New Paladin Spell - Protect the Innocent

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A new Rare Paladin Spell, Protect the Innocent, has been revealed!

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

    A new Rare Paladin Spell, Protect the Innocent, has been revealed!

    Protect the Innocent 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 ago

    This sounds insanely powerful if you can reasonably pull it off anywhere near curve. If that is actually possible in any current deck I don't know, but good god are you not allowed to leave a Lifesteal minion up against Paladin.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • greenhatjynx78's Avatar
    Birthday Pikachu 405 172 Posts Joined 01/26/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    truesilver champion will be meta XD

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From greenhatjynx78

    truesilver champion will be meta XD

    Oh my god I didn't even think of that one, that'S actually pretty nuts (If only Pure Paladin was still around).

    I guess it's technically balanced by Truesilver not being able ot heal you if you aren't already damaged.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    I'm not sure about this one. On the one hand, it's a lot of stats for 5 mana. On the other hand, heal paladin cards have always been a bit too difficult to activate. Because of that, I think this won't make the cut in any competitive paladin deck.

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

    Very good control tool for paladin. Seems really good, in basicly any kind of slower paladin deck. I feel like Paladin might be THE best control class next expansion.

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

    It is good but I don’t know what deck wants it.

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

    2x 5/5s for 5 mana sounds good, but healing is a trigger that's not only more difficult to activate than most, but also usually not cheap.

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

    Nice with Truesilver Champion, but that means you're dodging vipers and you'd actually have to play truesilver champion, a card that currently sees 0 play.

    I think while its very strong, its likely not consistent enough to ever be good. Reminds me alot of Zandalari Templar, of which is a better card but ultimately found no use in its time.

    A sad case back then. Hopefully not the same with this card.

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

    This could in theory combo with Lightbringer's Hammer (remember that card?) but falls into the same problem/trap as Truesilver Champion. Catacomb Guard and City Tax are also possible inclusions to help trigger, but ultimately require more mana (not on curve) to work together.

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

    With a lifesteal minion already on board, or with a cheap healing spell, this can be pretty naughty

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

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

    Pretty good card if you're behind on board against aggro, only thing is you need to heal and there's only 13 cards in standard that do that atm: https://outof.cards/hearthstone/cards/?hsclass=12&hsclass=5&text=restore&collectible=yes&standard=yes 

    Maybe Vitality Surge and Snack Run?

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

    Will this make people want to use Holy Light?

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

    If you trigger this on curve, it's amazing. Lightbringer's Hammer and Truesilver Champion are both ways to do that on curve, but even that may not be enough redundancy to make this work.

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

    5 for a 5/5 taunter is mediocre.  SUmmoning 2, a bit better.  But having that condition is what is the pain.  You essentially will need to rely on having a lifesteal minion in play to drop it quick

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  • edalyas's Avatar
    Magma Rager 520 165 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From greenhatjynx78

    truesilver champion will be meta XD

    Return of the King

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

    Very good syngergy with Vitality Surge for big paladin, some synergy with other sources of lifesteal that you already have.

    Very powerful

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

    I think it gets run. It might not often see full value in play, but I think it is good enough to help stabilize a board that the off chance of double minions is fine. Yes, two 5/5's on turn five is nuts, but just one is good. Two 5/5's on later turns when it is easier to combo the healing is still good.

    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 3 years ago

    Nice spell for defensive Paladin decks that need to protect their face while getting to their finishers. It's a bit slow, since you probably won't be able to get it on curve most of the time and will instead have to find ways to weave in a Heal spell.

    I don't want to cure cancer; I want to turn people into dinosaurs.

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

    Not super excited to put Truesilver Champion or Lightbringer's Hammer just to play this, but might be worth throwing down two sizable roadblocks in Big Paladin.

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

    If you can activate this on 5 then it's insane. Needing to drop another card from hand for it would make it worse, but there are low-cost options that could work. Overall I'm excited.

    Welcome to the site!

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

    Meh card if played without the additional requirement. Since Paladin has access to quite some healing nowadays, I guess it might see some play in constructed Standard.

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

    This is a very solid card, considering how many ways Paladin has to restore health, with even more being added this expansion.

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