New Neutral Minion - Showstopper

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A new Common Neutral Minion, Showstopper, 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 Neutral Minion, Showstopper, has been revealed!

    Showstopper Card Image

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


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  • mightysamson1's Avatar
    Sparklepony 575 214 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    One of the most interesting cards in the set, IMO.  Probably easy to play around but slow control decks like warrior and druid will like it if Paladin takes over the meta.

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

    seems too slow to make use of.. when you want to silence something you want to do it immediately.

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

    I initially skipped the first keyword and somehow thought it was Battlecry, it looked insane :D Much less so with Deathrattle, but if Wall Priests rise again, who knows what desperate techs we'll need to include.

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

    really good late game with broom if thats even a thing

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

    Seems too slow and awkward to make use of, potentially interesting idea though.

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

    silence on a deathrattle is way too unreliable...

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

    Silence is gold - unless you can't properly trigger it

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

    Interesting. This does silence your own minions meaning that you will be restricted in what you will be able to do, but you can use this to your advantage in a Silence Priest type deck. Also, the deathrattle means that your opponent will have some agency in deciding when it triggers. It also gives them some time to make use of their abilities before they are silenced, and also some warning to not play more minions ahead of time which will cause them to make slow plays. In this way you can use it in the same way you might use a Doomsayer, playing it on an empty or near empty board just to threaten your opponent and scare them away from playing minions.

    One other thing I find interesting about this card is that it is the only silence card vulnerable to other silence effects.

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

    The deathrattle makes it a bit awkward, but a neutral Kayn Sunfury (with a bit of work), is nothing to overlook. It has huge potential, only held back by the fact that it silences Broomstick afterwards.

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

    Had it been a battlecry it would've been the greatest card printed in this expansion, even as a tech card.

    But since it allows your opponent to choose first if they'd like to pop it, it'll more likely be a burden to you than to your opponent. Ironically, silencing this saves the entire board from being silenced.

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

    Nice tech card that depends on the meta, would probably do well with broom

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

    It could combo will with Animated Broomstick which could actually be a viable combo for getting past your opponent. Otherwise though, it's too awkward and slow to use effectively and it relies on having that combo to be playable.

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

    Now that's a weird card, maybe it's usefull? I don't know, at least it's kinda unique.

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

    This is a really neat card, and the first time Silence is a deathrattle, unless I'm mistaken. I think it could be quite useful!

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

    Combined with something like Animated Broomstick, this is flipping the bird to all the board and hand buff that is coming out.  Not bad at all

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

    Two card combo with Broom and silence any threat your opponent have right in the spot

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

    LOTS of potential with this card. Showstopper + [Hearthstone Card (Enchanted Broomstick) Not Found] is a neutral [Hearthstone Card (Mass Dispell) Not Found], but it doesn't draw a card. Maybe Showstopper will see play in a resurgence of Silence Priest? That decks problem was finding silence cards, and Showstopper helps with silencing.

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

    I dont think this will see much play I mean I guess its mass silence could be useful but I just really don't think anyone would put this in their deck

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

    The main issue with this is that silence is reactive in nature, so playing a proactive silence like Showstopper gives your opponent the heads up not to play anything that is a silence target or prevent the deathrattle from triggering. I'd just run Ironbeak Owl instead if you're looking to include silence.

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  • Dunyil's Avatar
    295 72 Posts Joined 08/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This has a very different usage to the Owl, and can even be used in the likes of a Silence Priest deck to great effect.

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  • clawz161's Avatar
    The Undying 825 827 Posts Joined 07/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I like this one kinda, it is REALLY slow, but against a lot of decks you'll know if you need to play this before silenceable minions drop, and if that don't work we have broom which is basically 3 mana mass dispel, but you don't draw a card.

    Living like that.

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

    Way too slow.  Control deck would want to run this, but it is 2 mana aggro stats.  Just seems weird to me.

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

    Interesting card, perhaps return of silence Priest from the past? I wonder if we have enough cannot attack cards left in standard though.

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

    Too slow, even for control or silence priest.

     

    But maybe with Animated Broomstick...

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

    Nothing more than pack filler. Possible to get it from lackeys though, which is interesting.

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

    This is way too slow.

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

    Seems great vs deathrattle/buff decks but will it be good enough?

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

    Interesting deathrattle card and it might be a sleeper hit.

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1180 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This plus Broom = f u paladin. 

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

    Not sure if decks will want to run this and Animated Broomstick just to mass silence, when most decks don't even bother running Ironbeak Owl.

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

    Love seeing this kind of effect on a neutral minion, even if it probably won't see play due to the unpredictability of when you can actually use the effect. Fun note: if you try to activate its Deathrattle before it dies, you can't get it a second time, since it'll Silence itself.

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

    Can be very strong, even though it's strange for it to be a deathrattle effect

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

    I'm not excited about having the effect be a deathrattle. I guess it would be a much more expensive card to make it a battlecry though. How do you prep for this? I guess the best options would be for it to be included with some way to kill your own minions. Maybe it gets played with broom to rush it at something?

    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 card is a very slow Silence that you would only run if you expected to run into heavy enchantments decks a lot. If this sees play, it's probably because a very specific deck (likely Libram Paladin) needs a nerf.

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