New Shaman Minion - Spirit Alpha

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A new Common Shaman Minion, Spirit Alpha, 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 Shaman Minion, Spirit Alpha, has been revealed!

    Spirit Alpha Card Image

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


    Learn more about United in Stormwind

    Head on over to our dedicated guide for United in Stormwind!


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

    That....is pretty damn sick and can spiral out of control really fast. I hope they playtested this enough.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    Questline support. This probably never comes down as a Tempo play, but dropped with an Overload card to hide it behind the Taunt.

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

    Again, it is nice to see a good number of cards to support an archetype. I think this  will be quite frustrating to see come down and immediately hide itself behind 2-3 taunts.

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

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

    Decent overload pay off. Getting extra minions out of your cards is strong, especially with taunt.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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

    Too slow, and too cumbersome. There no chance you're saving up overload cards just so this card can shine, and even if you manage it its only spawning 2/3s.

    The only god play this card has is a turn 4 Lightning Bloom into two more overload cards. Even still the tokens have a mere 2 attack which means it doesn't necessarily take value trades all that easily. And you've just emptied your hand for this.

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  • Alex's Avatar
    125 13 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    4 mana is too much, enemy can easily kill this with a spell, too.

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

    The worst of the overload synergy cards, just too much of a tempo sacrifice.

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

    I cannot say enough of how much I like this card.  The 4 mana to get it out is kind eh, but the 5 health it carries is pretty fun and if you have Lightning Bloom you get something to protect it right out the gate and potentially something else on top of it with the mana you get from that card.  A good soft taunt as well

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

    Awesome card! It shouldn't be hard to spam a lot of taunts off this, especially since you can unlock overloaded crystals again.

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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

    It's ok but 4 mana means late to get impact.

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  • KanzakiGin's Avatar
    Lion's Guard 750 208 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Time to revive overload shaman.lol

    Rogue DH

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

    Seems good, since a lot of overload cards are cheap, but for some reason I feel like this should have been a 0 attack totem.

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

    Obvious support for a questline deck. This should help make that deck just a bit stronger.

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

    This card might be too slow, but it has potential....

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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

    In general, I'd like if we got more totems instead. Such a big part of shamans.

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

    For the quest one already needs a bunch of overload cards. This isn't overload. Maybe it helps one live. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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

    This can spiral out of control real dang fast with Lightning Bloom and how cheap Overload cards tend to be.

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

    Purple wolf? Don't mind if I do. In all seriousness though, this card is a great value and anti-aggro generator, which would help when you're overloaded. I'm voting 4/5 stars coz the art is badass as well

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

    too slow

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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

    Slow, but I like the effect. I do wonder if the Spirit Wolfs will have the Beast tag though? I guess they will not.

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

    Woah .. I was already looking forward for the Overloaded revived package
    I went from interested to excited to try this out.

    Flavor is also funny : Just like in the natural world, the alpha of the species is bright purple.

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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

    So... Overload support should actually be a little bit better.

    Without Overdraft or Lava Shock it's not a great way to gain some taunts, and by the time you play this, it's easy to have some 3-5 damage board clears.

    Papa Nurgle wants to share his gifts.

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

    Sounds nice, but then you think about it and it doesn't sound nice

    I am envoy from nowhere in nowhere. Nobody and nothing have sent me. And even though it is impossible I exist. ©Trimutius

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

    Seems really cool for control shaman decks, but outside of that i dont see it realistically in any shaman deck. Personally i'm not a big fan of this card, but i admit that it does have some potential. I think the shaman questline deck is probably more burn focussed, and i dont think Spirit Alpha fits in that deck. But still a 2/5 body can be quite sticky and hard to remove. 

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

    It has synergy with itself as you generally want to hide cards like these behind a taunt such that hopefully, you can profit from its effect a little longer. This might get slotted into Quest Shaman as a tech option if there are many aggro decks in the meta.

    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

    This on mulligan plus Lightning Bloom and Lightning Bolts is a very powerful tempo swing, the next turn you take off overload with the 1 mana spell

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

    Looks like a strong anti-aggro tool, that also synergizes with the questline during the completion steps

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

    Seems good enough Overload support. Protects itself and you while you clear the board with Overload spells, presumably on the way to completing the Questline.

    Welcome to the site!

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