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Daily Card Discussion - March 12th - Prismatic Illusionist

#1

Short and simple. The Arcanyst of the Day, Prismatic Illusionist!
Edit: This card has a statline of 2/3, not 2/1.

To start off the discussion, here are some questions of consideration:

  1. What is your opinion of this card?

  2. What currently synergizes best with this guy? (general, other minions, spells, etc.)

  3. What one revealed card in the upcoming expansion would you plan to use in conjunction with this one?

  4. Do you know any magic tricks? :slight_smile:

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#2

It’s the meme supreme.

If the tokens are arcanysts then it works great with bond though.

#3
  1. It’s a playable arcanyst, but sees play in a more swarmy-styled deck to get best benefit.
  2. Kara obviously nets extremely well with this guy, as for spells, any AoE buff, and 0mana spells/cheap cycle spells synergizes extremely well.
  3. Feralu. Nothing much to say about that because it’s obvious.
  4. Nope. I’m not into that kind of stuff.
#4

  1. I think it’s at least usable in arcanyst decks, and any deck which can spam spells and draw again easily can proc this minion a lot

  2. The ones that instantly come to mind are owlbeast and kara, and basically any low cost spell

  3. All of the low costing spells, and for minions trinity wing can obviously help proc it a lot, that’s all I can think of for now though

  4. I can fail at things so spectacularly perhaps you’d think it was a magic trick, but apart from that I’m fairly sure I don’t know any.

#5

Is that an old version of Prismatic Illusionist? He’s a 2/3 now.

  1. What is your opinion of this card?

One of the best Arcanyst cards, imo. Very fun to play, although easy to remove. If he’s not dealt with, however, he gets pretty out of hand.

  1. What currently synergizes best with this guy? (general, other minions, spells, etc.)

Any cantrips, and Owlbeast Sage (since the 2/1 Illusions are also arcanysts).

  1. What one revealed card in the upcoming expansion would you plan to use in conjunction with this one?

Nightshroud, I suppose.

  1. Do you know any magic tricks? :slight_smile:

I actually do. I liked card tricks when I was young but hated how most of them were very simple or similar to one another. I taught myself to do some card tricks that were more complex and interesting. I struggle with some tricks that require super precise and fast hand motion, though.

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#6

Dunno, but made edit. Thanks!

#7

If you need pictures of cards you can pull them from the game’s art kit here :slight_smile:

https://news.duelyst.com/duelyst-art-kit/

#8

I think Vanar has the best synergy with this card alongside owlbeast and polarity for massive damage :wink:. Also, you can transform the 2/1 illusion with spells like Aspect of the fox, mark of solitude , Aspect of the drake, Wailing overdrive and many more. All in all, i think this is a good card as long as your opponent doesn’t have A.O.E. As for future cards that would work well with this…well… all Arcanyst should work with this but honestly I have no idea :sweat_smile:.

#9
  1. It’s crap if dispelled. Illusions die to literally any AoE. Thus it’s very unreliable, but not impossible to use effectively.

2)I should mention Kara as an obvious example. Another possible neutral choice is Shiro Puppydragon and Owlbeast Sage of course. I personally have some success and lots of fun with this guy in Lilithe Swarm\Arcanyst hybrid deck. You may find it here, if interested: Swarm Arcanyst Lilithe.

3)Nightshroud, of course, though I feel it won’t work properly. Also prismatic/owlbeast/kindling combo is theoretically fun, but almost impossible to pull off.

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#10

I loooove Prismatic Illusionist. I have been toying around with the card for months and months and I just happened to open a Prismatic Prismatic Illusionist. And yes, the Illusions that are spawned become Prismatic as well. I then crafted 2 more copies of the Prismatic Prismatic Illusion for maximum Prismaticness?

Card is fun but not consistent at all. I base all of my Arcanyst Decks around Owlbeast/PI synergy. It is extremely vulnerable to dispel, but if you can pump out a few illusions before you end your turn you are likely to get value. It is very rare that earlygame they can cast an AoE, and also remove/dispel your PI so you either have a few 2/1 tokens or your PI ready to slowly start wreaking havoc the next turn.

0 or 1 mana spells/Abjuducator combos are excellent for pumping out Is.

Lyonars Beamshock can protect your dudes while also spawning an I.

Vanars Polarity can destroy any Obelysk or let you trade into practically any minion with your 4/3 Crystal Cloaker

Flash Freeze is Beamshock +1 DMG but can’t target generals.

I am soooo pumped for the expansion. Arcanyst is by far my favorite archetype, but they just need a little push to become viable.

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#11

Actually I hope that arcanyst decks won’t become mainstream, since I love arcanysts, but i don’t like being mainstream)

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#12

Yeah same here man. I am hipster but I don’t like calling myself one, because you can’t be a true hipster if you identify yourself a a hipster.

I think that both Arcanysts and Golems are gonna be EVERYWHERE for like a month, then most players will switch back to their regular decks, with the occasional Arcanyst or Golems thrown in.

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#13

It’s better than it’s often given credit for. It’s something that many players pick up early and misplay the hell out of. Trying to run it into terminal value is almost always incorrect, but if it even procs once, it pays for itself in raw damage.

I think that as Duelyst matures, this guy is going to become much stronger- but currently, people avoid it because of Ghost Lightning, Plasma Storm etc. When playing this, it’s usually best as dispel/removal bait- but also just good if it generates a couple of bodies. Occasionally, you get to be greedy and protect it- but for the most part that’s a fool’s game.

Cantripping spells, protection spells, and cheap/free spells- Inner Oasis, First Wish, Aegis Barrier, Prism Barrier, Polarity, Siphon Energy, Blindscorch… Old Mana Vortex was nuts. Again, the idea is to only present the EV of it proc’ing once, and then baiting out a hard answer. If the opponent doesn’t oblige, you get more value- if they do, it’s safer to develop.

Sparrowhawk. Have you read that card?

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