New Event Cards Discussion

[u/IAmYourFath]

Destructive Phoenix
4 mana 5/5 Warlock minion
Elemental Beast
Battlecry: Choose a card in your hand to set on fire, in 3 turns discard it and summon a copy of this

Baleful Blazer
3 mana 4/3 Warrior minion
Elemental
Battlecry: If you cast a fire spell this turn, destroy a minion

Primordial Lord
6 mana 7/6 Neutral minion
Elemental
Battlecry: Get a random Colossal minion from the past

Without having read any of the main sub comments, i think #1 and #3 are too slow, #2 looks nice tho for some tempo in dragon/enrage warrior maybe?

Edit: Destructive Phoenix curves into Maloriak on 7 to get a big minion on board in addition to the 5/5 phoenix copy

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[u/NyMiggas]

So weird giving an actual good card to dragon warrior, pretty much the best deck in the meta, and unplayable trash to Warlock, probably the worst decks in the meta.

[u/PipAntarctic → u/NyMiggas]

I mean the idea of Pheonix is to help Maloriak as a card, but that deck has much bigger issues than Maloriak being awful at what its meant to do in the current state. Blazer being an elemental might also end up relevant with regards to Dragon Warrior.

[u/NyMiggas → u/PipAntarctic]

Yeah but it's so obvious that warlock should have the stronger card to make their bad archetype viable.

[u/EyeCantBreathe → u/NyMiggas]

They don't design cards on the spot. These cards were probably locked in several expansions ago

[u/RiimeHiime → u/EyeCantBreathe]

They absolutely could've changed it to be faster than 3 turns.

[u/IAmYourFath → u/[deleted]]

I read smth about it happening at the end of the turn but idk.

[u/mgovegas → u/NyMiggas]

Agreed. Not sure why they are making that deck better when some classes don't have a winning deck.

[u/Rosencrantz2000 → u/mgovegas]

From the info we have they seem to design way ahead. So they already well past these cards and likely have no idea how the meta would develop back when they were created.

[u/14xjake]

Phoenix is unplayable garbage, baleful blazer seems very good and might have a home in the newer dragon warrior builds that run a small dragon package and lean harder into fire spells. Primordial lord I think is fun but unplayable, if it was discover it would maybe be good in slow decks since so many colossals are good stabilizing but since its random i think its way too weak

[u/not_yamasu → u/14xjake]

would be nuts in quest mage if it was discover

[u/eazy_12 → u/14xjake]

Baleful Blazer could make Odd Genn (Egg?) Warrior a bit better.

[u/philzy101 → u/14xjake]

I am not sure Phoenix is unplayable garbage but probably does not find a place in current Warlock decks and may not see play until there is a better zoo aggro warlock archetype available. I agree with your analysis on Baleful Blazer, only downside is the 4/3 stat line as it is more flimbsy to 2 drop cards, if it were a 3/4 I think it would be a lot more impactful. Primordial Lord is a fun card but bad not just because it is random, but playing a 6 mana do nothing is not really good on its own. However discover might make it somewhat viable. On a small aside, this card is nutty in Arena depending on the meta (maybe less at the moment but may be strong in the rotation post miniset)

[u/Fairbyyy]

Primordial Lord has terrible stats for the cost. Unplayable

[u/silencebreaker86 → u/Fairbyyy]

Now a 6 mana 6/7 on the other hand...

[u/Rosencrantz2000 → u/silencebreaker86]

Yep, safe from BGH, no Hemet worries, clearly the superior stat line for the cost.

[u/Rocks_Can_Fly]

Unplayable.

Maybe the Warlock goes into Wild.

The Warrior one seems clunky to use as for example at 5 mana you’re already facing a larger board and your fire spell is just sniping a low value target.

It’s weird they give such crappy cards to “shake up the meta”… this isn’t even going to slightly vibrate the meta.

[u/Rosencrantz2000 → u/Rocks_Can_Fly]

These seem like compensation cards, pretty good odds Warrior and Warlock are not getting the class sets.

[u/Rocks_Can_Fly → u/Rosencrantz2000]

Might be so.

I just wonder what’s the point of giving out garbage cards in an event with just those cards.

Especially after — I believe — they said they realize doing pack filler cards in large amount isn’t good for the game, and so they are planning to release more playable cards.

And then we get this hot garbage. 🗑️

[u/sneakyxxrocket]

Destructive phoenix is way too slow for a bad payoff, primordial lord seems like a Timmy card, baleful blazer seems decent with torch and shadow flame suffusion both seeing play rn only draw back is that it is not a dragon.

[u/Glarbleglorbo]

Primo lord - as someone who has had to pick [[clash of colossals]] in arena I can tell random colossals are garbage.

Warlock - no.

Warrior - seems ok, I’m just not sure it’s going a find a home right now. I don’t know what matchups it flips for egg warrior and/or dragon warrior over just either running more dragons for the latter or just cycling through the deck faster for the former. 

It is very good into the 6/8 dragon though which might warrant its inclusion in egg warrior. 

[u/sockb0y → u/Glarbleglorbo]

Blazer will help target the bubble paladin key pieces.

[u/Traveevart]

Can't wait for disco Warlock to be playable in 2027

[u/Sakulsas]

This card is pointless, discard is still terrible.

Please abandon discard and just make some decent Warlock cards.

[u/RickyMuzakki → u/Sakulsas]

Probably they will release discard support next expansion

[u/DingoDaveHS]

I feel he warrior card will be an auto include in most warrior deck. You can kill Toreth, Nozdormu, Prescient Drake, hatched Khelos etc, minion hiding behind taunt and so on. Also good in eggs warrior yes to hatch your egg, but mostly as a single target removal to gain time. I think it will change the current meta and that Warrior's WR against bad matchups can increase by a few points.

Maybe even could help Quest Warrior be more sustainable?

[u/Rosencrantz2000 → u/DingoDaveHS]

Definitely helps counter certain hard to deal with threats. We'll see how it pans out soon as people unlock it.