Floating Watcher

Floating Watcher is a common warlock minion card, from the Goblins vs Gnomes set.

Strategy
Many warlock cards are stronger than average at the cost of the user's health; the Floating Watcher can turn that into a powerful board presence. Ways to trigger its effect include Life Tap, Flame Imp, Pit Lord, Hellfire ,Dread Infernal, and Rain of Fire. Drain Life or Siphon Life can also trigger its effect if the player cast it on his own hero, since it does 2 damage and then restores 2. This can be a situational solution for better board control, or finishing the game.

Neferset Thrasher can trigger its effect without playing any cards since it only needs to attack for Floating Watcher to get a free +2/+2. Unlicensed Apothecary can easily ramp up Floating Watcher's stats especially with low cost minions but be aware that it deals 5 damage per summon to hero which makes this strategy very costly. Spreading Madness (if lucky) can increase Floating Watcher's stats significantly if hero is hit 9 times for a maximum +18/+18.

Combined with Hellfire or Felfire Potion, Floating Watcher can provide large amounts of burst damage as a game finisher while still alternatively providing board presence. It also gains health from these board clears, effectively taking diminished damage. Self-damage on your own turn can also be caused through playing minions like Mad Bomber, attacking a minion using a weapon (such as after playing Lord Jaraxxus), or destroying enemy Deathrattle minions like Leper Gnome and Boom Bot. Mages who obtain this card (such as through Unstable Portal) can use Fireblast on their own hero during their turn to buff Floating Watcher.

Quotes

 * Summon
 * I see everything.


 * Effect triggering
 * YES!

Lore
The Floating Watcher is a member of the race.


 * ''Observers, also known as floating eyes, are an intelligent race of floating eyeball squids native to the.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Reign of Fire" series, for the card Scheming Watcher.

Patch changes
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