Overkill triggers if there is an excess of damage. So for this weapon, killing anything with 3 or less health will let you attack with it again. The hunter card Baited Arrow will trigger if you kill anything with 2 or less health. Spell damage will increase that, same with any damage buffs to the weapon. I assume you will want to play cards like Heroic Strike with this.
I think Grumble, Worldshaker is the problem. Perhaps make it a "When it enters the Battlefield from anywhere" effect and not a Battlecry. It shuts down the OTK but it's not fun to play and not fun to play against. Grumble would be replaced by Zola And it wouldn't be so oppressive. Grumble would be a little worse but I think it would be the lowest possible impact.
Just confirmed against the innkeeper... Malchezaar's Imp DOES draw when you discard cards with Deathwing. That being said the wording on this card is a bit different, it says ,,destroy all minions. discard your hand. ,, with the dot it implies that the first written effect happens and then the second one so I had to check that also.
I used a Lightwarden because it has the same trigger as the imp ( Whenever ) and then used Siphon Soul on it ( it also has the dot after the Destroy a minion ) and lo and behold the Lightwarden got an attack bonus cause of the 3 heal ( even though it is stated after the destroy a minion part ) and then died.
I think this confirms that Cataclysm WILL work with Malchezaar's Imp unless blizzard changes the rules for this card only xD.
Hopefully, they do fix this. Cataclysm will be too powerful otherwise. More than likely Blizzard didn't see the need to fix that interaction because the minion dies anyway and they were just being lazy.
The Wording of Deathwing states "destroy all minions and discard". This would tell me that it would happen at the same time and cause the imp to trigger. The wording of this card is "destroy all minions. Discard your hand." Maybe it's my time playing Magic but it seems to me that the period would be a very important indicator of how the card would work. I read as the minions get destroyed then you discard your hand.
Two mana to draw two cards out of your deck is outrageous. It's better than arcane intellect by a ridiculous margin. I see this card getting a nerf at some point. It's too strong.
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Hidden Nerf to Skulking Geist.
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They should just HoF the card instead. Make another card with some sort of board clearing effect. This is an insane nerf.
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Overkill triggers if there is an excess of damage. So for this weapon, killing anything with 3 or less health will let you attack with it again. The hunter card Baited Arrow will trigger if you kill anything with 2 or less health. Spell damage will increase that, same with any damage buffs to the weapon. I assume you will want to play cards like Heroic Strike with this.
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I think Grumble, Worldshaker is the problem. Perhaps make it a "When it enters the Battlefield from anywhere" effect and not a Battlecry. It shuts down the OTK but it's not fun to play and not fun to play against. Grumble would be replaced by Zola And it wouldn't be so oppressive. Grumble would be a little worse but I think it would be the lowest possible impact.
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You'll be pumped when Yogg pulls this when you're in Fatigue. LMAO
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The Wording of Deathwing states "destroy all minions and discard". This would tell me that it would happen at the same time and cause the imp to trigger. The wording of this card is "destroy all minions. Discard your hand." Maybe it's my time playing Magic but it seems to me that the period would be a very important indicator of how the card would work. I read as the minions get destroyed then you discard your hand.
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Imp Dies too. You don't draw in this situation.
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Two mana to draw two cards out of your deck is outrageous. It's better than arcane intellect by a ridiculous margin. I see this card getting a nerf at some point. It's too strong.