Draw a 10 mana spell and summon deathwing yay

Auto 5 stars, I think there is a chance this card might break the game....

Just might because it requieres a deck with some real big stuff

Elemental synergy might make this preetty cool

I suppose control decks want this. Kind of a steeldancer, which is sometimes OK. 

Maybe a survival of the Fittest Druid wants this? 

Well this is insanely overpowered. If you put enough big spells in your deck it's basically 8 mana 6/6 summon a 9 or 10 cost minion and draw a big spell.

Druid coming in hot.This and  survival of the fittest looks very disgusting.You can even cheat it out on turn 6 with lightning bloom .

Primordial Protector seems really powerful in the right deck, but it's not clear to me that a deck with huge spells also wants to run an 8 mana 6/6 - might just be too much top end to be viable.

It's similar to Spiteful Summoner, only slower and more reliable. It is 8 mana but it puts two bodies on the board and adds a card to your hand. The main problem is that it won't always have an immediate impact on the board. The spell will be too expensive to play, and the minion summoned may not be any good. 

I may be underestimating this card, but outside of ramp druid I don't see this being broken.

Kinda like Spiteful Summoner. The text is similar, yet also different. You can add cheap spells into your deck with high-cost spells.

It is also an improvement over Spiteful to draw that high-cost spell, instead of just revealing it. That high-cost spell can be played on curve as AoE.

It doesn't provide the same tempo swing since it costs 8 mana, but still very, very solid.

Being able to cheat this out a few turns with The Coin and/or Lightning Bloom is sure to be annoying.  It's like Spiteful Summoner part 2.

WILD: LPG Mage maybe? This card might see play in very specific decks.

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Druid coming in hot.This and  survival of the fittest looks very disgusting.You can even cheat it out on turn 6 with lightning bloom .

Exactly this. With two Blooms and a Coin, turn three. It's going to happen at some point.

Very strong specific tutor and token summon despite of it's stats. 5 stars

Spiteful summoner, but with elemental support? Interesting, and I like the "highest" cost aspect, but so far as I remember, the highest shaman spell is 8?

Looks like a card that may give rise to a new archetype akin to Spitefull decks. Mages have some elemental synergy and lots of spells, so they could very well use this. Shaman has (so far) only Tidal Wave and Runic Carvings, but it's an elementa and spell synergy so we'll probably get a ten cost spell for shaman. But the best fit would be Druid, with Survival of the Fittest,  Cenarion Ward and Guardian Animals, maybe in an Nzoth deck. Seems meta defining!

its like spiteful summoner but more cost? u draw the spell so next turn you can use it? 

Can't wait to play Primordial Druid

Draw a 10 mana spell and summon Darkmoon Rabbit.

Spiteful summoner that always hits your biggest spell and draws it. I can definitely see this seeing play especially since unlike summoner you can still run smaller spells without breaking it

If this were played by a mage who had used Deck of Lunacy, would it use the adjusted cost or the actual cost of the spell?

I think this will see play for sure. Tutored spell draw with minion generation. Too slow for aggro of course (duh), but clutch in control or mid-tempo with some fun build-around. 

As others have pointed out: I'm getting serious Spiteful Summoner flashbacks. That was an exceptionally powerful card, and even though the meta has changed a lot since K&C, there will always be a place for tutoring cards. Especially Elemental ones that also summon a minion.

On the flip-side, 8 mana is a lot for most decks to spend on a single card when you're essentially gambling for an impactful summon, and you also have to hope that your high-cost spells remain within the deck. Remains to be seen which set of facts is more true, but I'm nonetheless looking forward to messing around with Primordial Protector in the coming weeks.

Seems very strong. Draw + summon is a great effect. Will see play for sure.

Very strong card ! Gives you Draw, and Summons a Minion - defenitely will see play!

Cool card, but honestly just way too slow. Card draw is nice for some specific classes, and of course Spiteful Summoner was great, but having to both include enough expensive spells and 2 of this card makes your deckbuilding too restrictive for too little pay-off.

8 cost is very expensive, although the battlecry is impressive. Can see this viable in druid, but only druid maybe.

That's fine to me!

Is it to slow at 8 mana? But the effect is powerful: you are cheating out 16-18 Mana on turn 8 and draw a specific card on top of it. Even better to be played after Lightning Bloom on Turn 6. That can win you the game.

It will be abused by Druids, we know that already :(

As it always draws your highest cost spell (which you are definately close to playing at turn eight or later) this is actually super insane. Obviously not an aggro card, but so much high roll potential I love it!

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8 cost is very expensive, although the battlecry is impressive. Can see this viable in druid, but only druid maybe.

I can see shaman and mage getting decent usage out of it too, more mage though. They can run Grand Finale as their big spell that will also at minimum summon 2 8/8s next turn

If the game goes past Turn 8, this definitely bring a bunch of value. It's slow, though, both in terms of 8 mana as well as not affecting the board when played (apart from something like Darkmoon Rabbit.

If it functioned like Spiteful Summoner, it would be good. An 8-mana 6/6 that summons an 8/8 is potentially worth building around.

If it drew a card, it would be insane. A huge board swing plus more fuel is insane in basically all control decks, maybe some midrange too.

But it doesn't draw a card, it tutors a card, which makes it one of the strongest cards I've ever seen. Control Warlock can now play an 8-mana 14/14 that draws Twisting Nether. Shaman can play an 8-mana 16/16 that draws Eye of the Storm. Ramp druid can play an 8-mana 16/16 that draws Survival of the Fittest on turn 6, then follow it up with SotF on turn 7 and a board of 8/8 Clowns on turn 8. This card will 100% be nerfed, keep all your copies.

Obviously a very powerful card just on paper, but I think it might be difficult to actually build a deck that wants this.

At 8-mana it's not an instant tempo win like Spiteful Summoner was. Add to that the fact that the 4 Old Gods now pollute the 10-mana slot so the result probably won't always be that good.

In a control deck this might just be too slow. It works in slow matchups for tempo, but the unreliable nature makes it a gamble.

I think the best  way to use this would be in a midrange/tempo deck that runs a plethora of 8-cost spells....and the only one I can imagine right now would be some sort of Elemental Mage with Grand Finale

Then again, this probably has some major support within the expansion itself so it will end up playable in some shape or form (at the very least it could be nuts in Arena)

Old mechanic. Could be strong in the right deck, if you don't draw the big spells before.

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Obviously a very powerful card just on paper, but I think it might be difficult to actually build a deck that wants this.

At 8-mana it's not an instant tempo win like Spiteful Summoner was. Add to that the fact that the 4 Old Gods now pollute the 10-mana slot so the result probably won't always be that good.

In a control deck this might just be too slow. It works in slow matchups for tempo, but the unreliable nature makes it a gamble.

I think the best  way to use this would be in a midrange/tempo deck that runs a plethora of 8-cost spells....and the only one I can imagine right now would be some sort of Elemental Mage with Grand Finale

 

Then again, this probably has some major support within the expansion itself so it will end up playable in some shape or form (at the very least it could be nuts in Arena)

A lot of the powerful value and control tools are leaving standard, and Warlock was already looking to dominate that field with the new Jaraxxus and the retention of Twisting nether. This card slots perfectly into that deck, so as long as the meta isn't overwhelmed with more aggro than controllock can deal with, this will have a place

I like it.  Great in decks that generate mana to get this early (waves at Druid).  Will definitely be trying to build decks around this card...

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Obviously a very powerful card just on paper, but I think it might be difficult to actually build a deck that wants this.

At 8-mana it's not an instant tempo win like Spiteful Summoner was. Add to that the fact that the 4 Old Gods now pollute the 10-mana slot so the result probably won't always be that good.

In a control deck this might just be too slow. It works in slow matchups for tempo, but the unreliable nature makes it a gamble.

I think the best  way to use this would be in a midrange/tempo deck that runs a plethora of 8-cost spells....and the only one I can imagine right now would be some sort of Elemental Mage with Grand Finale

 

Then again, this probably has some major support within the expansion itself so it will end up playable in some shape or form (at the very least it could be nuts in Arena)

A lot of the powerful value and control tools are leaving standard, and Warlock was already looking to dominate that field with the new Jaraxxus and the retention of Twisting nether. This card slots perfectly into that deck, so as long as the meta isn't overwhelmed with more aggro than controllock can deal with, this will have a place

the problem is that Warlock tends to draw a lot so there's a really low chance that you can consistently slam your Protector with Nether still in deck. You can only run one Protector in that case (unless you also run some 6-cost spells as backup) and even if that's worth it, Warlock usually is more preoccupied with staying alive rather than developing random 8-drops (although it brings more consistency to corrupting Strongman so that might be a major factor)

Will definitely find a home... Like Guardian Druid with Survival of the Fittest can definitely run this

Big spell *any-class* incoming!

Very late game card

I mean it could be strong. It tutors for an important card so there is that. If it does see play, with the current selection of spells it is most likely to be in Druid....and I will hate it I'm sure if that happens.

8 mana is a lot. A huge part of why Spiteful Summoner was good was that it came out mid-game, while this comes out late-game. I still think it's pretty good, but I don't think it's going to be meta defining. Probly best in Druid.

a very strong card !

INCREDIBLE card for control decks, it guarantees that you draw your highest cost spell which is really good. Okay let me just list the highest cost spells for each class so far.

DH: Cycle of Hatred/Expendable Performers/Fel Guardians. Seems like DH can only run it so far alongside some token synergy.

Druid: Survival of the Fittest. That's a scary card for Clown Druid...

Hunter: Nagrand Slam, Guardian Animals/Jewel of N'Zoth. I think Primordial Protector might get used in Deathrattle Hunter to guarantee draw Jewel of N'Zoth and maybe Nagrand Slam might finally see play in some kind of midrange deck? Seems surprisingly good.

Mage: Grand Finale/Deep Freeze, Flamestrike/Mask of C'Thun. Probably will see play in some kind of control mage deck.

Paladin: Libram of Hope and Commencement. These are the best targets for it, but one is a libram and will be discounted. But it's still a Libram of Wisdom on command. Commencement only fits in Big Paladin, which might get better thanks to Primordial Protector. (As long as you don't draw it with Commencement.)

Priest: Idol of Y'Shaarj and Soul Mirror. I'm guessing Priest probably doesn't want Primordial Protector together with Idol of Y'Shaarj in one deck. Soul Mirror is a 1 off because it's a legendary, so that's not good enough to make Primordial Protector worth it. But priest will probably get some big removal spell i hope.

Rogue: Sprint. Yeh rogue won't run it unless they get a really expansive spell that's good.

Shaman: Tidal Wave. Just like in the animation, and also shamans highest cost spell after the rotation.

Warlock: Twisting Nether and Deck of Chaos tutor. Seems pretty solid, Deck of Chaos decks needed some way to actually draw Deck of Chaos so this might help. On command drawing Twisting Nether is also really solid, but i'm not sure if that's good enough.

Warrior: Commencement and Brawl. Well seems like it's probably going to see play in Big Warrior, just like Big Paladin. Tutorring Brawl isn't good enough, so it won't see play otherwise.

Of course we don't know all the cards in the set yet, so this list can obviously change depending on what kind of cards get revealed. At least we do get a bit of insight in what it can do already.

Yummy. Versatile enough to find a home in plenty of decks, hopefully it's not too slow. 8 Mana is probably fine. 

Good control card. Would see play now because of the pocket meta we're in, but need to see the barrens meta to see if truly good

probably slow in wild, but will be plaid in standard in paladin/priest/mage/druid idk

Spiteful Summoner 2.0 Seems a tad expensive for not guaranteeing board impact outside of some potential presence, but it should be decent-good as a late-game drop for greedy Control decks.

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It's similar to Spiteful Summoner, only slower and more reliable. It is 8 mana but it puts two bodies on the board and adds a card to your hand. The main problem is that it won't always have an immediate impact on the board. The spell will be too expensive to play, and the minion summoned may not be any good. 

I may be underestimating this card, but outside of ramp druid I don't see this being broken.

 

Spiteful also gave you two bodies, the card draw is good since you should be in your later turns to drop high mana spells, but still this feels too slow

Spiteful elemental!

excellent value for mana

I can this is big spell mage or big spell shaman

Could we see the return of Spiteful Druid?

They already have some good minions, and they're about to get Druid of the Plains, soI wouldn't be surprised.

Combo, combo, combo!

Looks good on druid.

This really sounds like a Druid card, or maybe some Elemental Mage running Pyroblast too?

Btw, I really love the comment above me, feels so painfully true XD

mage or ramp druid decks can work with this

Meh, not my cup of tea. I'm not really a fan of this Druid archetype.

more impactful than spiteful summoner with a less strict deck restriction, but comes out 2 turns later. seems better as a tool in control decks than a curve topper in midrange like spiteful was.

Very strong. Pulls out a specific spell and minion to boot!

Super strong card with insane battlecry. In any deck wher u can cheat mana and/or u will play some big spell (8+), u will run it for sure. U don't even build your deck around like we did with Spiteful Summoner . Nerf incoming?

Spiteful is back baby, and you can play smaller spells with it! Love it, even if it won't be the strongest

I'd expect this to be run with big spells so you can summon big minions. A good number of cards will suck without their battlecry, but there might be even more that would be decent to good.

Too expensive for aggro decks imo but a very good card for control decks. This can tutor out a Survival of the Fittest for Druid or Psychic Scream for wild Raza Priest. It can also help tutor out OTK finishers as well as a bonus.

This will undoubtedly be pretty good.

This will find a home somewhere, but will only be high T2 at best.

A nice throwback to Spiteful Summoner. I always enjoy playing big anything, minion or spell, decks. I'm no good at them but the one in three or four times they work out for me are so satisfying. I'll be playing this guy in a high roll deck somewhere. This might even be fun to pair up with Spiteful in a wild deck.

That spark curiosity for me, to say the lease.
It may just be a great valuable multi-class asset

I mean maybe the ramp/nozdormu paladin, with elemental synergy.

Its basically trying to ape Spiteful Summoner, but with an added twist that it will draw that spell out for you.

The problem is that it costs 1 more (2, if we're comparing with spiteful pre-nerf) and that it draws that spell, which means you cant just jam two 10 cost spell in there and hope to hit it with this one twice consistently. Of course, you can always opt to play this along with the usual barrage of spells, but that would also more or less make it mandatory with broom or you just lose initiative.

Maybe in druid, nothing more. Even then, I have to question whether there are simply just better cards you could be playing like Guardian Animals for example.

It's spiteful with the draw, but it comes much later - not too sure about this one, as the swing say from summoning a 10 drop is much less by turn 8. But as a neutral will probably see quite a lot of experimentation. Druid perhaps could use this well and ramp to it? 

It's nice that I think I'll enjoy the broken card, for once. Elementals, randomness, and big guys? Swoon! 

Quite easy to play by including a 10-cost card

This is the right type of RNG - controllable one )

Potentially very useful card for big spells decks

In Wild, this is like Spiteful but worse because it is too slow. Someone will come up with a deck that wants to reliably draw its most expensive spell before turn 9, though, and then this will be used, not for the summon, but for the draw.

great effect with a good body, just need to be played before you draw the big spells in your deck

I do like this card, very much 🥰 at first I thought it was shaman only, but it's a neutral 😱 Druid is gonna have a field day. (Maybe it's a class card in disguise) 

Scary card lol, druid will love it

really good in Spiteful Summoner deck and in control

Big spell support, me like. Druid will love this with Cenarion Ward and Survival of the Fittest. Random effects are however unreliable, if you need to regain the board this is probably an awkward play.

Oh, and the comparisons to Spiteful Summoner: I really enjoyed those decks and the fact that this always draw your highest cost spell makes this much more reliable and better. But slower, yes. You can't slam this bad boy on T6 like the summoner. Unless you're Druid, of course. :)

Spiteful Summoner with tutor and always for highest-cost ? Well count me in.

Solid effect, awful body. Gonna try it (if I open it) in an Evolve Shaman package.

Tow slow, and too random - you really want a Taunt/Rush minion to be generated so you can have some board impact, but I guess some decks will still run it.

You don't need to restrict your deck to big spells to play Primordial Protector. Hell, you don't even need big spells in your deck to play Primordial Protector, mid cost but impactful spells like a standard version of Spikeridged Steed (for some reason the first example that came to my head) are enough. What you need is a meta slow enough to get to turn 8 and, considering a fair amount of classes are losing aggressive burst, that might happen.

Also, an elemental, so Grand Finale support, maybe? That card is already almost good enough to see play right now.

Seems annoying but kinda slow. Don’t know how much play it will see

Nice druid card can't wait to see it on day 1!

Super OP card

gamebreaking potential.

omg yes please! I want this in golden and everthing. crazy good meta defining card

Spiteful summoner with a better body and a draw. Great card!

Elemental Mage, summon, then Pyroblast.

Auto-include in control decks. Easy 5 stars

First application that comes to mind is Druid as they have Survival of the Fittest and Cenarion Ward that are central to Druid's gameplan (the former) and survivability (the latter). They also have Overgrowth and Lightning Bloom to get this out ahead of schedule. I could also see this in Libram Paladin to draw Libram of Hope since the deck will need more draw to replace Salhet's Pride and Blessing of Wisdom, not to mention Primordial Protector being an elemental and drawing Grand Finale in Mage. Overall, I think this isn't going to fit in all classes, but it will be extremely effective when it does fit.

Very strong. Pulls out a specific spell and minion to boot!

Probably costs too much.

Interesting card, very specific card draw.

Unfortunately too slow to be widely played in my opinion.

The card has some potential, but otherwise, I think it can be better in a combo deck. Or rather some control-combo.

This makes me think of Jepetto Joybuzz. Bit more tempo, bit less of combo enabler, but I expect it to see similar amounts of play.

Nerf on this one

Seems huge to me

8 mana is so slow, remember how Spiteful Summoner was nerfed to 7 mana and nobody uses it again.

Similar to Spiteful Summoner but cost more mana, so worse I guess.

Yup, if Spiteful didn't see play on 7, I don't have such high hopes for this. Tbf it doesn't need a deck restriction, and it's definitely good in Druid and has serious potential in Mage and Shaman (if anything, because of Lightning Bloom), but seems overrated to me.

Weak version of spiteful summoner

Big Spell tutor card, nice idea. I can see it in potentially mage. 

this is a monster card

Looks good, shaman might have the better use of this for now

Looks really good, even though it's expensive. So much value. For some reason i thought initially this is a Mage card, Druid can really make a good use of this 

good card

Unfortunately most 10 mana minions are battlecries

Sick with survival of the fittest.

Looks weak.

Wow this set have a lot of tutor cards! I wonder of summoning Antaen demon after tutoring skull of Guldan lol

Spiteful Summoner vibes

good

I like that it's a Spiteful Summoner with card draw, and that can be pretty good. I think the biggest issue is that 10-Cost spells will often summon one of the Darkmoon Old Gods, none of which have very good stats. It's a decent build around, and might help us see the resurgence of minion-heavy big spell decks.

the cost is maybe too high to see play, but a great tech card here for the right deck 

Nice, but we still have high cost mana cards which aren't strong enough.

Seems like a good card, will probably see play in either Druid or Mage decks

As we could see during the theorycrafting event, this minion enables whole decks.

not sure about the consistency of this card. also slow

If this can be cheated out, it seems like a really high power level.

Probably too expensive to make the cut but it will be really good if the meta allows it to be played.

OP

The new spiteful summoner.

Spiteful Summoner rides again? Costs a lot though, so probably not as busted as that was.

I enjoy seeing some fun control tools get printed. My first thought was to try to build around it. The problem with that is that if you include too many high cost spells then the early game suffers, but if you don't include enough then there is a chance you'll draw all the spells before you have a chance to play this. It's a risk either way, but it will be fun to see what ends up being the best build.