Mal'Ganis isn't actually that strong imo. Vol'jin is basically necessary for any priest deck, so craft him first.
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Mal'Ganis isn't actually that strong imo. Vol'jin is basically necessary for any priest deck, so craft him first.
But that's just not true. Vol'jin just now gets cycled back into priest very recently. The whole light bomb / dearthlord priest hype was without voljin, so was circle priest for the most time. The only saving grace of Vol'jin is the mana cost and that there is not a lot competition in that spot but it's not easy to justify running Vol'jin over Loatheb for example.
That aside, Mal'Ganis has also only one purpose: getting summoned by void caller asap otherwise it's a fairly mediocre card.
So I would go for option number 3. Safe your dust and wait until next month or maybe a little longer. Especially with priest we have to wait and see if BRM will bring any good until then, Vol'jin is not needed and I would go for deathlord priest at the moment, at least on ladder.
Yeah, Vol'jin is actually a little overrated. He didn't work in the pre-BRM meta (too slow, not enough high-health targets) and although it looks like he'll be making a comeback in the brave new post-BRM world, you should save your dust for now and see how things shake out once all the new cards are in play.
Mal'Ganis isn't actually that strong imo. Vol'jin is basically necessary for any priest deck, so craft him first.
But that's just not true. Vol'jin just now gets cycled back into priest very recently. The whole light bomb / dearthlord priest hype was without voljin, so was circle priest for the most time. The only saving grace of Vol'jin is the mana cost and that there is not a lot competition in that spot but it's not easy to justify running Vol'jin over Loatheb for example.
That aside, Mal'Ganis has also only one purpose: getting summoned by void caller asap otherwise it's a fairly mediocre card.
So I would go for option number 3. Safe your dust and wait until next month or maybe a little longer. Especially with priest we have to wait and see if BRM will bring any good until then, Vol'jin is not needed and I would go for deathlord priest at the moment, at least on ladder.
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Mal'Ganis all the way. If you stealth Mal'ganis you pretty much win, unless the opponent uses 2 Flamestrikes, which is highly unlikely.
But are you really gonna run Stealth cards in Warlock?
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Vol'Jin is an interesting card to say the least. You can't play him on an empty board (or should I say you wouldn't), and you need to combo him with something else (Holy Smite, board control, etc) just to get value. Not worth it imo even though he does have his moments. Mal'Ganis is also lackluster at times...
It's a hard decision and you should probably craft the card you'd use the most.
Vol'jin is a bit overestimated, the biggest problem with it is that priest is still as a slightly less competitive class even with the BRM. In fact you need an extra holy smite to get rid of your target, so it's not as good as most people think. Unless you also have Velen I will recommend you to go for Mal'Ganis, though don't expect too much from it. It's generally great fun to play a full demonlock(that is you also have Illidan), and it may become more competitive when imp gang boss and demonwrath come out
Voljin is a bit crappy. Against Aggro you wont get to use him and against control I rather BGH or shadow word death the opponents creature most of the time.
I can craft either, I already have jaraxxus. I've been trying to get a great priest deck going and vol'jin is so strong. Opinions are welcome
Mal'Ganis isn't actually that strong imo. Vol'jin is basically necessary for any priest deck, so craft him first.
Question: If you're in a canoe, paddling upstream, and all four wheels fall off, how many pancakes does it take to sand the doghouse if there's 28 frogs in the oven?
Answer: I have no time for games!
But that's just not true. Vol'jin just now gets cycled back into priest very recently. The whole light bomb / dearthlord priest hype was without voljin, so was circle priest for the most time. The only saving grace of Vol'jin is the mana cost and that there is not a lot competition in that spot but it's not easy to justify running Vol'jin over Loatheb for example.
That aside, Mal'Ganis has also only one purpose: getting summoned by void caller asap otherwise it's a fairly mediocre card.
So I would go for option number 3. Safe your dust and wait until next month or maybe a little longer. Especially with priest we have to wait and see if BRM will bring any good until then, Vol'jin is not needed and I would go for deathlord priest at the moment, at least on ladder.
Yeah, Vol'jin is actually a little overrated. He didn't work in the pre-BRM meta (too slow, not enough high-health targets) and although it looks like he'll be making a comeback in the brave new post-BRM world, you should save your dust for now and see how things shake out once all the new cards are in play.
Yeah, the 5-slot definitely has a lot of competition right now, but I'd say Vol'jin, Loatheb, and maybe double Antique Healbot should be fine (or maybe 1x Antique Healbot, 1x Sludge Belcher
Question: If you're in a canoe, paddling upstream, and all four wheels fall off, how many pancakes does it take to sand the doghouse if there's 28 frogs in the oven?
Answer: I have no time for games!
Mal'Ganis all the way. If you stealth Mal'ganis you pretty much win, unless the opponent uses 2 Flamestrikes, which is highly unlikely.
But are you really gonna run Stealth cards in Warlock?
Question: If you're in a canoe, paddling upstream, and all four wheels fall off, how many pancakes does it take to sand the doghouse if there's 28 frogs in the oven?
Answer: I have no time for games!
Vol'jin fo sho
i prefer handlock over zoo.
Vol'Jin is an interesting card to say the least. You can't play him on an empty board (or should I say you wouldn't), and you need to combo him with something else (Holy Smite, board control, etc) just to get value. Not worth it imo even though he does have his moments. Mal'Ganis is also lackluster at times...
It's a hard decision and you should probably craft the card you'd use the most.
No Karazhan. No League of Explorers. No Problem.
Both are good cards for certain builds of their respective classes. Not really comparable, just go with whichever class you like playing more.
Vol'jin is a bit overestimated, the biggest problem with it is that priest is still as a slightly less competitive class even with the BRM. In fact you need an extra holy smite to get rid of your target, so it's not as good as most people think.
Unless you also have Velen I will recommend you to go for Mal'Ganis, though don't expect too much from it. It's generally great fun to play a full demonlock(that is you also have Illidan), and it may become more competitive when imp gang boss and demonwrath come out
Voljin is a bit crappy. Against Aggro you wont get to use him and against control I rather BGH or shadow word death the opponents creature most of the time.
I simply love Mal'Ganis as he made my favorite demon deck viable. A T5 voidcalled Mal'Ganis instantly duplicated is simply as good as it gets.
I think, Vol'Jin is the stonger card by itself but the Demonlord has a larger impact on the overall gameplay and is arguabbly more fun.
In the end, it simply depends what deck you want to run with. both, Priest and Warlock can live without each, imho.
Just because probably DemonLock will be better than priest i would craft the demon.
But if you want a good Priest deck i think Vol is more useful ;)
- L