New Mage Spell - Netherwind Portal

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A new Common Mage Spell, Netherwind Portal, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    A new Common Mage Spell, Netherwind Portal, has been revealed!

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Well, that just makes Secret Wild MAge a lot better.

    also it'S good in Standard I guess, Spell Mage needed more minion summonning to work, I guess this makes the cut

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    So much RNG in mage, but since splitting image is rotating out, maybe this will make the cut in a spell-only mage deck.

    “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Secret that easily get's triggered AND it gives tempo. Great secret and i'm even more afraid of Secret mage in wild.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This is a strong card for wild Secret Mage. There will be a lot of salt when this summons a 4 mana 7/7.

    In standard this card will probably be not very impactful, since standard Secret Mage is rather weak.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    It doesnt attack anything. So its strictly a worst Wandering Monster for mage. Dont think it will see any play.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Just going on top of my head, the pool of 4 drops is highly inconsistent - if I recall right
    Should give it a look and will edit later

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

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    You will always get Defender of Argus. Your opponent will always get Ashtongue Battlelord (or Flamewreathed Faceless in wild).

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Pretty nice secret to add a bit more of trickyness on crippling your oppponent's play.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    It's a decent secret, but historically decent secrets have only seen play in Mage when you can cheat them out a lot. I don't see it replacing any secret in Wild either.

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    While it's not a bad secret, there are many other which I waaaay better, specially in the wild version of the deck.

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  • StormKnightSera's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2915 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    No-Minion Mage needs *some* way to generate people on the table, so I guess this will make the cut no matter how good it is or isn't.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    4 drops have generally really bad statlines..  I guess in no minion mage you play every minion generator you can get though..

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Use 3 mana for a random 4 mana drop it's not a good play for me. In wild Secret Mage maybe can be find a slot

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Secret Mage doesn't really want this. Most of their secret suite is based upon stopping counterplays to your board to put your opponent in burn range, whereas this gives you ~4 power on board. Can't see this played anywhere else though.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Interesting effect but will often be disappointing. Maybe they are running out of ideas for secrets? 

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Another solid secret.. if this go down early, can create a huge tempo advantage. Scary.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    it sounds good but there's plenty of 4 drop minions that are pretty pitiful, it probably won't make the deck slot like Flame Ward did

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Another good secret for Wild Secret Mages to use to gain some board. Not exciting, but very good.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Made for spell mage, to get board presence.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1000 1509 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    4-cost minions are mostly my favorite ones, but so much of them have good battlecrys and weak bodies which lowers this cards power level.

    But hey, If you use this, you have probably other secrets and Ethereal Arcanist is a 4-cost minion which would synergize with your deck very well. :)

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Meh, lots of weak options it could generate, without too many good high rolls from what I remember. So probably a 3 drop on average

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Not the strongest, but useful if you're in dire need of some board presence.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    If there is a card I can compare Netherwind Portal to, it's Cat Trick. Except Cat Trick would always summon a decent minion, while costing 1 less.

    Netherwind Portal's minion can be much worse than a 4/2 Stealth. If it was guaranteed a good minion, I'd be much more into the card.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Depends on the 4 cost card. 1/1 will be terrible from this. 4/4 is okay. 3 mana 4/4 could be playable, but probably not. Too random, probably will not see much play

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