Remember Jan'alai the Dragonhawk? This is just better in everyway. And is this a guitar playing undead? What's happening in the Barrens?!

Hero power mage decks? Interesting control idea

including the enemy hero? that's insane !

Interesting payoff for running Fallen Hero

Pretty strong late-game bomb for a Control Mage, clears the board and helps push lethal now that Pyroblast will be gone. We'll have to see what other kinds of hero power support Mage gets though. 

All enemies, including the face. It may seem hard to deal 10 damage with Hero Power, but remember that they've included Fallen Hero and Coldarra Drake in the Core set. We might also see more Hero Power synergy.

HP 10 times to activate? Oh this is going to be terrible. What's this other card they released?

Reckless Apprentice

Oh....ok. Time to play Hero Power mage!

Wild Mage with the DK is getting a buff too!

Well this is very interesting. Hero power mage could be fun.

It is hard to tell whether or not a good deck can be built around this, but I know people will try.

I could see this working with the other new card that hits everything with your hero power since you only have to play two of those guys before this activates. I also think a Hero Power Mage can be a thing in wild with some of the cards from rastakahn's rumble.

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All enemies, including the face. It may seem hard to deal 10 damage with Hero Power, but remember that they've included Fallen Hero and Coldarra Drake in the Core set. We might also see more Hero Power synergy.

Totally agree, we will se atleast one more heropower sinergy card for sure! :D

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Including enemy hero, nice fiňisher

I'm excited for this card, but after my precious Jan'alai, I'll be hesitant!

Very cool card. Reviving my Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk  deck in wild. Another pay off for hero power based mage is fun. Might be a little too late but that's a big effect.  Definitely worth a try.

Ok how is he a mage .It gives me more like a rogue vibe but ok.The effect is insane but you need some support to get there and time .Mage those not have frost nova anymore so we just have to wait and see.

A fully uninteractable Pyroblast to face that also AOEs the enemy board - seems crazy powerful.

Even mage in wild will be happy about this guy!

too expensive and not reliable effect

This and the rare they just revealed strongly hints that mage will be able to upgrade their hero power, at least temporarily. However, will mage have the tools to survive until turn 10 to play this card?

The payoff is so high that there's no way this won't see play

OMG love the hero power mage they are pushing.

Pretty insane in Wild with Genn Greymane, or with Rastakhan synergies.

On a lore sidenote, maybe my eyes deceive me because his name is different, but is not he the undead guitarrist on ETC band?

CALLED IT! i KNEW Mage was going to have hero power syngergy like in Rastahkans arena when i saw Fallen Hero and Coldarra Drake in the core set! (also said that prediction in the Core set Guide/card ratings.)

Mordresh Fire Eye seems like a really powerfull Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk/Pyroblast/Highkeeper Ra hybrid. And with Fallen Hero, Coldarra Drake and Reckless Apprentice it might be pretty easy to get the effect off. This battlecry also really helps mage out because were losing The Amazing Reno. But it's also kinda sad that Arcane Amplifier rotates. But still, i can't wait to include this in some kind of Hero power mage deck in wild. Maybe it will see play in EVEN mage as well? I was so dissapointed when Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk didnt see that much play because she wasn't supported that well, i certainly hope Mordresh Fire Eye will get some more support to make sure it's decent, and i hope i can play Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk in wild more often. I love playing hero power mage! :)

Ok. I see why the hero power package was included in mage. Good payoff with a reasonable requirement. May be nerf material if burn mage too stronk.

Maybe I am over thinking this, but this seems REALLY easy to do in both standard and especially in wild.  With the type of support that Mage has received in the last couple of expansions, as well as the core cards for 2021, this seems like it will be a staple in any non-aggro build. 

That'S pretty crazy, but it might just be too slow.

10-drops usually have to be playable the turn you draw them, this might just not be online in time.

I guess this entirely comes down to how quickly you can juice it, but if you can do that reliably then this is an absolutely crazy swing card. Like, I don't think many decks in the game can come back from this.

Pyroblast to all enemies, can't underrestimate that power. 10 cost is very expensive though, so will probably only be played in control mage.

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too expensive and not reliable effect

You really think a board clear + potential finisher card is not worth 10 mana? Well I do. Even if this does not end the game, opponent need to kill a 10/10... if you are not low life this card is absolutely insane

Wow this card is going to be a great finisher

I can even see this in control games, not even rushing to dealing the 10 damage for turn 10.
Great card, would love to play it in wild though with Even Mage.

Hard to trigger

I wanted Jan'alai to work so bad when it was in standard.   At first glance this seems maybe better, but 10 damage is a big condition to meet without falling hopelessly behind on board.  Hope spring eternal though, as I imagine this would be an extremely satisfying way to end a game!

I mean, even in a long control game, without any additional synergy, this is a stable card.
How insane!

This is how a 10 Mana card should look like. Deals with the board and develops a body.

So many people not paying attention to the card that was revealed at the exact same time.

No, against most decks it will not be hard to meet the condition for this battlecry. Not by a long shot.

Against Control Warrior, maybe a bit tougher, but every archetype has its weak spots.

Pyroblast for everybody!

I think people will fiddle with this, but I don't see it being consistent unless there is more support to enable it. 

Coldarra Drake, Fallen Hero, Reckless Apprentice, ...

I think HP Mage might be something.

Also, nice to see that Even Mage in Wild got some love.

Strong finisher. The core set will help

Great payoff card for a hero power Mage deck. 

This will be used as a finisher. On its own it might not more of an include than pyroblast would have been, so it will depend on the support it gets.

10 damage to everything. And that on a 10/10 stick. I don't have words. If its consistent, this is just insane.

Still it does commit you to using hp, so that's one very big condition to fill. Even with 2 Reckless Apprentice, its likely you'll either need Fallen Hero or do a few hp yourself.

I'm a bit on the fence, especially given that its a 10 cost card. But the pay off is so good, that you just got to believe.

I guess I'll be the 1000th to comment "Why isn't this odd?", because that's actually what I'm thinking about.

Board presence, board clear AND face damage. Love it.

I really hope mage´s HP will get some more support this expansion, otherwise I can only see this in Wild alongside Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk and Fallen Hero, etc.

It's good against midrange decks once you manage to get it active, but it costs a lot to get it active in the first place. Against aggro it's too slow, against control you generally want a 10 mana card to win you the game if you can't cheat it out.

powerful wild card

I'm not sure this is a build around card. It seems like a card that just goes into some controly type mage deck.

Big guy with a big aoe damage. 10 mana are a lot, but the real problem are the "10 damage with hero power". It's not so easy for now, but probably we will see some card that will support this one. For now it's a big question mark...but i'm not too convinced.

Awesome card for control mage, nice board clear and body as well a good face damage too

This guy is awesome, love the art, love the effect, if hero power mage becomes a thing I definitely want to play it!

A more viable version of Highkeeper Ra. Nice

This might be expensive but it could be a good finisher.

Cool card

Normally might be far too slow, but it clears almost any board, and it does 10 damage to face, which has a decent chance of ending the game. Might be insane with Reckless Apprentice, and any cards that upgrade your hero power.

Seems way too slow to put into a deck, but if it gets discovered, would be worth it.

This is what a high mana cost legendary is supposed to be about. A good immediate board effect and a nice board threat to follow it up. I feel like I'll want to craft this if I don't unpack it.

That was my thought also ; fun and interesting to at least give it a shot, but a tad slow. I mean, Jan'alai wasn't a quick early set-up either, and this one is even larger, with an interesting twist tho

Edit: I also just noticed Reckless Apprentice, which seems to indicate that Hero Power mage is on the menu!!

I mean it costs 10 and its a massive board wipe. It will likely have its condition met, especially if you use the apprentice that was released along side it. Once again they seem to be pushing control though and once again it will depend on the defensive options available since there are way too many sources of direct damage from hand available right now. Especially in Rogue and DH. 

I really hope this works - fiddling around with hero power mage since janalai makes me wonder if this is finally a big enough playoff to make this archetype shine. Seems to be decent support in the other card that hero powers all enemies: with more this could be a monster 

If this were in any class besides Mage, who has gotten other cards like this, I'd really hate the effect. Not the power of it, but the idea - Hearthstone has long strayed away from Shadowverse-y single card OTKs, which I love and appreciate. Most Hearthstone OTKs require a long game and several cards. Heck, even C'Thun requires other cards and quite a long game to bulk up to killing potential. Anything close to a giant 7 or 8 mana game-winning bomb printed with intent to speed up the meta feels disgusting. This isn't there yet by far, but it scares me. I hope that never happens.

This is an extremely powerful card, as long as it gets the proper synergies (we already have one with Reckless Apprentice). 10 damage to ALL enemies is either a massive board wipe or lethal face damage, or even both. Very appropriate power for a 10-drop, seems like we haven't had one in a while. 

I might try some Mage in the next expansion if this gets more synergies. I hope the animation will be sick.

Potential game-winner if can make use of cost-reducing cards

Insane effect, looking forward to try it out in wild)

At first I thought this was weak, then I noticed the 10 damage wasn't split. This card definitely requires you to build your deck around it, but I like to see support for Even Mage in Wild.

Ah, so this is the type of finisher card the devs were talking about introducing. Looking back at all the support in the core set, HP mage looks pretty obvious now. Just bare in mind that the effect might not work for every class if this card is discovered/randomly generated. Good stats to evolve into as well. 

Fireblast Mage incoming! With the upcoming support cards will be viable I guess

I can see this HP shell in a kind of control Mage, maybe in connection with Ras and other spell damage synergies.

Calling it now: Mage will get a Shadowform-like card in this set!

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including the enemy hero? that's insane !

exactly this

isnt this the card that comes every expansion which seems game broken but doesnt see any play other than meme stuff, i hope to be wrong but hmm...

I like this! Love the Ability, Flavour and Art! 

A lot of setup but the support is there, both in the Core set and the Rare revealed at the same time. Reminds me of OG C'Thun, slow card but with very high reward. Will probably see a lot of experimentation, not so sure about making the meta.

Wild Hero Power Mage. I have to craft Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk, but who cares!

Fun incoming!

OMG can't wait to play my Inspire Mage once again in Wild, what a blast!

This needs a lot of support to be playable, but if it is playable, it also AWESOME.

I keep re-reading 'all enemies' like it's not real! o.O

This card will almost definitely have its condition met before turn 10, especially since we seem to be getting a few nifty tools to enable extra damage and reach with Mage's HP. In the worst case, you're playing a control Mage which can last long enough to pop this effect off anyway; I'm expecting this to be a must-have!

5 stars - amazing, everything I have been looking for, insane damage that also hits face, finally revived hero power mage and will make even mage playable. And with the buff of the drake that lets you spam down your hero power, this is gonna be fun

I love this card. I have to use it!!!

Amazing! Love it! Can' wait to play this!

should clear most boards at 10 mana

Love it already!

EZ 5 star meta defining. this card will be everywhere.

also I see that all these hero power mage cards are made even cost, so that wild odd mage cant play them.

This cards seems ok but considering that we already have 3 support cards (Fallen Hero, Coldarra and the new guy), it looks great and reliable. It may be too slow but if there is a mid-to.late deck, it will use and abuse this.

Great finisher! Not easy to trigger, but devastating effect!!!

That's a Pyroblast. And a 10 damage AoE. On a Faceless Behemoth worth of stats. The true definition of a payoff to a control archetype. The big question is whether or not Hero Power Mage can hang around. So far, with just 2 cards that add to the archetype, I'd say that possibility isn't too far, as you can still run a fairly extensive control shell. We'll have to wait and see.

Good thing they revealed Reckless Apprentice at the same time. Even without it, Mordresh is strong if you can survive to the late game, but Hero Power synergy makes him very appealing.

Two Reckless Apprentices should be fine, but that 3-mana 2 extra HP damage elemental really pushes things up.

Obviously the replacement for Pyroblast. Power level depends on the amount of support this gets, with enough support this could be a win condition

Nice clear and pyroblast attached to a 10/10. What's not to love?!

Probably not amazing, but definitely seems fun to play with.

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Remember Jan'alai the Dragonhawk? This is just better in everyway. And is this a guitar playing undead? What's happening in the Barrens?!

Wild Mode awaits..

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Ok how is he a mage .It gives me more like a rogue vibe but ok.The effect is insane but you need some support to get there and time .Mage those not have frost nova anymore so we just have to wait and see.

 

I think you're right about freeze, but also there are more hero power buffing cards now (and probably more coming) to just clear the board cleanly, and those also help this card proc

a free pryoblast, a body and the pryo hits minions too. If this drops for me I'll use it even if it turns out trash.

I think the cost and requirement balances the effect perfectly, for spending 20 mana at the worst on your hero power and 10 on the card, so long as you hit more than 3 targets, that's 4+ pyroblasts for the price of 3. VALUE! 5/5

Sick

OP card. In Wild with odd mage

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OP card. In Wild with odd mage

Uhh i just want to point out it costs 10 mana, ODD cost cards are 1-3-5-7-9 mana. Pretty sure you ment EVEN mage? (Even= 0-2-4-6-8-10 mana)

But yeh it's a very strong card! :)

Interesting card for a new type of Mage, but at 10-mana I doubt it will be fast enough.

Even if it turns out to be bad, the feeling to Pyroblast all enemies is probably amazing

My bad, thanks for the heads Up

good, but in control vs control matches in hiper aggro meta, meh card

Hero power mage is Back! Also hero power Odd Wild Mage is looking strong. 

going to be hard to get this one to activate, but will be cool when it does... unless its against me, in which case boo

Looks so good, will definitely try to make this work

I really think this is going to be a strong card. If not, sure as hell a fun one to build around! Only if it was odd :D

Definitely going to be fun to play around with. With the right support (like Reckless Apprentice) the condition won't be hard to meet and, with the condition met, this card is insane.

good card

Hero Power Decks are really boring. But I like build around legendaries 

Doesn't go up to 11. 😢

I assume there will be some hero power boost or way to tap multiple times in a game. Otherwise this gon be too slow. 

5 stars for the undead metalhead! I hope to try it at least for fun!

It seems to be slow, and not much value card, but IMHO 10 damage is not too much, and we can get nice battlecry

YESSSS YEAASSS!!!

Very interesting card with Wildfire, Fallen Hero, and Reckless Apprentice. Strong package, especially in Wild for Even Mage.

amazing like this card

Big Boy Finisher for Hero Power Mage. If you've got it ready, this almost always clears the board and does a heckuva lotta damage to the enemy hero. I like how he's shredding that axe in the picture.

One of my favourite new cards, and the winner for the best card animation of the whole set

Probably not worth throwing into just any old Mage deck, but with a decent build around this could work as a good finisher and/or to turn a game around if you're behind.  Overall, a pretty great card, in my opinion.

Awesome card

a little bit slow but ok

Even though it may not be a game-ender half of the time, it's still worth building up to it and along with all of the support for this, it's really not going to be that hard to activate. I'm excited to try this out.

I LOVE this card, although I believe it will underperform, lol.

Gonna use it on Spell Damage as finisher anyways.

Another go at hero power mage archetype.  This is very strong with all the support the barrens brings.

Hero Power Mage is quickly becoming my favourite new deck. Love this as a finisher. I'm even tempted to just go all-in in Wild for the memes because they also have some great pieces that didn't make the Core Set.

This is one of my new favourite cards this expansion if not overall :) 

 I like the Abiltiy, Flavour and the Art!

With Wildfire and Reckless Apprentice, I think this condition isn't going to be hard to accomplish. There might be a deck that runs 2 copies of both Conjure Mana Biscuit and Potion of Illusion to get 2 Mordeshs to play the following turn to push out thirty face damage, and the cherry on top is that Mordresh Fire Eye can be tutored with Taelan Fordring. I can easily see HP Mage becoming a deck because of this and Wildfire making your HP become a threatening tool.