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July Monthly Card #1: Blistering Skorn

This card looks really really good. Great for Swarm clear, and is a kind of Neutral Ghost Lightning. Will be interesting with Taygete and the like.

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Yoooo Metamorph+skorn? It’s time for Magmar to rise up again and become dominant.

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That and spirit harvester. Very good in Mag mirrors as well, teching against Chrysalis Burst and eggs. On second thought, who plays Chrysalis Burst :slight_smile:

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So good/bad news Vanar doesn’t instant lose to jax now and Zir’an now has a easier time to damage her own minions

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This card seems much like tempest in Gauntlet. Either entirely useless or very useful based on how ahead you or behind you are on board. Good for drafts that want to survive and win in late game, but much worse for proactive aggro drafts.

It’s useful versus Abyssian but not versus BloodMoon Priestess.

I’d give it a 60/100 as a start, but with a highly variable rating that changes based on what your draft is trying to do.

This card seems bad for Lilithe/Reva. Seems good for Kara as it’s a utility card with a effect that could be useful.

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Another trigger for Khymera! See, it’ll be viable one day! :laughing:

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Might be a fun way to suicide all your wraithlings regardless of where they are for that stupidly huge grimwar/dfc hit or any other deathwatch trigger.

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I like the neutral Tempest with a body, will be really helpful at some points for a little bit of clear

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An on curve body with a useful AoE. I fear Swarm Abyss and decks relying on Jax as win condition will be hit very hard by this card.

In fact, with creep being reworked and a neutral common card available as a swarm counter, it will be interesting to see how Abyssian will evolve.

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i like how they nerfed all the magmar 9 mana board clear combo then make it a thing again :stuck_out_tongue:

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It shits on early drops, especially the ones with 1 and 3 hp. More than enough for me to call it decent at this point in time.

I do :<

The Skorn will be superb in Abyssian deathwatch.

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Looking forward to this card, seems to really benefit magmar. Don’t forget twin fangs synergy.

RIP Jax Truesight 2015-2016

(also, I think Dark Fire Sacrifice will be played more for swarm now since they need to bring out Shadow Dancer/Black Solus ASAP to deter/bait Skorn)

Jax will see less play now, but so will swarm abyss, seeing as the card is neutral and is actually very good against it

And i was planning to craft a wall deck rip.

its not like magmar will ever let you have your fun anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

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I love it as a Mgamar main but i feel a neutral boardclear is a little to useful…

It deals damage to your own minions as well and as of now there isn’t any real benefit to having your own minions killed and damaged outside some specific decks. As such I doubt it will be used as a neutral board clear (arguably it could work as an anti aggro tool) as much as at will be used as a piece of the combos.

Its more of a tech cards against swarm rather than board clear (like tempest). It will most of the time be use for stablizing the board in midrange, control deck. And i guess Lyvern will be making another twin fang deck with this xD

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