New Rogue Minion - Grand Empress Shek'zara

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A new Legendary Rogue Minion, Grand Empress Shek'zara, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    A new Legendary Rogue Minion, Grand Empress Shek'zara, has been revealed!

    Grand Empress Shek'zara Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Seems ok, maybe to try tutor something in miracle style deck.

    Also highroll with 6x Plush Bear

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Seems pretty strong. At worst it's "choose a card to draw" which definitely doesn't sound too bad. There's no way this doesn't see play, right?

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  • Skorpionex's Avatar
    Headless Horseman 1445 426 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This will be annoying card. Togwaggle's Scheme is still in standard.

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    So you could theoretically draw all your Shadow, from Shadow of Death, to summon 3-6 Ragnaros the Firelord in one turn? That's one hell of a deck intro MarkMcKz!

    Double Emperor Thaurissan proc needed, and depending on the enemy board, it's not guaranteed lethal, but fun deck anyways.

     

    Oh wait, this was just a card reveal, ok card, fun for combos, not much can be said really.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    An interesting combo card, clearly for drawing many shuffled in cards, but maybe the ability to tutor up both copies of a card from your deck is good enough on its own.

    Not likely to see competitive play, but definitely worth experimenting with.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • SLima's Avatar
    The Undying 560 415 Posts Joined 08/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Choose a card to draw is pretty strong but this costs 6 mana and doesn't provide any immediate board impact. You need some other synergy to work with this and Ticket Master provides that support. Getting a bunch of Plush Bears on the board at once can be a very strong play but you won't get that choice all the time. There are cheaper options for tutoring cards (Stowaway/Lorekeeper Polkelt). Ultimately, what puts this card in check is the high cost vs low impact. It would be pretty insane in any of the Control classes and that's why this is a Rogue card.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I love it.

    Nice body and strong effect, Rogue will get more shuffle cards for sure!

     

     

    By The Holy Light!

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    The hopes for the Stowaway style decks may be coming up.  Although unless more board control comes out for Rogue, this may be more meme worthy

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Decent stats at 6 mana, a good battlecry that let's you decide what you draw and draws the copies of it too.

    This is undeniably a strong card, but the Toggwaggle and Galakrond package already allows for not only a ton of draw but discounts them, too.

    It could be that this card can be used for miracle rogues once Togwaggle and Galakrond rotate, since the new Win con they'll want to draw into is the pieces of C'thun 

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This doesn't look that good to me. If you're looking to draw multiple copies of cards that you shuffled into your deck, Stowaway is 1 mana cheaper and will always hit those shuffled cards. If you're looking for specific cards like Galakrond, the Nightmare, which is the natural curve follow up for Grand Empress Shek'zara, I can't help but to think that Lorekeeper Polkelt is cheaper and more consistent at tutoring out your power cards over multiple turns. On top of the 6 mana do nothing body, I think this card is too slow and inconsistent for Rogue, a class that is driven by fast tempo and consistency.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Amazing card, and helps tutor something you need. If you pick Ticket Masters shuffle cards, it's going to be a Sprint with a 5/7 Body, and summons a bunch of 3/3 minions. That's really good. Also Grand Empress Shek'zara is really good with Togwaggle's Scheme. Great card all around.

    Standard: Fits well in deathrattle rogue, because it can draw Ticket Masters 3/3s and draw cards. It works well in most rogue decks, and galakrond rogue. (Because it can draw the Invokers.)

    Wild: Grand Empress Shek'zara will see play in some kind of shuffle rogue, and plenty of meme decks. Who doesn't want to fill their hand with Tess Greymane and [Hearthstone Card (Yogg-Saron, Hopes End) Not Found]s? (After shuffling a lot of those in your deck) 

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • aposteljoe's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_600_HS 1170 644 Posts Joined 06/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Does this really work with the Teddy Bears? Aren't they Spells which gets cast when drawn? Sorry for me not knowing the mechanic.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This is a spicy one.  There might be enough Stowaway-esque effects and shuffle cards to get this archetype rolling.  Could also be a nice way to fetch C'thun after you play the pieces.  

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Since you can never run more than 2 of any card, this will be most powerful with things you've added to your deck, like "casts when drawn" effects. Of course, unless you wait to play this until you've drawn most of your deck, it will not be consistent.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    There are definitely some shenanigans you can pull off with this. And I am excited for all of the rogue players since this looks like it could be a lot of fun. Obviously there are things like [Hearthstone Card (Fal'dori Strider) Not Found] and Ticket Master which work very well with this. But I think in a lot of cases you are happy to just dig through your deck a little and pull out two copies of something useful.

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  • aposteljoe's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_600_HS 1170 644 Posts Joined 06/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Worst Legendary so far. It's draw a card in the median..

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    If it had some keyword to compensate for the clunkyness of a six drop draw a(some) card(s), it would have been a very powerful card. But looking at how the card is right now, it feels underwhelming which is a shame because the tutor effect is somehow pretty unique in how it plays out.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2255 2707 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    There's lot of synergy here with cards like Togwaggle's Scheme, Shadow of Death, and Ticket Master in Standard, and several other shuffle cards in Wild. The problem though is that one of your Discover choices will need to be one of the cards that you're hoping to draw that you shuffled in. Waiting until you've drawn more cards is a double-edged sword as you could end up drawing what you wanted to draw here (although I suppose Polkelt could somewhat counter this). Stowaway seems like it would be better for most practical cases since it's guaranteed to draw something that you want to draw from this.

    That said, it is a 6 mana 5/7 that lets you choose a card to draw, which by itself isn't too bad, so this strategy might be successful somewhere.

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  • FortyDust's Avatar
    Pumpkin 1205 1912 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago
    Quote From aposteljoe

    Does this really work with the Teddy Bears? Aren't they Spells which gets cast when drawn? Sorry for me not knowing the mechanic.

    Yes, [Hearthstone Card (Teddy Bear) Not Found]s are cards in your deck. This card can cause you to draw them, at which point they would cast themselves and draw you another card. Plus, the more Teddy Bears you have in your deck, the greater the odds you will discover one.

    Grand Empress Shek'zara is cuckoo-bananas, and not just because of the Teddy Bears! There are a lot of things that become far more powerful when you have both copies in hand, such as burn spells and poison as the simplest examples.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I mean, it's not impressive, but Discover Draw is really interesting, even if you only draw 1 card.
    Still I'm not sold in the cost/stat so not sure if it'll see play outside some weird control Rogue.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Pogo's best friend, maybe in wild it became playable

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  • sto650's Avatar
    Santa Braum 635 738 Posts Joined 03/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago
    Quote From aposteljoe

    Worst Legendary so far. It's draw a card in the median..

    It's absolute worst case scenario is draw a card. It's best case is "play 6 3/3's and draw 6."

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Its basically play a 5/7 and draw 2 cards most of the time. And that's still really good considering that it only costs 6 to do so. Mostly likely at some point someone will figure out an OTK scenario with this card, maybe with Mogu Cultist, but at present, I don't see why I should prefer this card over say, Stowaway, which comes out 1 turn earlier and actually tutors rather than draw.

    If it weren't for the 5/7 body I'd rate this as middling trash. But since its a solid card draw engine with combo potential, and decent stats to boot, it'll find its place in competitive at some point.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Too slow, I think.. this doesn't give enough tempo really unless you are getting those teddy bears.

    Edit: I am dumb I thought this card only discovered cards you shuffled into your deck..

    then this card is decent but still quite slow for what rogue usually does drawing a specific card or even 2 is quite valuable.

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This card will be very good in standard and wild.

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  • shaveyou's Avatar
    415 198 Posts Joined 06/08/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I think this will struggle. Stowaway draws the "cast when drawn" cards better, so I think this might be relegated to a Pogo deck in wild. I really like this archetype, but I just can't see this working.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    The wording alone - draw all copy of the discovered card - makes me thinks it will be abused

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  • DescentOfDragonsOp's Avatar
    530 353 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    yeah pogo rouge

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Ok legendary. Definitely more of a build around legendary where you add shuffle cards like Togwaggle's Scheme and Ticket Master. At worst, it draws one card. Think it would've been better at 5 mana. Bare in mind, that this doesn't draw all the pieces to C'Thun, the Shattered coz each piece has a different name

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Meh ... defenitely has potential but not sure about it tough. 

     

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 815 723 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    For when draw effects its nice but trash for normal cards that kobold guy seemed to sort of do that better but I guess maybe this works with pogos better since it's a bit cheaper?

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Meme card, I expect to see play in streams.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    An AMAZING card that will make or break Shuffle Rogue, which I really want to be a thing.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Even if you only draw one card this card is good, and you will almost always draw more than that when you build your deck right. Solid Rogue card, and a neat idea.

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    So many fun ideas with this. Not sure it will be competitive, but it will be very fun.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    still unsure where this can really be played but lets wait and see

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  • KillaFIsh's Avatar
    375 250 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    People are defiantly sleeping on this card.  Tutored draw for almost premium stats, with the chance to really swing the board.  I know this can whiff hard if you miss something you want, but that still draws you a card.  Works really well with a deck tracker though.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Discoverable draw have been good, but being able to draw multiple copies of said discover option makes this really good for Shuffle Rogue.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    So the goal here is to highroll all your shuffled multiple copy cards? Or is it to dig for a specific card that might get you an out/lethal play? I'm not a good enough deck builder to figure out the best option for this card.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Pretty expensive for a card-draw minion, especially when Rogue got access to a much more flexible and cheaper spell in the same expansion. And this isn't a tutor--this gives you three choices, you don't get to search your whole deck for the exact card you want (which is what an actual tutor would do).

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  • Psymon's Avatar
    Red Riding Hood 1505 371 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Maybe it does not worth being legendary but drawing mechanics are always welcome on any rogue deck

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  • Doomer22's Avatar
    Gul'dan 405 51 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Might see play in C'Thun Rogue, otherwise this is probably too slow

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    A strange but strong effect, should push some more shuffling mechanic plays

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