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If you think Sacrificial Pact is more class-defining because it combines so many different elements of the class, and the Jaraxxus-killing needs to be a part of it, that's cool too. I don't agree with you, but if we can get to that point in the debate now and leave the stupid "bad card" argument behind us, I consider that progress.

 

 Yes, it's pretty obvious this is a matter of opinion, which is why it irritated me that people were saying the current interaction is clearly, absolutely, flat-out wrong and simply had to go. I'm quite happy to agree to disagree, but I do maintain that any change is unlikely. Blizzard has better things to do than "fix" an interaction that has such an infinitesimal impact on the game at this time.

@FortyDust and anyone else arguing against this change.

Let me get this straight. From reading around various discussions, including this one, here is what I've come to understand about your position: you think that a player should be able to spend 2 mana and discover a card 100% of the time that instantly wins the game, regardless of the rest of the game state. You think that this is an okay interaction because "hey you shouldn't be playing that card anyways cuz is bad, hurr durrrrr".

This is a really cut and dry situation. A bunch of decks run Zephrys. Currently, as a warlock, if you are fighting against one of these decks, you absolutely CAN NOT play Lord Jaraxxus unless that Zephrys has come out, which will often be very late in the game, which is also when you will want to be playing Jaraxxus. Hell, even some non-highlanders decks run Zephrys because he's good enough to hold on to until your deck no longer has duplicates, so you can't even really be sure. The card went from a cool, lore rich card with lots of history and flavor to an actually dead card.

Think about it from my perspective. Believe it or not, I am one of those people that used to run Jaraxxus because the card felt cool. No other reason. It would lose me plenty of games by being useless in my hand, or by me playing it and getting combo'd for 15 HP, but I didn't care. I love the effects, the animations, the new voice lines, the new hero power, the cool weapon. The most satisfying way to finish out a game for me would be by playing Lord Jaraxxus, Eredar Lord of the Burning Legion, and crushing the enemy with my mighty 3/8 weapon "Blood Fury" and my army of infernals.

With that being said.. why do you want to take this away from me so badly? You said it yourself, it's not like it was a threatening card. Before Zephrys, the sac pact WAS a fun little counterplay that would rarely come up. Now, it is at people's fingertips in way too many games. I just wanna play Jaraxxus, man.

Blizzard, please. #MakeJaraxxusGreatAgain