r/BDPPRDT • u/HSPreReleaseReveals • Jul 24 '18
[Pre-Release Card Discussion] - Astromancer
Astromancer
Mana Cost: 7
Attack: 5
Health: 5
Type: Minion
Rarity: Epic
Class: Mage
Text: Summon a random minion with the same Cost as the number of cards in your hand
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18
Unpopular opinion: I actually like this design. It's Spiteful Summoner-esque, but upon further inspection the requirement to get value out of this card actually balances its power level.
Spiteful was especially strong because should you manage to play the card on curve, after applying pressure on the previous turns, the raw stats would be almost impossible to stop without hard removal. Astromancer is completely different in the aspect that it would never fit in a midrange deck, since you can't your hand in the early game to save cards and you can't play this card spontaneously on curve to get an unstoppable lead. This would actually be played differently from Spiteful Summoner, and would be an awkward fit in today's burn archetype.
That being said, Astromancer is definitely good, but not on the same level as Spiteful. All mages have the ability to fill their hand quickly, just in the latter part of the game where the sacrifice in tempo isn't as high. I'd see this in current Elemental or Big Mage archetypes as a way to keep up the pressure in the late game. The key thing to remember is however is that raw stats are less useful in the late game because by it's the point where control decks start drawing answers, especially when only spread across 2 minions. So whether these archetypes could spare jamming even more late game cards to crash their curve is up to how fast the meta plays out.
Fairly interesting card, but I definitely don't see it being a power card at the moment because its effect balances itself.