Arcane Blast should’ve been made into a Classic card instead.
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Can't really compete with frostbolt in any deck, even if used as a cycle card. The condition is too clunky for the draw, and the damage is too low for the mana cost.
Pretty happy they're adding new cards, just a pity that the new cards (and this one is epic) is not remotely near meta-viable even though a lot of classic cards are. They took out broken cards, so it wouldn't have been that bad to add somewhat playable cards, but these are clearly not geared to be playable, but rather for the new players.
This card isn't good now, and maybe it won't ever be. But it isn't complete garbage. Since freeze is a core mage mechanic, there's always a chance that this rises into play ability.
Flexible card that seems pretty balanced. As a Classic card, it should surprise no one that this card is mediocre (instead of being absolute trash or insanely strong and game breaking).
Really happy to see it's restricted to minions. The last thing Mage needs is more burn support.
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Arcane Blast should’ve been made into a Classic card instead.
read the post, they intentionally didn't add a really good card..
This card could be ok.. but the "to a minion" really kills it should've also been able to target face and then it could see sometimes play.. maybe even in even mage or some sort of tempo freeze mage which would be cool , but restricting the card draw to freeze effect.. it could be 1 mana easily..
Flexible card that seems pretty balanced. As a Classic card, it should surprise no one that this card is mediocre (instead of being absolute trash or insanely strong and game breaking).
Really happy to see it's restricted to minions. The last thing Mage needs is more burn support.
That seems pretty generous. It's a much much weaker version of Coldwraith, which never saw play. Not only will it never see play, it also dilutes the random spell pool. "Absolute trash" seems accurate. I guess I should be thankful that it's at least playable when randomly generated, instead of taking up hand space like Shatter.
I know standard Freeze mage is poor right now but this would fit in I think. A lot of times you're using Nova or Blizzard with some mana to spare so getting some extra damage on a priority target and the deck wants to cycle as quickly as possible so that is good. Like a loot horder with charge but only on freeze turns.
Tempo isn't going to use it for sure. Too little damage and not enough freeze to draw regularly
I know standard Freeze mage is poor right now but this would fit in I think. A lot of times you're using Nova or Blizzard with some mana to spare so getting some extra damage on a priority target and the deck wants to cycle as quickly as possible so that is good. Like a loot horder with charge but only on freeze turns.
Tempo isn't going to use it for sure. Too little damage and not enough freeze to draw regularly
too many "if"s for the card to ever be included in a deck.. it's more of a randomly generated card if anything.. makes the mage RNG worse... (or better in lucky moments) if it costed one less or targeted face it could be playable at some point..
It seemed like a cool card until I thought about it some more. The comparison to Slam is obvious and most-definitely not in its favor, but different classes get different stuff I guess. Still, not worth it :(
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I know standard Freeze mage is poor right now but this would fit in I think. A lot of times you're using Nova or Blizzard with some mana to spare so getting some extra damage on a priority target and the deck wants to cycle as quickly as possible so that is good. Like a loot horder with charge but only on freeze turns.
Tempo isn't going to use it for sure. Too little damage and not enough freeze to draw regularly
too many "if"s for the card to ever be included in a deck.. it's more of a randomly generated card if anything.. makes the mage RNG worse... (or better in lucky moments) if it costed one less or targeted face it could be playable at some point..
Perhaps, that is just the only deck I could see it being played in. I could see it happening since it runs five or six freeze cards, maybe replacing Novice Engineeer. Having to combo it mana wise might not be worth it though.
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Arcane Blast should’ve been made into a Classic card instead.
Can't agree more
"The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days..."
Compare this to power word shield. Such a terrible card. Honestly wouldn't be surprised if was a freeze shaman card that was repurposed for mage.
Can't really compete with frostbolt in any deck, even if used as a cycle card. The condition is too clunky for the draw, and the damage is too low for the mana cost.
Pretty happy they're adding new cards, just a pity that the new cards (and this one is epic) is not remotely near meta-viable even though a lot of classic cards are. They took out broken cards, so it wouldn't have been that bad to add somewhat playable cards, but these are clearly not geared to be playable, but rather for the new players.
Wouldn't that be played in every Tempo Mage ?
This card isn't good now, and maybe it won't ever be. But it isn't complete garbage. Since freeze is a core mage mechanic, there's always a chance that this rises into play ability.
releasing trash cards in the classic set is probably the safest bet for long-term game health but it's still pretty boring
This is a lot better then it looks ^^
Pretty much, yeah.
Flexible card that seems pretty balanced. As a Classic card, it should surprise no one that this card is mediocre (instead of being absolute trash or insanely strong and game breaking).
Really happy to see it's restricted to minions. The last thing Mage needs is more burn support.
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read the post, they intentionally didn't add a really good card..
This card could be ok.. but the "to a minion" really kills it should've also been able to target face and then it could see sometimes play.. maybe even in even mage or some sort of tempo freeze mage which would be cool , but restricting the card draw to freeze effect.. it could be 1 mana easily..
That seems pretty generous. It's a much much weaker version of Coldwraith, which never saw play. Not only will it never see play, it also dilutes the random spell pool. "Absolute trash" seems accurate. I guess I should be thankful that it's at least playable when randomly generated, instead of taking up hand space like Shatter.
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I know standard Freeze mage is poor right now but this would fit in I think. A lot of times you're using Nova or Blizzard with some mana to spare so getting some extra damage on a priority target and the deck wants to cycle as quickly as possible so that is good. Like a loot horder with charge but only on freeze turns.
Tempo isn't going to use it for sure. Too little damage and not enough freeze to draw regularly
Well I don’t see it really bad in a tempo mage considering it will lose aluneth a little bit of tempo cards that help cycling are really good.
Since frostbolt is always in tempo the combo could be good. But it should be a rare rather than an epic card.
too many "if"s for the card to ever be included in a deck.. it's more of a randomly generated card if anything.. makes the mage RNG worse... (or better in lucky moments) if it costed one less or targeted face it could be playable at some point..
That's not how you evaluate cards.
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It seemed like a cool card until I thought about it some more. The comparison to Slam is obvious and most-definitely not in its favor, but different classes get different stuff I guess. Still, not worth it :(
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Perhaps, that is just the only deck I could see it being played in. I could see it happening since it runs five or six freeze cards, maybe replacing Novice Engineeer. Having to combo it mana wise might not be worth it though.