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Comment by Maylage

Nozdormu

Comment by Oogzy

Easily one of my favorite effects. Makes for quicker thinking and more intense matches.

Comment by mechlior

How is this not a thing in other TCGs! I waited 5 minutes for a player to decide what they were doing before.
's effect should be in other TCGs as well.

Comment by mechlior

is awesome! And how is this effect not a thing in other tcgs?

Comment by Cloudiane

This is hands down my favorite card because it makes people think in advance instead of what can i do this turn.

Comment by Dracornis

Hm.... i think it is a bit sad that he is displayed as a sheer dragon.
Most textes say that he looks like he is made out of sand.. fluid sand, that drips down from him

But the effect is very good!

Comment by Zanzari

Great for when facing opponents who'd otherwise be better at strategy than yourself!

Comment by Zanzari

"Oh my god I gotta do something quick! Oh uhm, this and this and uh this! Oh no wait why did I do that? Awww sh*t my turn is over..."

Comment by Jacobstx

Nozdormu causes a unique effect during his time on the board - I'm not talking card animations, foils take care of that - I'm talking covering the board in sand.

You heard me. While he is on the board, Sands of Time float across the board. Think of it like looking down onto the wavey ocean from above, only instead of water, it's transparent sand.

It's quite befitting of the Aspect of time, like his quotes in the game.

Just.. in time...

Your time... is UP!

And of course, his flavor text can't help but join in on the fun.

Time to write some flavor text.

I see what they did there.

Comment by Therulnig

Interesting in that he has one of the only effects that 'breaks the 4th wall' and effects something other than locations in the battlefield (hand, field, deck, etc). I really can't say it is the best 9 cost though in a competitive setting.

When something costs 9 you have to come at it thinking "If me and my opponent are stalled out after we both reach 10 mana crystals and I top deck this...do I win the game" and the answer is not a clear "yes" with this.

Comment by Jacobstx

Now that I have had the chance of playing this card, I thought I'd give you his summoning and battle quotes.

Just... in time..

Your time.. is UP!

Havn't had him killed yet, will return with that once it happens.

Comment by Rdemia

This is my fav. card for sure.Because kids who cant play wont be able to waste my time.

Comment by Jesterr

Setting this low time limit on turns is awesome, because then you and your opponent both have to keep thinking about what you'll be doing your next turn while you're waiting for the other to make their player.

And I mean, come on... "TIME to write some flavor text"? Very fitting for him! Although I think I would have preferred something like "The opponents of Nozdormu the Dragon Aspect have run out of Time.".

Comment by nikarja

This card will set the adrenaline up where the games are nearing the late game phase!

Comment by cuihuanyu1986

Flavor!

Comment by millbraeboy

I can't alt tab anymore! T_T

Comment by jess1932

This would have to be my favorite flavor!

Comment by Scyntt

Has anyone else noticed the turns have been lasting longer than 15 seconds sometimes? The longest turn I've seen has been 27 seconds. (Yes I'm timing it with a stop-watch.. so what?)

Comment by DrainBlut

This is not a bad card as many people think. They go "Oh, this hurts me as much as it helps, why bother?" That's not true. If you're actually using this card a lot, you'll get used to faster reflexes and plays while the enemy doesn't. Most enemies are not used to having to play this fast as they rarely see this thing played and would never use it themselves. This means it DOES hurt the enemy more than you. A lot of enemies panic and make bad plays or literally run the clock out. Most try to get rid of this thing very quickly, wasting a lot to do so.

Think of this way. You play a FPS every day. Your friend does not. Naturally, you adapt and develop very fast reflexes, because that's what FPS' revolve around. When your friend first gets on one, he will suck, horribly, compared to you. That is what this card is like. It speeds up the game. The guy using it is no doubt used to it, while the enemy is not. It gives you an advantage. Once you get used to fast plays every game, you won't be hurt by this thing. Enemies you fight however, will panic and screw up almost every game.

Comment by stormeagle6

I think Nozdormu would be much more viable in competitive decks if his card text only affected the opponent and not both players.

Because he affects both players, he's kind of like a vanilla 8/8 for 9 mana, which is pretty bad for a Legendary (I'm simplifying of course, some players will play better than others under the short time limit - but purely on paper, Noz doesn't provide any tangible advantage to the player who plays him besides his raw stats).

If, on the other hand, his text read "Your opponent only has 15 seconds to take their turn," he provides a distinct benefit beyond being just a big body in play. Maybe that would take some of the fun out of the card for the people who like it, but it would make him a bit more viable in competitive play (though still not as good as many other legendaries).

Comment by Maruset

The sandstorm effect seems to remain even if he's killed, so you don't have to turn off your Darude even if he gets assassinated!

Comment by Deadreaver

Nozdormu is one of the many cards in Heartstone, that when approached from the perspective of worth will seem quite dull.

But as an 8/8 it is safe from many favored removal, such as frost mage-combos and Starfire's. Cards like Big Game Hunter or Assassinate cut trough it like any other, needless to say.

This leaves the effect, which when played right can secure one's position and clog the play for opponent. This alone makes it very much worth the cost. Late in the game even smallest gimmicks can turn the tide.

(Taking a look at the mana cost, it is safe to say that mage's usually have burned out their polymorphs, hence no mention of the spell)

Comment by nightglue

Seems like he would become way more freightening if he gets his stats lowered (e.g. 6/6 for 7 mana or same like current Sylvanas Windrunner)

Comment by Keelerak

I think he needs a buff, preferably in lowered cost. He has a very cool effect, but it applies to both players equally and does not directly do anything, and I think he should be considered a vanilla minion for purposes of game balance. His stats are appropriate for a 7-8 mana minion

Comment by leaderavia

the new bane of players on iPads.

Comment by Kaidelair

Just imagine all 6 drakes in 1 deck. Of course ths will be lose, but lose with style.

Comment by yesennes

Hit the end turn button as soon as you can after playing this. Just to be cruel.

Comment by Catkillerfive

This card is op against handheld devises.

Comment by livodl

Voiced by Martin Sheen!

Comment by kurro

Card text should be:

Players only have 15 seconds to take their turns for the rest of the game.

As he is "the Timeless" it is only fitting his effect should last atleast the whole game don't you think?

Comment by Lykrast

The sheer satisfaction of having a legendary in your pack you got from daily quests, followed by the deception of it being this dude, even more when you remember you already have him. The same happened again yesterday, but with Millhouse...

Comment by Willemstyle

This card
Nozdormu is currently a underwhelming card. Compared to Onyxia and Alexstrasza, its effect is gimmicky and generally only works against lower tier players. Despite the fact that he is full of flaws, I will try to take the best in him up:

The uses of Nozdormu:

Works great against slow opponents that need to spend alot of time thinking or generally have a slow playstyle due to trolling or alt+tabbing much
Also good against players that like to play poker tactics in hearthstone, giving them limited time to use dirty deceiving tricks.
Against players that have a lot of effects on the board that waste time. If the opponent has many cards on the board with special abilities that will trigger while you make your play, their animations on opponent's turn will waste time.
For non-serious battles if you like to play cards with funny effects despite their lack of competitive power

That being said, I cannot find any other use of Nozdormu, and I hope that Blizzard will buff up this card to make it of competitive value, just like its dragon brothers Alexstrasza, Malygos, Onyxia, and Deathwing.

My ideas of buffing up this card to a competitive level:
(Mana/Attack/HP)

Original: (9/8/8) Players only have 15 seconds to take their turn
1 - Magic immune: (9/8/8) Magic immune. Players only have 15 seconds to take their turn
2 - Early game: (5/5/5) Players only have 15 seconds to take their turn
3 - Passive minion: (1/0/3) . Players only have 15 seconds to take their turn
4 - Mirror turns: (9/8/8) The enemy player only has the same time for their turn as your previous turn (minimum 8 seconds)
5 - Increased stats: (9/8/8) Players only have 15 seconds to take their turn. Gain 1/1 for each 8 seconds the enemy spends on its turn.
6 - Summon hourglass: (9/8/8) Summon a 0/15 hourglass that loses HP each second on your turn, and gains HP each second on opponent's turn (delay: 5 seconds). If the hourglass reaches 30 HP, your opponent dies. If the hourglass dies, you die.
7 - Quicken end game: (9/8/8) If Nozdormu survives 3 turns, the game will end and the owner of Nozdormu wins.

Anyways, I just hope that Blizzard will alter the card and keep it being unique.

Comment by whyzzim

Some videos:
The smoke effect stacks when multiple Nozdormus are on board.
This is what happens with 14 Nozdormus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCuGUKE_TM

It is possible to abuse Nozdormu by the mechanic that any animation resolution after pressing "end turn button" will use your opponent's time. If the animation is longer than 15 seconds your opponent's turn will be skipped. Cards that has long animation (for exampleJeeves) and cards that have "at the end of turn" effects (for example Jeeves) are good for such tactic/abuse. This can also be an issue when playing against bosses that has Nozdormu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDOZS_vceI

Comment by Nohk

I was wondering...
Does the sandstorm effect happens with both Golden and Standard cards?

Comment by Euphyley

15 seconds...I wish. It's more like 1.5 seconds on my phone. I can barely make one move before the time runs out, let alone be able to even read my cards.

I'm assuming this card is bugged on small screens?

Comment by Skullhawk13

If you ever lag, don't use this. Just trust me.

Comment by Moon

Okey, I officially found out nozdormu can be used to win games. When casting spells towards the last seconds of your turn, the spell animation time counts towards the next players time. So if you cast circle of healing with northshire cleric and get like 2-3 cards ALL THAT TIME is taken from yor opponent so he can have as low as 2 seconds at his turn, giving you an entire turn for free.

TL:DR

Use spells that take a long time to cast at the end of your turn, that time is taken from your opponents turn lowering it to as low as 2-3 if there were a few spells.

Comment by robertalexstorm

This card stresses me out... because I know the right plays but I'm so pressed to make it happen in time...

Comment by thvor

I want to like this card. I really do. But he's simply not playable, since the rope timer starts when a player hits the "End Turn" button, rather than when the new player actually gains control. So I find myself in a situation where I play Noz, hit End Turn, watch my opponent make their turn--they get most of the 15 seconds--and then, by the time I have control, I've lost at least half of my turn to the animations of my opponent's turn. Since I can't do much of anything at that point, I'm not able to deal with whatever my opponent did, and end up losing.

This is noticeable on the video posted on this page, where all of the summon animations eat up the first turn, causing the rope to burn significantly faster than on subsequent turns where the only animation is the card draw/fatigue. I've also seen a video where a player used two Youthful Brewmaster's to fill up the animation buffer, eliminating his opponent's turns. Not fun.

The really frustrating thing is that this should be an easy fix for Blizzard--just have the rope timer start when the player can actually do something.

Comment by Skullhawk13

I personally run this in my dragon priest deck, because it's a good way to make your foe panic, You need some high cost dragons to make the deck work, and my last dragon slot was either malygos, Chromaggus, or Nozdormu, I have trouble with hand-size as is, and My only spell is holy nova. I think Noz is the clear choice.

Comment by JetSpike

Seriously, why do I keep opening him? 2 regular and 1 golden so far. Almost seems like he *wants* me to make a deck for him.

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Nozdormu

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Players only have 15 seconds to take their turns.

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This card is used in 0.46% of all decks.	This card can be found the most in Druid decks.	This card is used in 0.8% of all Druid decks.

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