New Warrior Spell - Heavy Plate

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A new Common Warrior Spell, Heavy Plate, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    A new Common Warrior Spell, Heavy Plate, has been revealed!

    Heavy Plate Card Image

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


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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Certainly playable. Nice armor gain, but if you compare it to Shield Block it kinda feels.. underwelming? considering you need to pay 1 mana to use it's tradable effect. Actually after looking at some other 3 cost armor gain cards, i noticed that Heavy Plate is basicly Ice Barrier that you can trade back into your deck. 

    But still, i think Control warrior will still use it, because it's armor gain. Also the Silas Darkmoon OTK deck might enjoy it.

    In wild... IT'S ODD COSTED. But i'm still not 100% sure if ODD Warrior will use it. It might help getting to the Silas Darkmoon OTK earlier. (For the ODD Warrior decks that run that combo.) I'm interested to see whether it makes the cut, but i'm guessing it doesn't because Shield Block is honestly superior in a lot of ways.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This card is bad. 3 mana for 8 armor is a lot, and the only redeemable quality is that it can be used to cycle through your deck faster.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Fair card, warrior needs more amor gaining nowadays, so that card should see play for sure in control/combo lists. And, as other guys said, Silas Darkmoon lists will use it.

    And I LOVE the art. :)

    By The Holy Light!

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  • sinti's Avatar
    Senior Writer Chocolate Cake 2070 2792 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From Brandon

    Certainly playable. Nice armor gain, but if you compare it to Shield Block it kinda feels.. underwelming? considering you need to pay 1 mana to use it's tradable effect. Actually after looking at some other 3 cost armor gain cards, i noticed that Heavy Plate is basicly Ice Barrier that you can trade back into your deck. 

    But still, i think Control warrior will still use it, because it's armor gain. Also the Silas Darkmoon OTK deck might enjoy it.

    In wild... IT'S ODD COSTED. But i'm still not 100% sure if ODD Warrior will use it. It might help getting to the Silas Darkmoon OTK earlier. (For the ODD Warrior decks that run that combo.) I'm interested to see whether it makes the cut, but i'm guessing it doesn't because Shield Block is honestly superior in a lot of ways.

    You are forgetting that any Tradable card basically thins your deck, i mean if you have multiple, it can kinda backfire, but you can throw the other card back as well, being able to just draw a different card from your deck is a massive advantage imho. Depending on how many Tradable cards there will be available, this might be played just for the keyword in most games possibly. And for the armor whenever you actually need it.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Tradable as a keyword should be thought of as Plan B, as top decking this wouldn't be the absolute worst unless you really needed something on curve. Otherwise, instant Ice Barrier without the need for your opponent to attack to proc. Pretty basic 29th/30th card in your control warrior deck.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    8 health for 3 mana is just about standard for a healing card. But with the option to throw this back for another card is what really makes this card work. At least in control warrior anyway.

    Its probably the weakest tradable card yet, but control warrior needs armor and this one provides. With the added option to just throw this back into the deck against other control decks for a card (and still not lose the fatigue war) is really icing on the cake.

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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1050 648 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Simple, shows off the new mechanic well. Not sure it will see play but has a higher chance thanks to Tradeable.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Ok i guess .... but nothing more. 

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  • aposteljoe's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_600_HS 1170 644 Posts Joined 06/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    We don't know the Warrior quest line now. If its requirement would be to gain armor this will be judged differently. But right now I don't see it fitting in a deck. 

    (And on the other hand I think the Warrior QL will be related to the rush keyword.)

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    If you think about it this is basically a gimped Shield Block. Control Warrior's biggest issue right now is the lack of actual armor gain to efficiently beat aggro decks (which it is way too weak against currently). Meanwhile, against a Control matchup you can just throw it back in the deck to find something better to spend your mana on.

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    It was awful.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Very funny art. The card itself it's ok, I guess, not very useful on constructed.

    In duels it's very different, it will be very useful for bomb warrior, at least it will grant 2 bombs if played on curve.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Good for slower warrior deck. Gret flexibility if you need to fish for another card.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Compared to other healing/armor cards, it's pretty balanced. Ice Barrier but without the secret requirement, Holy Light but +1 cost because armor is better than healing, or Healing Touch only armor instead of healing. The main difference is that you can choose to cycle this instead of gaining the armor, making it much better than any of those cards. The nice thing about tradeable cards is that they don't have to always be good, they can be just OK and you still very playable. They are safe cards to put in your deck since they will never be dead draws.

    If for no other reason, control warrior will play this just because they are lacking in armor gain.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Depending on the environment, this could see scattered play.  

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Definitely useable in OTK warrior, plus I like the Tradeable ability. 

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Definitely looks underwhelming, but I have a feeling this card will soon make a lot more sense with more cards being announced. Some synergies with armor or the new tradeable mechanic can turn this card into a frequent sight on ladder.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Too expensive for the cost, would trade it away all the time. 

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Support for control warrior, nice! This can be seen as a better Shield Block for 4 mana, coz it still draws you a card, but you only get the armor gain later

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Perfect example of how a "weak" card becomes good because Tradeable gives the card amazing flexibility.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I'm not sure when I would trade instead of play this card, but tradeable makes it extremely flexible, so that's nice.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Unless agrro becomes really common and really aggresive this won't see any play for control warriors.

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I like the card, weaker  than Shield Block but the key word gives it some flexibility.

    You are not forced to keep it in your hand and can use it to fish answers from your deck.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I think this is a perfectly fine card. Just because it isn't busted doesn't mean it shouldn't be played. It should go well with any control leaning deck.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Pretty good, just whack it into a slower deck and trade it if you don't need it.

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    it's ok

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  • Meneldor's Avatar
    Child of Galakrond 375 204 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Oof. Will see play only if there is a really strong armor heavy control Warrior.

     

    2 stars

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    When the "Play 10 Tradeable Cards" quest will be live, it'll be a natural auto-fill around this  ;)

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Amazing card, Tradeable just is such a strong mechanic. Need a lot of armor? Here you go! Don't need it? Have another card instead!

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  • Swizard's Avatar
    1190 913 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Seems bad.

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  • KanzakiGin's Avatar
    Lion's Guard 750 208 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Not bad but not fantastic

    Rogue DH

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1063 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Not dr booms schemes levels of bad, but way too slow for me.

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    I like this card for Duels combined with Magnetic Mines hero power.

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1180 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Yup, 8 armor for control warrior. It's a card. 

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Too expensive for the cost

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  • Smilewine's Avatar
    Enjoys Cake 650 97 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    As you don't draw a card like shield block, this really doesn't seem to good. The 1 mana gain 5 was never very popular if I recall correctly and I don't think tradeble redeems it.

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Still, I prefer Shield Block.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Strong defensive tool, and also flexible. If control Warrior becomes competitive, this will surely be in it

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    I don't see this making the cut. It's a Control card - both drawing and Armor gain are good against different match-ups - but I think I'd rather just play a better card than get the minor flexibility from this.

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