This card is just too inconsistent. Remember the old Warlock quest? The quest was hyped too, but then it never saw play. True this card fills your board with imps, but i do not think it will be a good enough win condition
The card looks very attractive, but when you think about it, it's not going to see play competitively. You want to be going face and doing lethal damage to your opponent when you are fatigued, not controlling the board and taking more fatigue damage. Unless there's a new warlock card yet to be printed that makes you immune to fatigue damage. Not to mention, you need a viable way to draw this legendary before destroying your deck.
The main difference between this and Chef Nomi is that this card guarantess you that you will have something to attack with at the start of the next turn.
Doing 18 damage isn't going to win you the game, and there's a good chance that they'll get cleared each turn anyway because they're only 2 health.
There is actually a 0% chance that his can happen(Well, except if your oponents has Ras Frostwhisper + Spelldamage, but let's just ignore that) because the Imps also spawn at the end of your oponents turn, meaning you can instantly deal 18 damage at the start of your turn no matter what. That's not enough for an "otk", but could definetely be a finisher, or even a win condition if you are playing against an really grindy control deck.
Welp, that's an easy 1 star. This won't even be a fun card to meme with, 'cause the payoff involves (basically) dying. You can't sit back and enjoy your handiwork for a few turns, can you?
We've already seen several cards printed this expansion which can kill this whole board outright, and besides, you don't need to kill the imps. If your board puts the Warlock opponent in danger and you can take some damage, he has to trade his imps away and hope you won't be able to repopulate. And, considering you have a full deck left, that seems relatively easy.
The main difference between this and Chef Nomi is that this card guarantess you that you will have something to attack with at the start of the next turn.
Actually, I'm pretty sure you are less guaranteed to attack with a board than with Chef Nomi. It does get better over a couple of turns, but you want to finish them off quickly if you have an empty deck. Doing 18 damage isn't going to win you the game, and there's a good chance that they'll get cleared each turn anyway because they're only 2 health.
As people have pointed out, the biggest issue of the strategy is that you need to have this in your hand or get lucky with what you burn since otherwise...yeah. Might be a bit too inconsistent to be viable.
I think this won't be very good. It will be rare that you have the chance to even reach this point in a game, and even when you do you will have the chance that you just threw away this exact card during the process of getting there. It could be this is just played without the mill effects and it used as a chef nomi style win condition but even then I don't really think that the consistency of reaching fatigue without dying will be there.
The main difference between this and Chef Nomi is that this card guarantess you that you will have something to attack with at the start of the next turn. The C'thun comparison makes more sense, but that card struggles to finish off your opponent if he has a medium size board and it's only a one time burst while the portal remains for the rest of the game. So I wouldn't write this card completeley off.
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definitely interesting. not sure yet if good
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
This card is just too inconsistent. Remember the old Warlock quest? The quest was hyped too, but then it never saw play. True this card fills your board with imps, but i do not think it will be a good enough win condition
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
Interesting!
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
Goes well with double Rustwix and Elekks, plus some unrevealed synergy cards
I like the archetype already
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
for this to work there needs to be a consistent way to remove your own decks beside just tickatus
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Thanks for the list, i think i will try it - 4h sounds better than weeks :D
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
The card looks very attractive, but when you think about it, it's not going to see play competitively. You want to be going face and doing lethal damage to your opponent when you are fatigued, not controlling the board and taking more fatigue damage. Unless there's a new warlock card yet to be printed that makes you immune to fatigue damage. Not to mention, you need a viable way to draw this legendary before destroying your deck.
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
pretty sure warlocks will find a way to not die from this.
YiLingShu Reveals a New Forged in the Barrens Legendary Warlock Card - Neeru Fireblade
There is actually a 0% chance that his can happen(Well, except if your oponents has Ras Frostwhisper + Spelldamage, but let's just ignore that) because the Imps also spawn at the end of your oponents turn, meaning you can instantly deal 18 damage at the start of your turn no matter what. That's not enough for an "otk", but could definetely be a finisher, or even a win condition if you are playing against an really grindy control deck.
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
Welp, that's an easy 1 star. This won't even be a fun card to meme with, 'cause the payoff involves (basically) dying. You can't sit back and enjoy your handiwork for a few turns, can you?
We've already seen several cards printed this expansion which can kill this whole board outright, and besides, you don't need to kill the imps. If your board puts the Warlock opponent in danger and you can take some damage, he has to trade his imps away and hope you won't be able to repopulate. And, considering you have a full deck left, that seems relatively easy.
YiLingShu Reveals a New Forged in the Barrens Legendary Warlock Card - Neeru Fireblade
If there's a way to quickly discard your deck, then this might come out in time to be impactful... although I don't think that will be enough.
Forged in the Barrens
You can complete them later, only XP will be removed.
YiLingShu Reveals a New Forged in the Barrens Legendary Warlock Card - Neeru Fireblade
Actually, I'm pretty sure you are less guaranteed to attack with a board than with Chef Nomi. It does get better over a couple of turns, but you want to finish them off quickly if you have an empty deck. Doing 18 damage isn't going to win you the game, and there's a good chance that they'll get cleared each turn anyway because they're only 2 health.
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
Like Nomi but much better!
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
The synergy is real :D
As people have pointed out, the biggest issue of the strategy is that you need to have this in your hand or get lucky with what you burn since otherwise...yeah. Might be a bit too inconsistent to be viable.
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
Very much a similar card theme to chef Nomi, but the every turn demon spawn is definitely something to not sleep on.
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
I think this won't be very good. It will be rare that you have the chance to even reach this point in a game, and even when you do you will have the chance that you just threw away this exact card during the process of getting there. It could be this is just played without the mill effects and it used as a chef nomi style win condition but even then I don't really think that the consistency of reaching fatigue without dying will be there.
New Warlock Minion - Neeru Fireblade
I like it, can be a new win condition for lock
YiLingShu Reveals a New Forged in the Barrens Legendary Warlock Card - Neeru Fireblade
The main difference between this and Chef Nomi is that this card guarantess you that you will have something to attack with at the start of the next turn. The C'thun comparison makes more sense, but that card struggles to finish off your opponent if he has a medium size board and it's only a one time burst while the portal remains for the rest of the game. So I wouldn't write this card completeley off.