New Mage Card Revealed: Frozen Clone
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Belongs to the garbage pile.
probably the most powerful mage secret out there. I mean, it's so much harder to play around, since unlike mirror entity you can't just feed t jsut some minion with low stats. It also needs to be a minion that doesn't have a strong battlecry. Like,usually you would jsut play something like a Babbling Book or a Firefly into mirror entity. if you do this against Frost clone your opponent will get massive value.
I think this will probably be included in most tempo/secret/value mage decks. there's just no reason not to
Lets say you play vs aggro and you play Kirin Tor Mage and this card. Mostly they have some battlecry, and now you have two of those and you really did not lose any tempo. A bad minion with good battle cry is a better target for Frost Clone than for Mirror Entity
not sure it's strong enough - but looks interesting. People are saying that you play around mirror entity already so it's not good - but I disagree - you have to play around this differently. Babbling book, swashbuckler etc. would be great to get off this but terrible for mirror entity. In fact most small minions that are played do something which would be valuable, otherwise they wouldn't be in the opponents deck. And in fact this makes mirror entity itself harder to play around because you have to think about the battle cry as well as the stats! Very Interesting
yeah if you're playing around frozen clone you could actually play a big minion if your win condition is about tempo because the mage still have to play that big minion.
If it's about value you should play a little card even if it's strong with the battlecry so the mage doesn't outvalue you (that doesn't work with babbling or discover cards...)
It's tricky because you should always consider the possibility of a mirror image, in arena that will be a mindfuck lmao
This does get played around differently though. Think about it. You can't check for entity without also checking for poly and frozen clone. Entity and poly are played around the same, you throw in a small minion, often with a battlecry, and they get little to no value.
Even if this isn't maindecked, random mage spells are a thing. If your opponent plays a secret from outside their deck, you can't just drop babbling book, or swashburgler, or kabal courier, or even something like mana tide totem like you could now.
Cheap low stated value cards are scary to play into random mage secrets simply because this card exists.
Thoughtsteal wannabe, minion version.
Looks worse than Mirror Entity, people usually already play arroun it, the difference is that Mirror Entity gives you some tempo back. Talking arena, sinse It Will probably see no play in constructed since its too slow.
If 1/1 swashburglar gives you tempo you are fooling yourself. Indeed, you can expect some kind of tempo play from your opponent, but in neither case you can rely on it. On the other hand, Frost Clone helps you keep your hand with some stuff to play and can draw some profit from your opponent playing babbling book or swashburglar for instance,
Its literrally only these 2 cards, most of the time you'll be getting 2 mana 3/2. Maybe in the First week or so you'll be getting swashs and books.
Too insconsistent for constructed. Christmas tree Mage won't be a thing even with the new 8-mana spell. Decent Arena card.
Minions with battlecry SeemsGood. Yeah it's really comparable to Mirror Image but, it will instantly played on the board, with out getting the battlecry of the card. Well yes you will spent mana on playing it, but still. Battlecry is Battlecry. Sorry for my bad English
This is OKish if for no other reason that diversifying your secrets is important when you're playing Mad Scientists and Arcaneologists in order to maximize their potential value.
This seems like a worse Duplicate, because you have much less control over what ends up in your hand. If someone is playing around Mirror Entity already, you're going to end up with two dead cards. Could see this being useful at lower ranks or in Arena where it's less likely to be played around correctly.
You dont want trigger it with, for example, Babbling Book or Swashburglar.
I thikning this better than Mirror Entity for tempo/midrange mage. As for aggro secret mage — need test
To me it seems like a better mirror entity. Sure you lose tempo, but you get the value. Late game it could make a difference, but then again mage has better win conditions.
3 mana, do nothing on the board. seems bad...