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We haven't seen Tavish yet either, have we?

Is it a Frost spell though? While there is plenty of snow in the artwork and there is "ice" in the name, the Frost tag doesn't appear in the video nor on playhearthstone.com.

Now, Rune of the Archmage can cast Puzzle Box twice. But Puzzle Box can cast Rune of the Archmage ten times. Puzzle Box superior.

Mage - "And now, for my ultimate attack!"

*Pyroblasts Silver Hand Recruit*

*Pyroblasts another Silver Hand Recruit*

Paladin - "By the holy light!"

*Mage shamefully concedes*

Between this and Supercollider, we could have a new archetype; I dub it: Baseball Warrior!

The Hero Power is even called "Grand Slam" :D

Arena: Freaking insane! Best card ever! Questionmark?

Constructed: Is this better than Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron? It is, right?

Most people here are thinking of the normal three mage schools, but keep in mind Mask of C'Thun is a shadow spell.

But what if I told you that Rune of the Archmage can also cast Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron?

and a worthy addition to the box !!!

Magister Dawngrasp alongside Balinda Stonehearth, Iceblood Tower and Rune of the Archmage is a deck builders galore for Big Spell Mage! Please, let it be viable! The hero power is a nice addition, but you primarily run this for the battlecry of course.

ey, now i can die to 6 arcane inteletcs and a cram session, maybe just 10 cram sessions with some spell damage on board, who knows, fatigue damage always finds a way to get me

So that leaves "Kurtrus, the Demonbane" for the last Hero Card that needs to be revealed.

Skull of the Man'ari this is not, but this is guaranteed (whereas Skull could be removed before doing anything), and there are a ton of incredibly powerful demons in Demon Hunter that have immediate impacts on the board. I'm very excited to see Big Demon Hunter in the coming meta.

Another big spell for Big Spell archetypes. I'm not really a fan of random stuff, but this looks pretty good since the spells are only guaranteed to hit enemies. 

The weapon helps to deal extra burst and will make the opponent hesitate to drop high attack minions. The Hero Power is significant, as it lets you deal damage to the enemy hero, or kill a minion and gain armor. Not the craziest of the new Hero Cards, but very solid and consistent.

Every other hero cards have flashy battlecries. Rokara just bonks people to death.

I was expecting no less for Warrior to stand a chance.
This seems pretty strong

Here the first of the batch of Big Spells.
Hopefully, there are more to come to justify a viable archetype.

The hero power is a surprisingly minor upgrade on the standard Mage hero power, and the battlecry probably only fits some Big Spell type deck where you're sure to recast things like Deep Freeze (Frost), Flamestrike (Fire), Mask of C'Thun (Shadow) and maybe Arcane Overflow (Arcane). The potential value here is pretty high - this effectively serves as a third copy of a lot of big, impactful spells and you only really need to trigger two spells before you're getting a lot of value for the price. But it's really unclear that any Mage deck needs that much value to win games - it would have to be a very slow meta to really care much about having this in your deck.

Ultimately I'm a little shocked at how bad this hero is compared to the rest of the new hero cards. Shocked, but not particularly upset since Questline Mage is already so powerful.

The Battlecry is a build around where you'll only want to include specific spells to be recast. The Hero Power is interesting, eventually building up to be 2 mana Fireball/Pyroblast every turn, but has specific conditions to trigger. It also is limited, as most minions wont have enough health to build it up after a certain point. This, in a deck full of spells that deal varying amounts of damage, will make your opponent think twice about dropping a minion that can contribute to the Hero Power.

This is probably way too expensive quest mage though. Youu have to remake the entire deck in order to fit this.

This is controlled RNG. If all you have are one type of each spell, then you can decide what happens. For example only running Blizzard, Flamestrike, and Counterspell.

Guess we will see more of that beloved Quest-Mage ...!

A mammoth ? For the new year ?!
Feels like a déjà-vu

The spells doesn't have to target enemies. I assume what "at enemies" means is that if the spell requires a target, it will prioritize enemies first. So any mage spell can be casted.