New Legendary Reveal - Archmage Vargoth
A new card has been revealed by IGN. This card will be given to all players for free ahead of the expansion.
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Everyone talking about how this will break the game and here I am thinking about how nice it would be to Swipe twice
Either way, this is going into my Spell Hunter deck
To kill your opponent TWICE, wow!
What about double portal for Warlock? xD
Double Crystal Core !!! PogChamp............wait a minute.....
Let's do the Time Warp again!
It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let's do the Time Warp again
Let's do the Time Warp again
Will be crazy - this the kind of card that defines new decks. And I bet it will be the root of decks in more than one class.
Well, I guess this is one way my Dragon Priest will be able to dish out 15 damage with Mind Blast once the rotation hits.
And yes I know, Mind Blast Priest. Boo and hiss. Still better than Wall Priest or Rez Priest right?
And someone needs to show Alexstrasza some love!
I love it and I don´t think it´s op, just fun. People are so salty all the time...
It's going to be a fun card, usable in all sorts of decks I'll be having fun with it for sure.
Dear God I genuinely hope this is an April fools joke, because this is waaay over the line. This is the kind of card you just know will break the standard set. Forgetting for a moment that big priest is going to be incredibly powerful with this, now Team 5 has to be extremely careful not to print any spell that this can abuse. They will fail, because of course they will and there will be some weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Its saving grace is that it's supposedly free so there will be no butthurt when this is promptly moved to wild. Like you thought Gen and Baku were problematic? Nah, man, small fries compared to THIS.
Speaking of that hypothetical big priest in standard though, how do you survive to turn 5 to use Mass Hysteria (which may not even clear the board)? Tar Kreepers are gone, Chain Gangs are gone. Spirit Lash and Psychic Scream are also gone, so you don't even have a cheap AoE that also heals you, nor a reset button. You could do the good ol' Auchenai + Circle of Healing, maybe also put a Wild Pyro and Norshire Cleric for card draw, but this was never consistent.
What cheap and effective taunts do you play? I mean, Witchwood Girzzlies and Amani War Bears could be ok, but again turn 5 and 7 respectively.
Day 1 this is going to be good enough as people will experiment with all this new value, but past that?
Recipe for 40 cards shuffeled into your deck in one turn, when you have eight mana, play archmage vargoth, augmented elekk, prep and espionage.
Double prep, sick! /s
what if he recasts prep xD
Do you seriously think this is stronger than Genn and Baku? This effect isn't even close to the power level of start of game HP buff.
Baku and Genn don't win you the game on the spot. Over time they make your deck much stronger, but that's it. Vargoth is potentially a combo card that can enable OTK decks, given one foible on the part of Team 5, which inevitably will happen at some point during the next few expansions. Even now, with Alex in priest this is a combo that requires very little preparation and requires only cards you'd put in a control priest deck anyway.
I will definitely use that with Vanish once, for the memes.
And maybe something fishy with Shadowstep in Wild Mill Rogue, we'll see.
Great card, but was it just me that was disappointed his effect doesn't have anything to do with "Image of Archmage Vargoth" or his staff?
Missed a trick Blizz!
1 Thaurissan tick, then...
This, 2x Mirage Caller, 1 Drakkari Enchanter, 1mind blast. 10 mana 35 dmg.
6 card combo for 10 mana and exactly 30 dmg in wild? Good luck.