Firstly, thanks to all for coming along with us for our initiation into the world of sorcery.
In parte the first I had listed the spell book, for our water deck and there were many fine suggestions to add, well many may be stretching it, a couple more like. One card that was suggested was Lord of Lies. Wasn't familiar with it cause I don't have it but I looked it up and here are some of my thoughts on it and maybe a few other cards as well. Let us opine!
I look at this card and I see the bitter taste of disappointment. I believe it was our second game played after we got our first cards (the gothic precons) I had a lot of misconceptions about how this game was gonna play out, when i got hit with our first mudslide. My board was wiped... everything I had worked for into the bitter void like so much dog feces. I screamed. I lit the coffee table on fire and then danced in the flames while I cursed the makers of this accused game! Then I calmed back down a little and I looked at David and I said, "So I guess don't group your guys on one square?"
"Yeah I guess not huh." he said.
After that we were pretty shy about ever putting 2 of our minions on the same square. Any hesitation in understanding this basic principle of its gameplay will be further allayed when you see how much "3 damage to every minion at site" type cards there are. So where does that lead us when it comes to the lord of lies? My prediction is that you will get it off around turn 8 best case, only to find it wasted your whole turn, didn't get to use its gimmick because the opponent wasn't disregarding the basics, and then got buried, drowned or some other much cheaper solution on the opponents next turn. It doesn't have submerge, burrowing or even airborne which means its vulnerable to any kind of removal the game has to offer. Then you feel saddened. Intense malaise! Next thing you know, you're the one up dancing on a flaming coffee table.
Maybe and I'm theorizing here, because my son and I both love the draw packages, it makes our games go a lot quicker than other people are used to. My point is that when I look at some of these decks that people suggest, they look like just a pile of overcosted cards with gotcha effects, and I'm thinking the cards are cool in a vacuum but you'll be at deaths door and on the run by turn 6 because you have no defense. Frankly some of the decks I look at and think unless you draw the exact cards you need at the perfect moments, I think you're looking at disappointment. How do you deal with the all charge fire deck we have? Hotwheel will kill you on turn 6 or 7 after the chargers put you on deaths door. What good is a minion that costs more than the mana you had when you died?
In summation, as a card with a cool ability its ok and it might force the opponent to play around it in some small way but at the end of the day its just a 6 power minion and I can think of cheaper.
Ill make a decklist for the fire deck like i did with the water one and you can see what I mean.
One last note... Grievous Insult has a lot of implications that have come up in our games that might not be apparent like, if you insult a submerged, burrowed or voidwalk minion while in those regions they die.