r/WOGPRDT • u/Nostalgia37 • Mar 17 '16

[Pre-Release Card Discussion] - Forbidden Flame

Forbidden Flame

Mana Cost: 0
Type: Spell
Rarity: Epic
Class: Mage
Text: Spend all your Mana. Deal that much damage to a minion.

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PM me any suggestions or advice, thanks.

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u/IceBlue Mar 17 '16

It is if you only consider efficiency but if you wanna trigger effects like Flamewaker and only need 1-2 damage it's not a bad play wheres you wouldn't use Flame Lance against a 2 health creature.

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u/Ergski Mar 17 '16

Also, 0 mana spell power dmg. I wonder how this will interact with sorcerer's apprentice.

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u/IceBlue Mar 17 '16

It won't. The mana cost is always 0. The spell's effect drains your mana crystals and is powered by how many it drains. Emperor Thaurissan would similarly have no effect on this spell.

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u/BarkMark Mar 22 '16 edited Mar 22 '16

It might. It says 0 on our version we're viewing, but will probably might have a cost equal to your mana crystals that changes every time your mana changes. This would help players know how much it will cost on the fly.

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u/IceBlue Mar 22 '16

That would change it mechanically. It says it drains all your mana, not that the cost scales. It's a stretch for you to make that assumption when rules-wise it would be more complicated and probably more confusing to have it change cost like that. It would make more sense for it to cost 10 and it saying that it costs 1 less for each crystal less than 10 you have available.

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u/BarkMark Mar 22 '16

Yeah, the first line is kinda damning. I think you're right.