Creating your own spells is quite powerful in Hearthstone . The Gadgetzan expansion makes it possible.
The next Hearthstone expansion “The Streets of Gadgetzan” has some strong cards up its sleeve that will probably shake up the meta quite a bit. One of the possibly strongest cards comes from the Cabal family, that is, the new cards that are exclusively available to Priests, Mages, and Warlocks. At the forefront is the new legendary card “Kazakus”, the leader of the Cabal.
With its stats of 3/3 for 4 mana, it may not seem particularly powerful, but its Battlecry makes up for that. As long as your deck doesn’t contain a duplicate card, you can create your own spell. This happens in 3 steps that are structurally very similar to the “Discover” mechanic.
- First, you choose the cost of the future spell – the higher the cost, the more powerful effects are available. You choose from 1, 5, and 10 mana.
- In the case of a 10-mana card, you then get 3 options: Do you want to copy 3 cards from the opponent’s deck and get them directly into your hand? Or prefer to draw 3 cards? Or would you rather deal 6 damage to all minions?
- After the first selection, the second effect is added, again with a selection of 3 options: You can resurrect 3 random allies that have already died in this game, gain 10 armor, or transform all minions into 1/1 sheep.
Depending on the mana cost of the spell, the effects vary, so there are numerous combinations that can be experimented with.
After creating the spell, you get it in your hand and can play it in the same turn if you have enough mana, or save it for a better time.
What do you think of this new mechanic? Cool and just what Hearthstone needs? Or too crazy and too many variables that you can’t even plan tactically?
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