Zephrys is not only played in highlander deck.. Think of it as an later Elise, you get the value later in game. It's worse than Elise in term of tempo, she was 5/5 for 5 at least and you still get the value.
Potentially Meta defining, as this card alone would be the reason to spawn a new Paladin decktype (including just classcards) but is this card on its own good enough so Paly could afford to miss out on such a huge pool of cards ?
... Maybe. Using this in a mid-range shell as a card advantage machine and cutting Lay on Hands from the list could work. Emphasis on could. It is possible to build a Midrange Paladin list using only class cards that won't fold over instantly. However, Midrange Paladin is a deck that grinds out wins with value and board control. If the meta has a control deck that can't lose late no matter what (some kind of control Priest, or the next Jade Druid), then I don't think it will have a home, especially since Control Warrior exists to dump on aggro.
That being said, if Control Warrior becomes a Tier-1 deck because there's a lot of aggro out there, then Mid-range Paladin becomes about 5 times more viable since Control Warrior has historically been its best match-up by a country mile. Lot of ifs. That minion that obliterates dragon decks will be incredibly hard to deal with, so I'm not sure. Will have to be tested in the field. Call me cautiously optimistic!
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7 mana 7/7 draw 5. I like it.
Well...I am in love...
Maybe in a highlander but I am not sure...
i don’t think it’s worth to build a only class card just because of a 7 draw 5 random cards
Favorite Cards: 1. Lord Jaraxxus | 2. Malygos| 3. Edwin VanCleef | 4. Zephrys the Great| 5. Deathwing
So this card is not intended for Highlander but rather a control class only type.
It will be much, much better in wild due to a larger class card pool for you to build your deck with.
Agreed
Favorite Cards: 1. Lord Jaraxxus | 2. Malygos| 3. Edwin VanCleef | 4. Zephrys the Great| 5. Deathwing
Zephrys is not only played in highlander deck.. Think of it as an later Elise, you get the value later in game. It's worse than Elise in term of tempo, she was 5/5 for 5 at least and you still get the value.
Potentially Meta defining, as this card alone would be the reason to spawn a new Paladin decktype (including just classcards) but is this card on its own good enough so Paly could afford to miss out on such a huge pool of cards ?
I'am not sold for now.
Well, looks like paladin is getting 0 neutral card this expansion
... Maybe. Using this in a mid-range shell as a card advantage machine and cutting Lay on Hands from the list could work. Emphasis on could. It is possible to build a Midrange Paladin list using only class cards that won't fold over instantly. However, Midrange Paladin is a deck that grinds out wins with value and board control. If the meta has a control deck that can't lose late no matter what (some kind of control Priest, or the next Jade Druid), then I don't think it will have a home, especially since Control Warrior exists to dump on aggro.
That being said, if Control Warrior becomes a Tier-1 deck because there's a lot of aggro out there, then Mid-range Paladin becomes about 5 times more viable since Control Warrior has historically been its best match-up by a country mile. Lot of ifs. That minion that obliterates dragon decks will be incredibly hard to deal with, so I'm not sure. Will have to be tested in the field. Call me cautiously optimistic!
I like it but, i feel they wasted the idea on a simple epic.
This could have also been Yrel Legendary for another EXP.
Still Cool.
7 mana 7/7, no immediate impact, requires a build-around (or a combo with Wyrmrest Purifier) ... that's a lot of downside.
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Epic instead legendary make this card playable, you can run x2 to get the value in almost all games.
It is not so hard run only class cards when have a huge pay off like this, in my opinion is a restriction less severe than highlander decks.
Think of it more like a Mysterious Challenger , wich only gives you the secrets in your hand :).
What kind of deck wants 5 random cards on turn 7 more than they want neutral cards?
no
Not exactly draw but free and random cards generator. Could be quite consistent though.
Control. You should try it.
Looks fun, but probably a meme.
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