New Mage Card Revealed: Frozen Clone
A new Mage Card has been revealed by Chinese Streamer, Ruo Ji!
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Technically Duplicate does nothing on the board either.
it's waaaay better than this. most of the time you'll get 1 or 2 drop with this. if it's arena let's say playable but in constructed... meh.
Dont like Secrets at all, the mechanic isnt fun to play against.
I rly wish they wouldnt exist in the Game
You should already play around mirror image sooooo...
I wish they would give every class secrets so that everyone would just run Eater of Secrets and we could do away with secrets altogether.
Yup. Another mage mumbo-jumbo
Like mage needed more help in arena
Countered heavily by a Warlock using Ticking Abomination and Treachery
On it's face, Frost Clone seems like a really nice secret. As some have pointed out, if you play a minion like Tirion Fordring or Amara, Warden of Hope into it, you'll probably feel pretty foolish. Of course, the obvious comparison is to Mirror Entity since people will play around it the same way, and I think Frost Clone is a lot worse in most match-ups. Some reasons:
That last point actually makes me think Frost Clone won't see much constructed play. If it were to see some play in effective mage decks, there would be a rise in token decks to consistently counter it, and those mage decks would in turn be rendered too slow because the value of this secret would be incredibly low. Might be nice in arena though, since it's a value-focused common secret that can make other secret synergies like Medivh's Valet more consistent.
Yeah, that's true. I only hesitate to compare it to Duplicate because an opponent plays around Duplicate in very different ways than they would play around Frost Clone, and the reward of duplicate minions can be a lot more impactful when you expect those duplicates to be minions you put in your deck (my mind jumps to Firebat's wild Duplicate + Medivh's Valet + Brann Bronzebeard combo deck). Duplicate enemy minions can be weak, or they can be minions that just don't synergize with what your deck wants to do.
OK, THIS + new priest legendary = after your opponent plays a minion, fill your deck and hand with copies of it
That's a terrible idea..
More secret nonsense and still no decent secret hate
Notice I said decent. This card hurts your winrate against all other class than mage.
That's the point of hate cards. Good against something specific, mediocre otherwise.
Duplicate and Mirror Entity had a baby... And that baby looked a little like Arcane Intellect. It's cool that you'll be able to get the Battlecry too - twice.
Just knowing they need to play around this may force your opponent to make less than optimal plays. They have 8 mana and a Tirion Fordring in hand (or another broken 8 drop) and you have a secret up. Do they risk Frost Clone or Mirror Entity, or play something smaller in hopes of triggering the secret? Of course, you've got Ice Block up, so you don't care what they play anyway. :-)
Overall, great card - I really like it.
Kezan Mystic and Eater of Secrets have just become more valuable!
Seems strong.
I rate it: Eater of Secrets buff.
Card name and card art dosen't fit.