New Warlock Card Revealed: Howlfiend
A new Warlock card has been revealed at the Hearthstone Taichung Major in Taiwan! Previously a Fluffy Felbeast. Treachery ahoy!
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Can't wait for a wise ass warlock to play this against a warrior with Bouncing Blade.
I honestly think this is the worst card that has ever been printed.
As if discolock didn't have an overdose of discard options already...
how to make discolock viable: allow target to be chosen. bam. tier 2 deck at the least now.
It seems warlock never come back.
Why did they nerf warlock arena?
can't wait to see some Volcano effects with this
I KILLED MUFASA
Does anyone know if making your opponent discard cards due to Howlfiend's effect combined with Treachery, count towards your quest discards?
Yeah that's pretty much what I thought, would be nice though if you could use their despair to your advantage
It will be funny when you play this card in order to complete the Quest, and this very card makes you discard your Quest once you have completed it.
They just don't even care anymore -_-
I don't care about what this card means for warlock. I am just looking forward to the highlights.
There's already enough cards that discard stuff, there needs to be more cards that have a direct impact when discarded. Like Silverware Golem or Fist of Jaraxxus (now in Wild).
More unplayable garbage. We're still seeing more cards that will wreck your own hand, but none that will actually let you get any ADVANTAGE from it apart from that rubbish Legendary. And no, Treachery alone does not suddenly make every minion with a crap ongoing effect or Deathrattle suddenly good just because you can inflict it on your opponent. If they don't reveal at least one new card with an effect like Fist of Jaraxxus or Silverware Golem, about a third of Warlock's cards in this set are going to be TOTALLY unplayable.
You're right. These new cards are designed for Treachery. They are trash and can't be played without Treachery. Those discard cards, however, are playable without Silverware Golem. Even then, warlock is quite weak now. I don't see any chance Treachery would go into play. It's just a much worser version of Purify.
inc warlock hero card: you and your opponent discard their hand and summon all your discarded minions/ put all discarded cards back into your deck and when ever you discard a card your opponent discards a card as well. hero power: discard a card then summon a discarded minion.
Let's calculate what you could do with Howlfiend + Treachery +Spreading Madness.
The chances to hit any face and the minion are the same, so the estimate damage taken by Howlfiend from Spreading Madness is 9/3 = 3 when there are no other minions on the board. However, the actual estimate damage is a bit less than 3 since the minion can't take more than 6 damage. And then your opponent would get a free minion around 3/3 which would take more damage and discard cards (probably only one card) later. If there are more minions on the board, you would probably only hit Howlfiend once or twice.
The average result is:
What you play: 3 cards + 9 mana.
What your opponent gets: 4 cards lost but a free 3/3.
Total result: 9 mana to discard 1 card and give your opponent a free minion.
Wow~ Amazing~ Well played!
Plus 3 damage to each face.
Yeah, with Treachery it makes a cool combo, but I'm seriously thinking about it in Discolock. Could Lakkari Sacrifice be playable if you could consistently get Nether Portal by turn 5? I wonder. And it'd be crazy with Clutchmother Zavas, if only because your hand would be cleared so quickly that it would end up being the only card to be (repeatedly) discarded. A quick way to pump up the new legendary, as well. So... could this card singlehandedly validate Discolock?
I mean, I doubt it, but there's a chance.