I wonder if this sees play over coerce in wild odd warrior. Freeze your opponents board so they either skip their turn or overextend into your brawl seems real strong.
Did Forbidden Ancient ever see play? Not trolling, I'm legit asking because I don't ever remember seeing it in play ever. I have hope for the Ice Lord though as it does have not only more stats per mana but the potential to gain the keywords is also a huge plus in comparison to Ancient.
Frost Warrior incoming! On a more serious note, this card is alright. Frost Nova that can remove an enemy minion, but requires a damaged target to be used. Good for Control Warrior
Not another one of this cards. Why the hell are we giving warrior Frost Nova?
The only real play around is that this card actually requires a minion to be damaged to work, but essentially being able to take out something while forcing the opponent's board to skip a turn is just so oppressive why wouldn't any warrior just play this card, even as a one off? It freezes your board too, but if you're playing from behind that may not matter anyway, and you can always play your minion after this so you'll have initiative over your opponent in the following turn.
Since shaman is most likely also receiving freeze effects, is this a sign that we'll either see Living Dragonbreath be brought back to standard next core rotation, or there's some tech card related to freeze effects in the works? There's a reason why people dont like freeze effects, I just hope team5 is aware of it.
Look who gets freeze XD. What's not to like? One more mana to hold up the rest of them. that's quite a discount on a famously played Mage card. I think we are in for seeing a lot of this.
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Awesome flavor and if games go long enough can be a contender. This is iffy in Arena because it is not a card you want stuck in your hand the early turns reviving some 2 mana beast, if that. This obv has some oomph to it tho.
If you feel like a lucky individual this is a good card to run. Otherwise, I think this is mediocre. I think the best comparison would be Tiamat from SoU, but with added flexibility and the drawback of randomness.
Hilariously bad in Arena I agree. In wild I wish this was strong enough to make work in a deck with Duel and Call to Adventure bc those are such fun to play but whom are we trying to kid? Get rdy to die to the demon pit of predictable decks there with this. In standard? Rly doubt it but will be tons of fun. Inconsistent.. weirdo... Fun....
Its flexible and its a good stated minion most of the time. Use this to efficiently utilize your mana, or just drop it early for good tempo. If it gains at least divine shield and rush, its already by default a good minion, so why not just include this into every deck?
A few downsides as it happens. Its basically a stats minion, doing nothing else. In ranked, most minions are required to be more than just a stats stick, and this card can't always guaranteed results.
I can see this being in nearly all aggro tempo decks. But in midrange or anywhere else, questions should be asked what exactly is this card doing here?
Its just a maybe card. Basically if everyone is running big minions this bad boy will turn the tide really quickly.
But where it is not, this card is trash. In fact, the entire viability of this card hinges on it being able to do its job, which is usually to remove a key minion from your opponent's board. Unfortunately, this card can't even guarantee it, being forced into a coin toss by a mere Murloc Tinyfin on board.
In ranked, you can bet this will only ever come out as a discover option, and even then it signals desperation.
Its not bad, but its not good neither. The fact is that you'll have to have secret on 2, and then this card will only act on turn 4. What's the essential difference in just playing Imprisoned Felmaw, that at very least guarantees an attack, and doesn't come with conditions.
Still, if you're playing secrets, this card will be in it. Its just a decent card, but unamazing, and unlikely to ever be the real reason for running secrets in your deck.
I personally went 3-0 against Odd hunters and 3-1 against pirate quest warriors. However, I didn’t test it too much against meta decks, I really don’t like this meta so I am only playing in casual (I broke a legend streak of over a year last month, I’m tired of playing against those 3 decks all the time). Try first playing other minions and then use Mindbreaker later when they have used their spells to remove other minions. Overall I’m not sure how good this deck is in the meta although based on my limited experience with it (I only got one day to play with it before releasing it) it did feel very strong.
New Paladin Hero - Lightforged Cariel
This looks really insane. Vulnerable to weapon removal of course.
Blizzard Reveals 3 New Cards for Fractured in Alterac Valley for Hunters and Demon Hunters
Ultrasaur hype
Blizzard Reveals 3 New Cards for Fractured in Alterac Valley for Hunters and Demon Hunters
stronger Darkshire Councilman*
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
I wonder if this sees play over coerce in wild odd warrior. Freeze your opponents board so they either skip their turn or overextend into your brawl seems real strong.
Ivus, the Forest Lord is a Legendary Minion Revealed by PCGamer for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Can it whiff by hitting the same keyword more than once?
Ivus, the Forest Lord is a Legendary Minion Revealed by PCGamer for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Did Forbidden Ancient ever see play? Not trolling, I'm legit asking because I don't ever remember seeing it in play ever. I have hope for the Ice Lord though as it does have not only more stats per mana but the potential to gain the keywords is also a huge plus in comparison to Ancient.
New Warrior Spell - Snowed In
Frost Warrior incoming! On a more serious note, this card is alright. Frost Nova that can remove an enemy minion, but requires a damaged target to be used. Good for Control Warrior
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
I mean, if boards ever matter, this is insanely good
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
a very nice and much needed control tool.
New Neutral Minion - Ivus, the Forest Lord
My face is already dead?
New Warrior Spell - Snowed In
Sooo good for Control Warrior; kill the big thing and stall/limit your opponent's board space for a turn.
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Oh yeah, I got too excited and glossed over that part...
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Because Coerce can destroy undamaged minions? Plus this freezes your own board too.
But this card is clearly something else. Depends on the build, but its not strictly a better coerce.
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Not another one of this cards. Why the hell are we giving warrior Frost Nova?
The only real play around is that this card actually requires a minion to be damaged to work, but essentially being able to take out something while forcing the opponent's board to skip a turn is just so oppressive why wouldn't any warrior just play this card, even as a one off? It freezes your board too, but if you're playing from behind that may not matter anyway, and you can always play your minion after this so you'll have initiative over your opponent in the following turn.
Since shaman is most likely also receiving freeze effects, is this a sign that we'll either see Living Dragonbreath be brought back to standard next core rotation, or there's some tech card related to freeze effects in the works? There's a reason why people dont like freeze effects, I just hope team5 is aware of it.
New Warrior Spell - Snowed In
SO COOL!
Look who gets freeze XD. What's not to like? One more mana to hold up the rest of them. that's quite a discount on a famously played Mage card. I think we are in for seeing a lot of this.
New Warrior Spell - Snowed In
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New Hunter Spell - Revive Pet
Awesome flavor and if games go long enough can be a contender. This is iffy in Arena because it is not a card you want stuck in your hand the early turns reviving some 2 mana beast, if that. This obv has some oomph to it tho.
Snowed In is an Epic Warrior Spell Revealed by NaySyl for Fractured in Alterac Valley
My god Frost Warrior was not a joke
This is absurd what timeline is this
Edit: Why would you ever play Coerce when this exists?
New Neutral Minion - Ivus, the Forest Lord
If you feel like a lucky individual this is a good card to run. Otherwise, I think this is mediocre. I think the best comparison would be Tiamat from SoU, but with added flexibility and the drawback of randomness.
New Neutral Minion - Vanndar Stormpike
Hilariously bad in Arena I agree. In wild I wish this was strong enough to make work in a deck with Duel and Call to Adventure bc those are such fun to play but whom are we trying to kid? Get rdy to die to the demon pit of predictable decks there with this. In standard? Rly doubt it but will be tons of fun. Inconsistent.. weirdo... Fun....
New Neutral Minion - Ivus, the Forest Lord
Its flexible and its a good stated minion most of the time. Use this to efficiently utilize your mana, or just drop it early for good tempo. If it gains at least divine shield and rush, its already by default a good minion, so why not just include this into every deck?
A few downsides as it happens. Its basically a stats minion, doing nothing else. In ranked, most minions are required to be more than just a stats stick, and this card can't always guaranteed results.
I can see this being in nearly all aggro tempo decks. But in midrange or anywhere else, questions should be asked what exactly is this card doing here?
New Neutral Minion - Abominable Lieutenant
Its just a maybe card. Basically if everyone is running big minions this bad boy will turn the tide really quickly.
But where it is not, this card is trash. In fact, the entire viability of this card hinges on it being able to do its job, which is usually to remove a key minion from your opponent's board. Unfortunately, this card can't even guarantee it, being forced into a coin toss by a mere Murloc Tinyfin on board.
In ranked, you can bet this will only ever come out as a discover option, and even then it signals desperation.
New Hunter Minion - Ram Tamer
Its not bad, but its not good neither. The fact is that you'll have to have secret on 2, and then this card will only act on turn 4. What's the essential difference in just playing Imprisoned Felmaw, that at very least guarantees an attack, and doesn't come with conditions.
Still, if you're playing secrets, this card will be in it. Its just a decent card, but unamazing, and unlikely to ever be the real reason for running secrets in your deck.
New Hunter Spell - Revive Pet
Its just good in the right deck. Double King Krush on 10, or maybe on 6 after a Vanndar discount. That's basically a win condition all on its own.
Even something as simply as Trampling Rhino will make this a good card. Happily, face hunter will never be playing this.
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I personally went 3-0 against Odd hunters and 3-1 against pirate quest warriors. However, I didn’t test it too much against meta decks, I really don’t like this meta so I am only playing in casual (I broke a legend streak of over a year last month, I’m tired of playing against those 3 decks all the time). Try first playing other minions and then use Mindbreaker later when they have used their spells to remove other minions. Overall I’m not sure how good this deck is in the meta although based on my limited experience with it (I only got one day to play with it before releasing it) it did feel very strong.