New Warlock Minion - Shadowlight Scholar

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A new Rare Warlock Minion, Shadowlight Scholar, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    A new Rare Warlock Minion, Shadowlight Scholar, has been revealed!

    Shadowlight Scholar Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This card is very versatile and very powerful. It can help control the early game board as well as provide extra burn damage later in the game. Murkspark Eel is a very powerful card, this is the same but all of the numbers are 1 more.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Good statline and a strong ability, but this theme seems too thin on fragment generators to be a consistent turn 3 play.

    I can't see many slower decks running this, as it will only really come into play in anti-aggro, where consistency is a big problem.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Great card. Helps warlock kill some minions early game, and can go FACE late game. I'm not sure if this will actually see play in zoolock, because zoolock prefers other packages, like the self-damage package or the Magic Carpet package. This card will still see a lot of play regardless.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Versatile, but might just be redundant. IN a control list you probably enjoy the healing from the fragment more than destroying them for an effect you can achieve with spells just as easily.

    Also, most of the Warlock soul fragment cards are reactive by nature which means you might just not be able to activate this on 3 when you'd get the most tempo benefit out of it.

    Either way, it's at least a solid statline

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    I don't know, I can see a lot of situations where you first need to get Fragments in the deck and the impact of this seems way better at turn 3 rather than later, and at turn 3 you also need the fragments the turn before.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Curves super well after the 1 or 2-drops that generate soul fragments and will help zoo keep board control with a premium effect on a premium body.  This card is so strong and will almost guarantee a soul fragment zoo list.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2255 2708 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This feels like one of the weaker Fragment payoff cards, but it's still a good enough card to see play in Fragmentlock. 3 mana 3/4 with 3 damage is still pretty strong.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    So, walocks get to do some new stuff.

    This has some solid stats and might see a tempo play even without the effect on t3 in some sort of zoo lock.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Good card, tempo plays are always nice. Will see play in most soul fragment decks.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    great statline and 3 damage? wow this is insane actually and all you need to do is play decent cards? I am in.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Shadowlight Scholar is clearly good when it triggers, but I'm skeptical of how easy it will be to trigger on curve, which I think will be particularly important for a tempo deck (which seems to be what the Warlock Soul Fragment deck wants to be). That's not a bad thing, but Warlock has really strong alternatives like Darkglare competing for that mana slot.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    There's a few things you can compare this card too.

    First off, looking at the stats it's a spider tank without a tribal tag. The lack of a tag is somewhat negligible in standard, mechs haven't been that important since Boomsday Project rotated into wild, which means that this minion can still be played on curve if you want with no threat of removal outside of Shadowbolt.

    The battlecry is very reminiscent of Blackwing Corruptor - both dealt 3 damage to any target they wanted, and both were placed in decks with specific construction requirments (Dragons for Blackwing Corruptor, Soul Fragments for Shadowlight Scholar).

    Blackwing saw tons of constructed play before he rotated, I firmly believe this minion will also see a fair bit of play in constructed as well, and might be a real incentive for warlocks to use the soul fragment cards.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    This doesn’t really seem all too great, given that you’re probably rarely gonna be able to actually use this that early on, and especially not on curve

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Overall good tempo in early to mid game, provide you can shuffle soul fragment consistently in the first turns prior. I foresee this card will fill every slow lock deck.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Solid Stats, nice ability - i think it`s a good card even tough if you would not run that many soul fragment cards.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    The only card that curves into this nicely would be Spirit Jailer and Soul Shear, both very good cards in their own right. Its very strong, but without the effect its basically just another 3/4, which warlock generally does not need.

    Will see play because cards like Blackwing Corruptor have in the past prove that 3 damage is nothing to be snuffed at. On the other hand, since you're not likely to cramp all these soul fragment cards into one deck, whether this is good will depend highly on the meta. But I still personally think this is the better of the other lot.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Absolutely great on curve if you already have shuffled some fragments. Great addition to the archetype.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This is a pretty aggressive card. Warlocks don't have great burst in standard besides Soulfire.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Basic yet powerful. Great way to target that annoying support minion hiding behind a taunt, or finish off the hero's last bit of health.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Looking at Darkbomb, this is virtually a 1 mana 3/4, helping maintain board control early and providing extra lethal reach late. A very simple yet good card.

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Maybe not amazing, but it's a good card. I doubt this will make it into zoolock with those other, more control based soul cards, but it's great even in a control deck I think.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Good stat for 3 mana and strong effect...the only downside is that destroy one fragment. Probably it's an autoinclude in all lock fragment deck

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    410 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too slow.

    Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1064 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Not so sure about this one... But will see play in the deck

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 513 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Worst of Soul Fragment cards

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Needed a lil' bit more soul frag generators to be consistent. 3/4 for 3 is fair, but fair is never enough for standard. On arena, on the other hand, fair is usually that.

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Good tempo for SF decks, but hard to say if it will make some lists.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Real nice stats for the cost, effect can be nice

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Another good Soul Fragment card.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    We will have to see how reliable the soul fragment are in first place to really see if this can make the cut, because the chances are also good for this to be rarely play on curve with full effect ... I'm not certain it is good enough, not compare to some of the other soul frag's toolbox

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I'm not sure if this is busted or just ok.

    It seems like it will be busted if you can get it on curve with Soul Fragments in your deck, but I don't know how often that will actually happen.

    Nevertheless, aggro Soul Fragment Warlock seems like it will love to use this card.

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    OP

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Good body with a good effect. I reckon this will see a lot of play in soul warlock.

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  • OldenGolden's Avatar
    Snow-Covered 690 131 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    In a Fragmented Zoo, this is a big deal card, it will just be a matter of whether that particular build will be better than a control Fraggle or a classic Zoo. Without the "Deal 3", it's just a lesser Spider Tank, so you have to commit to it. For me, this is a bit less sexy than most of the new Scholo cards, we'll see how she flies.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Powerful for sure, but I'm still not sure what the best version of a Soul Fragment deck will be. I know that using them for straight healing seems really strong, which would be antithetical to the play pattern of this card. I can see a Zoo list that doesn't care as much about the healing running this, though, because 3 damage is just so much that early.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I guess we should evaluate this card with the entire Soul Fragment mechanic. If the mechanic is good, it might be played, but from what streamers have said so far, it's better having the soul fragments in your deck to help along with the quest

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  • Echo's Avatar
    Staff Writer Cupcake 860 321 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I'm not sure on how consistently you can get this card activated on turn three but if it turns out you can do it somewhat consistently, I can see this card putting in a lot of work. It's a pretty decent card in zoo but I'm not sold on the Soul Fragments being sold on the idea yet.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This is Darkbomb but plus 1 mana for a 3/4 body. Great for contesting the board on turn 3 and potentially removing something or creating lethal in the mid-to-late game. You can probably get the battlecry effect pretty often on turn 3 considering Spirit Jailer and Soul Shear curve into this. A great payoff card for the Soul Fragment package in Warlock.

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Looks good, good statline

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Good stats, good effect, got archetype... At least on paper

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    At first glance this card might seem superfluous, but it comes with a decent body, so while it might be the weakest of the shard support cards, it's not terrible.

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1737 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Anything to do with the new Soul Fragments mechanic gets 5 stars from me!  This one is not my favorite, but still... I like it!  It's as if this minion takes a Soul Fragment and grinds it to dust so it can put that dust into a Darkbomb and heave it as someone.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    3 mana 3/4 deal 3 damage. The best soul fragment card, better than the legendary one.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 889 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Flesh Golem will love this

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Great stats and really strong effect. Nothing too fancy but will definitely see play.

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