New Shaman Minion - Harkener of Dread

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A new Common Shaman Minion, Harkener of Dread, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    A new Common Shaman Minion, Harkener of Dread, has been revealed!

    Harkener of Dread Card Image

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


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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    Hmm so this does work well with "if a friendly undead minion died last turn" kinda effects, and it is quite sticky. It's a couple of taunts, but i dont know what deck would like this card. I dont think Control shaman wants this? Unless im mistaken. Feels kinda like a arena card maybe? But at the same time the undead synergy might make it playable.

    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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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    Not impressed, looks a bit too slow. Unless Shaman gets more Deathrattle synergy that allows this to trigger twice somehow (which is unlikely considering they're revealing synergy cards together and we already have the respective legendary) I doubt it's good enough. Sick in Arena though.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    A bit slow, a tad clunky, but protects your face twice as much as regular taunt. 
    This can help Shaman play something else than aggro-decks

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

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    Unless Shaman suddenly turns around with a Shattershambler type card, this probably isn't going to make it into any Undead aggro decks, and I'm sure Control has better options than a mid double layered taunt.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    The problem with the card isn't its power level, but the fact that its stuck in a class like shaman that have no use of it.

    Even if there's a deathrattle trigger yet to be revealed this card is simply too slow, relative to the other deathrattle cards we've seen. The best it can hope for is being a double taunt, evading all manners of tricks like silence, transform etc.

    What a shame, because if it were neutral I'd at least think up a way to use it in other classes like hunter.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    It's definitely a sticky minion but I wouldn't play this guy against a priest in wild. Imagine a Potion of Madness on this 😱

    Will be more annoying to remove in arena so highly unlikely it'll see play in constructed. 

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    Two taunts and 8/8 worth of stats for 5 mana seems pretty good to me, though I think I would prefer 4/4 each so when your opponent trades it's more likely to kill their minion.

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

    Seems pretty decent, but also easily countered. Shaman seems to be going in quite a weird direction.

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