New Neutral Minion - Kael'thas Sinstrider

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A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Kael'thas Sinstrider, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Kael'thas Sinstrider, has been revealed!

    Kael'thas Sinstrider Card Image

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


    Learn more about Murder at Castle Nathria

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Well, we saw our first Nerf of the set.  Did we learn nothing about this guy with the spells?  Colossal minions coming out super fast is scary.

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  • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_900_HS 1170 933 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From Hydrafrog

    Well, we saw our first Nerf of the set.  Did we learn nothing about this guy with the spells?  Colossal minions coming out super fast is scary.

    You're looking at at least 6-7 mana to cheat something out, or even more cards to cheat Kael out then a big minion. It's hard to chain minions together, so you're probably only getting this effect once. Which class plays this card? It doesn't seem worth it.

    A man is lying on the street, some punks chopped off his head

    I'm the only one who stops to see if he's dead.

    Hmm. Turns out he's dead.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From MurlocAggroB
    Quote From Hydrafrog

    Well, we saw our first Nerf of the set.  Did we learn nothing about this guy with the spells?  Colossal minions coming out super fast is scary.

    You're looking at at least 6-7 mana to cheat something out, or even more cards to cheat Kael out then a big minion. It's hard to chain minions together, so you're probably only getting this effect once. Which class plays this card? It doesn't seem worth it.

    What you're saying is true... It is harder to chain minions together than spells.  That being said, Druid, Rogue, Shaman, and Paladin could make excellent use of this card with the little things that support the big things.  

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Someone will figure out a broken combo with this new Kaelthas during the theory crafting steam, then it'll rage rampant on day 1 launch, with maybe a speedy nerf a week later.

    Calling it now. History will repeat itself...

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    See ya when this gets nerfed to 7-mana and (1)-mana reduction after a week.. Why would they ever do this when they had to re-nerf the original after it instnatly broke Wild.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Ok this is the OTK tool on combo decks for cheating Sire Denathrius. Poor Kael his destiny is always getting nerfed

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    In standard this might not even be impactful...for now. Basically if you're playing two cheap cards to summon a big boi, along with 6 mana for this card as well, you might as well just use the mana to summon the big boi in the first place.

    And since there's no minion that's the equivalent of Ultimate Infestation, this card is simply not the same power level as Kael'thas Sunstrider. Simply put, no one will place a bunch of cheap minions in their deck just to make this work. It worked with sunstrider because cheap spells are good, whereas cheap minions rarely ever are themselves.

    Still, rather than waste anyone's time, I think its fair to say that at some point this card will be nerfed. Dont know how or why, but you just cant print mana cheaters and expect them to live.

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  • FortyDust's Avatar
    Pumpkin 1205 1912 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Five stars, will definitely break the game and be one of the first nerfs.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Original Kael'thas Sunstrider had to be nerfed to make the spells cost 1, so why do they think it's okay for this to generate 0-cost minions?

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    This somehow will break the game (again). When will they learn to stop making these recurring (0) cost abilities?

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  • DoctorDoom's Avatar
    180 90 Posts Joined 07/03/2022
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Just Blizzard marketing tactics. They know they will nerf this week 1. Just hyping people up to buy packs/bundles.

    The world will know doom.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

    Broken minion, will be nerfed 100%. Kael'thas Sinstrider into Brann Bronzebeard into Sire Denathrius seems broken. At least thanks to Kael'thas Sunstrider they know how they can nerf this card.

    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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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    Hoo boy, even if everyone's proposed combos are just getting a 10 mana big minion on turn 7... That's still two big must kill targets on turn 7.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago
    Quote From FortyDust

    Five stars, will definitely break the game and be one of the first nerfs.

    I want to believe that he won't be as meta defining as its first seems, but I'm known for blind optimism and wishful thinking ^^

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

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 2 years, 4 months ago

    This card is going to be insane. Probably the first to be nerfed.

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