

Honestly, Thalnos isn't a card that's ever hugely exciting, and most decks can get by with cutting it. The whole point of Thalnos is that he provides an amazing amount of incremental value in one card. A common question from people who don’t own Thalnos is whether they should use Loot Hoarder or Kobold Geomancer to replace one half of the effects that Thalnos provides, and it can be difficult to explain why the answer is usually “neither”. The allure of card draw means he’s often found in combo decks, which tend to make use of the additional Spell Damage. He's been featured in many decks, but without ever really being instrumental in any of them. Thalnos is effectively a permanent fixture on our list at this point. (Image credit: Blizzard) #17: Bloodmage Thalnos There is no reason to think the deck will go away anytime soon, although it wouldn't be a huge shock to see his big brother sent to the Hall of Fame come rotation time.

Malygos still makes our list by virtue of the current strength of Reno Mage. The downside of the Discover effect is that you can't rely on it to give you the exact card you need in a more aggressive deck that relies on consistency. That flexibility makes the card a perfect fit for a Reno deck, but also explains why Maly isn't an auto-include in other Mage decks. I won’t list them all here, but suffice to say that an 8-damage Flamestrike, and a 1-Mana Arcane Intellect are among the highlights.

Provided you have a Dragon in hand when you drop the Aspect of Magic on board, you will Discover an upgraded basic Mage spell. The 2/8 statline on a 5-Mana minion isn't ideal, but Maly 2.0 has a strong Battlecry effect to compensate. (Image credit: Blizzard) #18: Malygos, Aspect of MagicĬurrently, the new iteration of Malygos only really has a home in Reno Mage.

In alphabetical order they were: Boommaster Flark, Flobbidinous Floop, Goru the Mightree, Shudderwock, Vessina, and Wardruid Loti.Īs you can see, all of these are specialised cards and-with the possible exception of Shudderwock-are only worthy of consideration if you are planning to play a deck in which they are key. Rather than rant about the merits of casting spells twice, which you will have already worked out for yourself, I figured I’d give a list of the other cards that didn’t quite make the cut. She can also be put to good use with tech cards such as Lightning Storm. She works particularly well with Dragon’s Pack, Invocation of Frost, and Far Sight. In that deck Electra is a superb utility card. Galakrond Shaman is a shadow of itself following two balance patches, but that doesn’t mean it's unplayable. Electra had the winning ticket, and so here she is. (Image credit: Blizzard) #20: Electra Stormsurgeĭue to the general consensus of our panel in the higher echelons of the list, the 20th slot was pretty much a lottery.
