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Guys... theoretically speaking, if by the very, very late time he's played you have no hard removal left and no BGH, you SHOULD have brought the opponent down to a few hp and be able to finish him off. Such a gigantic minion won't make a difference, and it's only worth playing if he can deliver that damage.
It is most likely that he won't, but if he is, are you actually, really saying the only reason to play him (with so many handicaps making him almost completely useless) is "not fun"? I mean... jeez. If you have survived a hell of a beating and there's one chance in a million to play such a huge minion, you deserve to win. He must at least present one win condition to be played at all in this theorycraft, and you're saying you would prefer that win condition taken from 2% to 0%? Or is there some sort of misunderstanding?
You have a point, and I agree that as a minion he would need some buffing to make him playable. But the thing is that with a taunt ability of 20 hp, the opponent will never go through to your face, except of course with spell damage. I don't know - it seems to me that giving him taunt would make little difference.
All I'm saying is that it's an interesting card with some ways to play it, as explained above, and with enough drawbacks to make it not only balanced but an occasional gimmick. It won't hurt to have it in our card pool, and certainly not when you have the majority of the HS cards not played at all. On top of that, some small changes could be made to make it more playable, but seeing everything through the "competitive" lens is not something I agree with at all.
Ancestor's Call would be another way of playing him, sure... but all the usual counters for big guys apply, plus you have to thin out your hand in such a way for him to come out that you lose tempo - and in this meta you're toast, especially with Shaman who can't afford to sit back. And I don't think there would be any other way for Shaman to play him.
About Golemagg being played from a Warrior that has shielded up, with total damage taken per game as the card description... Well, he costs 50 and he needs to come down to 10 or less, so 40 damage, which means let's say 4 shield taps for 2 (8 effective hp) and another 3 Justicar'ed for 4 (12 effective hp), so 8+12=20, plus an extra damage of 20 hp. A very unlikely scenario without Reno - with Reno he might be an option. So not mathematically impossible to pull off, but still a remote possibility.
The thing is that while almost completely useless, I don't see how it would hurt to include him in the game as a regular card... it would only spice the game up with some remote, yet very funny possibilities.
Taunt or no taunt he will be focused on, that's for sure. I don't think taunt would do much since if he's not immediately taken care of, next turn there will be a nuke coming down on the opponent's face, unless he's able to kill you first - in which case having a taunt would help, but just for one turn due to the imminent threat.
As he is the most powerful Molten Giant, he works like them, and that's why Moltens have to be played while in the danger zone of low hp. If you're healed, hero-changed or even Reno Jackson-ed, they automatically become unplayable again.
But it would be indeed very interesting if they changed the description and the total damage would count. Then, if included in a Reno deck, he would be playable after Reno-ing. If you Reno around 5 hp without healing at all before him, you go up to 30 but you've suffered 25 hp. So his price would then be 25. He becomes playable at 10 mana or less, so you need to take another 15 hp from 30, therefore with your life around 15 hp or less. Sounds good as a very late game threat while keeping him balanced as a dead card in your hand, playable only under rare circumstances.
While browsing through the legendary cards, I sometimes come across Golemagg:
I remember playing him in the 1st brawl, and he was quite fun. He's of course not available to us as a collectible minion to be included in our own decks... but why? What if he could be? I thought the pros & cons for a bit:
Playable through Aviana or Naga Sea Witch on turn 10. Earlier if Innervate'd or Emperor Thaurissan'ed. Late game to pull this off, and with two dead cards sitting in your hand in the meantime. If not played with either Aviana or Naga, he automatically becomes completely unplayable, unless summoned by an Alarm-o-Bot (very unlikely since everyone kills it immediately).
Playable through a random summoning by Confessor Paletress or Sneed's Old Shredder. Very small chance due to the large and increasing pool of legendaries - 92 when the final LoE wing gets released.
Unplayable if obtained from Unstable Portal or from some new Discover technique.
Big Game Hunter-able, hard-removable (Brawl, Lightbomb, Shadow Word: Death, Polymorph, Hex etc), and in an emergency stopped by a (puny) taunt.
So quite balanced, hard to play and counter-able, but a fun card nevertheless, like so many other low tier legendaries that are left unplayed nowadays. But impressive and an interesting way to spice up the game without any game-destroying combos. The only thing to watch out for the design team would be future game mechanics.
So what do you think? Aside from the sheer competitive side of things, many people are playing the game just for fun, and would play him in gimmick decks. Even though mostly useless, would you be interested in having him in your collection? I certainly would...