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New lackey from Uldum?

During the Dalaran reveal Blizz said that they will add new lackeys with the new expansions.
If I remember correctly, they said there will be 1 new lackey for each expansion, at least for this year, but who knows?

What do you guys think, what will be the effect of the new lackey?

All lackeys are 1/1s, this lackey will probably be a 1/1 too.
Reborn is the new keyword for the expansion, so a 1/1 with reborn is the most obvious option, but that is kinda boring. We already had Possessed Villager and now Mecharoo. 
Maybe we will get another bad guy who joins the League of E.V.I.L. and the new lackey will resemble his/her effect, but I doubt that.

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  • During the Dalaran reveal Blizz said that they will add new lackeys with the new expansions.
    If I remember correctly, they said there will be 1 new lackey for each expansion, at least for this year, but who knows?

    What do you guys think, what will be the effect of the new lackey?

    All lackeys are 1/1s, this lackey will probably be a 1/1 too.
    Reborn is the new keyword for the expansion, so a 1/1 with reborn is the most obvious option, but that is kinda boring. We already had Possessed Villager and now Mecharoo. 
    Maybe we will get another bad guy who joins the League of E.V.I.L. and the new lackey will resemble his/her effect, but I doubt that.

  • give a minion reborn ?

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      give a minion reborn ?

      That sounds pretty likely!

      • Quote From RandomGuy
        Quote From W0lfr1c

        give a minion reborn ?

        That sounds pretty likely!

        I dont think so.

        I don't think they would make a lackey like that because it would require too much setup and synergy with the right minions. all lackeys so far are pretty easy to use in most situations, they help you some with small effects, and the opponent can get over it. giving a minion reborn feels like a kind of effect you would want to choose and put in a deck with deathrattles and taunts and stuff, it does not feel like the kind of effect you would want to get from a random source. 

        but I would not be surprised if they made a priest card that was 1/2 mana give a minion reborn.

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        • Quote From MalcolmReynolds
          Quote From RandomGuy
          Quote From W0lfr1c

          give a minion reborn ?

          That sounds pretty likely!

          I dont think so.

          I don't think they would make a lackey like that because it would require too much setup and synergy with the right minions. all lackeys so far are pretty easy to use in most situations, they help you some with small effects, and the opponent can get over it. giving a minion reborn feels like a kind of effect you would want to choose and put in a deck with deathrattles and taunts and stuff, it does not feel like the kind of effect you would want to get from a random source. 

          but I would not be surprised if they made a priest card that was 1/2 mana give a minion reborn.

          Getting reborn on a powerful deathrattle or rush minion would obviously be the nuts, but you really don't need that much value for a lackey to be good. All you need is a minion that can trade on board and this hypothetical reborn lackey would turn it into a value-trade.

          In that sense it mirrors the witchey lackey b/c in both cases you want a minion already active on the board for maximum value from evolve/reborn, only with Witchy you want a minion to value-trade before you evolve it, whereas here you'd get guaranteed value if you can make the trade.

      • Quote From RandomGuy
        Quote From W0lfr1c

        give a minion reborn ?

        That sounds pretty likely!

        Don't think they will do that. Desperate Stand gives a minion reborn with its own way and it costs 2 mana without a body. 1-cost 1/1 that gives reborn could be gamebreaking.

  • Battlecry: give a minion reborn would be the obvious one but that seems very powerful, and in a way also quite similar to witchy lackey.

  • I'm thinking a freeze effect, a 'Give a friendly minion +1/+1', a silence or a draw a card. Simple, cheap things that can really grant you an advantage at the right moment.

  • I was wondering if they'd have a Trogg Lackey that gains attack for every spell your opponent plays.  But on second thought it would be a 1 health trogg so it'd die pretty easily.  Would be the weakest lackey if it was added to the pool right now.

  • Yeah you are right I wonder about it as well we will probably get it in a card reveal, we don't know yet what are the plans of rafaam and co. and if they get new allies that will ad their lackeys tot he pool (Like the undead in the desert could have a boss that joins rafaam)

  • I would say that it will have LoE mechanic so it could be "Battlecry: Discover a 1-cost (or 2-cost) minion."