Baron Geddon - Hearthstone Cards (2024)

Ah lord Baron, your time has come to serveFrost Lich Jaina

If you still haven't dusted him, discovering him with Servant of Kalimos granted me a huge heal against flood hunter with Frost Lich Jaina

Note worthily, the damage he deals to you is also restored, so every other character suffers except your hero if he has lifesteal.

I regret dusting him

End me

I git thus guy from a pack. He does ok in secret hunter as i have no real board clear. What else is this guy good for though?

Hey there. I was asked about Baron Geddon several times, so i decided to make the review. I got him from a pack, wanted to dust but then kept just for "in case of...", so I know what I'm talking about.

His stats are very poor. For 7 mana you drop 5 health minion. Nowadays it's very easy to deal 5 damage from hand or just finish it off if a minion survives after his nuclear sneeze. It would be insanely good if he had 5/7 stats, because, in fact, he would be able to purge spammed board, then kill a 5 or less health minion next turn, then clear leftovers or finishin 6-7 health minions(but they would most likely kill this dude). That would be an exelent buff that would bring Geddy to life. But now it's not. As i said, getting rid of 5 health is simple. If he somehow survives, though, he can kill a large minion, or smack face for 11 damage(2+7+2).

About his effect: He basicaly castsConsecration on both boards every end of your turn. Consider his manacost. At 7 mana dealing 2 damage to the board is not that impressive most of the time. His effect is demanded on 4-5 mana, when most aggro decks drop their small minions in unreal quantities, smacking your face with them. If you drop something earlier, they might trade with their toddlers and drop something more threatning and more healthy than 2 health. Yeah, you can prepare the introduction ofBaron Geddon with other mass-damage cards likeRavaging Ghoul,Whirlwind,Consecration and so on, but it still might me slow. There are very few situations when Geddy just carries the entire position into your favor. There are, however. Mostly you will use him to finish off single or several minions, or to deal some face damage. At least try. SO mostly you may treat it like 7 mana mini-Hellfire. By the way, it may be a good measure to clear shamans' totems(basic ones) to somewhat pla aroundBloodlust, Zoolocks's little buddies that come after the first wave, or paladins' 1/1 dummies. If Donny on the board, and your opponent cant kill him, he will be basically locked from playing 1-2 health minion stuff, because ou just evaporate it for free, so he will try to sacrifice his bigger creatures. His efffect would be so gorgeous if it was 3 damage. Hellfire every turn, for the cost of a lot of HP losing. For warrior it would be so acceptable, he he would lose 6 hp, but opponent would miss 13, if Geddy attacked at least once.

He is mostly(Only) used in Warrior just because it doesnt have good low-health-minions removals, like other classes. Priests have a lot of more powerful and cheaper clearings, Paladins haveEquality +Consecration/Wild Pyromancer. Shamans haveLightning Storm andElemental Destruction. Druids run Swipe and somtimes Starfall, with Azure Drake, so they hve means of clearing. Mage has Blizzard and Flamestrike, which does the clearing job a lot better. Warriors only have 1 damage AOEs, so 2 dmg AOE is at least something to work with. You can use your other spells or weapons to weaken other minions before droppingBaron Geddon, as i said, but it would be a lategame combo. Lately it was discovered thatWild Pyromancer +Commanding Shout is actually a very good clearing tool, but requires spells as fuel.

Some of people thought about using it in Rogue, as it has onlyFan of Knives(RIP, Blade Flurry). It might me a good thing, on the one hand, but rogues carryPreparation,Bloodmage Thalnos,Azure Drakes, so they may just spellpower their AOE to deal the same amount of damage and not to lose health, what is really important. Rouges have no good ways of healing, so every additional damage to face is crucious.

Another thing is using this card in Reno-decks. Here it might me somewhat convincing to put it in here, because you will have early game AOE, then late game one. I tried this guy in reno-shaman, turned out to be pretty interesting. It had its moments.

So, to sum up with, i would say that this guy is very situational. If you get it from a pack, you may just consider keeping it. If you play warrior - keep it, may be useful one day. If you dont - well, check your needs. If you need dust for something useful - dust it. If not - keep. I wouldnt recommend you to craft it. If you feel that you really need 2 damage across the board, you may useCorrupted Seer, as it will be the same 2 damage to board, but cheaper and with a lot weaker body, but it's a rare card, not legendary. Also Wild Pyromancer may be your choice, if you have bunch of spells. So crafting Donny, on my sight, is not a good idea. Unlesss it's the only legendary you're missing from the entire Expert set.

UPDATE: Actually, pretty good card in wild. weak aggro decks, zoo-types. Not as bad as i remember it used to be.

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The Expert Set:

Neutral legendaries: Onyxia |Baron Geddon |Malygos |Deathwing| Bloodmage Thalnos|Cairne Bloodhoof|Leeroy Jenkins|Harrison Jones|Sylvanas|Ysera|Ragnaros|Alexstrasza|The Black Knight

Class ones: Al'Akir the Windlord| King Krush |Cenarius |Edwin VanCleef|Archmage Antonidas|Tirion Fordring|Jaraxxus|Prophet Velen[Remastered in 26.10.2016]|Grommash Hellscream

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Neutral legendaries: N'Zoth| Soggoth

Other Sets:

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I just got this guy in gold .

Should I keep it or make a Leeroy ?