One of the problems of Dragon Soul is that you have to build your deck around it, but have no guarantee you'll draw it in time. Mage has more other cards that generate or synergize with cheap spells, so the problem is less severe than for Priest. But I'm not sure that this one card gives Cycle Mage the critical mass to become viable again in Standard.
Doesnt work in any deck that currently exist, and as far as I can think of, any combo with it would require such bothersome amount of prep, that you would be better off playing simplerand more effective decks
Decent in arena IF you get mechs that are worth it
She can add a copy of herself to your hand so if your lucky its a 9 mana 56/56 add split between 7 bodies add 8 rondom dragons to your hand that cost 0.
Thank you for trying, it is really fun and it really depends on the match up how you play it,
if agro abandon the elek plan and use worthless imps to fill your deck instead. if control be as greedy as you want whilst keeping your health in check, then you have the choice if your winning id pick raffam, if even or losing then renounce darkness, timing is everything
For standard, this is awesome. It tries to fill the shoes of Defile merged with Hellfire, with the benefit of leaving a 5/5 on the board. Decent removal for Zoo Warlock decks.
Give you the potential for 9/6 stats off of 3 mana. With the support that Dragon Warrior has, this may start to be a more viable deck... at least until April.
This is a great card for any dragon deck. Even with the widening pool of dragons in the game, you're guaranteed to get a value play just on stats alone. You could get 2 3/2 dragons and that would still be 14/12 across 3 bodies for 9 mana. Even better if you get some of the heavy hitters.
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Not really impressive for its mana cost but may find itself in cyclone mage at thats about it. 3 spells is quite a lot, and most decks can't generate that many spells.
Kinda remind of Dragon Soul and that never saw play.
Straight forward leads my path (this makes me think of druids, Star aligner was only ever played in druid decks)
You better watch out (this combo deck was very big, so there were a lot of tech cards, so both players had to 'watch out' for the other players Dirty Rat
Beware my wrath (Star aligner ruled the meta, and he ruled with an iron fist. also, 'wrath' sounds like another druid reference to me.)
And my infernal shout (his battlecry was the reason he was so good)
People comparing this to dragon soul are missing a major difference. Yes dragon soul was less likely to be removed than a 2/5 is, but:
1. Mage has more cheap spells than priest did at the time dragon soul was around
2. A 2/5 for 3 is playable even if you never get the upside of it's text, dragon soul on the other hand was often spend 3 do nothing for a turn.
3. Mana cyclone still exists to cycle those cheap spells into more valuable spells after you've used them to make those 5/5's, priest didn't have many other ways to squeeze value out of those cheap spells beyond dragon soul and discounting their 7/8 taunts.
I think this card is going to single-handedly keep cyclone mage relevant after the event ends and flamewaker returns to wild.
Strong tempo play at 9, but with unpredictable results. This can be from devastatingly good (stuff like malygos) to unplayable (deathwing) but for the most part it will likely be a dragon smaller than 8/8. A comparable card would be Dragoncaller Alanna in big spell mage which saw play but was at the fringes of payable.
Still, for its effect on one card, it will likely be in all highlander decks.
Flik Skyshiv
A combo killer for sure.
I doubt it messes with graveyard or random chances as I have seem people suggesting.
I havent played a lot of ranked recently, so I dont know of the crazy combos going on, but it sure is a directed hit on Sathrovarr's ability
Chenvaala
One of the problems of Dragon Soul is that you have to build your deck around it, but have no guarantee you'll draw it in time. Mage has more other cards that generate or synergize with cheap spells, so the problem is less severe than for Priest. But I'm not sure that this one card gives Cycle Mage the critical mass to become viable again in Standard.
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Druid of the Flame ?
Emerald Explorer
Awesome card, autoinclude in any Druid Dragon themed deck.
Might see play in non-dragon control decks? Dont quote me on that though
Candle Breath
If Rogue Dragon ever becomes a thing, this card will be in it.
Thats really all that can be said, otherwise you are better off running galakrond or sprint
It does have a bit of synergy with the Rogue legendary dragon, but I dont know if its worth to run it, this card and another dragon just for that.
Camouflaged Dirigible
Doesnt work in any deck that currently exist, and as far as I can think of, any combo with it would require such bothersome amount of prep, that you would be better off playing simplerand more effective decks
Decent in arena IF you get mechs that are worth it
New Neutral Minion - Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
She can add a copy of herself to your hand so if your lucky its a 9 mana 56/56 add split between 7 bodies add 8 rondom dragons to your hand that cost 0.
Im going to wait for the HS highlight.
Spot on
Thank you for trying, it is really fun and it really depends on the match up how you play it,
if agro abandon the elek plan and use worthless imps to fill your deck instead. if control be as greedy as you want whilst keeping your health in check, then you have the choice if your winning id pick raffam, if even or losing then renounce darkness, timing is everything
replace raffam with maybe ysera
and apologies I hardly know how to use this site
Crazed Netherwing
For standard, this is awesome. It tries to fill the shoes of Defile merged with Hellfire, with the benefit of leaving a 5/5 on the board. Decent removal for Zoo Warlock decks.
Scion of Ruin
Give you the potential for 9/6 stats off of 3 mana. With the support that Dragon Warrior has, this may start to be a more viable deck... at least until April.
Chenvaala
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This would see play in but one deck, Cyclone Mage. Anything other than that is wishful thinking.
Chromatic Egg
I could see this with Deathrattle Rogue with the deathrattle activating cards in standard and Wild.
New Neutral Minion - Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
This is a great card for any dragon deck. Even with the widening pool of dragons in the game, you're guaranteed to get a value play just on stats alone. You could get 2 3/2 dragons and that would still be 14/12 across 3 bodies for 9 mana. Even better if you get some of the heavy hitters.
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Chenvaala
Not really impressive for its mana cost but may find itself in cyclone mage at thats about it. 3 spells is quite a lot, and most decks can't generate that many spells.
Kinda remind of Dragon Soul and that never saw play.
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Star Aligner?
Straight forward leads my path (this makes me think of druids, Star aligner was only ever played in druid decks)
You better watch out (this combo deck was very big, so there were a lot of tech cards, so both players had to 'watch out' for the other players Dirty Rat
Beware my wrath (Star aligner ruled the meta, and he ruled with an iron fist. also, 'wrath' sounds like another druid reference to me.)
And my infernal shout (his battlecry was the reason he was so good)
Legendary Card Reveal - Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Since Alexstrasza is a highlander card...does this make her a league of Explorers member?
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Chenvaala
People comparing this to dragon soul are missing a major difference. Yes dragon soul was less likely to be removed than a 2/5 is, but:
1. Mage has more cheap spells than priest did at the time dragon soul was around
2. A 2/5 for 3 is playable even if you never get the upside of it's text, dragon soul on the other hand was often spend 3 do nothing for a turn.
3. Mana cyclone still exists to cycle those cheap spells into more valuable spells after you've used them to make those 5/5's, priest didn't have many other ways to squeeze value out of those cheap spells beyond dragon soul and discounting their 7/8 taunts.
I think this card is going to single-handedly keep cyclone mage relevant after the event ends and flamewaker returns to wild.
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Strong tempo play at 9, but with unpredictable results. This can be from devastatingly good (stuff like malygos) to unplayable (deathwing) but for the most part it will likely be a dragon smaller than 8/8. A comparable card would be Dragoncaller Alanna in big spell mage which saw play but was at the fringes of payable.
Still, for its effect on one card, it will likely be in all highlander decks.
Legendary Card Reveal - Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Too slow and too inconsistent for Wild.
They should have added at least a taunt keyword to her or the generated Dragons...
Legendary Card Reveal - Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
I don't get the name/effect/art linkage here, it's just a random card with Alex thrown on it
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Straight forward leads my path
You better watch out
Beware my wrath
And my infernal shout
New Neutral Minion - Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Seems pretty strong. May be included in decks that draw much, such as current quest driud, even if they run duplicates.