New Demon Hunter & Warlock Minion - Soulciologist Malicia

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    A new Legendary Demon Hunter/Warlock Minion, Soulciologist Malicia, has been revealed!

    Soulciologist Malicia Card Image

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Amazing card. This is a great control tool.

    Warlock: This will see play mainly in control warlock. Probably Quest warlock as well, but i feel like these Soul Fragments might hurt the deck a bit after finishing the quest. Solid card that will see  a lot of play.

    DH: This will see play in tempo/aggro and control DH. But i feel like it will mainly be tempo/aggro DH, because of broken cards such as Soulshard Lapidary. And DH like's having a way to steal back board control. But the question will rather be: "Is your still alive around turn 7?"

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is one of a soul fragment cards I am least positive about.  It's exceptionally strong and will see play in many decks, but I am not confident that every soul fragment list runs this card.  Some of the soul fragment cards are poised to be extremely aggressive and might run the bare minimum of fragment generators just to enable the cards that destroy fragments while keeping the rest of the deck very aggressive.  In those cases, even this card might be too slow since you're not as likely to have that many fragments in the deck.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I didn't think Blastmaster Boom was going to see play, but it did, and this looks even more powerful. It is probably going to be a LOT easier to shuffle Soul Fragments than Bombs, and 3/3s with Rush are probably more powerful than Boombots just because they are more consistent and proactive. 

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    the fact that she doesn't destroy them is huge. I am skeptical about her efficiency though. All the Fragment shufflers are very low cost and by the time you get to this you might have drawn a good amount already.

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    It was awful.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Also, most of the time you needed the Rush passive of Dr. Boom, Mad Genius to use the bots to its fullest, this ones already have rush and you could have the +2 damage as the overall extra damage you would get for bots (1-4)

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2690 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    It's really weird that she has anti-synergy with the deck, since many cards want you to destroy these Fragments for additional effects, but then this card wants you to keep them in your deck.

    Even then though, it's still a pretty strong card for the deck and will surely see play in it.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This effect is only really great at 3 or more fragments, and even then it's not game winning.

    I can't imagine a deck that is specifically built around this mechanic, and decks that coincidentally run a few fragment cards will probably not have that many in deck when they play this.

    This package doesn't really slot into any deck right now, but maybe some of the cards are good enough that this could be acceptable for a midrange deck if you can play 2 fragment generators before this on average?

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    She needs to summon at least 2 of those 3/3s rush minions to be worth playing it. Below that - it's just weak with that 5/5 body heading in to the late game. 

    So, with those soul fragments - it all depends how many you can put in your deck. Cuz right now, I don't see that many generators.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    reminds me of Blastmaster Boom, only much faster (in terms of board control).

    if soul fragment decks see play this IS in the deck.. probably day 1 craft for me.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is a good card in a dedicated Soul Fragment deck, but unlike many of the other Soul Fragment cards it's unplayable outside of that. This scales directly with the amount of soul fragments in your deck, and I don't really see people having that many of them in their deck since one of the best things you can do with them is destroy them.

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  • NegativeNemsy's Avatar
    405 206 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I don't think this is good enough as a finisher.  That 5/5 body worries me with all the AOE removal floating around.  This does look like the best type of deck to put Sphere of Sapience in though.  You really want to make sure you are drawing the right cards at the right time with this deck while guaranteeing that activators remain in your deck.  In a way it reminds me of a C'thun deck. 

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    So the problem with this minion is that soul fragments in your deck does not threaten your opponent like the bombs needed for BlastMaster Boom does. And while a 3/3 with rush is good (see Rabid Worgen) you'll need to summon at least two for this minion to be above stats for it's cost. 

    and keep in mind, most late game minions will have a lot of health, you'll usually need at least 2-3 of the souls with rush to clear a priority target, which is another problem for this minion. Both Demon Hunter and Warlock specialize in drawing cards, a lot of cards, as we've seen with Warlock's Hero power and plot twist, and Demon Hunter's have used Spectral Sight, Skull of Gul'Dan, Chaos Strike Crimson Sigil Runner and the new Glide cards will help ensure you draw this minion but you'll also wind up drawing the soul fragments as well, which actually makes this minion weaker.

    It's very fortunate both classes have 3 cards each that generate the soul fragments, and it's obvious that if you use the soul fragments you also include this minion, but I don't think she's very powerful on her own. 

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Oddly enough, this might be one of the worst Soul Fragment cards. You probably need to trigger this with at least two Soul Fragments in your deck to make a reasonable play, but I think you really want three or four.

    Warlock and Demon Hunter both have access to up to three distinct fragment generation cards, so if you're all in on the strategy then you're looking at drawing one generator every five cards in your deck. You should have drawn at least 10 cards by the time Soulciologist Malicia drops, so you can reasonably expect to have played two generators. Every other payoff card destroys a fragment, and if you draw them they'll be destroyed too (and both classes have tons of card draw), so there's very little room for error if you're hoping to use the fragments and still make her worth it. 

    Maybe there's a world where you delay playing your Soul Fragment generators so you have more in the deck when she finally drops. It's possible, but given how tempo-oriented most of the cards are, it also seems foolish.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Looks decent, probably more so for the warlock side of the deck, since it’s shaping up to be a more Control one so far

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Tetsuo's Avatar
    Magma Rager 840 638 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Great card for both of those classes, but you need to put in as many cards with the Soul Fragment package to make this worth it. A lot of those destroy the soul fragments in your deck for added bonuses, so you're hoping you'll have enough in your deck to squeeze as much value out of Malicia's battlecry. 

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  • Nokt's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 285 83 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    The whole soul shards package I'm very lukewarm on. This being the big legendary payoff seems very, balanced, to me. It's a neat idea but I think many are overhyping its viability. Maybe if they expand it in the next expansion! 

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    When we compare soul fragment with bomb on warrior, i believe that this will as good as dr.boom combine. But dh and warlock likes to draw cards fast, so theres this pessimism in me that it will not be as strong as we think.. maybe wrong, though.

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    If you are building a Soul Fragment deck, this is a must have pay off card.

    I had the same first impression as the others: Blastmaster Boom but with fragments instead of bombs, and souls instead of boom bots. If I unpack enough soul fragment cards, will definitely try this.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Good card but i guess only playable in a Soul Fragment deck.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5607 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I don't really think this is the ultimate pay off to the soul frags, and to compare this to Blastmaster Boom is to miss the forest for the trees. Blastmaster boom was a card that can finish games on it own, and its not a card used to clear boards. This card however, can do nothing but, and that's probably just not good enough.

    But the real kicker is that the other soul frag synergy cards are just too good not to play whenever possible, and since they consume those cards, its somewhat actually negatively affecting this card's effectiveness. There is just no situations I can think of that I would hold on to those better cards just so I can play this card on 7.

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  • Shily's Avatar
    90 13 Posts Joined 07/27/2020
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Great card, great art, great name. Good game

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I’m afraid this will be a little underwhelming in the end. It requires a lot of build-up but will definitely be an amazing swing play when prepared. 
    I also love that ”Soulciology” is a subject at Scholomance! :D

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Oh wow, SO swingy. I mean, this is a huge board clear, or a 7-mana 5/5. I guess most often it will be something in between.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is rather like Blastmaster Boom, in that you want to make sure you have certain cards shuffled into a deck in order to get the full effect. Requires setup, but is a nice payoff.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    It's a more control oriented card that acts as an extra AoE while also allowing you to slap some stats on the board, be it just a 5/5 for some extra 3/3 tokens. While not broken, it's a fairly decent card.

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Fits in the control fragment warlock, not so much in DH. That deck could really be something since this whole mechanic has a great synergy with Flesh Giant/Brittlebone Destroyer.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1000 1504 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    You may think this card as a bomb card at first glance at first but it is not.

    Even if it can destroy 1 or 2 minions from board, that's a plus for the fragment deck i guess because when i see the fragment cards that adds them to deck, almost all of them is around clearing the board. You would be clearing the board again and again until this card comes in time.

    It is not a bomb card, It is meant to be pushing the tempo a bit more in my opinion.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Soulciology : If you value your life, don't call it a "soft science."

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    A New "Doctor Boom" that spawn 3/3 with rush. The card is strong for sure and also don't destroy the fragment. If "fragment mechanics" work, this is an auto-include

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  • Echo's Avatar
    Staff Writer Cupcake 860 320 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Soul Shards look really fun but there's some fairly big anti-synergy with this card and all the other payoffs. It's probably still fine when summoning 2~  as 7 mana 11/11 is decent, especially if this is the top end of some zoo deck as most likely you'll run the enemies low on resources. Its the type of mechanic that I'll need to play around to see how good it is, but I'm not feeling this legendary but I'd be happy to be proven wrong since it looks pretty fun.

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 513 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I love this Soul Fragment mechanic. This one's the best for zoo

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1051 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Amazing for souls!

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I think this is a great payoff for the Soul Fragment package, but not a game-winning payoff. Soulciologist Malicia is a great card, but she and the Soul Fragment package doesn't provide the same inevitability that Blastmaster Boom and bombs provide for Bomb Warrior. I still think Malicia will see play, but 1) she demands that you run the entire Soul Fragment package for either class and 2) you have to run a game-winning package alongside the Soul Fragment package. I think this is easier to do in Warlock than in DH as Warlock as better late-game win conditions like Lord Jaraxxus (remember Demonic Studies?) and Arch-Villain Rafaam.

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is the least exciting soul fragment card, so I am not sure it will see much play.

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    The Huge payoff card for souls, if the Soul decks are good this is a must have.

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  • MatwanBR's Avatar
    200 34 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Look like new boom

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 887 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Bomb Warrior disruption at least.

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Good, and it doesn't even destroy the Soul Fragments in your deck.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Idk how much this will be used but i can see how it can work out and become a staple card if the meta goes there

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Better than [Hearthstone Card (Blastmaster Boom) Not Found]. I think twice as good.

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Given how powerful fragment decks look to potentially be, it could be very powerful indeed. I look forward to trying it out.

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  • EpicPickle's Avatar
    Sparklepony 810 301 Posts Joined 06/02/2020
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    I'm not even sure it's a must-have for the Soul Fragment decks. It's not BAD, if you open it, but not an auto-craft either.

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    This card seems really strong because of it's stats and versatility.

    1 Soul Fragment = eh

    2 Soul Fragments = solid

    3+ Soul Fragments = great

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  • OldenGolden's Avatar
    Snow-Covered 690 131 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    The endgame for a dedicated Fraggle Lock, this looks to be a very up and down play. While generating a bunch of Soul Fragments shouldn't be too hard, you have zero point zero control over when you will draw them, and if you're playing a Void Drinker or two, or a Soulshard Lapidary, you could end up pretty light on payoff. I get the sense that trying to make effective use of the Soul Prof will be frustrating and disappointing as often, or even more often, than it will be satisfying, but then, I've never been great at building decks that rely on powerful deckbuilding tricks, so this may work really well for those who have that skill.

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    2 soul frags are the minimum to make this relevant. Even if you use only the soul frags spells, shouldn't be hard to pull this off. Nice card all in all.

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Seems worse than the Dr. Boom summoning bombs

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    The weakest soul shard card is the legendary one... Ironic.

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Hoping for that Golden version. :D

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Soul Fragment mechanic will enbale a lot of board clears and give you durability for late game instances

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1734 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Everything related to Soul Fragments is something I will play for sure.  And this is the big payoff card!   5 stars!

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2539 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    So I feel this card kinda contradicts the other "destroy a soul fragment to gain x/y" cards. You wouldn't want to run both, and in questlock, you probably would've drawn all the soul fragments already. If blizz had phrased this to be: "For each Soul Fragment created this game, summon a 3/3 soul with Rush" would be a lot better.

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    As for how to make her great without worrying about destroying the Soul Fragments in the deck before playing her, just don't run any bonus effect cards. Only run the generators. And if you can, also run Sphere of Sapience. This way, you can skip drawing a fragment and control how many you keep in deck. You ONLY use the effect to shuffle back in dire situations or if a fragment appears. Otherwise, just accept the card given.  Doing these together will make her awesome. (At least as far as Warlock is concerned)

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    I just don't see this making the cut even in Fragment heavy decks. You already have great options for what this card is trying to do, and it can even sometimes whiff id you draw all your Fragments or don't shuffle any in.

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  • Aventurin's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 275 17 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Prepare for huge swings

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago

    Great control tool, still worth playing stats-wise even with only one Soul Fragment in the deck.

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