A new Common Mage Spell, Oasis Ally, has been revealed!
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A new Common Mage Spell, Oasis Ally, has been revealed!
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It is nice to have the freezing elemental
Nice!
I really like this with Stalling. Wild will probably have some fun with it if it gets other support to help draw more and more and say, refresh mana crystals
3 mana Water Elemental instead of 4
This is insanly strong, and honestly it looks like a waterslide ride.
I like the flavour of this card, but the Frost tag could give the secret away.
Strong secret esp against weapon type opponents
Just a really solid card. Solid solid all around.
Fantastic for Secret Mage. You can play this on 3 and not trigger it to combo with Occult Conjurer the next turn which will make any minion deck cry a lot
Amazing secret, most secrets for mage only trigger when you either attack the mages hero, or when you cast a spell. Mage didn't have a secret that depends on attacking minions in standard, so Oasis Ally is another new kinda thing you have to play around in standard. Seems very solid.
In wild i think it will 100% see play, at the very least as a 1 off. This is because it screws over Kingsbane rogue, which is one of the most popular decks in Wild.
I like this secret a lot. Good for general use. With the Arcanologist coming back I don't see this not being played.
Not bad. It is cheaper than water elemental at the cost of possibly having to wait a turn to get it on board. Just the fact that it is a secret makes it stronger than it initially appears.
Quite good.
It's a very good tempo swing.
A really good secret! Maybe secret mage can survive?
Instead of nerfing secret mage in wild, they get another insane secret...
Great card. Water Elemental is rarely put in decks, but they're great when generated from other cards.
Nice to see mage with a strong secret. Especially with the water elemental.
I was about to say the same. I'm really curious how spell schools and the fact that the spells are secrets will interact with each other. I guess it may be up to us, the players, whether we want to combine spell school synergy with secrets and thus reveal our secrets. Time will tell.
Good secret nonetheless.
EDIT: Just watched the livestream. The interaction with Rimetongue made it clear that you do indeed reveal some information of your secret.
water elemental discounted. Not bad
like Netherwind Portal but guarantees a good 4 drop. will see play.
good card
another good secret to play around
Secret Mage never dies. Freeze is also very good with Rogues and such.
OK secret, not good enough to fit into a secret mage in wild
Nice card
great secret addition
Ice Barrier is in Core, so Frost synergy doesn't completely spoil the secret.
Even if it does, this is a pretty hard secret to play around for a lot of decks.
Solid secret. Not crazy, but solid
That's a pretty nice secret.
1 less mana than a normal Water Elemental, but you need to wait until your minions get attacked, useless against aggro unless you have a taunt
It's a nice secret to add to secret mage, but they are losing Flame Ward which was excellent against aggro. This secret, better against weapon classes like DH/Rogue and Warrior
I like the Secret summon mage meta
With this and Refreshing Spring Water I guess they're trying to make Spell Mage work again. The real problem in that deck, of course, is summoning a minion to be attacked early on, but it looks like a pretty decent Secret alltogether. Maybe a tech in Secret Mage against Rogue and DH.
Nice
Good secret, will make Mage secrets even more annoying to play around. Quite some secret synergies are still in standard for mage, not enough to carry a whole deck (the loss of both Arcane Flakmage and Flame Ward will make wide boards too strong against it) but might slot as a package in a slower mage deck.
good tempo
Not sure if I would run this in my Wild Secret Mage but in general a pretty good card
That is interesting, I wonder if deck tracker will recognize this
Its a good card for a tempo based secret mage.
They will be losing Ancient Mysteries and Arcane Flakmage, but this makes up for it...only slightly. Against aggro decks, it may be just lights out.
3/6 body with freeze for 3 - woah
would this summon trigger also trigger elemental synergies. i like this
Now water elemental will see play.Solid card ,great tempo and it helps vs weapon classes
This is super. The 3/6 lives almost always, and then freezes something extra.
That's a nice new secret to keep the pool interesting
3 mana Water Elemental seems pretty good to me. Secret Mage will probably enjoy this.
To be perfectly honest, Mage Secrets used to be pretty predictable. Easy to play around, easy to guess what it was. Everything changed when Rigged Faire Game came out. This spell will certainly add to the confusion with another fairly strong way to punish players who don't guess right. This slots right into Secret Mage. Good secret.
Guaranteed premium 4 drop, there will be threats you'll have to kill. Will completely shut down Rogue in wild.
Good card
Strange choice for a secret, but I do like it.
Make more presence in board, which to be honest, is going to be to do face damage, but still.
Strange choice for a secret, but I do like it.
Make more presence in board, which to be honest, is going to be to do face damage, but still.
Awesome. Allows Mage to another spell without sacrificing board presence.
Cheaper Water Elemental. Good for no minion decks too. This will see some use.
I know it's just one mana cheaper than a water elemental, but I do like this secret. Not that strong maybe, especially since it's pretty easy to give a way, but still pretty nice.
This is pretty good. I find it interesting they are attaching spell schools to secrets.
A nice solid secret. Will likely trigger with a lot of mage minions being magnets for clearance e.g spell damage etc
Solid card. Nothing too special and probably not something you put in a deck
great card if you have a taunt minion
Nice one indeed
It's good to see, that secrets have got spell types too.
Insane card
Love it!
This is a good card and even see play outside of Secret Lists.
Very good secret, not only for Freeze mage.
Good secret, insane value.
Interesting, since it's more consistent than a random 4-drop. It's good, but is it good enough to get into secret decks? Not sure, but could se experimentation.
This is the first time mage get a secret for "if you attack a friendly minion" right? Thats something more to think about when playing against mage now
best mage secret?
The secret is nice but can be played around pretty easily in standard also new secret tech if it would go out of control.
Pretty strong secret in both standard and wild
Seems really strong, but we'll see how obvious it is. If your opponent can easily spot it because of its prevalence in the meta, the value drops tremendously.
Better than Netherwind Portal, and that one sees play.
Nice secret, not too oppressive too.
good
Decent Secret great for freeze mage
Even some Wild lists run that, and I was wondering if this would be better. I remain unconvinced as spell-based/AoE removal seems more likely to be played against that deck than trading, and Netherwind is better refill in those cases.
Strong secret for Secret Mage. If your board is empty on turn 3 you are sure to trigger Occult Conjurer on curve
Allows you to summon Water Elemental in the same deck with Kazakus, Golem Shaper, if that's a thing you want to do.
Water Elemental with 3 mana, cool tempo swing
Amazing card, basically 1 mana discount
Another secret for mage
If triggered it's a Water Elemental for 1 less mana. Not bad, could go in freeze mage, or secret mage if that's still a thing.
Nice
Seems pretty good tbh, and helps with this new type of Freeze archetype Mage is building (ie actual Freeze synergy rather than stalling until you can burst).
Water Elementals are super annoying to deal with for their cost. Getting one for cheaper when a minion trades is very, very good
Mediocre but Kingsbane Rogue hated this
Not a bad secret, but I don't think it's aggressive enough to see play in Wild Secret Mage. Possibly Reno Mage.
3 mana Water Elemental :) Nice :)
Pretty efficient and strong Secret, definitely gonna be a pain for minion-based decks to deal with.
Secret mage gets the extra board presence from secrets it so desperately needed. Not only that, it's insanely annoying board presence. Considering Secret Mage is already a thing, I don't see why it should stop, even if they're losing Kirin Tor Mage.
I like this secret, summoning water elementals is almost always good. Plus it fits well into supporting a mostly spell based mage deck. You obviously would need to generate a few minions to be attacked, but it can help to keep the cycle of minions going on board.
Amazing new secrets for mage, you hate to see it.
3 mana 3/6 with freeze, good
good card
A solid new secret for mage to shake things up a bit with.
nice value secret
I don't know if it sees play in Standard but Wild Secret Mage should consider it. It makes some of the worst matchups a little more bearable.
It's interesting to see this Secret effect for Mage and is actually quite good value, that is hard to avoid.
Secret Mage just got another valuable card.
Water elementals are really annoying to deal with. This secret gives you one.
Water Elemental is already pretty good value at 4 mana. Being able to get one for 3 mana is great! The thing I don't really get is the flavor: I know it's called water elemental, but since it has freeze I always thought of it as more of a frost elemental, and that doesn't really fit with the Barrens, even in an oasis.
Eh another Secret that gives minion, but you need to have still a minion on field
Mage can always use more Secrets, especially ones with new triggers for Standard. 3 mana Water Elemental is good.
This is really really powerful. Thank gosh for the anti-secret support.
Secret Mage has seen some competitive play recently in standard, but it's losing Ancient Mysteries and Cloud Prince. Oasis Ally is a board-centric secret, so it only makes sense in a tempo-based deck like Secret Mage. While I don't think Secret Mage will be able to keep up with other decks right now with its lack of synergies, Oasis Ally sets up for a potentially powerful Secret Mage in the future.