Meh. Basically A 5 mana 2/5 deal 3 damage. Only good if there would be a hero power centric mage deck. Or an elemental-heavy deck that needs a good-stated 3 mana elemental. But still meh.
That's a big beefy minion with a lot of ability to control the board. I wouldn't count this guy out. Decent with Elemental Allies, hard to remove, and decent effect? This could be a decent bridge between turn one and the mid-game for and Elemental type Mage.
Arcane Amplifier is 3 mana and is a very beefy 5 in defense. I would estimate that, on average, you should be able to get off 2 hero power uses so that is 6 damage total + the 4 damage in attack from the miinon...not to mention the damage your hero is not taking since this minion is attracting all the attention. 10 damage on average and 5 average is most worst case scendarios....playable for sure.
If you can hide it behind a taunt, play a spell to buff it or respawn it....I think this will be a really fun card!
That's a big beefy minion with a lot of ability to control the board. I wouldn't count this guy out. Decent with Elemental Allies, hard to remove, and decent effect? This could be a decent bridge between turn one and the mid-game for and Elemental type Mage.
I wrote my comment after only reading the first few comments. Your point is very valid and interesting. You spend 1 mana playing the sidequest and then at 3 you already have one elemental. Buid the deck such that you are very likely to have an elemental to play on turn 2 or turn 4.
Tested it, loved it. Insane card. Can you imagine playing this on turn one and following it up with a 3 damage hero power on turn 2? I can, did it multiple times already.
I can’t post it right now, but it was an aggressive elemental mage deck with burn and that card that had attack equal to your opponent’s hand size that I saw a streamer play. I added this card and other hero power cards like janalai.
I made a deck similar but a little different from yours. I don't have Dragonhawk for one.
You should consider calling it Face Mage ;)
How often do you get Zeph to go off with that many duplicates?
What about Animated Avalanche perhaps? IF he's used up all his creature control on your early aggressors two of these guys could be tough to deal with.
I have only played 3 games so far and 2 of the opponents quit early.
I made a deck similar but a little different from yours. I don't have Dragonhawk for one.
You should consider calling it Face Mage ;)
How often do you get Zeph to go off with that many duplicates?
What about Animated Avalanche perhaps? IF he's used up all his creature control on your early aggressors two of these guys could be tough to deal with.
I have only played 3 games so far and 2 of the opponents quit early.
You never get zeph to go off, really, but what you need is agressive 2 drop elementals and zeph fits the bill. I had animated avalanche in it earlier, but in this style of deck, you have lost if you didn't already get your opponent in burn range. It is really early game focussed.
I have to say I'm not sure if dragonhawk is really that good. There is a huge gap in mana cost there. She is always active on turn 7 so far, but like I said, at that point you need rag to go face, and in those cases a fireball is more reliable.
How is spirit of the dragonhawk performing? It was terrible in my deck. And how is Chenvaala doing? I don't have it so I can't try it out.
Another card to try is luna for some extra draw, I might replace dragonhawk with it.
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Perfect for the elemental spell spam deck. Helps activate Elemental Allies en bridge the time gap when looking for more cheap spells to cyclone with.
Well, in Wild this is a must-add to my Odd Mage deck.
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Meh. Basically A 5 mana 2/5 deal 3 damage. Only good if there would be a hero power centric mage deck. Or an elemental-heavy deck that needs a good-stated 3 mana elemental. But still meh.
Ok, so if you don't kill this, the Mage can just ping off your mid range minions for 2 mana AND still play another minion along side it.
And in a Highlander deck, this will mean putting back the 7 drop summon Ragtime into that deck.
It also means Mage can save their resources and ping for 3 instead to keep board control.
If nothing else, you will gladly discover it with the Raven minion card.
https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1328164-tempo-elemental-mage
What do you guys think? I made this deck, I think this card'd be a good asset for making it viable.
That's a big beefy minion with a lot of ability to control the board. I wouldn't count this guy out. Decent with Elemental Allies, hard to remove, and decent effect? This could be a decent bridge between turn one and the mid-game for and Elemental type Mage.
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Arcane Amplifier is 3 mana and is a very beefy 5 in defense. I would estimate that, on average, you should be able to get off 2 hero power uses so that is 6 damage total + the 4 damage in attack from the miinon...not to mention the damage your hero is not taking since this minion is attracting all the attention. 10 damage on average and 5 average is most worst case scendarios....playable for sure.
If you can hide it behind a taunt, play a spell to buff it or respawn it....I think this will be a really fun card!
I wrote my comment after only reading the first few comments. Your point is very valid and interesting. You spend 1 mana playing the sidequest and then at 3 you already have one elemental. Buid the deck such that you are very likely to have an elemental to play on turn 2 or turn 4.
Tested it, loved it. Insane card. Can you imagine playing this on turn one and following it up with a 3 damage hero power on turn 2? I can, did it multiple times already.
Which deck you use ?
How did you play it turn 1?
Elemental Ivocation
I can’t post it right now, but it was an aggressive elemental mage deck with burn and that card that had attack equal to your opponent’s hand size that I saw a streamer play. I added this card and other hero power cards like janalai.
Right. I missed that it was an Elemental. Thanks.
Firehawk has attack equal to hand size. I play it in my Highlander deck. I have also added Amplifier to try him out.
I think I will try to make an Elemental deck again.
Ok, so this is the best turn 1 I ever had. By a mile and a half.
Here is my current, unrefined list:
Wow, great turn 1.
I made a deck similar but a little different from yours. I don't have Dragonhawk for one.
You should consider calling it Face Mage ;)
How often do you get Zeph to go off with that many duplicates?
What about Animated Avalanche perhaps? IF he's used up all his creature control on your early aggressors two of these guys could be tough to deal with.
I have only played 3 games so far and 2 of the opponents quit early.
You never get zeph to go off, really, but what you need is agressive 2 drop elementals and zeph fits the bill. I had animated avalanche in it earlier, but in this style of deck, you have lost if you didn't already get your opponent in burn range. It is really early game focussed.
I have to say I'm not sure if dragonhawk is really that good. There is a huge gap in mana cost there. She is always active on turn 7 so far, but like I said, at that point you need rag to go face, and in those cases a fireball is more reliable.
How is spirit of the dragonhawk performing? It was terrible in my deck. And how is Chenvaala doing? I don't have it so I can't try it out.
Another card to try is luna for some extra draw, I might replace dragonhawk with it.
I took out spirit of the dragonhawk already. May go back in. Chenvalla may go as well. Avalanche stays for now.
I thought about Luna too. I think she should work. But I don't have her so I can't try.
Azure explorer seems a great add. Sometimes the dragon she discovers is the end blow.
Just switched to play ranked and it has started out 6-2 at rank 9-8. Lots of "wow" comments.
I can get some more games in later but it seems quite strong.