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This card fits well in my theorycraft elemental mage ! :)
This is a really good card. But it will only be played if a mage deck with enough elemental minions is played. But I like it...
One of the few cards that seems on the power curve to me. But will Mage have a deck that wants it? Not sure elemental Mage can beat either dude pally or Baku Hunter. So, I'm guessing that it's one of those good cards that just can't find a home due to bad matchups.
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Very powerful, and it's even more card draw for Elemental Mage.
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Card Design ChampionFirst off, why do you bring up that 5/5 elemental? Can't you see that he is super slow, not impactful enough and thus weak? I would never include him in my decks, even if the battlecry didn't need an activation first (except maybe in shaman, because that class is desperate for draws). Every competitive deck wants to have a drawing mechanic on cheap minions, so that you can play them early on and cycle through your deck faster. This way you have more reliable turns in the future. The 5/5 elemental would never be part of the strong elemental package that mage will get eventually; he just doesn't do anything special, which others can't do.
Now, back to the most important topic: The problem with the elementals is 1) that they fulfill different roles, i.e. you can run lots of them at once, but they will just distract the main strategy of your deck, 2) again, there is no real connection* between them except the delayed activation, 3) only few of them have amazing abilities and/or bodies. The dragons had a lot more influence on the board/on themselves and they only required you to keep a dragon in your hand, not to make a complicated chain first.
About my 1st point - Just take a look at my classification from the user's post. Some elementals make more sense in a tempo deck (Water Elemental, Steam Surger, Blazecaller), others in a value one (Servant of Kalimos, Pyros, Tar Creeper) or are better in a combination with spells* instead. Not to mention, that some of the elementals can be easily replaced by other mage cards (Mana Wyrm instead of Fire Fly; Blazecaller with Firelands Portal, not an actual example anymore but you see what I mean). If you decide to keep the better cards, you will narrow down the number of the elementals in your deck and thus you will weaken the package more, but if you decide to keep the elementals, then you just weaken your deck instead. The point is - you have to be really picky in order to make the most optimal and beneficial package for your deck. Trust me, it's not a good idea to run all of them in a single deck - tried it, went downhill.
2nd and 3rd points - the elementals overall are meh bodies with a small upside. They reflect a mid-range style, which plays on curve. But you need more than that to be highly competitive - you need power turns, synergies, something to link them and/or minions with more influential effects. Because it's not really strong to play a 4 mana 5/4. then to follow up with a plain 5 mana 4/5 body. Do you see what Spiteful Priest or aggro paladin can do? The dudes have an amazing synergy (Lightfused Stegodon, Crystal Lion, Knife Juggler, Sunkeeper Tarim and what not). I don't suggest that we should make an aggro version out of those elementals, but at least something, which will form a nice package. Maybe an AoE, which doesn't kill elementals (just like Dragonfire Potion) or weapons for shaman, which buffs the minions etc etc.
That's for mage. I hope you don't mind, that I won't start a conversation about shaman, because this is the page for the mage minion after all and I'm a bit tired.
Tl; dr: "Plenty of
room forother archetype-shaping cards" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ElementalsNote*
The only real connection is the mage heal package (Frost Lich Jaina + Baron Geddon + Arcane Artificer and maybe Tar Creeper/Ragnaros the Firelord in wild), but that package goes in a spell heavy deck.
A strong deck w/o many elementals and spell-based - this is how grinder looked like, now turned into Big Spell.
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Card Design ChampionFirst off, thx for reading my novel. I think I have to thank people more often for doing that :D.
Secondly - you will rather save the Arcane Artificer, for when you want to play expensive spells (as you say). So you will keep him most of the time in your hand, until you get your value, i.e. you won't risk him just to activate an elemental's battlecry.
Inb4 if I were to run a Baku deck, then Black Cat >Bonfire Elemental
As for the rest of the "package", which you mentioned - well, I have to see it with my eyes. Currently there a lot of factors, which worry me and I can't mark it as good only by looking at its raw power.
The problem in creating a only-minion mage deck, is that there are no real win conditions. No AoE, no charge and no extremely powerful minions. Yeah, ok you can throw in a couple of Bonemares and Baron Geddon to solve some board. But a minion-only deck has two weaknesses: 1) minions have to go through taunts. 2) when you play a minion, it can attack only next turn, making it a target for removal, if it has no immediate effect that changes the odds of the game.
a minion mage is way too slow. The only potential win condition is Frost Lich Jaina, hoping to play her on turn 9
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
I'm not sure elemental mage will work, but if it does, it will include Spiteful Summoner.
If you want to play elemental mage, you put this card in your deck every time! 5 mana 5/5 which draws you a card. OPOP
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Hopeful about elemental mage! Not a single elemental cycling out with the year of the raven, so plenty of opportunities for elemental mage to become a thing.
Minion elemental mage confirmed.
This card is no operative but it's decent.
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This seems like a staple in every mage deck, not just elementals. I'm comparing this to Azure Drake, like many other people have. I can't think of a single deck that this wouldn't be worth running in. I was kinda hoping this would be a neutral/shaman card, but I'll live.
Oh, whoops I forgot about that when making my post. Now, it's not as good as I thought it was. Seems great for big mage though.
Very nice card