And if Quest Mage wasn't already dead in its current form, I guess it is now. Elemental Tempo Quest Mage is the only way to do it now.
Finally. And let me talk a little about it. The problem of Ice Block is not the card itself. It's the many ways Mage can generate another cards. Facing 1 or 2 Ice Blocks is fine but facing 3 even 4 is too much (and you add freeze component in this). Since they won't give up about the cards generators they've need to make a decision. It was moving it to Hall of Fame. It's a fair move. And things for Mage will be renewed with that! They already added Arcane Artificer if you think about it.
Arcanologist is rotating out and that minion was a much bigger problem than Ice Block. Thus, RIP mage. The can't give a class with fireball explosive starts and Ice Block never was a problem as the mage is just losing health super easily. Without Ice Block it's like the current shaman.
First Arcanologist isn't rotating out (Un'Goro set), second mage will receive more healing cards in the next expansion for sure, and for now it has already arcane artificier and deathknight Jaina.
surprising noone. I always thought Arcane Artificer was a dead giveaway, although they might need to add more survivability options for control mage to be playable.
Either way, Mage cheese is finally over. If you're dead you're dead, end of story.
RIP mage this card rotates because of too much undeserved hate it recieved. Now new mage decks will be minion oriented so they can also change class name as warmage because it will not be mage anymore.
Finally no more waiting to die for like 6 turns straight while getting frozen / Ice Blocked . At least in Standard , and in Wild there is and will be a lot more tech options for that. I don't enjoy that kind of deck but I got 1 golden Ice Block from ranked chest and 1 from a pack so 3200 dust is also very nice :)
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"This Mage secret is a powerful card, and has been the centerpiece of Standard decks for years. It’s time to make more room for new Mage decks in Standard."
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i hated this card from the botton of my heart!
Barring any meta-defining new cards for Mage... seems like this will just push everyone (who isn't already there) to the Aggro / Burn lists. Won't impact me too much as Tempo / Burn Mage was the only one I was playing in Standard and for Control I go over to Wild and play Reno Mage.
good riddance, you shall not be missed, at least in standard anyways. lol
Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.
Basically makes Mage a burn class, rip any Control decks. Perhaps a midrange deck with Jaina and a lot of Elementals could work but just about every other slow Mage deck is gone.
And if Quest Mage wasn't already dead in its current form, I guess it is now. Elemental Tempo Quest Mage is the only way to do it now.
Finally. And let me talk a little about it. The problem of Ice Block is not the card itself. It's the many ways Mage can generate another cards. Facing 1 or 2 Ice Blocks is fine but facing 3 even 4 is too much (and you add freeze component in this). Since they won't give up about the cards generators they've need to make a decision. It was moving it to Hall of Fame. It's a fair move. And things for Mage will be renewed with that! They already added Arcane Artificer if you think about it.
Arcanologist is rotating out and that minion was a much bigger problem than Ice Block. Thus, RIP mage. The can't give a class with fireball explosive starts and Ice Block never was a problem as the mage is just losing health super easily. Without Ice Block it's like the current shaman.
Well, pretty much everyone saw this coming
First Arcanologist isn't rotating out (Un'Goro set), second mage will receive more healing cards in the next expansion for sure, and for now it has already arcane artificier and deathknight Jaina.
Goodbye, non-interactive card! I won't miss you in standard at all (but I'll visit you in wild, I promise).
Rage quitting: the best way to ensure your opponent knows they beat a giant baby.
So goodbye Mage, see you again in Wild
surprising noone. I always thought Arcane Artificer was a dead giveaway, although they might need to add more survivability options for control mage to be playable.
Either way, Mage cheese is finally over. If you're dead you're dead, end of story.
I tried having fun once. It was awful.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA FU MAGE!
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That's too bad. I don't think it needed to move.
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Good fucking riddance. My woes since beta complaining about the unfun of freeze mage are finally over.
LOL making it Legendary would be enough IMO
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RIP mage this card rotates because of too much undeserved hate it recieved. Now new mage decks will be minion oriented so they can also change class name as warmage because it will not be mage anymore.
Finally no more waiting to die for like 6 turns straight while getting frozen / Ice Blocked . At least in Standard , and in Wild there is and will be a lot more tech options for that. I don't enjoy that kind of deck but I got 1 golden Ice Block from ranked chest and 1 from a pack so 3200 dust is also very nice :)