New Shaman Minion - Cagematch Custodian

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A new Common Shaman Minion, Cagematch Custodian, 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 Common Shaman Minion, Cagematch Custodian, has been revealed!

    Cagematch Custodian Card Image

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


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

    That's cute and effective - should see play

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  • PopeNeia's Avatar
    Darkmaster 640 841 Posts Joined 07/06/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Weapon tutor, nice! Helps to find Runic Dagger and The Totem Axe, for what its worth.

    This ain't no place for a hero

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

    It an ok weapon tutor if Shaman needs it

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  • Tetsuo's Avatar
    Magma Rager 840 638 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Tutors are always nice so this might see play, especially if Shaman gets a really bonkers weapon in the future. So far the good weapon targets this can get are The Fist of Ra-den, Rune Dagger (should Spell Damage Shaman ever take off), Doomhammer, and the new weapon that was just revealed. 

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

    Pretty much Cavern Shinyfinder for Shaman. Shinyfinder was good for fetching Kingsbane. This will similarly be just as good to fetch a weapon with as high of a drawing priority as Kingsbane. So I think this will work out quite nicely.

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

    Yahoo! Draw for Shaman! I don't care if it is very limited in what it can draw, I am just excited that we finally have a Shaman minion with decent stats that draws you a card with no downsides. Also, weapon shaman seems very interesting. I wonder what the thought process was that led the designers to create this archetype.

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

    Tutor's on bodies have typically found some level of play, so I suspect this to be run.  How frequently this is run is anyone's guess, I suspect there will still be more Attack/Weapon Shaman support revealed.

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

    Tutor with acceptable stats. If Enhancement Shaman will become a thing, this will be in every list. Decks running The Fist of Ra-den might also consider adding this guy in.

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

    This is a nice little card to go with the shaman's new weapon.

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

    Very solid, drawing a card unconditionally on a 2/2 for 2 is quite powerful. specially if you base your deck on it.

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

    Shaman have a lot of Standar weapons, specially the new 3/2, Rune Dagger and [Hearthstone Card (fist of ra'den) Not Found].

     

    Solid tutor draw woth tribe, i like it.

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  • oilcorner's Avatar
    140 2 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This can be really fun in some kind of wild elemental battlecry deck with Jade Claws, Rummaging Kobold, Murmuring Elemental etc. Lots and lots of Jade Golems.

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

    Blizz loves giving Shaman these 2 mana 2/2 elementals for some reason. The weapon tutor is ofc the best thing about this card, so it'll see play in many archetypes that use weapons

    Edit: Also don't forget Quest Shaman still exists

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

    Weapon shaman, I guess? Tutoring up weapons is not an awful effect, but unlike in rogue, there aren't really any game-defining weapons available to tutor. Maybe just fetching a Stormforged Axe is okay? Not seeing this in any major decks, but maybe old style shaman burst effects could be strong enough. Inara Stormcrash + 2 Rockbiter Weapon is already 16 damage + 2*your weapon's attack.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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

    I think weapon shaman might flop, but this card is still amazing in nearly every other shaman deck though. Most shaman decks love to run at least a few weapons. Highlander and Control shaman like [Hearthstone Card (Fist of Ra-den) Not Found], Spell-damage shaman likes a Rune Dagger tutor, Evolve shaman likes a way to draw Boggspine Knuckles before turn 5, and totem shaman likes a way to tutor Splitting Axe. And that's just standard. In wild: Cagematch Custodian gives JADE Shaman Jade Claws and in EVEN Shaman it draws Likkim and Stormforged Axe.

    This is a fenominal card that will see a huge amount of play. If you have a few weapons in your deck, why NOT add Cagematch Custodian?

    So my deck predictions summarized:

    Standard: Highlander Shaman, Control Shaman, Spell-damage Shaman, Evolve Shaman and totem Shaman.

    Wild: Evolve Shaman, Jade Shaman and EVEN Shaman. Maybe elemental shaman might like it too? It's a elemental after all.

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

    Very good draw for shaman who lacks of it entirely

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

    I can see this seeing play. While Shaman weapons overall aren't amazing, they do accelerate whatever gameplan the deck has. I for one do like the possibility to tutor out Boggspine Knuckles and make Evolve Shaman more consistent.

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  • duppie's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 320 240 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Great card.  This is the kind of card shaman needs to be good.  Decent body, tutors one of you build around cards.  great early and still fine to draw later on.  

     

    Probably some applications for this little bugger in wild.  even shaman, quest shaman with jades.

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

    Flavor's a bit strange, but I'm sure I'll get used to it, considering we're going to be seeing a lot of it over the next year or so.

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

    Is it me or does 2 mana elementals look the same in shaman?

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

    This is an awesome card.  Allowing you to grab a weapon from your deck for 2 mana AND has a 2/2 body? totally worth it. 

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

    enhancement shaman 0-0

    TOTAL CORRUPTION

    TOTAL POWAAAAAAA

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

    Shamans are definitely going to be whacking plenty of things this expansion. I expect to see Tidal Wave a lot more.

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

    If it weren't for Doomhammer, Boggspine Knuckles and The Fist of Ra-den, I'd rate this as trash. Unfortunately, since all three don't synergizes well with Inara, I'd have to wonder how any of these cards were when they were first being designed.

    The potential of this card is obviously tied to the weapons shaman has available. With the knuckles itself will guarantee that this card sees play. But I'm more into the potential of this card with doomhammer. Its kinda easy to forget how powerful a windfury weapon can be, especially in a class as stuck as shaman is.

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

    Shaman sure does love its 2/2/2s huh? Well as always tutoring is good even if its for something weird like weapons

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

    Did they reuse the art of Menacing Nimbus?

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

    Tutors specific cards, and that makes this insane. Having a body attached is just icing.

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

    Tutored draw on a decent stat minion would be good.  I think it will see some play, even outside of hard weapon shaman.

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

    Solid card and it's an elemental so it has some synergies

    All hail the banshee queen.

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

    This goes in my runespear deck. It isn't a good deck, but it is a fun deck.

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

    Pretty much an upgrade on Menacing Nimbus as you'd much rather draw a card than add a random one to your hand. Currently, I'd say most Shaman fringe archetypes has a weapon they want to draw, whether it's [Hearthstone Card (Runic Spear) Not Found], Splitting Axe, or maybe even Doomhammer. I don't think this sees play with Whack-A-Gnoll Hammer as that weapon is too inconsistent even though it curves into Custodian. Overall, I think the presence of Custodian in the meta is limited by the presence of Shaman in the meta.

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

    Eh, draw is a draw, and there are actually options for Shaman for what weapon to use.

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

    Nice weapon tutor. Again, I saw Kibler using this to great effect in an evolve Shaman earlier today. I'm very much looking forward to using this one.

    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

    This is a very good card. The only thing holding it back is the quality of Shaman's weapons.

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

    Solid card even if the new archetype doesn't take off. Any Shaman that has like, two or three weapons would be happy with this.

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

    Decent stats and gets the job done

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