I drew inspiration from the fact that in Blackwing Lair, Nefarian has the ability to use heroes' abilities against them.
By some extraordinary miracle, I successfully guessed the mana cost, the attack, the health, and most surprising of all - the image! (I pulled it off Google Images :P) Even the text is backed up with a surprisingly similar thought process!!
The following is more directed at members of Blizzard:
Was the actual Nefarian concept based on mine in any way? I really hope someone replies!! It would make my day if someone tells me it was based off mine XD
(P.P.S. If you read to the end of the first post in the above link, you'll notice an "old concept". This was taken down too unfortunately, but I made a new one for this one too: http://www.hearthcards.net/cards/c6f1b16c.png I felt this one was a bit underpowered so I changed it.)
(P.P.P.S. The last post on that thread is me after the release of the Blackrock Mountain trailer, realising with a shock that it featured an extremely similar card to mine!!)
Yes, Blizzard copied your idea. Now tell us your plan for the Dr Boom nerf.
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 probabyl already drew it out
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
1. Neptulon gives you 4 Murlocs to work with. You don't know which of them you get, but you know they will be low cost minions you can plan and work with - like combo'ing them with Bloodlust. This is what I call calculated *good* rng.
2. Piloted Shredder is also random, but the outcome is very rarely bad. Even a Doomsayer or Lorewalker Cho can work in your favor, while Nefarian WILL give you cards that are downright useless to you. Warriors are arguably in the best spot, and I actually could see Warriors at least try Nefarian.
3. Like Ysera. (I assume you mean instead of using card draw minions or spells, right?)
4. The vast amount of the cards gained from Nefarian won't be played in the same turn either due to his 9 mana cost. And even if we would live in a world without BGH, a 4/12 with such a back-breaking, ongoing effect is certainly not worse than a plain 8/8. Great, you can run Nefarian into a Giant and have an equal trade, or you can have your opponent trying desperately to remove Ysera by running the Giant into her in the next 2 turns (while trading equally with the Giant). Of course it depends on the situation of the board, but a 4/12 is definitely not worse than a 8/8.
5. If it will matter for anyone, it will be Ysera. She does what Nefarian does, just one thing different and the other simply more reliable. Seriously, why would anyone play the spell lottery with Nefarian if you could have a downright broken card with Ysera? It simply makes no sense to me. "He is fun" is an argument, but when a card is discussed on Hearthpwn it's usually about cold, heartless value.
Edit: Woops, Stat1cVo1D beat me to it.
Basically Nefarian is the Poor Man's Ysera. Those who are not able to craft her will have to settle for a similar replacement, that's when Nefarian comes in.
All in all, i agree with you, there's no reason to run Nefarian when you can run Ysera.
It's just like Sunwalker and Argent Commander. They are good cards, but when compared with others within the same mana cost and giving similar results, even losing to one single card would mean that it will never see play competitively.
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)
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Yes, Blizzard copied your idea. Now tell us your plan for the Dr Boom nerf.
"Put your face in the light!" - Tirion Fordring
Says "give it a try before judging it", proceed to judge it by saying "i think the card is good in my opinion".
Logic.
"Put your face in the light!" - Tirion Fordring
Basically Nefarian is the Poor Man's Ysera. Those who are not able to craft her will have to settle for a similar replacement, that's when Nefarian comes in.
All in all, i agree with you, there's no reason to run Nefarian when you can run Ysera.
It's just like Sunwalker and Argent Commander. They are good cards, but when compared with others within the same mana cost and giving similar results, even losing to one single card would mean that it will never see play competitively.
"Put your face in the light!" - Tirion Fordring
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)
"Put your face in the light!" - Tirion Fordring