The main purpose of this card is to pull it off of Galakrond in the mid-late game. You're much more likely to be able to guess what the opponent has in his hand. There's also something to be said for picking the card you WANT rather than the card you think they have. Sometimes it's better to have a chance at a good card than a guarantee of getting a mediocre one.
I think if that's what they intended, though, the card probably should have been a 2/3 or something more reasonable as far as it's stats. I doubt they'll buff it, though.
The other big issue with priest is for whatever reason, they've always been afraid to give priest really good early game minions, but when they've had them (Gadgetzan with Kabal Talonpriest & Songstealer, Naxxramas with Dark Cultist, even Un'goro with Lyra, Radiant Elemental and Curious Glimmerroot) Priest has been a stronger class.
It's a class that really NEEDS solid minions, and I think they've sort of realized that with some of the cards this year. But this is one reason I think they really need to redo the classic & basic set.
Yeah, Priest is in a really bad spot right now. It's not completely hopeless but I feel like the only deck that has any real chance is just a variation of the combo priest we've already been playing for months.
Priest'll be quite a bit better after the rotation. Assuming they don't add a bunch of awful priest minions the power of the pool for Galakrond Priest will go up considerably.
And I can stop getting Test Subjects, Lady in White, Zelek and Auchenai Phantasms every time I invoke.
Nah priest galakrond is bad
Priest Galakrond is completely dependent on it's minion pool. Right now the pool has a ton of situational cards.
Just like Deathstalker Rexxar, when they improved the beast pool, Rexxar got a lot better.
Yeah, Priest is in a really bad spot right now. It's not completely hopeless but I feel like the only deck that has any real chance is just a variation of the combo priest we've already been playing for months.
Priest'll be quite a bit better after the rotation. Assuming they don't add a bunch of awful priest minions the power of the pool for Galakrond Priest will go up considerably.
And I can stop getting Test Subjects, Lady in White, Zelek and Auchenai Phantasms every time I invoke.
Galakrond is worse than Rexxar though, he is even worse than Anduin.
No he's not; or at least not necessarily. His battlecry is arguably better than either if he's been upgraded (and we'll have to wait and see on how easy that is to do), and the hero power is about on par with Rexxar's overall -- Rexxar had discover, but he had to deal with the pool of crummy neutral beasts -- Galakarond has like 2 outright bad results everything else is at least okay and will allow him to continuously flood the board with threats.
The bottom line is if priest can find a non dragon control wincon in this expansion or the next, madam and this will be run, and will be very strong. We're just not there quite yet.
Why does it need to be non-dragon?
And priest got Galakarond. Which gives them a board clear which only affects the enemy board, and is an amazing value generator. (Let's remember how strong Deathstalker Rexxar wound up being, and that was in a far less control-oriented class)
The archetype does not work. Why do they keep making this kind of cards every expansion? The Rogue got a weapon and a nice quest to play with stolen cards. The Priest what can do?
A card from your opponent's hand or deck is more likely to be good than a random class card is.
Mind Vision's issue is more that it's such a low value card until the late game. The fact that this has a body attached for one extra mana makes it so much better and helps you contest the early board in a class that really needs that.
Glimmerroot was kind of a priest staple, and depending on the presented pool of cards (if it's just class cards) then I expect this to be too.
The main purpose of this card is to pull it off of Galakrond in the mid-late game. You're much more likely to be able to guess what the opponent has in his hand. There's also something to be said for picking the card you WANT rather than the card you think they have. Sometimes it's better to have a chance at a good card than a guarantee of getting a mediocre one.
I think if that's what they intended, though, the card probably should have been a 2/3 or something more reasonable as far as it's stats. I doubt they'll buff it, though.
The other big issue with priest is for whatever reason, they've always been afraid to give priest really good early game minions, but when they've had them (Gadgetzan with Kabal Talonpriest & Songstealer, Naxxramas with Dark Cultist, even Un'goro with Lyra, Radiant Elemental and Curious Glimmerroot) Priest has been a stronger class.
It's a class that really NEEDS solid minions, and I think they've sort of realized that with some of the cards this year. But this is one reason I think they really need to redo the classic & basic set.
Priest Galakrond is completely dependent on it's minion pool. Right now the pool has a ton of situational cards.
Just like Deathstalker Rexxar, when they improved the beast pool, Rexxar got a lot better.
Priest'll be quite a bit better after the rotation. Assuming they don't add a bunch of awful priest minions the power of the pool for Galakrond Priest will go up considerably.
And I can stop getting Test Subjects, Lady in White, Zelek and Auchenai Phantasms every time I invoke.
Yeah that's... pretty disappointing. That practically means it's a wild guess.
No he's not; or at least not necessarily. His battlecry is arguably better than either if he's been upgraded (and we'll have to wait and see on how easy that is to do), and the hero power is about on par with Rexxar's overall -- Rexxar had discover, but he had to deal with the pool of crummy neutral beasts -- Galakarond has like 2 outright bad results everything else is at least okay and will allow him to continuously flood the board with threats.
Why does it need to be non-dragon?
And priest got Galakarond. Which gives them a board clear which only affects the enemy board, and is an amazing value generator. (Let's remember how strong Deathstalker Rexxar wound up being, and that was in a far less control-oriented class)
Madame Lazul just doesn't fit into any current priest decks, she's not a bad card.
A card from your opponent's hand or deck is more likely to be good than a random class card is.
Mind Vision's issue is more that it's such a low value card until the late game. The fact that this has a body attached for one extra mana makes it so much better and helps you contest the early board in a class that really needs that.
Glimmerroot was kind of a priest staple, and depending on the presented pool of cards (if it's just class cards) then I expect this to be too.