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Actually warrior seems to be the better class for this card since he has Weapons for Deadly Poisons & co. and has Armor for mirror matches.

Nice card thought

Inb4 this card will be dead as f

Interesting card. I'd say it's playable but not at the throw it in almost every deck like Dr. Boom level. 8/8 body for 9 mana means 1-2 mana value for 2 random cards from your opponents class. Yes there are some bad cards you could get or even just completely dead cards depending on the class combos but you could also get some really power or even completely broken combos. 2 cards for 2 mana isn't bad and you should get at least one that is useful.

In the end it doesn't have immediate impact on the board when you play it like a rag does at end of turn but it does provide some guaranteed value in the form of 2 random spells which does put it ahead of a lot of other legendaries which can be removed having provided no impact at all. Yes it is an obvious BGH target but by the time you get this late in the game any big minion you are playing is basically going to win you the game unless your opponent can handle it in a turn or two. Even just an 8/8 body still fits that criteria. Off hand I'd say this will see the most play in "budget" style control decks for warriors and maybe druid/priest. Maybe not the best option but still decent and easier to get than some of the better ones and still ensures you have enough big minions to finally get one to stick.

Can't wait to get one from Unstable Portal.

I think I'm in love with this card for my druid. This card would be a turn 9 card for druids. Druids lack a removal, now imagine this card to fish out one of the removal spells from your opponents deck. Sure there's RNG invovled, but some removal or aoe is better than none at all.

You understand, by turn 9, mechmage already has you dead, or set up for death the next turn.  So even assuming you get luck and crack blizzard, skillstrike, or even twisting nether, you're already to late.

I wanted him to be better than rag... Well atleast he is very unique and somewhat fits the Nefarian from WoW :)

Can't wait to get shield slam from this guy!

i have to wonder, if you use this against bosses, will you get their exclusive boss cards or can you get multiple types of class cards since a lot of bosses either have exclusive spells or have spells from other classes?

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i have to wonder, if you use this against bosses, will you get their exclusive boss cards or can you get multiple types of class cards since a lot of bosses either have exclusive spells or have spells from other classes?

i think each boss has a class, it's just not so obvious with some of them (maexxna=hunter?). for example the first boss of BRM is a warrior
atleast this is the information i have on the matter, which few persons on reddit confirmed

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Can't wait to get shield slam from this guy!

 

Or deadly poison as a caster Kappa

 I think it's a great greedy card since its not vulnerable to silence and losing it to mk/sylvanas is notthat scary as sneeds or ysera. Gonna try it in my control warrior, always wanted something like neptulon to refill it's hand:) 

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"The cards in the BRM set will not be as random as the Goblins vs Gnomes expansion."

-Ben Brode.

Source: http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/812-ben-brode-on-blackrock-mountain-deck-spotlight

which is actually true, up to this point. G&G had 7 cards of this type (Shredder, Sky Golem, Sneed's, Portal, Recombobulator, Blingtron and Gazlowe). Not to mention cards like Imp-4-losion, Crackle, a bunch of "50% chance" card and Dr.Boom's boom bots. 

Everyone guessed the art, no one guessed the effect.

I love it!

i m waiting for someone on a trolden video to drop this, gets 2 preparation or 2 unstable portal or 2 call pet off this.

even better, get a flare against a trap filled hunter

and thats when you go blingtron, weapon up, deadly poison!

A lot of people are severely underestimating this card ...some reasons that come to my mind:

1. it is the same as with neptulon: any late game thread that has "draw 1+X cards" on it is very good! even if the cards are random!

2. I just browsed a bit through the spells of most classes and there is actually very few really bad things ... sure, there is Shield Slam and deadly poison in non armour, non weapon decks, but still, in piloted Shredder there was also the possibility of doomsayer, did this make him "bad"?! - you just have to see the average here, and the average is pretty good! Even something like Recycle or the aformentioned Cobra Shot are decent when you get them for free and late in the game, when their overpricing doesn't hurt you that much!

3. Nefarian is a way to draw cards without going to fatigue in control mirrors

4. the comparision to Ysera isn't as lopsided as somebody claimed: Ysera only draws you one card immediately and you cannot play the card directly, even if its casting cost allows for it. In the world where your opponent doesn't have BGH, 8/8 is better than 4/12... and you will play Nefarian along with other BGH targets that probably already drew it out. Sure , Yseras cards are very good on average and better than the random spell, but dream or nightmare aren't thaaat exceptional either and you only draw one for sure.

5. It is a dragon, and this will matter

So, in conclusion: It will be played, maybe even a lot - depending on dragons being a deck and the controllyness of the meta

Are all spells from my opponent's class available to be taken? Or is there a hidden rule as to which spells can't be stolen because it would be too OP? (Bane of Doom)

This card when played against priests could get you a thoughtsteal, pretty groovy.