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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That was my first thought. If he had taunt, he would single-handedly make Lakkari Sacrifice viable. As it is, he goes a long way toward making it MUCH more doable.
It has a high chance to also discard the quest reward, fyi.
i couldn't agree more if you look at allot of the cards they released so far they are combo pieces so a deck that can get ride of peoples cards is gonna be really strong vs control
Finally, Discolock Quest in Standard may not work but I have been playing Discolock in Wild and there are enough cards now with this card and the Blood Queen and Defile I think its going to be OP. I can't wait!
My most "successful," if you could call it that, Quest Lock deck was running absolutely no discard cards. Just a few token generators, and then Deathwing.
It was funny, at least.
Howlfiend + Treachery? Sounds good but actually unplayable.
You don't burn your opponent's hand for no cost. You've already spent 2 cards + 6 mana.
How many cards do you expect your opponent to discard? To be fair, at least 5. You have to either trade with your minions or play more cards, like Spreading Madness, to get the result. And then you would pay more.
Also you can't make sure you can do this every time. Your opponent might have only a few cards, The board is clear and you don't have the minions to trigger it. The card Howlfiend itself is terrible to play without combo.
i think its going to be Very strong
It's power depends entirely on what you discard. It could do nothing or win you them game
Holy shit warlock finally got a demon!
*looks at skill*
Well nevermind.
With Treachery this card will be Awesome! !!!!! oH MAN
Play this at turn 3. On turn 4, you have 0 cards. Terrible mechanic.
Has to be played with Treachery to even be useful. Without Treachery, it would have to be at least 5/6 with 3 cost to see play in my deck.
Yay, another Discard minion, wooo.
I wonder how long it will take for Blizzard to realize Discard cannot work in it's current form. The issue is now that the archetype doesn't have enough ways to discard cards, the issue is how terrible and unreliable discarding cards is. It doesn't even matter if the Warlock DK has discard synergy, because you are as likely to discard it as anything else. The mechanic in it's current form is completely unusable except in some very unreliable aggro decks.
Its like Fel Reaver and Bittertide Hydra had a baby!
You know if the quest reward had discard immunity this may not be bad for that, but it feels like a card that can just screw you over by discarding the quest after completing it
Its like the exact opposite of having your hand full with rogue quest.
Deathrattle: discard your hand