I really love the concept I came up with. Would make for an interesting card, but I'm not sure how balanced it is. Seeing his low HP he dies to practially anything around turn 8. However, he comes free of charge as he gives you his cost back. Maybe I will reword it a bit, since this way you can innervate or Dragon Consort him out a turn early, making actually plus mana, but maybe that means even more fun with him.
What do you think?
Flavor text:
Vaelastrasz the Corrupt
Vaelastrasz challenged Nefarius, to end his destructive reign only to succumb to him in battle. Left with only 30% HP (hence the 3 HP), before losing his mind completely, he buffs the players with Essence of the Red, which lasts for 3 minutes and restores 500 Mana per second to mana users, energy to energy users etc. (Basically infinite mana). A DPS race would ensue and one of the best boss fights of World of Warcraft would start.
His quote upon encountering him:
"Too late...friends. Nefarius' corruption has taken hold. I cannot...control myself. I beg you Mortals, flee! Flee before I lose all sense of control. The Black Fire rages within my heart. I must release it! FLAME! DEATH! DESTRUCTION! COWER MORTALS BEFORE THE WRATH OF LORD....NO! I MUST FIGHT THIS! ALEXSTRASZA, HELP ME! I MUST FIGHT!" (hear it here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu9u3ie9mic
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I've tried him in a mage deck to synergize with antonidas, as well as a warlock demon deck. I wouldn't call either remarkably successful though. but just because he's not particularly useful on a high level doesn't mean he's a bad card necessarily
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interestingly, this seems to be the 1st class card we can be pretty certain about which wing it will come from (arachnid). I suppose maybe the warrior one leans military, and perhaps druid in plague, but those seems slightly less certain anyway.
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he also specifically mentioned Gothik, so that's a confirmed boss. he named another later I think, but I don't know anything about Warcraft/WoW, and I don't see any in the potential list that sound like what I heard him say, so not sure what it was