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This gives me an "oblisk of light" vibe from command and conquer. Am i the only one?

What does MTG Arena have? I know for a fact you're not saying they have unlimited deck slots, unless that's something they added recently, because I've hit the limit before.

Nah, I don't think this would create a new Star Aligner druid simply because the damage is dealt to a random target. You might have 3 of those and a Drakkari Enchanter on the board, but unless the opponent's board is empty (somehow), the win is not guaranteed. That said, I would like to try this card out. I don't know what kind of deck I would play - Glinda Crowskin/Plot Twist warlock, Cube hunter (btw gratz for the creativity, guys) - but I would certainly try one of those combos, if I acquire both copies from packs.

Also, I adore the idea of having obelisks in hs. If you think about it, those add to the fantasy of the game. Because suddenly you don't force minions to kill the enemies, you build structures in a desert, which become active once they form a geometric shape (a triangle, square, pentagon....), and then a Drakkari Enchanter fulfills some kind of an ancient ritual and enhances their power even further.

It's a demon.  It has decent stats.  It can serve a useful function.  I like the card.

Healing is overrated, hp is a resource. You destroy a minion that would otherwise deal damage to you, tempo is more important than face damage, besides warlock has healing tools just not a good win condition, or long term plan.. Lord J is sadly too weak atm. 

Destroy a minion> summon 2/1s though. 

Wonder why they found that this card is too strong at 4 mana, or how they landed on having 3 copies of this before it does a weakened ragnaros effect. 

Seems too much of a meme card, as a poster above said, it's easier to replicate leeroy.  Unless there is a card that duplicates 0 attack cards easily. 

Hello arena filler

Well it will be nice to see a new minion on the board from rogue once in a while, all I see now is pirates, burglars, oversized van Cleef's and LOTS of irritating lackeys.

I think any class can do this in 2 turns, say on turn 9 play one, then on turn 10 (if it survived) clone them using the copy guys. 

Mage can first make them cost 1 mana with galaxy, then play 2 of them in one turn and copy both giving 4 on board for 20 random damage. However, I think with galaxy spell the staraligner combo is much easier to pull off for mage using ping, mountain giants conjuring etc. (I have a deck for that and it triggers more than I expected).

I am wondering if the not being a battlecry but end-of-turn effect makes it easier to achieve?

The only thing that Warlock misses now is a great way to heal.

Plot Twist with Fel Lord Betrug is sweet but if Bomb Warrior is popular (and with those Highlander decks around it should be) it could backfire most of the times

Here is where those 1--1 cheapo's in your deck come in handy.

I like it. This is another tool for control warlocks, if we get more healing tools.

I also think, that this demon could potentially fit in a zoolock deck. Maybe not in the current list, which consists of many 1-drops for Magic Carpet, but certainly in something more mid-rangy. Having the ability to answer a big threat while also developing one is a massive tempo swing. Back in the day, shamans used to run Fire Elementals for the exact same reason - now, I won't deny that those can also deal some face damage, but imho the ability to kill a big minion is greater than a 3-damage ping.

I can imagine this would be a fantastic tool in some Reno locks. Perhaps even core? 

If this set is filled with these "removal/other effect on a stick" cards then maybe highlander decks in standard won't be that bad...? 

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Well you see, this card can easily destroy a certain obelisk with no drawback at all.

Your hero takes damage equals to its Health, not the Attack.

I acually don't think it's that strong statted at all; easy removal for Militia Commander, Dyn-o-matic, Kill Command, Unleash the Beast etc, at least with the drawback it has it better be 6/6 imho. But i like destroy ability.

Well you see, this card can easily destroy a certain obelisk with no drawback at all.

Well this card stats remind me of a certain classic neutral legendary sadly..

Only this costs 5(!) times as much as Pogo hopper and can't realistically even get to 5 attack.

Well, you can say that Skulking Geist is a jade hate card and I can understand that but it also save people from Inner Fire bullshit, which is really frustrating to see from beta to 5th year.

As soon as it has gone to wild, Inner Fire decks appeared again.

I don't think Skulking Geist was only about Jade Druid. All Malygos decks are using 1-cost spells, Power Overwhelming was also a problematic card as a 1-cost card but it moved to HoF before Skulking Geist but it will be a solution to Power Overwhelming too like Conceal, Ice Lance or any other which i can't remember right now.

it also deletes Shield Slam, all of Paladin Secrets, Evolve, Deadly Poison and Naturalize and other impactful cards which I can't remember right now. If it would stay in standard, it would also help against Crystology, Grim Rally, Magic Trick, Ray of Frost, and Togwaggle's Scheme.

Like how mana cheating is a problematic mechanic for Hearthstone, Low costed - High Valued cards are also problematic too.

It can be said that almost all 1-cost minions can be problematic one day. Best example is Fire Fly. In the Year of the Mammoth, almost all decks have it. There are other problematic examples too,

Undertaker, Mana Wyrm etc.


Anyway, the subject here is Skulking Geist, I agree that it was created to counter Jade Idol but it was not a hate card. It is a simple tech card. Unlike you, I liked Skulking Geist's concept, I like its combo disruption + game plan disruption ability also a removal remover. I don't think that it ended as an Idol-Hate card.

"Destroy a minion", not "destroy an enemy minion" so sometimes you could be forced to destroy your own minion.

Wow! This card is premium! Not only it is Obliterate with a body but a body with strong stats! Love it!