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Sounds like a nice combo activator for rogue.
Does it regain the spellburst after returning to hand? It does, right? Then it's quite interesting. If it was just a one time bounce Elven Archer, it wouldn't be very good. There's some possibilities here!
I don't see why it wouldn't tbh
does the copy keep the spellburst?
But it's not fluffy at all :c
I just had the idea that maybe this could bring back Quest Shaman?...or at least open up new possibilities. If you run plenty of spells (which Shaman has some archetypal support for) you can run this as your main quest completion engine and maybe not have to run so many battlecry cards to make it work. As a result you can bypass the typical weakness of Quest Shaman which is being very easily pushed off the board with no way to recover (especially since MCT has passed).
Stuff like Torrent and the AoO Elemental that discovers spells are fantastic for this. You basically have a recycleable ping spammer that gets bettter after finishing the quest. Maybe you can even incorporate a totem package since EVIL Totem is already a staple. Add a few more totems and the 0-cost totem buffers (better thanks to Totem Goliath) and you have plent of cheap spells to recycle the author (also gives you something to do before finishing the quest)
Basically Quest SHaman could return as a very value focussed deck that uses this guy for boardcontrol and pressure.
Fuck it, I'm gonna try it, it's not like Shaman can get any worse.
Hagatha the Witch would synergise nicely with this in wild.
Think about the insane Skydiving Instructor synergy. You can consistently tutor this minion then bounce it back to hand.
thank you for reminding me of that one card everyone else forgot. I was really thinking of a tutor for it but couldn't find one, but this is actually perfect. That one goes into the list
But if your deck is not filled with battlecry minions but instead with spells to trigger this guy, what are you going to do with the quest reward?
a concise battlecry package. All the lackey generators because lackeys are OP + maybe something like LAdy Vashj (probably not, she sucks), Marshspawn for more spells, the Lurker Below and other battlecry clears, etc.
Basically anything that generates value or fights for the board. I'm envisioning a pure value deck with some minor burn capabilities. Really, the one thing it currently lacks is proper healing (which hopefully gets fixed through Druid/Shaman dual cards)
On paper my battlecry core would be: EVIL Totem, Cable Rat, Sludge Slurper, the Author, Questing Explorer and Licensed Adventurer (or just one of the two), Kragg, and Erkh (for later in the game). That's about a 12-card core (can be tweaked further) that can be expanded with more lategame focussed battlecires like Hagatha, Lurker, or just something simple like Batrider.
the rest should be enough room for totems and spells (whichever performs better).
Not saying this is tier 1 material, but I think it has a better shot at beating the meta than current Battlecry shaman.
Probably want to add something like Cobalt Spellkin for additional spells to work the author with.
Diligent Notetaker for more spells. Maybe there is something in the author after all, but probably not in quest shaman. I might just tank my rank with some experimentation myself.
Its really just missing that final piece of the puzzle ever since Shudderwock left standard. Maybe there's something better down the reveal schedule for quest shaman.
forgot about Cobalt, but you're right, that's another great addition.
It's really just an idea at this point, at the end of the day it probably needs at least a few more pieces to work in any capacity.
lol as if quest shaman had an issue finishing quest with infinite lackey generation lmao
that's the thing though, they had go really hard into the whole lackey spamming thing because their entire deck depended on the hero power. I'm suggesting we make it so that's less important.
Elven Archer. Play a spell and Elven Archer again.
Its strong enough, but its perhaps only truly strong in rogue where cheap spells are not very far.
Unfortunately, rogue doesn't really need this card, so its next best place would be...well...maybe paladin?
Its hard to evaluate, but this card, for all the interesting things you can think off, will probably never see play.
Bouncing Elven Archer, but outside of getting big Edwin VanCleef for memes i don't know
Usually spellburst only works the first time... but if the card returns to your hand, does it have spellburst again?
It should do. Sending minions 'backwards' (board -> hand -> deck) always resets them to their base versions unless they are explicitly put there with a buff.
Probably yes... But you can draw only so many spells