New Warrior Minion - E.T.C., God of Metal

It's not a bad card, and is well costed for the effect, it just hits a weird intersection between rush and burst damage that no deck can really accommodate.

Can maybe be used in a combo I'm not seeing now, but I doubt it.

They have been pushing this Rush warrior thingy, but I don't think this is what makes it good... in fact not at all...

It seems like an alright card for Aggro Warrior to bypass taunt, but I feel like too many conditions need to be met as is.  There will probably be more rush support, but he seems weak atm.  Also, as much as I love seeing ETC make his return I was hoping he would be a bit bigger and more bombastic. Oh well.

Seemed good, until I saw that Rush part..

Batterhead synergy.

The rush cards in standard should be good enough to make this work.  Drawing this card at the right time is going to be the concern.  I could see it being used in the Galakrond package but I think there is a missing piece to put this over the top.

rush minion not minion with rush it has to have rush as a keyword..

seems like an otk piece if warrior had a card that summoned a lot of rushers like hunter or DH.. then maybe.. but even the "combo" in the video seemed underwhelming.

sick name/art/entrance sadly we probably won't see much of this unless it's broken.

E.T.C., God of Metal seems quietly awesome. With tools like Restless Mummy, Scion of Ruin, and Playmaker, this is plainly built for a midrange Warrior focused on self-harm with a Galakrond package. It's very easy to pair E.T.C with a bunch of rush minions and simultaneously clear the enemy board and pressure the enemy's health. Whether or not E.T.C is needed to make that deck good is unclear, but it does enough for very little mana that I'd expect any deck like that to run it.

So, warriors love rush minions, which means this guy should find a home somewhere.

But that would require a deck that has consistent rush minions, and the meta right now focuses on weapons, bombs or OTK.

we'll need a few strong rush minions to see this guy on a competitive deck. I guess they did show off that elephant that is an 8/8 and rush if it's corrupted...

E.T.C., God of Metal seems fantastic for a lot of warrior stuff in both Standard and Wild. It's cheap and alongside Batterhead can deal up to 14 damage to the opponents face, and potentially more if E.T.C., God of Metal survives a turn. I bet [Hearthstone Card (E.T.C., God of death) Not Found] isn't going to be the only new rush related card this expansion, after all E.T.C., God of Metal is the ONLY warrior card showed so far. So we don't know how good E.T.C., God of Metal actually is, so imma speculate based on what we have in standard/wild so far. Also this has some amazing synergy with Playmaker.

Also Trump did a fenominal reveal, that was awesome! And that animation, It's AWESOME! :o

Standard: I predict this will see play in some kind of midrange/control kinda warrior deck. It's a pretty good finisher. (Alongside Batterhead & full board is basicly 2x Leeroy Jenkins with +2 atk.) But it can also see it played in Galakrond Warrior, because if you play 2x Scion of Ruin and trade, E.T.C., God of Metal can deal 12 face DMG. And thats a lot in a deck thats already quite aggressive.

Wild: I think [Hearthstone Card (E.T.C., God of Death) Not Found] is going to be more of a... niche card. Wild doesn't actually have that many good rush cards... That die on the same turn. Most Rush related Wild cards are either draw, like [Hearthstone Card (Town Crier[Hearthstone Card (or based on rush minions surviving a turn. (Spirit of the Rhino, Redband Wasp and Darius Crowley. The only big synergy i see is that E.T.C., God of Metal is pretty good alongside Dr. Boom, Mad Genius, because Dr. Boom, Mad Genius gives all mechs rush, and has a hero power that summons 3 1/1 mechs. Thats 6 face dmg for 2 mana.

(Ugh writing all those [Hearthstone Card (E.T.C., God of Death) Not Found]s is tiring… lol.)

Edit: Trump confirmed in the video "New deck defining cards! Darkmoon Faire Review #2 I Hearthstone" that minions that got rush as an enchantment (From Animated Broomstick and Dr. Boom, Mad Genius) DO count as rush minions, and trigger E.T.C., God of Metal. So that's really nice! (He said this in his video at 16:56, in case you want to look it up.)

Would it work with broom as burst for board-centric (pirate) deck? If it does and you have a board that already can attack, drop this and broom and you have 2-card savage roar in warrior (maybe better since it can act as a finisher because you don't actually need ready minions). 

Edit: just watched the reveal, probably not possible since they haven't used broomed minions in the end. 

We've learned that the 1/4 stat line on early minions is quite strong but this effect is really specific to decks with rush minions that want to push face damage.  With strong support cards this card is probably the nuts.  Without them there is just no reason to play it.  Let's see what they give us.  

Can definitely be used as another way for Galakrond Warrior to end games. Right now, the deck faces the issue of not being able to actually finish off opponents fast enough and this card represents a Fireball to the face when played alongside activated Scion of Ruin while being itself a tanky minion for its cost.

Good to see ETC back, though I think this is low impact.

This is the support that Rush has been needing.  Now if only there was a decent way to protect it for a turn

2 mana 1/4 is already a pretty good statline. If you only get 2 damage off of it then I guess it's okay. 4 damage and it is above average. But if you can get 6 damage then it becomes an insane amount of burst damage for an aggro deck. And with cards like Restless mummy and Scion of Ruin, getting a good amount of damage out of this guy shouldn't be too difficult.

You can do a 28 damage combo with Inner Rage and a single Emperor Thaurissan tick on 4 cards: This, Faceless Manipulator, Mad Summoner, and Animated Broomstick.

In most cases this will just be played as a 2 mana 1/4, which isn't really easily removed. There's just this little chance it can be core in an aggro warrior deck with Animated Broomstick. If this card can deal somewhat around 4-6 damage, that's already well worth its inclusion.

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It's not a bad card, and is well costed for the effect, it just hits a weird intersection between rush and burst damage that no deck can really accommodate.

Can maybe be used in a combo I'm not seeing now, but I doubt it.

Here's how the OTK combo's played :

Play E.T.C., God of Metal, drop a Pen Flinger into ETC.
Then 2x Bloodsworn Mercenary into ETC to make it 3 on bord - all you now need is an Animated Broomstick!
Voilà : 42 dmg

Animated Broomstick only synergizes for itself, as ETC needs "Rush minions", NOT "minions with Rush".

Which probably rules out any hopes of consistent OTK.

However, since Rush decks are normally Tempo decks, ETC acts as a finisher or accelerator. Especially if we consider that most Rush minions have weak bodies and can hardly represent a threat on their own.

And ETC's major upside is that the face damage bypass taunts.

On the other hand, a Tempo Warrior can be built in better ways than focusing a lot on Rush, as ETC would require in order to be functional, so it also depends on the quality of Rush minions (and we know they can't push it too much).

Overall a pretty interesting card.

Interesting design, and with the low mana cost of ETC, we'll definitely see some OTK attempts, as they're already being theorised in this discussion. Considering Warrior has the most rush minion in the class, this card is gonna be fun! :D

I think this is a good card and has potential to be a sleeper card. Somehow i got the feeling this will be very strong. Good Statline alone and the effect is good for Warrior.

Looks like fun! Not super strong, but useful in the right decks.

Is this a famous character from WoW by the way..?

This guy is also a potential random drop from a certain lackey, that sort of synergizes with other lackeys you may get.

Trump confirmed in his latest video that minions that got rush as an enchantment (From Animated Broomstick and Dr. Boom, Mad Genius) DO count as rush minions, and trigger E.T.C., God of Metal. So that's nice!

(He said this in his video "New deck defining cards! Darkmoon Faire Review #2 I Hearthstone" at 16:56, in case you want to look it up.)

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Trump confirmed in his latest video that minions that got rush as an enchantment (From Animated Broomstick and Dr. Boom, Mad Genius) DO count as rush minions, and trigger E.T.C., God of Metal. So that's nice!

(He said this in his video "New deck defining cards! Darkmoon Faire Review #2 I Hearthstone" at 16:56, in case you want to look it up.)

Thank you for replying to my comment.

But for future reference, it's a lot better to use the Quote button instead of the Reply button, as this allows people to read the comment you're replying to in your post, which is better for context.

Alright i'll do that from now on! Thank you for mentioning that! 

I would preferred Chief Thunder-skins, and all ETC members as other cards

So, I play E.T.C., God of Metal, tick it with Guardian Augmerchant, copy it with Bloodsworn Mercenary and finally Animated Broomstick the team for 20...

4 cards 7 mana...

Nice!

imo this effect doenst fit a legendary card... im happy E.T.C is back, but he deserved more love

i dont see this card as good might work in some niche memey broom warrior but still dont see this card having that good of a payoff if it survives and letting rush minions trickle in as your game progresses

Could work semi-well since broomstick seems to allow minions to trigger him you can start ramping out some numbers just gotta get your foe a bit low and then rattle out all your dudes. That coaster cart does like 6 by itself so that's neat I guess and the other cart could work if you have a few dudes in your hand already

Well balanced card, perfect stats and effect to not be OP.

Love this card, and nuts with Playmaker or Restless Mummy. Only limitation is needing the enemy to have minions to attack into.

I'll try it out, but i feel like its just not strong enough of a finisher, and not quite sticky enough to get two uses off of.

It only takes 2 rush attacks for this to become Eviscerate to the enemy hero with a 1/4 body. However, I've found that building around E.T.C. is difficult and it should only go into Warrior decks that are tempo based and naturally have a lot of rush minions. I think Galakrond Warrior with N'Zoth has a good chance of seeing play, and I've made room for E.T.C. there with Scion of Ruin.

Either control decks start doing dmg while clearing or face decks start clearing while doing their job

This one looks like it has some good finisher potential. Several other posters have noted some fun combos that could come off this. I wouldn't mind having this to play around with.

I mean I like it, and it certainly makes cards like Bumper Car look more palatable, but it's just a bit of a weird synergy. I don't know that you ever run enough Rush to want this.

Can't wait to try out the OTK.

A leper gnome generator without leper gnomes.

Regardless if he's bad or good, I do think he needs to be built around if you're going to get use from him, not really appealing enough to be splashed into your normal lists.

I just don't see it. His effect wants you to play him in a tempo deck, but the payoff for building your deck around him (and he's only one card in a 30-card deck) is that you get some extra face damage to go along with the board control that you were already inherently receiving from your Rush minions. In what world do you NEED to push in some extra face damage if you're already controlling the board?

That's one of my candidates of legendary minions that sounds good when revealed but sees not much play. Maybe I'm wrong but warrior has better build-around rush mechanics than this one.

Can't think of anything that makes it amazing, but it's E.T.C. so that automatically makes this awesome

Is the power enough?