New Neutral Minion - Ivus, the Forest Lord

So, spend 5 mana and you get a 3/3, rush, divine shield, taunt .... that seems pretty underwhelming.

Seems like a Druid class card in disguise... Can't wait for it to roll Taunt 9 times!*

*Probably doesn't work like that.

its been confirm you cant roll keywords multiple times, only the +2+2 buff can be roll more then once.

Seems like an auto-include in most decks. With a variable mana cost, it's good at any time in a match.

I wish my girlfriend was this flexible!

Ah, who am I kidding... I play hearthstone afterall..

Seems like a very good reactionary stall card especially for the paladin questline.  It can also be created by first day of school.  I don't know if it will be enough to improve that quest.

Its flexible and its a good stated minion most of the time. Use this to efficiently utilize your mana, or just drop it early for good tempo. If it gains at least divine shield and rush, its already by default a good minion, so why not just include this into every deck?

A few downsides as it happens. Its basically a stats minion, doing nothing else. In ranked, most minions are required to be more than just a stats stick, and this card can't always guaranteed results.

I can see this being in nearly all aggro tempo decks. But in midrange or anywhere else, questions should be asked what exactly is this card doing here?

If you feel like a lucky individual this is a good card to run. Otherwise, I think this is mediocre. I think the best comparison would be Tiamat from SoU, but with added flexibility and the drawback of randomness. 

My face is already dead?

If you dont have 30 good cards this will be the best filler imo. Pretty good late game, have a play early game good synergy with raise dead vs.

It seems that in the mid to late game this will be consistently solid, but this might be too random to find a home.

Mediocre is the word. At ten mana it's likely going to be a 13/13 rushing div shid taunt which is excellent naturally.

In truth, you're going to have to play it sooner many times. At 5 mana this can work out to a 3/3 divine shield rush taunt..... Which is kind of pathetic. Maybe you get lucky skip the dreaded taunt and get a 5/5 div shield rusher. That's still just good, not amazing and not guaranteed at all.

Do you get the rush? Don't you...? How badly did you need it to? It's probably not that great but pick it in Arena and think of it as a very late game card.

Kinda reminds me of Varian, King of Stormwind but with Varian, you can at least guarantee all the effects via deckbuilding and he doesn't see much play. Ivus is definitely more flexible though, but the keywords being random makes it inconsistent. 

I feel like the RNG element makes it not worth it. Ideally you play this around turn 5 or 6, but if you then whiff on an important keyword you're very sad. Similarly, if you want to play it earlier for tempo and you don'T get the stat buff one you#re sad because you spent 4-mana on a glorified Argent Squire.

Seems like a good minion for a bunch of decks, just as a filler kinda minion. The problem with Ivus, the Forest Lord is that Ivus is very... Random. You kinda never want to rely on Ivus, because he's so unpredictable. Imagine being on 5+ mana and NEEDING that rush, but your unlucky and dont get it and lose the game because of it. Reliability is really important these days, and i feel like Ivus might not be that good because of he isn't reliable. But that being said, he is very flexible so that might save him?

The only deck in which Ivus might be a must-include is most druid decks with Wildheart Guff because he can be a giant stat bomb with rush, divine shield and taunt. But even in that deck, Ivan requires games to last for a long time. 

Interesting ... and for the memes i will try to play this with the 20 Mana Druid Hero after i reached 20 Mana ;) 

Could either be good or very bad ... right now im not sure!

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It trades Zilliax's Lifesteal for additional flexibility 

Zilliax was the epitomy of flexibility, which Ivus, the Forest Lord is not, the same way Siamat is not. Ivus can be as flexible only if you're lucky. Or you have 7 mana leftover as Druid after playing a big chungus beforehand.

I really really like this.  Early game RNG shenanigans, mid game unpredictable help, late game scary stuff.  Combine this with Wildheart Guff and that is just icky.  Good thing there are still target removal cards

The RNG might make it a bit too inconsistent, pretty good Siamat like card though.

I can't wait to see this played on 20 mana with the new Druid hero card. I suppose throwing all that mana into stats for this guy would likely be a terrible move, though.

Lacks the reliability of Zilliax or Siamat. You probably want Rush most of the time, but you're rarely guaranteed to get it. (Also, doesn't synergize with anything that might double a Battlecry).

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Seems like a Druid class card in disguise... Can't wait for it to roll Taunt 9 times!*

*Probably doesn't work like that.

Imagine now with a 20 mana pool ... Taunt x19!!

Love Zilliax bives, I think that the Grimtotem Bounty Hunter makes sense now just one shooting Ivus

I think this is weak because it’s too bad early game.

Definitely geared towards druid but love that any class can use it.  

Really hoping for this to be played, it can be good, can be bad and all of it is rng-dependable - hs in a nutshell.

It is nice that they made it so you can't reroll the nonstacking buffs. That means you can at least count on a minimum level of minion once you hit the 4 mana break point. Although, I guess you could  technically roll the +2/+2 multiple times and not get any of the other immediate impact buffs.

I only really like this on 5 mana or (preferably) higher - rolling an Argent Squire for (2) mana or a Righteous Protector for (3) sounds miserable, so you really want to be getting to the point that you're guaranteeing at least one +2/+2 buff.

Crazy card, will definitely see play because there is no way that there is no new XP achievements related to this.

This card is rather insane, and with the new Druid hero being a thing, I can imagine quite a few huge tree dudes going ham.