Very cool card. Reviving my Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk deck in wild. Another pay off for hero power based mage is fun. Might be a little too late but that's a big effect. Definitely worth a try.
All enemies, including the face. It may seem hard to deal 10 damage with Hero Power, but remember that they've included Fallen Hero and Coldarra Drake in the Core set. We might also see more Hero Power synergy.
Totally agree, we will se atleast one more heropower sinergy card for sure! :D
It is hard to tell whether or not a good deck can be built around this, but I know people will try.
I could see this working with the other new card that hits everything with your hero power since you only have to play two of those guys before this activates. I also think a Hero Power Mage can be a thing in wild with some of the cards from rastakahn's rumble.
We've seen multi-tribe cards, now let's check out a multi-school cards! Meant to be a build around for Frost and/or Fire Mage decks.
Feedback time:
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melsterz39: It's a pretty interesting idea, but limited by whether your opponent is playing a Nature class (which at this point is Druid/Shaman and maybe Rogue?). I think you can drop the Mana cost down to 1/2 and not have it be oppressive.
KANSAS: I like it, but definitely change the art (you could probably put it in Barrens if you can find a good Totem).
Elfensilver: You could switch from Whenever to After and then have enough room to switch 'you' to 'your hero' within 4 lines and make it more consistent.
anchorm4n: I really like Kael'thas, good effect and flavor.
Neoguli: There's interesting applications for this, but it seems very complicated and locking out your hero power with Arcane secrets just means you have less Arcane spells you can play or less hero powers which isn't a good idea for a card that is supposed to support both deck types.
grumpymonk: Abundance needs to cost at least 4/5, it's way too good at this point. Kor'kron is at a good balance right now and fits the flavor of Fire Mage.
Swizard: Ilxos is a good finisher, but I don't know how a combo card will do in the voting stage. And for Arrogant Gnome, I'd go with the adding random spells variation instead.
linkblade91: I prefer Herald of Light out of the two, it has less ways to abuse it than Flame and avoids the comparisons to Jan'alai that Flame would inevitably get.
BloodMefist: I prefer Vile Instructor out of the two.
Nirast: I like Natural Evolution, but if you go with Malakk I'd limit it to just Nature spells since I don't know which Fire spells you'd actually want to cast on your own minions to get the +2/+2 buff.
Fedrion: Simple but effective, I like it (but change '1 addional damage' to '+1 damage')
I will say this lord jaxarus is not really weak in the sense that he could provide infinite vaule. Even with sacifical pact to weaken back then, he was played commonly. The problem is as addressed by many people is the fact that warlock really has no cards to deal with the meta in order for him to see play. When blizzards keeps making bs cards such as 4 turn summon a 8/8 and 3/6, it kind is hard to see how jaxarus see play in this meta. I won't say he is weak, I would say this. Some cards are really strong in certain metas, and some cards are good in all types of metas. If the meta was focused on control then I believe jaxarus will see some sort of play.
New Neutral Minion - Kazakus, Golem Shaper
Very tough prerequisite
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
Very cool card. Reviving my Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk deck in wild. Another pay off for hero power based mage is fun. Might be a little too late but that's a big effect. Definitely worth a try.
New Neutral Minion - Primordial Protector
Spiteful elemental!
New Mage Minion - Reckless Apprentice
Arcane Amplifier rotates, unfortunately.
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
I'm excited for this card, but after my precious Jan'alai, I'll be hesitant!
New Mage Minion - Reckless Apprentice
Yeah I guess now we know why Fallen Hero is back
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
Including enemy hero, nice fiňisher
New Mage Minion - Reckless Apprentice
That's a fun card! Turning the mage hero power into a shotgun. Like others side with any damage boost this is amazing.
New Mage Minion - Reckless Apprentice
This and Fallen Hero could easily do 10 total damage (or near enough) to power up the Legendary that we just got.
New Paladin Minion - Cannonmaster Smythe
Inlove this effect!
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
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Blizzard Reveals Two New Forged in the Barrens Cards for Mage - The Legendary Mordresh Fire Eye & Reckless Apprentice
They finally found a way to make the pre-alpha Shaman legendary for Rastakhan's Rumble into a card!
Reckless Apprentice
This is going to be in every mage deck. Excellent 1 dmg clear across the board. Stats are right up there for 4 mana too. Great Mage buff.
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
Totally agree, we will se atleast one more heropower sinergy card for sure! :D
Conor Kou Has Departed the Hearthstone Team and Battlegrounds, Remains at Blizzard
Thank you for Battlegrounds! <3
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
It is hard to tell whether or not a good deck can be built around this, but I know people will try.
I could see this working with the other new card that hits everything with your hero power since you only have to play two of those guys before this activates. I also think a Hero Power Mage can be a thing in wild with some of the cards from rastakahn's rumble.
Blizzard Reveals Two New Forged in the Barrens Cards for Mage - The Legendary Mordresh Fire Eye & Reckless Apprentice
WTF
Colourful Casting - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
It's good to be back.
We've seen multi-tribe cards, now let's check out a multi-school cards! Meant to be a build around for Frost and/or Fire Mage decks.
Feedback time:
melsterz39: It's a pretty interesting idea, but limited by whether your opponent is playing a Nature class (which at this point is Druid/Shaman and maybe Rogue?). I think you can drop the Mana cost down to 1/2 and not have it be oppressive.
KANSAS: I like it, but definitely change the art (you could probably put it in Barrens if you can find a good Totem).
Elfensilver: You could switch from Whenever to After and then have enough room to switch 'you' to 'your hero' within 4 lines and make it more consistent.
anchorm4n: I really like Kael'thas, good effect and flavor.
Neoguli: There's interesting applications for this, but it seems very complicated and locking out your hero power with Arcane secrets just means you have less Arcane spells you can play or less hero powers which isn't a good idea for a card that is supposed to support both deck types.
grumpymonk: Abundance needs to cost at least 4/5, it's way too good at this point. Kor'kron is at a good balance right now and fits the flavor of Fire Mage.
Swizard: Ilxos is a good finisher, but I don't know how a combo card will do in the voting stage. And for Arrogant Gnome, I'd go with the adding random spells variation instead.
linkblade91: I prefer Herald of Light out of the two, it has less ways to abuse it than Flame and avoids the comparisons to Jan'alai that Flame would inevitably get.
BloodMefist: I prefer Vile Instructor out of the two.
Nirast: I like Natural Evolution, but if you go with Malakk I'd limit it to just Nature spells since I don't know which Fire spells you'd actually want to cast on your own minions to get the +2/+2 buff.
Fedrion: Simple but effective, I like it (but change '1 addional damage' to '+1 damage')
Demonxz95: Another simple but effective one.
New Mage Minion - Reckless Apprentice
If we get more cards like Fallen Hero to improve Hero Power, it seems decent.
Reckless Apprentice
3/5 + 1 damage to all (at least) for 4 mana is a bargain!
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
Well this is very interesting. Hero power mage could be fun.
New Mage Minion - Mordresh Fire Eye
HP 10 times to activate? Oh this is going to be terrible. What's this other card they released?
Reckless Apprentice
Oh....ok. Time to play Hero Power mage!
Wild Mage with the DK is getting a buff too!
New Mage Minion - Reckless Apprentice
3/5 + 1 damage to all (at least) for 4 mana is a bargain!
Lord Jaraxxus is a dead card
I will say this lord jaxarus is not really weak in the sense that he could provide infinite vaule. Even with sacifical pact to weaken back then, he was played commonly. The problem is as addressed by many people is the fact that warlock really has no cards to deal with the meta in order for him to see play. When blizzards keeps making bs cards such as 4 turn summon a 8/8 and 3/6, it kind is hard to see how jaxarus see play in this meta. I won't say he is weak, I would say this. Some cards are really strong in certain metas, and some cards are good in all types of metas. If the meta was focused on control then I believe jaxarus will see some sort of play.
New Paladin Minion - Cannonmaster Smythe
Avenge + Cannonmaster Smythe = I predict tempo/secret paladin will be at least tier 2.