Kezan Mystic

Kezan Mystic is a rare neutral minion card, from the Goblins vs Gnomes set.

Strategy
This card is a useful counter to decks that use a lot of secrets. As well as providing a valuable secret in addition to the minion itself, the effect can also disrupt the opponent's strategy, and work around specific defences they had in place. For example, a hunter relying on a Freezing Trap to prevent an enraged Grommash Hellscream from dealing lethal damage to him can be undone by using Kezan Mystic to first steal the Trap. Alternatively, a player can use the Mystic to steal an Ice Block, allowing them to deal fatal damage to an otherwise soon to be immune mage. The Kezan Mystic means that players cannot always rely on their secrets to take effect, and unlike Flare is available to all classes.

Kezan Mystic can be played immediately after killing a Mad Scientist to ensure the opponent has a secret to steal. While this does not cause the opponent to have wasted mana playing the secret itself, much of the value of the Mad Scientist is wasted, and the player can almost guarantee the Kezan Mystic will earn its summoning cost. There is of course a chance that the Mad Scientist will fail to draw a secret, due to the opponent having no secrets left in their deck, although they may still have secrets remaining in their hand.

The Mystic is a decent body in itself, and is a reasonably mana-efficient play whichever secret is stolen. Advanced players can anticipate which secret the opponent currently has active, and wait until a particularly desirable one is available to steal; or even carefully trigger one of multiple secrets, in order to ensure that the correct one is stolen. The player can also take into account any secrets they already have active, as the Mystic will not steal duplicate secrets; this can similarly allow them to pick specific secrets when the opponent has more than one active.

Quotes

 * Summon
 * The Light does not discriminate.


 * Attack
 * Light it up.

Lore

 * ''The Isle of is the tropical island homeland of the s located in the.


 * ''A is a loosely-defined class among many races. The majority of mystics use shamanistic magics, although others use nature, arcane or shadow spells. However, most use magic from only one such school.

The Kezan Mystic, according to her quotes, draws her magic from the.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Tomb of the Forgotten" series, for the card Seraxa Brightmix.

Patch changes
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