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[Professor Lich]

I am not upset at all. Just think the card emphasizes the part of the game I hate the most. I dread the day my opponent plays this card with 1 HP and I get pyro'd to death from full health. Adding more insane random effects is not the direction I want the game to go in.

I appreciate that the card is madness inducing. I just wish the madness wasn't in the player, but rather in the game.

EDIT: I take it all back. I want to see him Atral Communion my opponent now.

That's fair. I know the whole RNG aspect of the game is a rough subject for a lot players.

It will be really annoying if Yogg-Saron becomes popular and you have to worry about random shit happening sometime on ten mana eventually.

I don't feel he'll be that popular though.

 

[Apathy]

I am not upset at all. Just think the card emphasizes the part of the game I hate the most. I dread the day my opponent plays this card with 1 HP and I get pyro'd to death from full health. Adding more insane random effects is not the direction I want the game to go in.

I appreciate that the card is madness inducing. I just wish the madness wasn't in the player, but rather in the game.

EDIT: I take it all back. I want to see him Atral Communion my opponent now.

To me casting random spells isn't madness. Mind control or confuse are madness. Hell imagine if yogg could come down and give every other minion that thing the ogres have that make them have a chance to hit the wrong target + switching their attack and health. Or what if it changed the attack and health of all other minions at the start of every turn at random.

 

[greepoman]

Won't see much regular play besides troll decks but could actually see tournament play if someone gets it off golden monkey. I'd imagine you'd throw it out when it looks like you're going to lose the next turn.

 

[Haly]

Brann Conceal Eviscerate Eviscerate Sinister Strike, next turn Yogg Saron for ALL THE SPELLS.

 

[V-Faction]

So they're not actual spells? Just a Battlecry.

Brann + Yogg

With its bindings shattered; its influence unchecked... its gonna come after us, and WE'RE gonna be the prisoners.

 

[Rockyrock]

I think im going to run him in a wild format casino mage.

 

[QFNS]

To me casting random spells isn't madness. Mind control or confuse are madness. Hell imagine if yogg could come down and give every other minion that thing the ogres have that make them have a chance to hit the wrong target + switching their attack and health. Or what if it changed the attack and health of all other minions at the start of every turn at random.

I agree. The current card only causes madness in that its effects will probably make you mad at it.

 

[Nirolak]

Brann Conceal Eviscerate Eviscerate Sinister Strike, next turn Yogg Saron for ALL THE SPELLS.

This is of course done as a Warlock after you've cast Renounce Darkness.

 

[Professor Lich]

Brann Conceal Eviscerate Eviscerate Sinister Strike, next turn Yogg Saron for ALL THE SPELLS.

I really hope Yogg-Saron has a long announment voice / music that can get interrupted if he transforms himself.

'BOW DOWN TO THE - Ribbit." -Yogg-Sa-Frog.

 

[ZealousD]

I can't wait until the day Reynad is playing in wild and somebody unstable portals into Yogg-Saron to win the game.

 

[veryslowhand]

craft this, lose a couple of games due to rgn, dont play it ever again.

 

[Apathy]

Someone over on reddit said it best. The arrival of rngesus

 

[georly]

Someone over on reddit said it best. The arrival of rngesus

True, they actually did print rngesus.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

lmao at Yogg-Saron.

Haha what? That effect is ridiculous.

It isn't really lore related (sadly). Yogg-Saron was one of the coolest raid encounters with really unique mechanics. This seems like a weird pile of stats (7/5 for 10 is Not Great) with an effect that is so unpredictable that there's no way to make it effective as it is equally likely to hurt you as help. Looks like a legendary to dust.

It's kind of lore related because its a crazy and INSANE effect I guess

 

[ViviOggi]

They took like a month to fix the raptor bug, Yogg-Saron is an accident waiting to happen

 

[georly]

They took like a month to fix the raptor bug, Yogg-Saron is an accident waiting to happen

Yeah, he must have been fun to code, since there are tons of spells that may not be castable, like execute/sap/shadowstep/etc on an empty board, cleave/forked lightning which requires 2 enemy minions.

Like, does it queue up a spell, gets to that spell, if it's invalid, plays another, or did that 'count' as the spell and you just get a whiff?

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Yogg is the ultimate Trolden card. The chance for fuckery is ENDLESS.

Mindgames -> Auchenai then Tree of Life.

Triple Pyroblast to the face.

Elemental Destruction twice, killing Yogg-Saron and overloading all your mana crystals.

 

[Apathy]

I want to see the moments where you tie because of yogg. the game should end after he is finished doing his spells right? so there could be instances where he will kill both players off before his casting is done and therefor call a tie.

 

[gutshot]

Yeah, he must have been fun to code, since there are tons of spells that may not be castable, like execute/sap/shadowstep/etc on an empty board, cleave/forked lightning which requires 2 enemy minions.

Like, does it queue up a spell, gets to that spell, if it's invalid, plays another, or did that 'count' as the spell and you just get a whiff?

The spell would count but it would be a whiff.

https://twitter.com/PlayHearthstone/status/718126188678479872

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Wish they had put up a little video clip of the effect. Can't wait to see it.

 

[Apathy]

from twitter as well.

If a card provides options, such as Raven Idol or Wrath, Yogg-Saron randomly selects one of those options when the spell is cast.

 

[Professor Lich]

lmao at Yogg-Saron.



It's kind of lore related because its a crazy and INSANE effect I guess

I've kind of defended the card effect but it really only encapsulates madness, not the fight itself.

Like, it would of been sweet to have something where Yogg-Saron is a 5/7 with Taunt that has some effect that stops him from dying(Think Commanding Shout.) Then also spawn a 0/8 Brain that keeps that effect going. Something like that is more like the raid encounter.

Something like that would be awesome for a minion card.


Edit: I just really enjoy that just about anything can happen.

 

[bjaelke]

Elemental Destruction twice, killing Yogg-Saron and overloading all your mana crystals.

Hearthstone @PlayHearthstone

.@AStonelake You would not get Overload if Yogg-Saron casts spells with Overload.

 

[Sheroking]

I get that people hate RNG, but there's good RNG and there's bad RNG. If the card is fun, like Unstable Portal, I like it. If it's boring and punishing, like Knife Juggler, I hate it.

Yogg-Saron isn't good enough to be a problem, but it's going to be exciting when he is played. I'm thinking of playing a spell heavy control priest with him for funsies.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Hearthstone @PlayHearthstone

.@AStonelake You would not get Overload if Yogg-Saron casts spells with Overload.

Well I guess thats a good thing but not as crazy. This card will need so many clarifications.

 

[Haly]

Well I guess thats a good thing but not as crazy. This card will need so many clarifications.

You will need at minimum a doctorate in Yoggsaronology to play it.

 

[Fersis]

CORRECTION! Spells cast by Yogg-Saron will NOT buff Mana Wyrm, interact with Antonidas, trigger Flamewaker, etc.

Not as broken as i thought, but is a hella cool card though.

 

[bjaelke]

The fact that the official Hearthstone Twitter account is still spewing out what I assume are genuine rules is pretty absurd. Probably caught themself by surprise the first time they played it.

 

[irfaanator]

Hearthstone @PlayHearthstone

.@AStonelake You would not get Overload if Yogg-Saron casts spells with Overload.

damn, so you want those shaman spells then

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Yogg-Saron has to be the card with the most interactions. It doesn't work with these, doesn't give you this, can't do this, but this will work etc etc etc

 

[irfaanator]

Im waiting for toasts vid of playing a yogg with a knife juggler on board that snipes a 1 hp sylvanas and seeing what happens

 

[georly]

Im waiting for toasts vid of playing a yogg with a knife juggler on board that snipes a 1 hp sylvanas and seeing what happens

Your opponent gets the yogg minion, but none of the battlecry. Probably after all of the effects go off.

 

[Dahbomb]

Hearthstone @PlayHearthstone

.@AStonelake You would not get Overload if Yogg-Saron casts spells with Overload.

This makes no god damn sense....

 

[Professor Lich]

There are currently no spells that trigger at the end of your turn, right?

Also, I wonder if Yogg'Saron has an increased chance to cast DOOM! since, you know, he's on the card?

Should make him Immune to it.

 

[Haly]

This makes no god damn sense....

The implication is that Yoggy casts the spells, not you. So your stuff doesn't get triggered because you're not casting a spell, but you also don't get overload.

Now, it'll be interesting to see if Innervate works or not given this context.

 

[Drkirby]

Do the troggs trigger then?

I guess for all purposes, his battle cry is to make random spell-like effects happen, but they don't qualify as spells for anything else.

 

[ZealousD]

Don't play Yogg Saron in your Jaraxxsus deck.

You're gonna be mad salty when he casts sac pact.

 

[Malice215]

I now see what Blizzard was talking about. Yogg-Saron is so crazy that I want to craft one. Hopefully I get one out of these pre-order packs. Who needs to pray to RNGesus when you have this.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

So decks where Yogg could legitimately work would be along the lines of what, control Warrior, control Priest, grinder/Reno Mage? Probably late game oriented Rogue decks as well.

 

[georly]

So decks where Yogg could legitimately work would be along the lines of what, control Warrior, control Priest, grinder/Reno Mage? Probably late game oriented Rogue decks as well.

He's going to be my ultimate go-to card in tavern brawls where he works.

 

[Szadek]

Tempo Mage digivolves to ... YOLO Mage!

 

[caesar]

Why blizzard why

 

[FormallyFamicom]

.

 

[Tomcat]

another legendary that don't need to craft.

 

[Szadek]

another legendary that don't need to craft.

You shoud,because it's hilarious!

 

[georly]

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Good thing to make a scoreboard for.

 

[Fishlake]

I wonder what the chances are your opponent will have a board after that. It seems incredibly powerful at first glance and definitely the god with the most potential and potential backfire you could keep playing if you are lucky and get nourishes or innervates. I think this will be seen as the new unstable portal.

 

[caesar]

We will forget about Yogg anyway because we will be raging at Light Rag and Call of the Wild.

 

[Drkirby]

So decks where Yogg could legitimately work would be along the lines of what, control Warrior, control Priest, grinder/Reno Mage? Probably late game oriented Rogue decks as well.

I can't see him working in a real deck, but if you want a gimmick deck, a Freeze Mage that runs Bolf Ramshield should work. Usually a minion's death isn't processed until after a battle cry resolves, and Bolf will continue to tank damage until the death event is processed. So you stall out the game for a long time, one turn you do Frost Nova Bolf, then the next turn you play Yogg and watch the fireworks fly. But he may just die after each "spell" finishes.

I think the most likely time to see him played is that the Golden Monkey generating Yogg. If its in a Elise Warrior deck, the thing should proc a shit ton of stuff.

 

[bjaelke]

Hearthstone @PlayHearthstone

.@gamingdude295 You will see each of the spells cast by Yogg in order, and they will also appear in the game history under Yogg's entry.

My phone is going to melt by the end of my turn.

Don't play Yogg Saron in your Jaraxxsus deck.

You're gonna be mad salty when he casts sac pact.