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Card Discussion Grandmaster Kraigon

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Card Discussion Grandmaster Kraigon

http://www.bagoum.com/cards/GrandmasterKraigon

Type: Unit

Rarity: Legendary

Set: Unearthed Prophecy

Cost: 9

Stats: 7/7

Effect:
Forcefield, Frenzy, Grow: +7/+7.
Your General has:
Forcefield, Frenzy, Grow: +7/+7.

People Initial thoughts

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the Makantor Jesus”

“Very expensive but at least it has immediate effect with giving Forcefield and Frenzy to the general.
Still…probably too expensive for 9 mana.”

“I dont know if it will see competitive play, all it takes is a cheap spell or a dispel opening gambit.”

“this card looks bonkers, good enough to be played at 9 mana by itself because of the general benefits.Flashing this at 7 mana is also going to be disgusting”

“The thing about this card is whether you would rather play this or Juggernaut. This card has immediate impact, allowing your general to do a forcefield frenzy attack the turn it is played, and helps stall out the game if it is allowed to stick. The problem is that Juggernaut is likely a bigger threat if allowed to live, despite having no immediate impact. Furthermore, this is a lot easier to remove with damage than Juggernaut. On top of that, Juggernaut is arguably better when flashed out due to the 2 eggs. All in all, I think this is interchangeable with Silithar Elder and Juggernaut in any deck. It doesn’t really add anything new, but it’s cool nonetheless. Also, it satisfies me to see the Grandmaster cycle complete”

  1. Did the card match your initial impressions of it? Is it better or worse than you original thought?

  2. How often do you see this card on the ladder? What deck do you think it is good in?

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Card Discussion Matron Elveiti
#2

Card is over all pretty weak as it costs 9 mana, it’s really good in apex and good in some keeper lists.

  1. I was indifferent on my initial expectations.

  2. Outside of my I own extensive testing I haven’t seen this on ladder.

#3

I just played a guy who flashed Kraigon for 7 mana, and boy am I annoyed. He was on 7 health, and I had no minions on the board, but I had specrev in hand and life was good. BUT NOPE because forcefield. Didn’t have any removal in my hand either…

  1. I thought this was insane when it came out, I still think it’s insane, but I guess it’s only as insane as specrev or makantor jesus. It’s also probably ok because of it’s 9 mana cost.

  2. I have seen this twice, once in gold and once in silver. It’s absolutely revolting in low silver when no-one owns any(decent) removal, and that’s where I first encountered it D:

#4

Its very situational, more like a bought - 1 hand card - situation wining card when playing keeper, but thats all

#5

Its the classic high cost answer or die minion. You remove it good, you dont you loose

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#6

But for that you can find cheaper ones. 9 is very expensive.

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