New Mage Card Reveal - Blast Wave
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This is nothing like Consecration...this card deals 2 dmg to your minions too, and doesn’t hit enemy face.
nitpicking
yurushi, if you care whether your Thalnos and Geomancer live or die, this isn't nitpicking.
5 mana volcanic potion, NEXT!
If it either did 3 damage or cost 4 mana, I think it would be good.
Only good with + spell damage, so probably not very good when Mage has so many aoe tools as it is.
Don't see the hype, but could be fun.
Casino mage got a new boardclear Pog.
Volcanic Potion barely saw play in a meta with a lot of tokens.
Based off of previous card design, I don't think 2 mana "add a couple of random mage spells to your hand" is really worth it. Shooting Star plus spell damage ( Bloodmage Thalnos, Celestial Emissary ) does almost what this card does for much much less mana, although its a little harder to pull off. Mage needs stronger early board clears that can deal with a curving out tempo deck like Odd Rogue.
This card doesn't do well against Secret Hunter, because it can't even kill a Wolf from Lesser Emerald Spellstone. It doesn't do well against Odd Rogue, as it can't kill SI:7 Agent, Vicious Fledgling or Hench-Clan Thug. It doesn't do well against Token Druid, as it's nowhere close to countering Spreading Plague. The only deck it does well against is early game Odd Paladin for clearing tokens, but I'd honestly rather run double Doomsayer, or other anti aggro spells/taunts.
If you're playing Control Mage, even running only 3-drop spells and above would give you a better resultant card with Dragon's Fury. A 3 damage AOE in this meta, and historically, has been MUCH better than a 2 damage AOE.
Considering Control Mage's lack of early game anti-aggro consistency, this card has no place in the meta over Dragon's Fury.
I would disagree. While on its own this card is indeed weak, the same Thalnos/Emissary play you recommended for Shooting Star can create a potent board clear while reloading your hand with more powerful board clears (Mage's random spells tend to fall into that category) without having to put them in your deck. Emissary + this spell is basically a Flamestrike that reloads your hand.
Uhhhh no, not all cards are playable. This card is playable, Glacial Mysteries isn’t, even in secret deck.
Blizzard printed all their anti-paladin cards two expansions too late.
Will it gives random card for every overkill happened?
Yes.
Thats what everyone do.
Bloodmage Thalnos in Control and Black Cat in Odd... Meh, I dunno.
Mix of Cabalist's Tome and Hellfire.
I think 2+ spells from this card is enough to say it was worth it.
Card has problem of Gurubashi Chiken, but this time we can easily fix it.
Base damage is too low to consistnly trigger overkill effect.
This card need some support.
Talnos and these elementals with "+2 spelldamge on next spell" is amazing with this card.
They guarantee 1-2 overkill effect and i think 6-3 damage is enough.
Not bad addition to any control mage.
But by itself card is bad. Neveronarena.
Shit
Another filler card
Gg small indie company
You haven't given that card much thought, have you?
Yeah I agree everyone this card is terrible. It's not like there's a large portion of people predictably playing one aggro deck that gives them two one health minions every turn. It'd be really difficult to capitalize on this. Why not just play Dragon's Fury and then build your entire deck around big spell synergy instead of putting this one card into your deck?
Odd Mage with Big Spells and the hero new hero power cards could work. This could add to the flamestrike, dragons breath.