LogFAQs > #920047765

NewerShadow posted...

In terms of consistency, I wonder if Pyro/etc (Blast Wave/Blizzard/Flamestrike/Pocket galaxy/Creation are the only others) are enough to warrant playing Sunreaver Warmage in a mage deck built around burn, since it has the option to go face and Kalecgos is now available for the extra boost. Losing Mana Wyrm on 1 hurts, but as mentioned, turn 1 plays in general seem to be dropping off a lot this rotation so who knows.

I think if any class supports Sunreaver Warmage, it's probably mage.

I'm just not sure if mage is going to get there. They're losing a ton of cards, obviously Frost Lich Jaina, which according to HSReplay was about as good as Keleseth to have in your opening hand (despite being a 9 drop). But also Dragon's Fury, Meteor, Arcane Tyrant, Arcane Artificer. They also lose Baku, which probably makes cards like Pyromaniac no longer good enough.

I'm also looking at the cards they got this set and I'm...underwhelmed. It's like...minions, spells that summon minions for you, an ice lance variant that can't go face, and a primordial glyph replacement with no cost reduction (restricted to discovering 0-3 mana spells, which could be an upside or a downside depending on what you want). Not that these are bad cards--Messenger Raven is a 3 mana 3/2 discover a specific type of minion. I've literally played a 3 mana 3/2 that did that. But that was a card that supported a strategy (murlocs in that case).

I'm really not sure what the game plan of mage decks in year of the dragon will be. Unless it really is just "summon random minions of X cost", which sounds like an awful RNG fiesta that I would rather not play myself.
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