New Paladin Spell - City Tax

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A new Common Paladin Spell, City Tax, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    A new Common Paladin Spell, City Tax, has been revealed!

    City Tax Card Image

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Paladin got a better Spirit Lash? I'm shocked

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Pretty good against aggro!

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  • AngryShuckie's Avatar
    1705 1735 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    To me, this is one of the most surprising things this entire set because paladin NEVER gets damage dealing spells. Unless I have missed something, this is their first one since the Classic set. It's weird that they add this just after replacing Classic with Core to (largely) sort out that quirk of class design.

    Anyway, weirdness aside, it's clearly a good card, even before accounting for tradeable.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Huh...so maybe Control Paladin does become a thing. I mean we do have Equality and Barov to turn this into an efficient boardclear. Not sure why it has tradeable though, I doubt i'd ever want to shuffle this back in my deck.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Nice control card vs aggro decks. How often do you hold it in the mirror match to ping off divine shields?

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

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Spirit Lash, but has tradeable for when you don't need it immediately. Great card!

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Nice Tradeable card. Run it with Talented Arcanist.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Why does Paladin have a Priest card?

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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1050 649 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    I would say the not hitting allies is actually a bit of a downside healing wise. Spirit Lash does have that.

    Still tradeable is quite strong.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Though most of the time in priest you also want the healing you get from your minions.
    Still this is better because of tradable.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Another insane card, but perhaps for the wrong class.

    Because paladin generally don't play control. This card is a good start, but so much more is needed. The only thing I can see out of this card is being included into quest paladin with cards like Lord Barov, or Bloodmage Thalnos, since nearly all quest decks this time round is slow as hell.

     

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Insanely strong, but not enough to carry a control paladin by itself.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    I guess you might trade this if your opponent only has 1 or 2 minions. Could get you a decent heal, but 1 damage isn't going to kill much. Not unless you play something like Equality first.

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  • Swizard's Avatar
    1190 913 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    One sided spirit lash could be really good.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Very powerful with Equality effects, especially since it's one-sided and cheaper than [Hearthstone Card (Consecrate) Not Found].

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1063 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Really good with all the ways paladin can set their enemies to 1 hp and vs aggro too. Tradable is just a plus.

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Spirit Lash for Paladin, what is not to like about this card and Tradeable too, profit!

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  • Sykomyke's Avatar
    Grand Crusader 780 985 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Good combo with equality/Barov.  Can also be combined with spell damage sources (neutral sources) to make the aoe/heal improved.

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1180 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Could be a nice heal and is a board wide ping, but... Seems pretty meh withough spell damage or being at 1 mana to go in the quest deck. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Even tho it's not supported by anything, it's a cool effect, if the opponent has a full board of tokens, this + Thalnos is +14 HP.

    Papa Nurgle wants to share his gifts.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    As many have pointed out, this is very similar to Spirit Lash, a control tool which is so strong it is still used in wild amongst the great many board clears priest has at their disposal. And as a bonus, this gets Tradeable too. There is no way this doesn't become a paladin staple for years to come.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Really cool AOE for a control or big paladin deck. It'll be a small amount of healing but could scale with spell damage if you're desperate. Also being tradable makes it extremely flexible 

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Well considering that 1 damage is often enough with stuff like Equality and Lord Barov this is solid card

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Spirit Lash for paladin hmmm, that's interesting. Seems honestly kinda bad unless token decks get popular. Still it should be mentioned that it's good alongside Lord Barov and Libram of Justice.

    Actually i guess this will only be usefull in standard as long as token druid and this new swarm hunter are popular, otherwise it probably wont see play.

    In wild i dont think it sees play, because most popular paladin decks in wild are just ODD Paladin. However OTK paladins might maybe slot 1 in for the survivability it might provide?

    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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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Identity crisis (disguised as a township levy^^)

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    nice tradeable card

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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  • Smilewine's Avatar
    Enjoys Cake 650 97 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Potential to be really strong, really depends on what decks one will be up against tho, as you only hit and thus heal from enemy minions. Worthless againt minion-poor decks.

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Very powerful control card alongside Lord Barov. I think this will see play in just about every Paladin deck that isn't all about aggro or tempo. Like it a lot!

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Very powerful Spirit Lash, but better because don't spoil your own board

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Seems a bit too low impact since Paladin doesn't have much access to + Spell Damage

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Such a weird card when compared to Spirit Lash and Arcane Explosion, both of which it is generally better than even without the Tradeable. Lash at least has some use in damaging your own stuff sometime so it isn't a complete upgrade, but like 90% of the time it is.

    I dunno. I guess this fits Paladin, but it still feels really weird to see.

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