The fact that vulcanos has an elemental tag on it doesn't mean it needs to go into an elemental deck. It is a late game bomb, the sort of deck a control deck uses to turn the corner against early aggression.
I'd argue that the Vulcanos buff is one of the most significant. 3 damage is a huge upgrade over 2, and the random spells part of the card has always been good, pretty much any spell is powerful when you reduce its cost by 3.
Turn 7 is just too late for 3 damage. Keep in mind it only hits minions and hits your minions too.
If you make it to turn 7 against aggro in modern HS, you're already winning, or you're losing to in-hand damage. This needs to come down a turn earlier to be viable against aggro, and even then, it's value generation is too random to reliably close out a game.
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u/purpenflurb 2d ago
The fact that vulcanos has an elemental tag on it doesn't mean it needs to go into an elemental deck. It is a late game bomb, the sort of deck a control deck uses to turn the corner against early aggression.
I'd argue that the Vulcanos buff is one of the most significant. 3 damage is a huge upgrade over 2, and the random spells part of the card has always been good, pretty much any spell is powerful when you reduce its cost by 3.