New Neutral Minion - Bad Luck Albatross

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

    A new Rare Neutral Minion, Bad Luck Albatross, has been revealed!

    Bad Luck Albatross Card Image

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Tech card to use against classes with slow draw.

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  • DelkoHS's Avatar
    Child of Galakrond 485 481 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Weasel Tunneler wannabee lol

    The counter to Highlander decks?

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  • Joda's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1020 150 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Good for disturbing the opponents draw, and disables any highlander card. Love it :)

    Never netdeck, craft Whizbang instead!

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  • vprr's Avatar
    Face Collector 560 209 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This has got to see some play surely.

    Similar to Weasel Tunneler in that it screws with the opponents draws. Should be very powerful against highlander decks, the more times you can trigger the deathrattle the better.

    Could be too difficult to pull off to warrant a deck slot, but I like this cards design.

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  • anchorm4n's Avatar
    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2511 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Solid for a 3 drop and more fuel for DR Rogue. I like it!

    I notice I am confused. Something I believe isn't true. How do I know what I think I know?
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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Don't think this will shut down Highlander, but maybe if you time it right you can make it work? Play on turn 3/4 and then trade it off on turn 5/6 to deactivate Reno sounds pretty good. 

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  • magoman's Avatar
    70 1 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Wonderful quote from "The rime of the ancient mariner" 

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  • PipoHs's Avatar
    Vampire 220 142 Posts Joined 11/22/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    tech card against highlander, but i dont think good enough 

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Deny 2 draws for any deck is painful and as stated before it ruins "if you have no duplicates" clause as well for a decent body for 3 mana and a sometimes relevant beast tag.

    This card is quite good tbh, you can play it as a tech vs highlander or just as a good aggressive minion in a deck that wants an aggressive stated 3 drop with an upside or maybe the beast hunter deck.

    Since I dismissed the 3/4 raven as bad and while saying this is good: this card is stand alone good while the raven asks you to go though hoops for little reward (+3 attack per duplicated raven and works ONLY for other ravens)

    Also it should be noted that most 2 drops being played as far as I know are 2/2s or 2/3s rather than 3/2s so the stat line is OK for a 3 drop.

    You can also go overboard on this and try to trigger the deathrattle enough times or duplicate the card (incoming Bad luck rogue?) to make your opponent draw NOTHING but 1/1 for 1 beasts if your opponent can't play actual cards.. they lose..

    It's much better than Weasel Tunneler since it can't backfire and ruins the deck faster.

    Will give another claim to this card's effect being relevant.. Impbalming turns out to not be a playable card although it looks good turns out thrashing your deck is actually relevant while playing control as well as also in warlock.. also this is REALLY good vs combo decks that want an empty deck (currently druid and paladin) since it delays them by 2 draws.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Nice tech card. I think it is even better than the weazel, because it's a straight up counter to the highlander decks and if you manage to activate it's deathrattle multiple times like priest and rogue can do = so many useless cards in your opponent's deck. I like it.

    “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Can mess up opponent's draw and highlander value but I feel it's not that good of a card since it does nothing on it's own and you give your opponent two extra cards ahead of fatigue. 

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    While this is certainly a great tool against Highlander decks, it’s also just a good aggro tool with an aggressive vanilla stat line that increases the odds your opponent misses their AoE, etc

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

    don't even think this is great anti-Highlander tech (at least in Standard)

    Realistically, you cannot predict when your opponent is going to use Zephrys so you can't really play it before that.

    If you play it too early they might just draw the bird and then your effort was wasted.

    Not to mention that it needs at least a turn to pop (unless you kill it instantly, in which case it's a tempo loss).

    Will be fun to use in a dedicated deck though. Weasels, but better because you're not affeceted.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • mayhern's Avatar
    Wizard 355 294 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Good card! Good body and anti-highlander!

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  • ArcanisDF's Avatar
    660 214 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    not good enough to counter to Highlander decks.

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  • shaveyou's Avatar
    415 198 Posts Joined 06/08/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Calling it now, this is a nerf candidate. Several classes can abuse it in both standard and wild, and just shut down their opponents deck, because they'll draw nothing but birds. Hunter (Dire Frenzy, Beast copys and various DR triggers), Priest (so many DR shenanigans), and Rogue (Shadows of Death and DR triggers) can all fill the opponents deck quickly.

     

    It might not be good, but it will cause unhappy players, which will lead to an eventually nerf.

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  • Sol's Avatar
    375 111 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Wow, an anti-highlander card. Rogue can surely abuse the deathrattle and fill the opponent's deck with 1/1s

    Well it's over

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  • Drageren's Avatar
    Noisemaker 470 187 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    bad part of him - it's deathrattle. Yes, it's tech card, but bad tech card. I don t think see any play, like emp guy vs mechs or anti secret guy, new HS use counters only if card so good by itself. Great arena card, tho.

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  • Painkiller1724's Avatar
    200 132 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    At last!!! A worthy disciple.

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  • bro's Avatar
    110 42 Posts Joined 10/20/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    love it, powercrept weasel, decent on curve and no downside for you

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    So many wonderful beasts this expansion, budget players will be happy.

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Good tech card against highlander decks. Will definitely see play in standard if highlander is a thing and also maybe in wild.

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  • dembro's Avatar
    Peon 375 317 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Salt Factory Albatross. Sure, 2 copies of this might not be more effective than causing a mild annoyance. More than 2 (copying, double-trigger Deathrattle, etc.)? That's an effective Highlander counter.

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Excellent Reno hoser! Good stats for vanilla minion.

    -=alfi=-

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  • AliRadicali's Avatar
    465 713 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Even if you're not facing a highlander deck, this is a solid 3 mana 4/3 that can potentially screw with your opponent's draws.

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  • Lightspoon's Avatar
    Merfolk 495 405 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Weasel Priest is amused.

    5/5 stars indeed.

    "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the world, and loses his own soul?"

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  • b4timert's Avatar
    165 151 Posts Joined 11/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    going to put it in my deck just for the rare moment were my OP play X and nothing happens, nice tech card

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Gives your opponent two bad draws, it stops highlander cards from triggering, it is not bad stats for its cost, it is a beast so it can get tribal synergy. It looks pretty powerful. But we have never really seen an effect like this before, we have bombs, but that isn't really the same. Bombs don't mess up your decks consistency, they just deal damage to you.

    This is a very interesting card, and it will probably see play, but we will have to test it out before we know how good it really is. I am just very glad that we have this as a card.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Juan73908's Avatar
    Magma Rager 290 157 Posts Joined 11/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Neutral counter for highlander decks that has OK stats and is crazy in arena. Will see some play

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  • p's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 615 127 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Looks good but with so many broken cards this expansion which decks can afford to play this I'm not sure.

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  • TheOdinson's Avatar
    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Its kind of nice to see a neutral hoser for the Highlander decks, as it could end up being very necessary, but I also feel like there aren't any sort of counter cards for the Galakrond stuff, so it could end up being very balanced that there aren't equal checks for all classes.

    To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Back in High School, the regular Albatros used to bully the bad lucked one 

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

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Counter highlander but this will prob only see play in arena..too situational

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  • DarthNihilus's Avatar
    190 52 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    boring 1/5

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  • Hedwyn's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 325 161 Posts Joined 07/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Good for arena, but doesn't have room in any deck in constructed, I think.

    I'm sorry for my bad english :)

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  • RavenSunHS's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 880 1487 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Staple in all my non-Even decks.

    PS: i love the fact that Renolock can actually counter this with Plot Twist.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 889 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    The One Highlander's career ruined by an seabird.

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  • StormKnightSera's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2916 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    It's fine. Not much more to say, really: it has okay stats for its cost and the effect can really ruin someone's day. However, the card is kind if boring and often wont make much of a difference. So...yeah. It's fine.

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Reasonable stats to try and disrupt highlander decks or just slow down other decks. Not sold that it's going to be good enough though.

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  • Farfelee's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 400 151 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    A Weasel Tunneler with good aggresive stats that has the ability to ruin some of your opponents futur draws. It's a nice aggro minion and can also be used with some deathrattle synergy. This card can even deny some highlander decks as a bonus.

    Fear the Albatross!

    More dragons? Yes please!

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  • IlBelTia's Avatar
    Wizard 440 333 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Like the concept, a very interesting effect for a common card.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 5 years ago
    Quote From linkblade91

    It's fine. Not much more to say, really: it has okay stats for its cost and the effect can really ruin someone's day. However, the card is kind if boring and often wont make much of a difference. So...yeah. It's fine.

    Wouldn't call this boring, since you can actually copy it and ruin your opponent's whole deck by filling it with 1/1s 

    You can meme with it so I find this card actually good. 

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  • Skullsplita's Avatar
    Wonderform Operator 100 8 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This, Hakkar and Undetakah are going to be fun to shut down Highlander decks.

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  • Starscream's Avatar
    180 99 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This is a great card. If Highlander decks take off this will be very popular. 

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  • 8Nikano's Avatar
    155 144 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    On the arena is very good, because you want your opponent to draw two uselles cards. I can;t see any archetype on ranked which this card suits

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I remember the Weasel deck being kind of fun, so this will probably help out a lot for that. Beyond that though, I don’t expect it to see much play

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This is not as bad as it looks being well stated and all. Decent Highlander counter and just giving your opponent a dead draw is pretty good sometimes.

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  • Alucard3598's Avatar
    125 38 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I think this card is insane.
    You're already playing a well-statted aggressive minion, but shuffling 1/1's into your opponent's deck just makes the card that much better by diluting their deck. This is very good against decks like Reno decks, too.
    Add on the Beast and Deathrattle synergies and you have one hell of a card.

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  • Svintusevich's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 185 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    It looks surprisingly good! The deathrattle allows you to disrupt the opponent's topdecks which is very nice. And 4-3 stats for 3 mana is more then we could expect from a card with such a useful deathrattle effect. It can delay the opponent's fatigue for 2 turns but i guess it's not a card for decks which plan to play to fatigue so it's not a big deal. I believe we'll see it on ladder. I already imagene how annoying it will be to draw that shitty 1-1 albatross...

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  • RMK117's Avatar
    180 145 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Let's ruin highlander! We just got highlander cards last meta...this is so bad for all my decks haha. Good card overall

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  • Wagnuz's Avatar
    125 67 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Awesome highlander tech. Most likely played in Druid or Hunter decks I guess.

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  • Mahobear8's Avatar
    355 284 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This card is amazing.  I want to run it in everything now

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  • Freforos's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 330 320 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Is always nice to have tech cards.

    The problem is that we don't have a sideboard in this game, so running this just to win on a small percentage (sometime you'll not draw this in the matchups where you want it; or you still lose even after you played it) of a small percentage of games (you play this card only because is good versus highlander decks) isn't worth it in my opinion.

    In turnament settings card like this are good to exist.

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  • troY's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 250 271 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Good card against Highlander decks, and stats are not bad in other match-ups. Worst case scenario it gives your opponent a potential bad draw. Nothing to build your deck around, but a nice tech card.

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  • Lycaon's Avatar
    230 80 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This + Hakkar, the Soulflayer is Quest Druid's nightmare.

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  • DuubYaDeVarty's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 150 15 Posts Joined 03/26/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Looking forward to resurrection Priest. 

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  • johnyDI's Avatar
    Island 210 172 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Being good against 1 type of deck doesn't make it a good card if you are losing to all other decks. I can only see this played if it has synergy with your deck, and no other class pulls that better than hunter with its beast synergy. With aggressive stats and a disruptive effect vs early zephyrs, I might see it being played should highlander decks become to much prevalent. but another solution is always bomb warrior, so this card won't be the tool to keep highlander in check.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I really like this! It's not too awkward to play on curve and it messes up your opponents deck. No matter the strategy, you NEVER want to draw a 1/1 after mulligan. Probably even better in arena where you depend more on good topdecking. That being said, with the abundance of over-powered cards this will see less play than deserved.

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  • xreflex98's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 125 96 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    The name of the card is perfect, is so luck based that it might work from time to time, so much highlight potential and might make the cut in some Rogue decks.

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  • ArngrimUndying's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 520 626 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Love me some neutral tech cards. Obvious value in frustrating Highlander decks (as someone who still plays Bomb Warrior, I can tell you this is a VERY strong strategy - the number of "angrily dropping a useless Zephrys before conceding" I've seen is substantial). I'm sure Hunter will play this given the Beast synergy but expect many other classes will as well if Highlander decks stick around for DoD. 

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  • padoru's Avatar
    Explorer of Outland 180 154 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    i'm putting this in all my decks. highlander tech with no downside :)

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  • Narfi's Avatar
    175 148 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I love this tech card. I have no idea if it will see play on ladder.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Better Weasel Tunneler, at least its stats can mean something.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Even if this seam a card for aggressive decks, I think it suit better in control style (where you can trigger his battlecry few time). It's a counter for "Reno deck" and make worse the odd to draw something good for the enemy

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  • Dongusman's Avatar
    145 84 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Tech card against highlander decks and other slow decks.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1000 1509 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    It also counters Stowaway. if it will be a part of a dominant deck, this card will see more play with all of those highlander decks.

    Well, I liked the card but didn't like the art. It doesn't look like an albatross.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • b4timert's Avatar
    165 151 Posts Joined 11/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    tech card for reno decks

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  • Mahobear8's Avatar
    355 284 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Very good card, very excited by it.  Dead draws are huge potential

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Love it and hate it at the same time. I know I will be raging whenever I draw the 1/1 instead of something useful.

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 815 723 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    So birds disable draws and mess up highlanders like new alex and all "good" classes this seems pretty crazy dead draws late game are always good. 

    Self proclaimed good at battlegrounds

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Besides being a tech card versus highlander decks, this card makes well-refined decks weaker, since it shuffles two worthless minions into the deck. This card will definitely see play, at least in battlecry shaman.

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  • magikman's Avatar
    285 152 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I’m sure people will tech this card in trying to disable highlander style effects but unless you run two of them, you draw both, play both and they both die, you probably won’t be able to reliably disable those cards.

    Jaina is best waifu. Always.

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  • Doublebuttered's Avatar
    145 140 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Say hello to my weasel albatross priest deck :)

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  • Knalle's Avatar
    Derpy Elf 150 39 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Great stats. I think this is such a cool and fun mechanic, really hope this will function in some kind of deck. Not seeing it right now though, sadly. But I'll try my hardest to make a luck destroyer deck!

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  • CuakOn's Avatar
    1070 296 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    A counter to highlander decks and a decent 3 cost minion. It also  fills normal decks with useless 1/1 minions. I think it's a pretty good card but I don't know if it'll see a lot of play.

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  • leitong's Avatar
    220 147 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Unique effect to deactivate highlander decks and mess with your opponent's draw in general. I'd like to see this being played, but it does not really have synergy with other cards.

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  • Torgal's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 1000 293 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This card messes with highlander decks and deathrattle aspect can be easily abused to fill your opponent's deck with worthless junk, but history learn us that this is not good enough to be pulled out outside of wierd fringe decks.

    Fun and interactive game.

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  • TheWanderer's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 200 157 Posts Joined 09/09/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Pretty darn good stats for a 3 mana minion as well.

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