New Shaman Spell - Lightning Breath

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A new Rare Shaman Spell, Lightning Breath, has been revealed!

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

    A new Rare Shaman Spell, Lightning Breath, has been revealed!

    Lightning Breath Card Image

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  • RenoLord's Avatar
    335 55 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Dragon Shaman Time

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  • CableKnight's Avatar
    Rexxar 405 187 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Awesome, Dragon anything is always fun. I remember Kibler played a Dragon Shaman during Rastakhan's Rumble, hope something similar can exist.

    Gosh dang it, cards bad.

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

    Hooray! My favorite tribe for my favorite class!

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Let's go Control Dragon Thrall.

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

    yeah, no, we're all going to hate this immensly after about 3 days.

    just slap a dragon package into Quest Shaman. Draconic Lackey already makes this more consistent. So aside from Sandstorm Elemental and MCT you'll also have to worry about getting flamestriked at 3....hitting coincidentally the exact same number of minions that you would play to not play into MCT.

    I'm gonna give this expansion a chance, but I feel like I'm just gonna quit after two weeks.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Sevault's Avatar
    225 57 Posts Joined 06/02/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Holy CRAP, this is undercosted by 2 mana

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

    yeah, no, we're all going to hate this immensly after about 3 days.

    just slap a dragon package into Quest Shaman. Draconic Lackey already makes this more consistent. So aside from Sandstorm Elemental and MCT you'll also have to worry about getting flamestriked at 3....hitting coincidentally the exact same number of minions that you would play to not play into MCT.

    I'm gonna give this expansion a chance, but I feel like I'm just gonna quit after two weeks.

    we always gonna quit after 2 weeks no matter what, HS isn't made to last more than that anyway

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

    yeah, no, we're all going to hate this immensly after about 3 days.

    just slap a dragon package into Quest Shaman. Draconic Lackey already makes this more consistent. So aside from Sandstorm Elemental and MCT you'll also have to worry about getting flamestriked at 3....hitting coincidentally the exact same number of minions that you would play to not play into MCT.

    I'm gonna give this expansion a chance, but I feel like I'm just gonna quit after two weeks.

    yeah, I have a feeling this will quickly get nerfed to 5 mana. Just compare it to any other damaging spell shaman has access to.

    Mark my words. Shaman will get nerfed.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Excuse me, since we get all the breath cards based on the class dragon, which dragon has lightning breath? Or maybe someone new like Waxadred?

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

    Excuse me, since we get all the breath cards based on the class dragon, which dragon has lightning breath? Or maybe someone new like Waxadred?

    Probably.

    As far as i understood it, only LoE classes get old dragon aspects, while EVIL classes get entirely new Dragons (+Galakrond).

    The only exception being Warrior, for unknown reasons (since Malygos is just as mad and hostile as Deathwing).

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  • Meenz's Avatar
    335 150 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 5 years ago
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    yeah, no, we're all going to hate this immensly after about 3 days.

    just slap a dragon package into Quest Shaman. Draconic Lackey already makes this more consistent. So aside from Sandstorm Elemental and MCT you'll also have to worry about getting flamestriked at 3....hitting coincidentally the exact same number of minions that you would play to not play into MCT.

    I'm gonna give this expansion a chance, but I feel like I'm just gonna quit after two weeks.

    Preach! 

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  • anchorm4n's Avatar
    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2504 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I'm sure as hell not going to use that disenchant duplicates button for this expansion. This looks seriously op.

    I notice I am confused. Something I believe isn't true. How do I know what I think I know?
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  • Avalon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1550 2105 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I don't know if I'm overestimating this card, but I'm going to keep all the copies I get from packs, just to be sure (if you know what I mean)

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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    430 614 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I think it's more likely this card is played as a generated card than something you put in your deck. In general terms, Quest Shaman wants minions, not spells, even considering the chances of Dragonic Lackey. 

    Unless there are one or two real, competitive, Battlecry Dragons for shaman. Then obviously, this becomes pretty nuts. (At this point, I'm not sure I'm playing Twin Tyrant in a Quest Shaman simply to support this card.)

    Maybe there's some more competitive version of "Big Shaman" this time around. Plus we haven't seen Hagatha's Galakrond. This could fit there. But hard to see that deck being preferred to the Quest deck in most circumstances.

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

    Would be balanced with the number of dragons right now. But A LOT is coming, so this can always be active.

    Never netdeck, craft Whizbang instead!

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

    I hope for Dragon Shaman but imo this will never work.. sad

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

    So strong if Dragon Shaman becomes a thing - it's a better Lightning Storm: while it only hits 3 targets, it does more dmg without the Overload. Probably one of the strong Breaths revealed so far.

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

    Good board clear spell for dragon shaman!

     

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2904 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    Absolutely bonkers card. I tried playing Dragon Shaman and had a decent amount of success, and that was without any class cards supporting the archetype. If the other cards are anywhere close to this one, I foresee great things for Dragon Shaman.

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

    12 damage for 3 mana? Seems balanced ti me.

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

    It's so crazy that this does not have overload. the base effect is already good enough. And with shaman having access to lackeys that discover dragons and spells, I can see this card being played with the activation in deck that neither have the card nor dragons (looking at you quest shaman who won't rotate at all next year).

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  • Nere's Avatar
    120 67 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    This is such a strong spell for 3 mana. As a mage main I´m sometimes very jealous of the AoE some other classes are getting.

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

    3 mana cast 3 Shadowbolts? Sounds insane to me.

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

    I am curious what the Shaman dragon will look like. It's been an archetype that never actually seen any play (if I recall correctly). This card does look very strong though, but without other strong cards, it won't see play by itself.

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

    Viper's Control Shaman is really fun. Someone help me figure out how to shoehorn some dragons into it so I can run this as well.

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

    Pretty GOOD in dragon shaman decks, insane removal! Even in arena and wild can see play .. They're really pushing dragon archetype this time, I hope even the bad dragon decks see some play!

    I'm sorry for my bad english :)

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

    I wanted to evaluate this card after see some other shaman cards but;

    This is just overpowered. The only situation this will see no play is that shamans will get no dragons but truth is that will never happen + THERE ARE NEUTRAL DRAGONS !!!

    We all hated shamans enough blizzard. Do something !

    Shaman was my favorite class of the Saga and you made me hate it via Hearthstone. Thank you so much !

    Evolve was ok thematically but a hateful card ! You didn't have to add murloc package to shamans just because MURLOCS ARE SHAMANS !

    pff, I hate you blizzard. I blowed all my salt here to you. I don't have salts anymore.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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

    This overshadows all of the other board clears for shaman. Other board clears overload your mana, deal inconsistent damage (VolcanoHagatha's SchemeLightning Storm etc.) but the only drawback of this is that you need to play a few dragons in your deck, which won't be a drawback as much as a deckbuilding direction. Quest shaman can also easily gain access to some dragons via draconic lackeys. It's a great effect for 3 mana, I give it 5/5.

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

    Very conditional based on if Dragon Shaman is actually viable, but considering it mostly takes good reasons to play it and this card is super powerful if you're playing Dragons, it seems like one of those awesome build arounds. Battlecry Dragon Shaman seems like it could be the jam.

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

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

    A total of 12 damage for 3 mana is just crazy. With increased Spell Damage or even Zentimo this is potentially devastating. Even if you don't go full Dragon Shaman you might include this and 1-2 dragons in another archetype just for the combo.

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

    Sure, it depends on the other Shaman cards and whether Shaman will have good Dragon synergies. 12 damage for 3 Mana is awesome. Good enough to include non-synergistic Dragons just for the effect? Probably not, but tons of easy value in a Dragon deck that is at least decent.

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 5 years ago

    I wonder how this'll work with Zentimo. 6 Mana remove 5 Minions and summon a 1-3 would be sweet!

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 889 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    3-mana 9 damage Dragon Control shaman, as if the murlocs weren't bad enough.

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  • Svintusevich's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 185 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    If there will be some kind of a dragon based shaman this spell will definitely see play. 4 damage for 3 mana is decent even without an AOE, but with a dragon synergy it's very good. I generally like it!

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  • Rhoa's Avatar
    Rexxar 240 46 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    As Trump said, a lot of the time it's like Flamestrike but for four less mana - incredible!

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  • 8Nikano's Avatar
    155 144 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Basically flamestrike for 3. OMG that card is soo good... I cant wait to play it

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  • Ethardoth's Avatar
    Harpy Lieutenant 435 389 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    yeah, no, we're all going to hate this immensly after about 3 days.

    just slap a dragon package into Quest Shaman. Draconic Lackey already makes this more consistent. So aside from Sandstorm Elemental and MCT you'll also have to worry about getting flamestriked at 3....hitting coincidentally the exact same number of minions that you would play to not play into MCT.

    I'm gonna give this expansion a chance, but I feel like I'm just gonna quit after two weeks.

    Wanted to comment for the entry, but I have basically nothing new to add when you commented what I feel too. Not that I will quit, the expansion has much to offer, but generally it seems that they really upped the power level with some clearly op cards, this included. It will be frustrating to play against this, but at least it will force some to improve their positioning.

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  • Trapzter's Avatar
    Dragon 235 155 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    very good card just as a 3 mana deal 4. but 3 mana deal 3*4 is just insanely good. finally a good semi-boardclear for shaman that does not overload for a ridiculous amount of mana.

    depends on the other cards being released for shaman though so it might be hard to tell how good it will really be

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  • Narfi's Avatar
    175 148 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    People have already been playing Dragon Shaman. This is ridiculously powerful for that deck.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    As if shaman needed more removal tools ..!

    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 4 years, 11 months ago

    Nice card for board clear! We'll have to see what other Shaman cards are going to release to co-exist with this one..

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  • Farfelee's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 400 151 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    A turn 3 semi-Flamestrike is insane. All we have to do is wait and see what the shaman dragons bring to the table.

    More dragons? Yes please!

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  • PipoHs's Avatar
    Vampire 220 142 Posts Joined 11/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    very strong, just waiting for shaman dragons ¿?

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    It’s not like Shaman’s really hurting for more AOE cards, still pretty good though

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • xreflex98's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 125 96 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Great AOE.

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    We still need to see the other shaman cards, but if a dragon deck is viable this card is absolutely great.

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  • vprr's Avatar
    Face Collector 560 209 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Seems absolutely insane.

    A control Shaman with a couple powerful dragons with battlecry such as Twilight Drake can already make this card work, and it is in most cases a Flamestrike that can be played on turn 3.

    If Shaman gets a bunch of well-statted dragons then a midrange board focused deck would definitely run this card.

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  • Juan73908's Avatar
    Magma Rager 290 157 Posts Joined 11/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Quite good, a bit boring for my taste. I could see that the effect would not be greatly used in many cases. Situational 3 stars

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  • Freforos's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 330 320 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    This card is very strong, but if a thing like dragon shaman doesn't exist it will not see play. 

    If good/interesting dragons will show up, i'll surely try to play an Hagatha/dragons control deck, can't see the deck being any good but maybe it will be fun

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  • IlBelTia's Avatar
    Wizard 440 333 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    12 damage for 3 mana? Those dragons sure know how to be scary.

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  • FuriousBeagle's Avatar
    105 31 Posts Joined 12/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    İts an early game flamestrike.shaman will play dragons Justice for this boardclear

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  • padoru's Avatar
    Explorer of Outland 180 154 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    blizzard really wants dragons to be everywhere on ladder.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    3 mana for 12 damage split on 3 minions? And no overload? Just broken...if Dragon Shaman will exist

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Best of the breath cards, too bad shaman seems to get the worst dragons so far.

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  • TheWanderer's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 200 157 Posts Joined 09/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    I think this might be the first lightning themed damage spell that doesn't have Overload on it?

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  • KinetiClasH's Avatar
    135 87 Posts Joined 09/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Well again, a card that makes an archetype worth playing, this is such a strong AoE on turn 3; that will make Big Dragon Shaman a real deal in this meta.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Already a good card with Dragon Shaman - way better when you pair it with Electra Stormsurge or Zentimo.

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  • b4timert's Avatar
    165 151 Posts Joined 11/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    I Guess its time to try dragon shaman again.It failed when i tried to make it during throzen throne meta

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  • Mahobear8's Avatar
    355 284 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Great card for dragon shaman, but does dragon shaman actually have enough support?

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 815 723 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    So with zentimo you can clear an entire board and without him, you can still clear about half a board this is a bonkers card that I can see being run even without the dragon boost

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    12 damage for 3 mana is a lot of value, but I don't think that Dragon Shaman will be viable. However, even 4 damage for 3 mana is good (Shadow Bolt).

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  • Doublebuttered's Avatar
    145 140 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Yea this is just way stronger flamestrike pretty much

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  • magikman's Avatar
    285 152 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Shadowbolt with a huge upside if you have a Dragon. It’s really good. Obviously.

    Jaina is best waifu. Always.

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Luckily, I doubt Dragon Shaman will be very popular. I'm worried about Quest Shaman though. Something people will constantly try to experiment with until it works.

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  • Nachorc95's Avatar
    235 61 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

     i dont know if there will be a dragon shaman, but the card is so strong

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  • leitong's Avatar
    220 147 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    The value is too good to leave out of dragon decks. It's been compared with flamestrike quite a lot already,

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  • CuakOn's Avatar
    1070 296 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Bonkers spell for Dragon Shaman decks.  3 mana it's super cheap for clearing the board.

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  • Torgal's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 1000 293 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Ridiculously powerful board clear for such a few mana. Only concer remains in that dragon shaman was never played archetype and support for it is very weak.

    Fun and interactive game.

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