The opposite of killing edge , looks extremely strong
The buff is less important in Lyonar than in Songhai , but zeal minions are often much better than back stab one , so it is going to be way easier to draw a card out of it.
edit: lol
Shimzar Spoilers day 17: Afterblaze
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I like the continuing theme of Lyonar and Songhai being counterparts (if only there was a cinema of the two fighting…). Definetly good draw in Lyonar, good synergy with Silverguard knight, windblade adept, and Seven sun, and the HP and Attack boost are ntable too (+4 health is another +4 attack with divine bond). I wouldn’t be suprised to see this appear as often as Killing Edge does.
Side Note: I believe the card art depicts both Argeon and Zir’an’s swords, if so, props to detail 
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I like the continuing theme of Lyonar and Songhai being counterparts (if only there was a cinema of the two fighting…)
But if we get a cinematic of Magmar and Lyonar fighting (the only remaining factions without cinematics) that will be EPIC.
Synergizes well with suntide maiden, and definitely some nice comboes with lionheart blessing + sunriser + afterblaze. Looking forward to using this in healyonar.
Because the faction that revolves around one card needs a card that makes that one card even better and also helps draw it (and copies of it) sooner…
Seriously though, how soon till we have a deck with Divine Bond, Afterblaze, Lionheart Blessing (nice synergy potential with Afterblaze by the way), Aegis Barrier, and Aerial Rift where you just replace/cycle all the 1 mana spells til you have 2-3 Divine Bonds in your action bar and then pump which ever minion you have up?
In any event, Lionheart Blessing + Afterblaze should be fun. play both, swing, get two cards immediately. Play them on a Azurite Lion and swing twice and you have a 4/7 (minus the damage it took) Celerity minion and 3 cards drawn. Even if it then gets dispelled/removed, you’re already ahead in card advantage.
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Can’t agree more.
PLEASE CPG MAKE ANOTHER VIABLE WINCON FOR LYONAR.
Seriously, there is one way to play this faction, and that archetype is getting better and better. This is getting stupid.
Where are you guys getting the Lyonar and Songhai are rivals bit?
I don’t doubt the validity of it but there’s nothing about it in the Codices from what I remember. Is there any lore I’m overlooking?
Thanks for posting it 
I was a bit preoccupied 
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You did it for the last 16 days, thought you could use a break 
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They have been often depicted fighting in the official art, and their ways of life and strategy are polar opposites.
I haven’t really checked the lore, but on the homepage and on the old duelyst website there are art depicting Lyonar vs Songhai, which is where I mainly got the idea that Songhai and Lyonar had some form of rivalry/counterpartism
Looks good on paper, but it will probably be bad in practice. Lyonar wants to play either utility spells or really strong spells such as DB and Holy Immo to take advantage of his strong minions surviving. This one goes under the latter category and it doesn’t even compare.
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I would love to see that fight happen. Vaath wouldn’t even summon minions: he would just go total face and use earth sphere, artifacts, and bounded life force (or at least thats what I think would happen).
Look at the chapter “The Twin Empires” that’s about as close as it gets to hinting that they are indeed counterparts.
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I’m ready to see The Immortal Vaath smash right through two Silverguards barehanded before an Ironcliffe is dropped Titanfall-style onto the battlefield. Then they wrestle.
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still waiting for vaath to put on wolverine… oops i mean adamantine claws and rip that ironcliffe in half
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1st turn: Azureite Lion
2nd turn: THIS
If the opponent has a bad draw,i can call GG.
On another hand i love this card,but im grumpy because i have watched enough seasons of “Divine Bond and F.R.I.E.N.D.S” to know this card,although a common,is dangerous.
Also,gauntlet.Need me to explain what i mean? This thing wins boards->games with a silverguard/lion.
If Lions with Divine Bond aren’t scary enough then adding an Afterblaze is.
- Azure Lion 2/3
- Afterblaze 4/7
- Divine Bond 11/7 (22 damage with celerity)
- Roar 13/7 (26 damage with celerity, OTK!
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Seems pretty gud 
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Lyonar gets another great tool in gauntlet in the common rarity. I would argue that this is even better than killing edge in gauntlet. Generally, zeal minions are better than backstab minions in gauntlet (with the possible exception of the new Solaris card) and the extra health and small boost in attack makes the affected minions more durable as well as allow low drops to trade many for one.