I like it! A very good downside compared to the overstated bad cards we’ve seen in the past (I.e. Soldier of Fortune, Hoarding Dragon, Ticking Abomination) I also like this introduction of sleep as a status effect rather than just freezing. I would like to see other cards in the future that could make minions “Sleep”
Very annoying to deal with since the only hard removal that would work are transform effects if you wanted to get rid of this thing for good. The only question is, “Is it good enough?” if you just play this card without cheating it out unless your opponent is in a losing position, he might go face instead and ignore it.
It’s possible that this card can replace a copy of Brawl where decks run 2 of them, I’m just trying to think what type of whirlwind effect they use instead, like you wouldn’t use this along Warpath unless necessary
Don’t foget that Nightmare Amalgam is also a totem! You can play him on 3 and assuming he doesn’t get removed Turn 4 Equip the 3/2 Splitting Axe, attack and summon a copy of him! That to me is enough value
(dated: 7/21/19 last current revealed card is Desert Obelisk )
Ok So I was looking at all the cards currently in the Standard Rotation as of date above to try and make this Desert Obelisk somewhat viable (if you wanna call it that.)
Out of 9 classes, 4 of which I found that could manipulate Desert Obelisk) on the field where there can be more than 3 or more by the end of turn and Note I am only going to talk about Standard rotation NOT WILD!!
Warlock: Warlock is the First class I saw a good amount of potential in terms of trying to make this meme of a card work!, On first thought a one turn scenario that is possible is Drawing out your deck and using Dollmaster Dorian and 2x Plot Twist while Desert Obelisk is in your hand for a total of 9 mana to get four 1/1 Desert Obelisk ) on the field for a total of 20 random damage. There is also the possibility of using Augmented Elekk with 2x Plot Twist to make more copies of Desert Obelisk to increase the Dollmaster Dorian Combo mentioned earlier, but that is very Convoluted situation and Clunky to pull off and started thinking of the other classes
Rouge: Rouge has some very interesting ways to make this combo possible but the the one that I Theorized is using 1x of Togwaggle's Scheme (has to be in your hand for at least 6 turns!) on Desert Obelisk, The very Next turn (with the Assumption that you have no other minions in your deck and no other minions on the Field) Play Dollmaster Dorian into Myra's Unstable Element making 6 1/1 copies of Desert Obelisk on the field for total of 30 random damage towards the enemy.
Now You could probablby utilize another combo in another class that I didn't list here but It's Just that out of the 9 classes these were the 4 that I thought could Possibly be the Most Viable in terms of Combo potential for Desert Obelisk in the Standard Rotation. The card looks like more a Meme than a combo Option but You never Know what might happen in the Next few months!
I like it! A very good downside compared to the overstated bad cards we’ve seen in the past (I.e. Soldier of Fortune, Hoarding Dragon, Ticking Abomination) I also like this introduction of sleep as a status effect rather than just freezing. I would like to see other cards in the future that could make minions “Sleep”
Very annoying to deal with since the only hard removal that would work are transform effects if you wanted to get rid of this thing for good. The only question is, “Is it good enough?” if you just play this card without cheating it out unless your opponent is in a losing position, he might go face instead and ignore it.
It’s possible that this card can replace a copy of Brawl where decks run 2 of them, I’m just trying to think what type of whirlwind effect they use instead, like you wouldn’t use this along Warpath unless necessary
Don’t foget that Nightmare Amalgam is also a totem! You can play him on 3 and assuming he doesn’t get removed Turn 4 Equip the 3/2 Splitting Axe, attack and summon a copy of him! That to me is enough value
(dated: 7/21/19 last current revealed card is Desert Obelisk )
Ok So I was looking at all the cards currently in the Standard Rotation as of date above to try and make this Desert Obelisk somewhat viable (if you wanna call it that.)
Out of 9 classes, 4 of which I found that could manipulate Desert Obelisk) on the field where there can be more than 3 or more by the end of turn and Note I am only going to talk about Standard rotation NOT WILD!!
Warlock: Warlock is the First class I saw a good amount of potential in terms of trying to make this meme of a card work!, On first thought a one turn scenario that is possible is Drawing out your deck and using Dollmaster Dorian and 2x Plot Twist while Desert Obelisk is in your hand for a total of 9 mana to get four 1/1 Desert Obelisk ) on the field for a total of 20 random damage. There is also the possibility of using Augmented Elekk with 2x Plot Twist to make more copies of Desert Obelisk to increase the Dollmaster Dorian Combo mentioned earlier, but that is very Convoluted situation and Clunky to pull off and started thinking of the other classes
Druid: Druid has a few Copy Manipulations in Standard thats possible to do, The easiest Combo I theorized is using Dreampetal Florist to reduce a copy of Gloop Sprayer to make him cost Zero, Then on turn 10 you could play 2x Desert Obelisk and the Zero cost Gloop Sprayer for a total of 4 copies of Desert Obelisk It is also Plausible to use Jepetto Joybuzz to Draw either Gloop Sprayer or Desert Obelisk to make that Combo Too!.
Rouge: Rouge has some very interesting ways to make this combo possible but the the one that I Theorized is using 1x of Togwaggle's Scheme (has to be in your hand for at least 6 turns!) on Desert Obelisk, The very Next turn (with the Assumption that you have no other minions in your deck and no other minions on the Field) Play Dollmaster Dorian into Myra's Unstable Element making 6 1/1 copies of Desert Obelisk on the field for total of 30 random damage towards the enemy.
Priest: Priest is the least likeliest way to get to the combo to work but I will explain it never the less. Priest has the most types of Duplication with cards like Power Word: Replicate, and Unsleeping Soul (which by the way I believe with Unsleeping Soul if there were 2 silenced copies of Desert Obelisk only 1 would trigger I believe) they also have access to Zerek's Cloning Gallery and Spirit of the Dead. The way I would guess to make it work in this class would be to Manipulate Desert Obelisk costing 1 mana with Spirit of the Dead on the same field. You can get more copies in your deck that could with cards like Power Word: Replicate and Faceless Manipulator. Assuming you have 6+ copies of Desert Obelisk that cost 1 in your deck you could play Bwonsamdi, the Dead to fill your hand with 1 cost Desert Obelisk and the Next turn you would play all of them.
Now You could probablby utilize another combo in another class that I didn't list here but It's Just that out of the 9 classes these were the 4 that I thought could Possibly be the Most Viable in terms of Combo potential for Desert Obelisk in the Standard Rotation. The card looks like more a Meme than a combo Option but You never Know what might happen in the Next few months!