In all seriousness though, this is a very good card. It's nice to see that dragon synergies have not been forgotten and gives me hope we'll see some dragons in the upcoming reveals.
On a related note however, I do feel that hard removal has become far too commonplace. We're living in a world where you can't realistically expect your 8 mana 8/8 Lich King to survive to the following turn because everyone has an answer prepared. It's cards like this that discourage players from playing their really cool, big/unique cards because they'd be better off playing zoo or just a few boring mid-sized minions. For the overall health of the game, I actually think it's a step in the wrong direction.
Wild dragon warrior would include this. It has a body and the effect of Execute.
In standard however we have to see how many dragons warriors will get in the upcoming expansion(s). It could be just like dragon paladin, which got a 2/2 gargoyle.
Hmm, I'm rethinking this, at least for right now. There aren't really any good Odd-cost Dragons in standard that would make "if you're holding a Dragon" synergy viable. You've got alexstraza, Ysera, ....and then what? From my past Dragon/"If you're holding a Dragon" deck days, you generally need 6 to 8 Dragons minimum to make the synergy consistent.
We'll see. I hope this isn't simply a "well it will be good at some point, but not right now" kind of card.
Awesome card for Midrange Dragon Warrior decks in wild. Those decks are still decent so a few pushes from new cards could bring Dragon Warrior back to relevance. I think the best synergy here is that turn 1 you can play N’zoths First Mate to get some early board control and play Alexstraza’s Champion on 2 to further your board. Then turn 3 if you still have your rusty hook equipped (which usually doesn’t get oozed) then you can kill your opponents 3 or 4 drop with Smolderthorn Lancer to keep pushing damage. Really insane card for wild, standard will need some more dragons I think.
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Dragon warrior > neutral dragons > dragon priest
Great in wild
Execute for Odd Warrior. Hell yeah.
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Yooooo,dragons on warrior? Oh my,the final form of control is here?
Like a Vilespine Slayer for dragon warrior, I hope the archetype works
So the question is whether this is a one-off dragon synergy like Cathedral Gargoyle, or if this will actually be a card slot worth having in the game.
Odd dragon warrior with Master Oakheart, Dragonhatcher and Ysera/Sleepy Dragon? SIGN ME UP
Nice!
Just what warriors need, more hard removal...
In all seriousness though, this is a very good card. It's nice to see that dragon synergies have not been forgotten and gives me hope we'll see some dragons in the upcoming reveals.
On a related note however, I do feel that hard removal has become far too commonplace. We're living in a world where you can't realistically expect your 8 mana 8/8 Lich King to survive to the following turn because everyone has an answer prepared. It's cards like this that discourage players from playing their really cool, big/unique cards because they'd be better off playing zoo or just a few boring mid-sized minions. For the overall health of the game, I actually think it's a step in the wrong direction.
Wild dragon warrior would include this. It has a body and the effect of Execute.
In standard however we have to see how many dragons warriors will get in the upcoming expansion(s). It could be just like dragon paladin, which got a 2/2 gargoyle.
Execute on a stick ?!
"What have you got there,
PinocchioMalygos?"Hmm, I'm rethinking this, at least for right now. There aren't really any good Odd-cost Dragons in standard that would make "if you're holding a Dragon" synergy viable. You've got alexstraza, Ysera, ....and then what? From my past Dragon/"If you're holding a Dragon" deck days, you generally need 6 to 8 Dragons minimum to make the synergy consistent.
We'll see. I hope this isn't simply a "well it will be good at some point, but not right now" kind of card.
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>is a member of the smolderthorn tribe, a forest troll tribe
>card art is a jungle troll
1 job blizzard,literally unplayable
Can't evaluate this yet. The effect is obviously strong. Current dragons are not good enough though.
Playability depends on the release of strong dragons. Without them this is cathedral gargoyle 2.0.
Awesome card for Midrange Dragon Warrior decks in wild. Those decks are still decent so a few pushes from new cards could bring Dragon Warrior back to relevance. I think the best synergy here is that turn 1 you can play N’zoths First Mate to get some early board control and play Alexstraza’s Champion on 2 to further your board. Then turn 3 if you still have your rusty hook equipped (which usually doesn’t get oozed) then you can kill your opponents 3 or 4 drop with Smolderthorn Lancer to keep pushing damage. Really insane card for wild, standard will need some more dragons I think.
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So far, I can only see this being used in Wild, but we never know what the future may hold.
First day one craft I’ve seen so far.
Super, card