New Neutral Minion - Grizzled Wizard

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A new Epic Neutral Minion, Grizzled Wizard, has been revealed!

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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 Epic Neutral Minion, Grizzled Wizard, has been revealed!

    Grizzled Wizard Card Image

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


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  • Mercynary9's Avatar
    355 239 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Hmm, I still won't leave my Sideshow Spelleater alone yet, but this card is flexible and cheap, good card.

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  • WhatAChamp's Avatar
    Honorary Explorer 285 56 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Oh man. The trolling you could do with this + Sir Finley Mrrgglton in wild. I don't know how prevalent some of the big hero power decks are but for some it's their win condition (Dr. Boom, Frost Lich, Rexxar, Gul'dan to some extent)

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

    Meme Epic number X

    (would be fun to kill a Hunter with this though, not gonna lie)

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • vprr's Avatar
    Face Collector 560 209 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Super hard to rate the neutral epics in this expansion, all of them are essentially just niche cards with very specific situations where they could be good.

    I really cannot see this being played in standard, not immediately at least.

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  • ArcanisDF's Avatar
    660 214 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    very flexible. could work great, but i don't if will see play in constructed

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Another meme epic and a bad card at that. 

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

    Sideshow Spelleater 2.0 but even more gimmicky somehow.

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  • padoru's Avatar
    Explorer of Outland 180 154 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    the number of meme epics is ghastly

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  • SLima's Avatar
    The Undying 560 415 Posts Joined 08/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I don't understand the purpose of a card like this. Sure, they can't use whatever hero power they were abusing before but this lasts only one turn! Is this really going to stop them or even slow them down? Unlikely. The only real counter to hero powers is preventing their usage completely (like Mindbreaker). Swapping hero powers for a single turn or increasing their cost by 1 doesn't do much at all. The low mana cost doesn't matter because this has an even higher cost: a deck slot. Bad card, bad epic, bad tech, etc.

    "True mastery takes dedication."

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This xpac's Epics have a lot of weird and creative Effects. I like it! 

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  • RavenSunHS's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 880 1487 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Comparable to Saboteur.

    And sick art btw.

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  • TheOdinson's Avatar
    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Another weird tech 2 drop. IDK what is going on with these, but at least they are interesting. Will be even more interesting in PVE content.

    To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.

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  • troY's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 250 271 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Good against decks like Quest Druid I imagine, but overal it's pretty fringe. I doubt this will see play

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  • mayhern's Avatar
    Wizard 355 294 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Not sure if it will fit in any deck at the moment, wild or standard

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

    Bit interesting to think about denying access to their hero power for a turn, would probably just prefer the 2/5 that does this instead though

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Farfelee's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 400 151 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Even if Baku, Gen or death knights were still in standard I wouldn't want to run this. The effect doesn't seem good enough even if you get to steal a good quest hero power while also denying your opponent from using it for a turn.

    More dragons? Yes please!

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  • b4timert's Avatar
    165 151 Posts Joined 11/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    feels like a funny but bad card. Gotta steal the priest hero power on t2

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1468 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Might be good to disrupt shaman's quest hero power and use it for abuse some of your own battlecry minions but still doesn't worth to put it in a deck i guess.

    But it might go in a MEGA DISRUPT deck with full of tech cards (yes, 30 tech cards) of some class since there are enough tech cards around now.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • Narfi's Avatar
    175 148 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I like this a lot. I wonder what happens if either you or your opponent gets a new HP before they swap back. This is the first anti-HP tech printed that I really like.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Rejected Grand Tournament ideas?

    Or just shoving in as much as possible for next year's focus on HPs?

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

    yet again, another super weird I-have-no-idea-where-to-put-this epic. You only swap for the one turn, and hero powers are kind of known for being low-impact stuff. Maybe this card could have been used when cards like Frost Lich Jaina, Deathstalker Rexxar, or Bloodreaver Gul'dan were everywhere. Then you could set back your opponent by one hero power and you can get a small taste of the corrupt power without having to play a deathknight yourself. 

    But right now there just really isn't enough to warrant this cards inclusion in any deck. There are the quests, but they aren't prominent enough, and also they do require you to build your deck around getting the hero power in order to use it to its fullest potential. 

    Really, any of these cards that require you to be fighting a certain kind of opponent to get use out of them are just bad, and I don't mean tech cards. Cards like eat a murloc or eat a pirate are fine, but effects that just don't do much even when they do go off are barely even fun for johnny players. I really have no idea what blizzard thinks they are doing with the neutral epics this time around. One or two is fine, but literally every neutral epic in the set is a super janky but also completely pointless card, it is a little annoying.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    I don't get why this is an epic, seems like a werid arena card at most.

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    If I want my opponent's hero power..I would just play that hero..why would I use this for any reason..

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1700 2761 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago
    Quote From WhatAChamp

    Oh man. The trolling you could do with this + Sir Finley Mrrgglton in wild.

    That sounds like a Trolden moment for sure.

    The card is another Neutral Epic meme; give it 2 stars and move on lel. You could temporarily shut down Corrupt the Waters, which I think is its intended purpose, but why dedicate a card in your deck just to temporarily annoy your opponent?

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

    Yet another super niche tech card. Not sure when Grizzled Wizard is good, but it's certainly amusing.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    DoD brings lots of very creative effects to the table, which makes me hopeful

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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

    Can you for 6 mana do both hero powers?

    it could be better when deathknights or baku/genn were around.. now.. this seem like a filler.

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  • Stile's Avatar
    440 200 Posts Joined 07/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    If you really hate Deathknights in wild: Sideshow Spelleater, then Grizzled Wizard, then Sir Finley Mrrgglton. Bonus points if you discover Shaman's useless hero power. Don't forget to thank your opponent.

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  • DelkoHS's Avatar
    Child of Galakrond 485 481 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Another card with an effect that is too "random" and inconsistent. This will not see play in the current metagame. There are a lot of bad epics in this set.

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  • Freforos's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 330 320 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    You can disrupt your quest druid opponent's sixth turn by playng this and negating their nourish turn...and after that losing because you included this card in your deck.

     

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  • ArngrimUndying's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 520 626 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Absolute garbage. What's up with this expansion and all the terrible Neutral Epics?

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  • HighVoltagez's Avatar
    310 81 Posts Joined 07/23/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    there is a good discussion on reddit about this. Swap hero powers and then wreck it with Sir finley or shadowform. Alternatively you swap it when someone is on their quest just before they complete it. For instance warlock when on the final stage of their quest - they complete the quest and then their new power swaps over to you on the next turn

     

    https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/e66ezj/opponent_playing_galakrond_not_any_more/

    For the memes for sure but interesting...

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

    Filler card. Too much situazional to be played.

    Easy 100 dust XD

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  • PipoHs's Avatar
    Vampire 220 142 Posts Joined 11/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    i dont see even the fun on this

    0/5

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  • Mahobear8's Avatar
    350 284 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Weird symmetrical effect, maybe can see play in shaman but I don't know where

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  • Joda's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1020 150 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Fun but why would you play this in a constructed deck? Or is it good to shut down the quest- or galakrond HP-s for a turn?

    Never netdeck, craft Whizbang instead!

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  • IlBelTia's Avatar
    Wizard 440 333 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Interesting, I like this disturbance effect! Very original, still I don't think will see the play it deserves.

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

    These epics are horrible. Mogu Cultist was fun, Desert Obelisk... Inspired people, but these are just half useless techs half bad memes.

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    815 721 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Well it could be useful for getting rid of the galakrond hero power but beyond that, I don't see much use sure it might mess up death knights still seems like filler though

    Self proclaimed good at battlegrounds

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  • RMK117's Avatar
    180 145 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I love clunky cards and this is clunky af. will see play in my troll deck for sure

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  • Hedwyn's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 325 161 Posts Joined 07/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I really don't see a reason to run this in any deck, but it's a solid card in arena.

    I'm sorry for my bad english :)

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  • Ethardoth's Avatar
    Harpy Lieutenant 435 389 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Pointless for constructed obviously. Made for fun random moments which we will rarely see.

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    A nice meme card that won't see any play in any competetive decks. This card will give us some nice Trolden videos, though.

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  • 8Nikano's Avatar
    155 144 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Funny card, I will play in the arena mode - good stats, OK effect

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  • p's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 615 127 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Another trash epic that we will forget that it exists.

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  • Svintusevich's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 185 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Looks like a fun epic filler. I can't even call it a niche tech card. And i don't see any consistent usage of this card on ladder right now

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  • Doublebuttered's Avatar
    145 140 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Lol that is a pretty funny interaction I would love to see at some point, but I doubt thats good enough to make this card playable

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  • magikman's Avatar
    285 152 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Like Blowtorch Saboteur, this seems like a hyper-specific tech card. Not sure why it was printed. Maybe some funny cheese strats for a future Adventure or Tavern Brawl?

    Jaina is best waifu. Always.

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

    Meme. If you won’t change hero power during a game I guess it would be fun to borrow your opponents quest och Galakrond power for a turn.

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  • johnyDI's Avatar
    Island 210 172 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    This is part of the card group (together with the priest legendaries) "I'm as good as my opponents". 
    In a game where you are supose to be better than yuor opponent this kind of cards just won't see play. Too many variables and bad hero powers.

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Good stats for the cost. Interesting effect that will in most cases fit meme decks. I don't believe this card will be really competitive. More kind of a troll card.

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  • kaiserkarl's Avatar
    Plains 295 133 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Hyper memey. Why would you spent 2 mana to summon a bloofden raptor and gain such a useless effect?

    Elders Scrolls : Legends / Runeterra

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  • leitong's Avatar
    220 147 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    More of a fun card, may see some play in arena like use lifetap to draw a card, but no place in constructed.

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  • CuakOn's Avatar
    1070 296 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    In wild it could work when you play against DK. You play this card and then you play Sir Finley Mrrgglton.  No more Frost Lich Jaina or Bloodreaver Gul'dan hero powers

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  • Torgal's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 1000 293 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Funny effect, and that's all. Nothing usable, just another gimmick neutral epic.

    Fun and interactive game.

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  • Juan73908's Avatar
    Magma Rager 290 157 Posts Joined 11/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Weird anti quest tech + tons of meme material. Doubt you will manage to get a lot of effect out of this card to justify it's inclusion in any serious deck.

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  • TheWanderer's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 200 157 Posts Joined 09/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    For a single turn effect, meh. If it lasted until the END of your next turn, maybe.

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  • Dongusman's Avatar
    145 84 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    A card that could enable some wild combos to deny your opponent of his DK hero power.

    Mostly meme card.

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  • Rippy's Avatar
    Darkmaster 335 141 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    OMG I've just got an idea...

    What happens if you play it twice in a turn?
    Grizzled Wizard + Youthful Brewmaster into Grizzled Wizard , could be a sick tech

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1468 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago
    Quote From Rippy

    OMG I've just got an idea...

    What happens if you play it twice in a turn?
    Grizzled Wizard + Youthful Brewmaster into Grizzled Wizard , could be a sick tech

    You really need Youthful Brewmaster for that ? I mean, just play both copies at 4 mana :D

    Ah and, giving rogue hp to priest might be funny and easier in rogue because of more bounces but best is giving ridiculous totems to anyone :D

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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

    Hey, at least now we have a very handy way to kill the emperor thaurissan boss in blackrock mountain.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    Hey, at least now we have a very handy way to kill the emperor thaurissan boss in blackrock mountain.

    Actually nevermind. You cannot swap hero powers with bosses. There goes 400 dust . . .

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Togwaggle's Avatar
    210 91 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    oh how i laughed,  this would make so many bosses easier

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