New Warlock Card Reveal: Possessed Lackey
A new Warlock minion has been revealed by TheWolverous!
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Maybe if we see another big demon then this might be considerable. Otherwise too slow and it's 5 mana, which means instead of board clearing or playing a better 5 mana minion you lose tempo to potentially play a better on that still can't attack next turn. Thought if Skelemancer saw some play and it had an even worse requirement, then I'm hopeful that this will see some as well.
I've been trying to think of how this card is good, and I just don't think it will see play.
Pros: May prevent board clears in the way that Skelemancer did, but you're not getting an 8/8.
Cons: Seems a waste of turn 5, mid-game tempo loss, requires highly specific deck construction.
Probably dust.
What about deathrattle demonlock with only high costs
Hmmm 5 mana seems just a bit too expensive
Like all these cards, but they have bad synergy with Lord Jaraxxus, I love that card.
Maybe Blizz should change it to be a hero card, like other Death Knights
I like the Sacrificial Pact synergy. Get some heal and get a demon. Not bad. Wish it was 4 mana though...
whats sacrificial pact going to do?
Oh damn... Missed that....
OMG people.... Relax. I obviously thought he was a Demon. Should have looked closer. Oh well....
Love it. Control warlock can now stop playing voidcaller, play instead only voidlord,despicable dreadlord and abyssal enforcer. The value is guaranteed. Great card. Absolutely great card.
Edit: ops, saw now deathrattles. Mmm. Suddenly not so good anymore
Like others have said, compared to Voidcaller (OP card btw...) this card is terrible. card draw for warlock does not have much value. And The bonus that it is much easier to land something good from your hand than your deck makes Voidcaller much better. With equal stats they are probably equally strong.
5 mana 5/17.
I'm really enjoying the direction of the recruit keyword - it means more minions on the board (minions are fun), it encourages some really interesting deck construction, and it's the kind of 'controllable' RNG that I think Hearthstone should embrace.
As for this card? I don't think it's nearly as bad as some of the reactions - it just doesn't easily fit into an existing deck archetype. Wolverous did a great job analyzing where it might fit in; I'm looking forward to seeing some control decks that might be able to employ Possessed Lackey as a late-game setup card.
This card is above average. As long as you don't play it with any demon below 2 cost, the next smallest demon is 3/3 so you are getting a 5 mana 5/5 plus draw one card so it's pretty good (deathrattle is debatable since it doesn't have effect immediately but also has some synergy). It only recruiting demons gives so much more flexibility than other recruit card so that you can fill your deck with other early game card without worrying about recruiting them. Overall it's a good card.
BIG Warlock meta incomming..3..2..1..
I like the flavour of this card!! it's a possed person, not very strong, when it dies the deamon comes out.
All those nerfs to evolve.