A Warlock Legendary that sucks the life out of your opponent…. INFINITELY!

[@baerthegamer3366]

"Alright, deck into time! And this time, it sucks to lose!"

[@charles_math]

Thaddius making a comeback on Mark videos for this one :)

[@jameslikesit]

"And this time, we're sucking the opponent dry"

[@TheUbiouS]

I think at this point making Echo a basic mechanic is a must, now that there are so many cards that say “Repeatable this turn”

[@locogato3488]

They should start using Echo instead of "Repeatable this turn" to avoid any possible infinite combos.

[@tarille1043]

Or simply put the Echo nerf also onto "Repeatable this turn" mechanic.

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@tarille1043 I'd rather them spend an entire year patching card text and keyword usage to be consistent, damned be the "expansion theming" reasoning for why the don't reuse Keywords (except for when they do because even their "consistency" is inconsistant) because expansion themes hardly matter at all, people only really care about the text on the card, and I'd expect problem solving card text in a card game, and keywords help with that.

[@KraylebStudios]

It's way less clunky. But nooooo that's repeating mechanics and we can't do thaaaaaat (Spellburst says hi)

[@locogato3488]

@@tarille1043 They can't put the Echo nerf to "Repeatable this turn" because its not a keyword, so they would have to write "Copies of this can't cost less than (1)" on the text of every card with "Repeatable this turn" because there wouldn't be any tooltip to explain that there is a cost limit. That's why we have Echo for. There is no reason why they can't use it when they keep making cards with this mechanic.

[@tarille1043]

@@locogato3488 They literally wouldn't have to put the text on the card. Just like other mechanics don't have their full description written on. Like Taunt doesn't say "Unless this minion has stealth" on it. Heck, "Repeatable this turn" also doesn't say "Get a temporary base copy of this card after playing it" it just says "Repeatable this turn" Hearthstone has made a point about never fully explaining the mechanics if favour of less text but more "Learn by doing". Ergo, there is no need for the "Copies of this can't cost less than (1)" text to be on there. They can simply apply it as a rule to the mechanic and people can figure it out by playing like literally every other mechanic in the game.

[@Transforsen]

Thank God Warlock doesn't have a Radiant Elemental like card.

[@reikolight]

Yet

[@eagless7778]

At least no for Shadow spells

[@declanhanrahan1759]

Closest thing is probably Tamsin, and even then, she explicitly requires you to spend mana BEFORE getting your free spell

[@TheSupremeus]

Coming in mini-set...

[@Snipfragueur]

I thought it was going to be a 3 mana "For the rest of the game" effect.

[@VisualRift]

Same

[@No_More_Naggers]

clickbait trash

[@Blak_024]

Skiperino yaperino zeddyrino button -> 0:49

[@justicedemocrat9357]

Shut uprino

[@loian7]

I love the fact that in the abduction ray art, it's the warlock startship (as seen in the previous reveal) doing the abduction

[@salamanteri_]

In Wild, a new jank combo with the new Dark Star, two Reverberations, Tamsin (the one who gives zero mana copies of shadow spells) discounter by Mithril Rod and two general shadow spells is _easily_ 60 life drain.

[@Chimeraeateverything]

@@salamanteri_ that doesn’t sound easy though

[@ΕυάγγελοςΠαπαμιχαήλ]

How would Abduction Ray work with Tamsin Roame?

[@sng9x]

Glad they are pushing for Demon Warlock decks, an archetype I always like since Beta.. not the Aggro decks with Fatigue, Insanity, Zoo, etc…

[@sujimayne]

Fatigue/Insanity is not aggro. It's also fun to play, but not very interactive to play against.

[@bakad5458]

Too bad none of the cards synergize with Nemsy

[@taplast2503]

Zoolock has always been tempo control, it’s been a common misconception since 2014 that it’s an aggro deck because it plays fast but the play style is control

[@TheEnergie360]

why "repetable this turn" and not use old keyword like, oh I dont know, ECHO

[@Claudeteh]

Because echo means it's a ghost-like effect, that's why mistwraith(a ghost) gains stats after you play an echo card, now, this new card isn't a ghost or something, you're just repeating the effect of abduction something, in this case, a demon

[@joshbooyy9868]

Why does this question pop up every time, the devs where very clear about that. They don't want to confuse new players with old keywords that aren't evergreen. They think it would be unnecessarily complicated to bring back old keywords for only a single card.

[@LignumVerus]

@@joshbooyy9868 Its not just a single card tho. There was another repeatable card revealed

[@Hateful_Bug]

Because they got this quirky feeling that moving Keywords from representative Expansions is breaking their identity, at least it what i believe is the case and i dont get it. Either way, i think one day they will grow up and finally make these Keywords global. (Theres also Keywords like Cleave that should be added to the game, but somehow still read as "Also damages adjacent minions")

[@tarille1043]

@@joshbooyy9868 Also the devs: Keeps making cards that give cards from the past, including cards that have old keywords...

[@michaeltrimble7680]

I first read this as “sucks the infinite life out of your opponent” and was so happy. This has been the age of a billion health.

[@michaelbowman6684]

Them not reusing keywords is such a mind boggling decision I still don't understand to this day. "Expansion themes" are just an excuse to make new cards, the functionality of a keyword or mechanic shouldn't be exclusive to an expansion, that is completely misunderstanding the entire point of keywords, they reduce text bloat and are themselves a kind of problem solving card text, because something like "repeatable this turn" has differences in how it functions compared to "Echo." They aren't even consistent in this "rule" when they _do_ introduce new cards with old keywords, or even worse print new cards that give you _old_ cards with old keywords, so what is even the point of having such an arbitrary rule, so they have an excuse when card text is sloppy and inconsistent?

[@KraylebStudios]

It's kind of dumb

[@Necromancry]

it will be the worst feeling when a death knight uses primus or resca against you when you have like 20health

[@professorhawk777]

I like the design for K' ara....we just don't have enough cheap shadow spells for consistency

[@neondead2.0.15]

Yet

[@le0n447]

The art in this set is phenomenal

[@darkhippo6222]

How would this interact with defile? Does the automatic recasting count? Could do strange things then

[@johnj4471]

The naaru names with an apostrophe count as two syllables so it’s kuh ara

[@GabeW-ko2lf]

I koveeeew the videos man. I always immediately watch them immediately. The best creator for hearthstone or at least my favorite.

[@vincecourts8740]

Kara looks bad to me but it could potentially pop off with cursed campaign I think.

[@Orisha1990]

I might not like the art direction the game went with, but this set looks amazing and has the first signatures I've ever wanted. The dark star one almost looks like it's jumping out at you.

[@olagarto1917]

why dont they use the echo keyword?

[@djharris6822]

My favorite sigs are the ones I can pull and the one from the mega bundle.

[@rod99ttett90]

Why these cards don't have the keyword echo ?

[@CronicDaClown]

This expansion is looking crazy already

[@AndrewO83]

This is the first expansion this year I'm happy to buy both bundles for this time around... even without the board (although that kills me a bit ngl). Even if starships don't end up being great, I literally want to build one in as many classes as possible and also try all the new cards etc. Like, I'm really feeling this set for some reason.

[@shahrooz3310]

I dont really see the legendary being this big potential otk threat even in wild. I mean flamewaker effectively does the same thing but in a class that can abuse. So the real question is if its good enough as just a quasi board clear that gets a big butt

[@tarille1043]

Well... Flamewaker literally was a menace in Wild. Which is why Sorcerer's Apprentice got nerfed the first time and also contributed to the Drek'thar nerf (Alongside Frog Shaman). I think the main constraint on this is that most set ups to really abuse it, can simply do other things instead. Like, you can Tamsin + Reverb to get a bunch of Tamsins that will give many free copies of shadow spells... But you can just do that and get a bunch of Darkbombs to toss at the enemy hero for lethal. Still, there's some potential. With Reverb and a bunch of cheap Shadow spells alongside mass mana cheat (Like cheating out Chaddius or using Rods) you can likely OTK pretty quickly with the advantage of also bypassing armour. Will it be good enough to make an impact on Wild? Probably not, but the potential is always going to be there whenever any shadow spell support gets printed.

[@TheUbiouS]

Looks fun to play with, but not against

[@Pumpking1984]

they have so many keyword, but they never use them all.

[@CabbageYe]

It's good though. I don't want to come back after a year or two and have to relearn 37 different keywords just for them to appear on one or two cards.

[@C3l3bi1]

ur right its much better to re learn 200 cards instead​@@CabbageYe

[@Bladius_]

@@CabbageYe You can hover the cards and read the effect, it's a digital game.

[@KraylebStudios]

​@@CabbageYeI mean Echo is on quite a lot of new cards so it's not that bad... also no Carmageddon pfp

[@animegx45]

That's because they don't remember anything they did two expansions prior.

[@ProfessionalCommentor]

They really face diving with every card being spellburst

[@Meca-Mat]

Tamsin + K'ara + Reverb on Tamsin + Reverb (0) on Tamsin + Reverb on Tamsin + Reverb on K'ara (0) + Reverb on K'ara (0) + Reverb anything (0) = 22 damage, just need 1 more Shadow spell for the kill.

[@Squid-King]

Ah sweet. Welcome back Azyrite Snake.

[@maximgolovin1527]

There will be an otk with this card, its there, i just don't know where

[@Magnazorda]

Wild also has Tamsin Roame minion to get more copies of shadow spells in a turn to really abuse that legendary if they want.

[@benkohlman6320]

Abduction ray art is beautiful... wow

[@barty6368]

if K'ara doesn't have special interaction with Velen i will be dissapointed

[@anchovytrex]

Just saw that in the release schedule paladin is last, any particular speculation behind this? Maybe they are getting some 'wild' draenei cards or somefin?

[@jeremiahbell6129]

They're just getting "Somefin", a legendary of a new Merloc package that transforms its stats randomly every turn.

[@BanditSal]

Lock docks have always been fun

[@rory9975]

Will try this in my excavate deck, but I think it'll be too clunky. That deck already needs a lot to support it. I just love ignoring armour though.

[@Sylarko100]

I would like demonlock works again. Its my favourite class and archetype.

[@peshomighty5051]

K'ara the dark star say from a random enemy tha byt means enemy hero you can steal max health from the enemy hero. I hope my signature is a neutral starship piece(if one piece is signature then your starship will be signature) Arkonite Defense Crystal has taunt and gain armor. Or Galactic Crusader(for draenei priest or starship rogue or maybe for warlock after you play kil'jaeden?)

[@Skypirates-n6r]

looks like it will work well with k'ara

[@alexandermaxey3354]

This and the elemental that cost reduces demons has crazy mana cheat

[@triceratops1260]

repeatable is stronger than echo though, since it doesn't have the echo 1 cost minimum nerf

[@joncoutts1671]

Warlock looking fun!

[@powerbomb5000]

Finally now I play Suck N Erupt warlock

[@unluckyrat3961]

I hear Markmcz already

[@umbralbushido8636]

Well shit now I have to decide whether to play warlock or shaman this expansion

[@ХлобистовОлександр]

Are you Zedyyy or Zezed ?

[@aussiepoos2543]

I think Abduction ray is really amazing 5 stars and Kara is bad 2 stars until they buff it to 3 damage ❤

[@S1riuz]

Abduction ray is gonna be so annoying in arena.

[@aleccoffee9105]

Can't wait to play the new cards the new draenei look fun

[@olagarto1917]

abduction ray is a flavor miss

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Imagine if they gave Druid or Priest a repeatable card that gives them cheaper dragons. Says alot about demon archetypes in comparison

[@MinoriGaming]

What do you mean? There’s plenty of playable demons like. Uh. Uhm. Uh. Hmm. Uh. Flame Imp is a demon!

[@DarkJak]

Literally sucks? Wow, never thought Hearthstone would go R-rated

[@michaeltrimble7680]

Rogue is so going to OTK with that card lol.

[@paulmariustoma9227]

I am very excited to try this new legendary

[@straycatnip]

Excavate warlock is still viable in wild, but zed hates playing against that deck

[@adamjones1115]

Warlock sub class: Succubus

[@darkhippo6222]

*Suckubus

[@robertlupa8273]

"Kara" means "punishment" in my mother tongue. 😅

[@TL-fz4yr]

I doubt warlock will be going far with some of these unfortunately. To the Void!

[@raharii12345]

How is both 3 mana?. Priest only summon 3 cost minion. While Warlock have a higher value by stealing max health permanently!!!

[@stargun7235]

Warlock got the cool legendary. Priest got the shit one 😭

[@mrv9937]

If you talk about K'ara the card is shitty i don't know the cool side when its bad like a 3/3 never survive on board and it only steal 2 hp's + like warlock have allmost no cheap spells actually when priest can with everlasting love or other tou just summon 3 drop and at least do something its allmost like a Rayla of paladin

[@RustyShaklefudd]

Give us 0 mana shadow cards.

[@phillipjones1536]

This is a mark card if I ever saw one

[@DimaErmakov97]

Kara means dark in turkic languages

[@user-zg3zv3yx7z]

in standard is an umplayable card this K'ara, the Ray is honest

[@reitifoh]

All I'm going to say is warlock tourist + coisearge....... need I say more?

[@Dionisisdenis]

I don't know what arena zeddy is playing that abduction ray is amazing but it ain't this one

[@magicsinglez]

Writing this down. . .’demonseed’. . .

[@okamizero1459]

Justice for echo

[@fallensound351]

im excited for this expansion!!

[@mohammedwaqid9526]

Don't think it will be that bad for the meta. There's not much support for this card to have OTK in standard.

[@Hixan001]

Big mean deamons

[@clyderulz]

Honestly finding it hard to be excited for the new expansion purley because of how terrible big spell mage is to play against and how they barley nerfed it and then buffed it by adding un nerfed renathal back to standard

[@amiralfaraj]

I hope they buff warlock and beat the dam broken druids 😅

[@filipvadas7602]

We all know K'ara is going to be busted. Its just a matter of time before someone discovers a combo that makes it Tier 1 -_-

[@Chimeraeateverything]

How so? This card is terrible. Maybe in wild it can, but I went through every shadow spell in standard and there’s nothing except cursed campaign that can somewhat do some damage. Even then you’re spending so much mana over the course of two turns that it’s your opponent’s fault if they still lose

[@filipvadas7602]

​@@Chimeraeateverything its only a matter of when rather than if

[@Chimeraeateverything]

@@filipvadas7602 I’m saying this with the current cards in standard in mind. How do you suggest that this will be broken in standard? Until we get some infinite 0 mana shadowspells, this is a terrible legendary

[@casadake]

How's it infinite? You don't have infinite shadow spells.

[@134hdbmj]

love this expansion

[@dokuganryyu]

Cant wait to see the most useless cards possible in 2 days

[@VillainousShow]

Nice work

[@danthomas529]

mage day finally

[@Cuestrupaster]

Repeatable this Turn is so stupid in design... it will always lead to problems, like Echo did, but they fixed Echo, and instead of using it, they insist in the same error, not going to lie, but it's hard they even have a balance team.

[@kfir3760]

Ye

[@edwinperez9878]

I rarely play this game because for. 7 new packs in a roll they ride warlock hard…. They don’t know how to balance stuff

[@QwertzQwertz-hs5fn]

DONT FORGET THE RIGGED SYSTEM 100% RIGGED GAME

[@dopeyboy415]

K’ara sounds cool! I

[@derschlaue3]

very good

[@rubino1354]

Zeddy!

[@NYRodriguez336]

This set is so toxic 😂...... Guess I'll be back in a year lol.

[@Harvestjunkie]

I subbed to you when you outplayed me in an Arena match awhile ago, dude got the skills

[@monstermasterv2]

worse azerite snake

[@gankfrombush]

It's got nothing to do with azerite snake lmao

[@monstermasterv2]

Bro why play bad shadow spells to POTENTIALLY steal life from the opponent when you can just use azerite snake which guarantees 7 life stolen every time, which you can bounce AND get more of. It’s just a worse snake objectively

[@gankfrombush]

@@monstermasterv2 no doubt it's worse but azerite snake isn't even a card you can put in your deck. It's a reward for excavate.

[@monstermasterv2]

@@gankfrombush it sure is better than willingly putting a 3/3 one-of in your deck

[@gankfrombush]

@@monstermasterv2 sure. That's why literally zero warlock decks have used excavate this entire year

[@brandonmarquez7201]

Give way

[@HerbalistGoesPvP]

this is such a boring set

[@jonasjensen9281]

i dont agree

[@bobbob-j1e]

this expansion is meh

[@Louciferrr]

Can the warlock legendary be my girlfriend?