New Mage Secret Reveal: Explosive Runes
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A correct translation from Russian to English would be "Explosive Runes".
Drop a weak Minion....... deal damage to my face
"Goddammet"
Drop a Medium Minion..... Almost died and its pingable next turn
"God freaking DAMMET!"
Shit, I couldn't focus the card - what is this sweet shirt!? O_O
Nuts. Put just this and Mirror Entity into tempo mage and suddenly your secrets become insane. They play a small thing? Half the time you just kill commanded their face and killed it, and the rest of the time you've matched their tempo. They play a big thing? Half the time you just got a big thing, and the rest of the time you just fireballed it and made removing it that much easier. Having these two secrets in the game at the same time means it's literally impossible to appropriately play around either of them. Not as broken as Duskbreaker, but definitely one of the only cards from this expansion that seems really, really meta-defining, possibly the only one other than Duskbreaker.
2x Mirror Entity 2x Fluffy Fire Rune 2x Counterspell tempo mage inc.
What a bitch to play around hahaha
0 to shield , 6 in your face
Wrong. 0 to your face and 0 to him. The excess damage is calculated after the minion dies. If it doesn't, guess what?
It will be pretty strong in secret mage or any other aggro type of mage. Especially if it's played with Kirin Tor Mage because it helps you to control the board.
P.S. I would've translate it as "Exploding Runes" (russian here KKomrade).
Beeing afraid of Mirror Entity, I always put a low cost minion on a board at first. Thanks for this !
What about divine shield minions? One damage into the shield, 5 to the player or nothing?
Good question. Based off Snipe I’d assume it would do no face damage
I assume you get a fireball in the face and your minion loses shield!
"I assume you get a fireball in the face and your minion loses shield!"
This way it woudn't work 100%
You (and others that are saying the same thing) are probably right - and hope you are as there should always be a way to play around secrets beyond Eater.
Trample!
Yes counter to quest mage
Cool, It makes playing around it a little bit tricky. If you throw a 1/1 out there, you're taking 5 to the face.
I can see this seeing play in tempo lists, killing a guy and dealing damage to their face is pretty much what that deck wants to do with a sometimes 0-mana secret.
A better Snipe that can go face
I am sick of tempo mage and this card doesn't seem healthy for the meta.
The Fluffy name will devour all!!!!