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Odd Rogue might try and fit him in the list, although the card could be unnecessarily slow for Odd gameplan.

Best target is definitely some kind of Miracle or Myracle Rogue.

Not bad on curve

Madness.

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So this is Astral Communion on a stick..

Not really, Astral Communion discards your whole hand... and doesn’t leave an 8/8 on the board

As always, blizzard you are too late...

I don't think packs have to do with what I'm saying, which is: either he's free to everyone or available through packs to everyone, or worst case (and least likely) he can be crafted if the other options aren't viabl. He won't be some exclusive card in a game that claims everyone has a chance to get every card and has never limited actual gameplay-affecting content to people who payed for a ticket or pre-order.

im saying he's part of the set regardless of how he's available.

Seems overpriced ?

So this is Astral Communion on a stick..

It reminds me something ...

I believe in standard at least evolve is gone as of this expansion releasing.

Imagine people playing a 4 Mana 7/7.

Stay tuned to find out!

If you break it down you're paying 2 mana for +2 spell damage and discover a dragon. That's not a bad deal on paper, it's just a bit of an unfortunate combination of benefits that don't really add up. If you compare it to Azure Drake, the card this is clearly a nod to, the Drake is a better proactive threat because it'll probably kill whatever runs into it. Azure Explorer, on the other hand, might represent a greater threat if left unchecked, but is a lot easier for any 3-drop to value trade into. Meanwhile, at 4 mana the card is just too expensive to feasibly combine with cheaper AoE.

As for Arena, I could see the card work if you can snatch up shooting star and arcane explosions. Otherwise, again, the bad stats completely negate the +2 spell damage and it becomes a huge tempo loss.

Considering the target is random, this is nowhere close to the ballista that shot down Rhaegal

I love cards like this that let me play all sorts of legendaries for the cost of a rare card. 1 mana discover-a-card spells historically haven't been very good, but I think the upside of discovering legendaries from other classes in burgle rogue probably makes it legit playable.

Info about the Eternal World Championship and how to qualify for it are in this news post here.

That's amazing ; a great rogue card revealed within the 1st drop of the reveal season?!

You know how it goes, no dragon all year and suddenly, for the 3rd and last expansion, they'll knock it out of the park!
..or that'll be 3 strikes ...

I’m kinda excited. I wasn’t expecting anything like it and after watching some of the gameplay it looks very low key to play. I’m still hoping the rewards are there though. Should be a fun way to experience the art and designs for me without needing as many of the cards.

Still, as unfortunate as it may be, for those of us not engaged or lucky enough to skip on work for Blizzcon, at least having your summary in bullet point helps us keep in touch with the news.
Thanks for the recap! +1

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Nope, that was free. I watched this on Battle.net app :D

I don't understand why anyone would even bother with a virtual ticket if you can just watch it for free.

Its part of their promotion, this year, they give you an access - more like a sample or a teaser - to most of the first day of Blizzcon.

They'd be silly not to let you, right?

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Do the mana crystals come full or empty? I would expect it to be empty, which means yes you just dropped an 8/8 but your opponent is the first one to get access to a full ten mana. On the other hand if the crystals come in full this is broken.

if it works like Mojomaster Zihi then you will gain full mana crystals, but any mana you have already spent this turn will stay empty. So playing this guy at 4 mana will leave you with 6 mana open.

This is just an educated guess, so don't quote me on this.

You never know with hearthstone until you get to test it because it's not the most consistent game in the world. Just judging by balance though, I would be shocked if this card left you with 6 mana to spend after coming down as a 4 mana 8/8. That would completely negate the 'cost' of giving the opponent the first turn with ten mana to spare: assuming you have any 6 mana plays you're effectively putting 14 mana worth of stats on the board, not to mention the fact that your opponent probably didn't build their deck or mulligan for spending 10 mana on turn 4.

I think it's pretty safe to assume you're left with empty mana crystals if you play this on turn four, or if not, that it'll work that way after the inevitable nerf.

 

I completely agree there's no way you gain the crystals you just set them to 10.

They did Maly bad here, the card's fairly good however - mostly if the dragons are kind to Mage

Now this is some Duel Paladin support!