New Druid Spell - Frostwolf Kennels

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A new Rare Druid Spell, Frostwolf Kennels, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    A new Rare Druid Spell, Frostwolf Kennels, has been revealed!

    Frostwolf Kennels Card Image

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


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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    I get that this is supposed to be Token set up, but my god is it slow. You're essentially paying 3-mana for a 2/2 with stealth and then two more, at which point I doubt they're of any use.

    I would consider this at 2-mana but at 3 there needs to be some serious beast payoff

    EDIT: I just saw the other 2, I guess there's some hope for the archetype but I'M still skeptical.

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    It was awful.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    It's slow, but can see play if any "buff when summon" effect is revealed.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    So far, this is my least favorite of the residual effect cards.  It's a good minion generator for Aggro Druid, but there are already so many other options it would be hard to justify having 2/2 stealth minions vs having rush or taunt minions with the current meta.  Druid seems to make better benefit of the latter

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Arena: Very middle of the road. Most of the time one of the other two picks will be stronger, but this isn't undraftable. Far from it.

    Constructed: Not as strong as Dire Frostwolf, but as it's part of the same package, they either all see play or none of them.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    WAY too slow for token druid, no way this sees play unless it gets some HUGE support. 

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    It's a lot of stats, but feels a bit too slow. Might be great for guaranteed Composting or Arbor Up comboing though.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    If the package sees play, then this is good. Basically 3 mana for 3 turns of the Duels Adventurer treasure that only summons the Stealth variant.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    This one is a bit weird. Druid never had problems with slow cards, but this card is slow and at the same time is likely only ever considered in a deck that needs to tempo out, given that druid has nearly no removal options available.

    It has a niche in that the cubs are stealthed, so you'll nearly always have a target for buff cards, but is this really where druid wants to be? I feel that at some point this card would be core in some deck, but at first glance it does look terrible.

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Stealth Druid? A decently cheap way to discount Frostsaber Matriarch, but a little too inflexible if you find yourself on the wrong side of a beatdown. I don't think this is very good, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Whether token Druid will take a Beast package is something I can't predict. Whether that package will include Frostwolf Kennels is something I can't guarantee. What I can say is that Frostwolf Kennels is the most proactive of all these 3 turn spell cards.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Can you wait for this to summon all the minions, then drop an Arbor Up? They have stealth, so there's some chance they'll stick around.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    I'm not really sure this shores up the weak points of Token Druid in any way that's more impactful than Oracle of Elune or some token generation spells, but it's a lot of stats for the cost. Maybe the stealth means you can get a big Arbor Up turn, but 2/2's are super vulnerable to AOE (Rancor would be particularly savage here).

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    It is slow, yes, but it is at least a tad better than you make it sound : for (3) mana, you get 3 2/2 with Stealth.
    The fact that they summon stealth minions makes it usable, as the beast will patiently await your turn - in most cases.
    All we are missing to make this work is some more buffs for Beast and druid would have a viable archetype.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Slow spell that is effectively a 3 mana 2/2 beast on the turn you play it. It'll probably be too slow against the current meta but we'll have to see if the meta slows down in general. Not sold on the midrange beast druid yet, but doubt this spell will be great.

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  • Swizard's Avatar
    1190 913 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Ok value but low tempo might not make the cut in wild.

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

    I'm tired of seeing token support.  So I for one hope this doesn't gain traction.

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  • edalyas's Avatar
    Magma Rager 520 165 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Obvious support for beast archetypes but hopefully too slow to be played. Ever.

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  • KillaFIsh's Avatar
    375 250 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Very slow card.  Like the design, but I don't think it will ever be run, not like spell token druid is hungering for cards.

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

    I suppose this is supposed to help with reducing the cost of Frostsaber Matriarch. It also just puts consistent minions on board for several consecutive turns. I kind of wish it wasn't end of turn as that loses you the chance to buff that minion.

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

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

    Super slow, but I have hope that the Stealth addition means enough in terms of getting bodies to stick around for buffs that this sees some amount of play.

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

    3 mana for 6/6 stats? Eve though it's delayed I think it's pretty strong on paper

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

    A bit slow for aggro, but the value might still be worthwhile, especially since the minions have stealth.

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

    Slow setup for Token Druid. There are faster options out there, but might see some play in Standard constructed I guess.

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

    Seems a little too slow to be good, since the minions it summons are quite weak by the point that this can be played.

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