New Neutral Minion - Zul'Drak Ritualist
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Geez what a terrible card. So at best you're giving your opponent 3 1/1s making this 4 mana 3/6 taunt... At best...
Could it be MCTech BFF? Giving Opp 3 minions and stealing his strongest one in controll match ups, where people tend to play only 1 or 2 minions? XD Its not unusual that MCtech steals the best minion on the field...
What a well designed anti rez priest card! The days of big priest were kinda over and cards like this solidify it.
Good card to keep your face safe from aggro decks and messing up with ressurection pools.
Three 1 cost minions wouldn't usually be a big threat when used it.
Yeah, good tech to disturb the opponents resurrect pool... Other ways its just not worth to run.
Never netdeck, craft Whizbang instead!
I'd probably want to combo it with MCtech, but that means not using a 4 drop taunt until late game. It could be good against rez priest, but you can't count on that matchup. Overall, not something I'm likely to put in my deck unless the meta has a lot of rez priest.
I'm not a fan of this card, too much rng... not only it can screw you giving your opponent good 1 drops but the fact that we have another good early drop with high health and taunt it's not cool when the card will pop up as a random 4 drop on the board.
Nice tech versus resurrect priest if it will be a thing.
Maybe good in a control deck that has a low damage low cost enemy only AoE?
If you can trade some of the summoned tokens is really worth play.
By the way, is an upgrade to Desert Hare evolve pool.
By The Holy Light!
Don't like it. pretty bad as an early taunt because rng could break you bad.
Even long after res/big priest will be gone from wild, I’ll still be teaching this card. Just to fuck over the last guy running that kind of deck :
People keep mentioning big Priest counters but we already have Flight Master and Mad Summoner which saw no play. I don't think this card is any better and it will probably not see play.
I'm happy they keep printing weird tech cards like this.
Ressurect is just such a BS mechanic.
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If you can avoid the battlecry, or buff the hell out of it, Zul'Drak Ritualist is insane. It's also good as a counter to Priest resurrection strategies. Not sure it has a home in standard, though.
I'm surprised so many people don't think this card is good anti-Res tech.The body is much better than Flight Master and it summons 3 minions instead of 1 so a much better chance of diluting the Res pool. It's also a lot cheaper than Mad Summoner. Given that all the summons are 1-drops, any board clear that does 2 or more dmg is likely to wipe out the lot, so it's a quick play for maybe 6/7 mana in total that will almost certainly leave you with a good body afterwards - especially in Priest mirrors given that health line is a prime target for Divine Spirit + Inner Fire afterwards.
Will this be meta-defining? No. But I expect we'll see it played probably at/slightly below the frequency we saw other deck-specific tech cards like Skulking Geist
I think, that could backfire way to hard.
Are there poisonous 1 drops at the moment?
Finally a solid neutral(!) tech card against resurrection strategies. What's nice is that this can be pretty easily played alongside a small AoE to immediately clear the spawned minions.
Great with oaken summons in wild, potentially better than Hecklebot. It's also a better tech card for big priest than, for example, Flight Master, since it's a good-statted taunt minion as well so it's not bad on its own. I don't believe there are any 1-drops to worry about, but still I'm not sure if there is any good reason to play this in standard.
tech card, not so impressive
but maybe it will see play, depend on the new meta
Am I missing something here or is this just filler?
Like sure, Anti Rez tech and maybe Oaken Summons shenanigans, but that's about it.
I tried having fun once.
It was awful.
I wouldn’t say it’s just filler, just rather situational. I’d personally think of filler as more yeti stuff.
If their board is full or you have a board clear it could be decent enough, don’t think there’s too many 1 drops that could screw you over (really only that poisonous one in wild)
Who needs consistency when you could have fun?
That card is so bad... But if you get it from evolve... that's the only warm situation I can think about it now
This will be a disappointing pack rare :
I think this is one of the worse cards printed until now(this expansion). Maybe a tech card vs ressurect as pointed, but still, not worth it. In standard at least, doesn't seem any good.
Solid card nice stats but I feel like this is going to get worse as the revels go. Still, anti big priest is always nice but fuel for token and aggro isn't as much so.
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Every expansion a new "anti big priest tech card" is printed, people praise it to the heavens, and finally 1-2 weaks later we all realize that playing 1 card that is terrrible vs all other classes is not worth it, so we leave the fancy new tech card in the dust.
This will be the same, but worse, since our evolve/bloodlust/savage roar/knifejugler/wathever oponents will love the free minions.
Rez priest thanks you for the turn 4 Psychopomp activator
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I calculated the average attack value of a 1-cost minions in standard and I got 1.06060606061 (we'll just say 1.06 for simplicity sake).
This means that most of the time this will end up being a 4 mana 3/6 or 3/5 taunt. If most of the time this minion will end up with a very similar stat/cost distributions as Sen'jin Shieldmasta then why not just play Sen'jin Shieldmasta? It is just not worth the risk of letting your opponent get 3 extra bodies on the field.
The only way this card can ever be good is if your opponent already has a full board (in which case you wouldn't want a slightly beefy taunt, but rather a board clear) or if you really need a good way to counter big priest (which you don't right now, and even if you did a better idea would be to play cards like Hex, Devolve, and Plague of Murlocs).
All in all I just don't think this card will ever be worth it. There is just far too much risk involved, maybe once every twenty times you play this you will roll Swamp Dragon Egg, Blood Imp, and Spirit of the Raptor but there is just no way whatsoever that this card will be played in any sort of competitive deck (or a non-competitive deck for that matter).
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Can we change this to summon 1drop and 2drop, so it can summon Doomsayer?:)
Only worth running as a big priest obliterator, or via Oaken Summons
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I'm not a big fan of summoning stuff for my opponent, but 3 1-Drops have the potential to clog up a board and mess with the rez pool as well, so it isn't completely terrible, or at least not all everything about this card is bad.
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This being some sort of anti-rez tech or MC Tech combo card is a joke. Cards like this are rarely good unless its very fringe, and this one isn't winning any awards. Random 1 drops might generally be bad, but there will also be cases where this feels your opponent some awesome stuff. Yes, there are the 1 cost Spirits that have 0 attack and likely won't be good for your opponent at all, there are a bunch of middling things, but there are some pretty highroll things and you can easily blow yourself out against a lot of decks. Its true this makes Evolve better, but I don't think that card will still be around once this set comes out.
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The only way this sees constructed play is if decks that rely on certain rez effects become dominant. Apart from the obvious priest, this has (albeit) limited potential to disrupt/limit N'Zoth, Gul'dan, Witching Hour, Kangor's Endless Army etc.
I can't imagine this happening, and there's more reliable techs against most single cards, but it's worth noting.
Evolve will rotate out early December
No you miss the point. It's not that the card is good but the fact that it's there is good. It keeps rez priest in check. You don't need to actually play the card to let it have impact. Whenever Rez priest could becomes a problem, it won't. And that archetype is not fun to play against so it's nice it exists.
Also: evolve will be out when this comes avaliable in standard and in Wild evolve isn't over powered.
I think its a good tech card against ressurrect .. but I don't know, the 1 drops can be really annoying and really help the opponent ..
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This card isn't that bad, it can always be combo'd with an AoE, or your board with Acolyte of Pain or such. And 9 health Taunt is hard to push through when played early.
Could see play in Gonk Druid, but other than that, it’s too risky to put out. Like others said, Combo priest would benefit from this card. I’m curious to see if Taunt Warrior can utilize this somehow as well.
2 stars.
Hell Yeah, a great card for Oaken Summons.
...other than that, it's a pack filler lol.
I think it is just great! Taunt warrior will be a thing again?
And I was thinking they wanted to HoF or rework MCT...
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I doubt it will be played much, but it will be nice to evolve a 3- drop into one.
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These cards that summon small minions for your opponent while you get an overstated minion have never worked out all too well except for maybe Cornered Sentry. The only difference that I see with this card is the fact that it summons 3 minions.
You could try to use it with Mind Control Tech to try to steal a specific minion (with a small succes rate...) and other minions that benefit from your opponent having lots of minions like Mogu Fleshshaper and Sea Giant.
Or you can use this to counter resurrection priest. if resurrection priest becomes a top meta deck, this card could end up being a nice tech card.
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I have been keeping an eye on this card the whole day... I am still not sure how it will go... I think I will have to try it in game and see myself. Good for big priest but not sure about other decks
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A cute little anti-rez tech but just feels like a bigger uncontrollable Cornered Sentry.
horrible card..if it was 1/1s like then sure..but random 1 cost CAN slap you real hard in the face.
Looks pretty bad to me, like that 1 mana 2/3 who gives a 1 drop to the opponent which never seen play. So this card probably won't see either
A res-hate card that is not terrible against other decks. Toss in some aoe like sandstorm elemental or maelstrom portal and it mitigates some of the downside as well.
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It's definitely a good card agains any resurrection mechanics, so the question here is will we see many resurrection decks on ladder? It's a very situational tech card, which can only be played in a specific meta IMO. Zul'Drak Ritualist may be good agains aggro if there is a way to kill atleast 1 or better 2 of summoned 1 drops.
This is worth 4 stars just because it crushes resurect priest in wild
This card is just a big middle-finger to priest, but sure, a tech card like this is nice to have
Reno and even warlock says hi. good trigger for defile if needed, and AMAZING card vs rez big priest which reno and even warlock decks in wild kinda struggle with. i know big priest aint thing anymore but trust me they are still around.
Rather uninteresting card that likely will not see play.
In a similar vein to Hecklebot however it does not offer the same combo disruption capabilities. In wild this could be used to dilute the resurrection pool for Priest. Has some synergy with cards like Mind Control Tech or Drywhisker Armorer, but outside of that will likely end up being detrimental to play this card against most decks.
I like it, it's a kind of filler pack that could be included in some decks like resurrect priest or against some decks like resurrect priest :D
To be a filler, this is not so bad.
Pretty cool card, i think it's gonna see alot of play in revive priest.
Not the best value, if you think about a 3/9 - (1/1 + 1/1 + 1/1) you get a 1/6 value for 4 mana... And still this is the best encome.
weird case where pack filler could actually see play. strong in ANd against res priest?
I like this in taunt warrior, can be buffed and can be used with brawl.
For sure it's a counter for "Res Priest", enable some combo (Defile, Unleash the Hound for exemple) and can be a nice evolve from 3 mana drops
So much tech cards in this expansion I can't decide it is good or not.
We must build a Mega Disrupt-Counter deck.
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dont put it in your deck but good to evolve into
Ruins Ressurect Priest which is really exciting
Won't see play except in those greedy renolocks and fatigue warriors. I doubt we will need a card like this to counter Resurrect Priest in DoD, but you never know.
Compared to Hecklebot this card is strictly worse, since the Hecklebot can also act as a combo disruption tool. This card will not see alost of play, maybe in Control Warrior.
Accounting for the three 1-cost minions it summons, this is probably closer to a 4 mana 3/6 or 3/5 in terms of stats. Probably too weak to use as a straight-up taunt and too risky to use as a defensive tool against aggro or token decks. Looks to be a very niche tech card for Priest’s resurrection effects.
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Probably not a good idea to gift your opponent a wide board, except when facing ressurect priest of course.
Yea this card is pretty garbo tier, very fringe applications.
Nothing special here, no value playing this. Bad even in arena, I imagine those minions will have at minimum 4 attack sum, so this would be a worse senjin if you dont aoe immediately.
At first sight it doesn't seem that it'll see any play. Maybe to dilute the resurrect pool for Priest.
Only good against resurrect priests. I doubt this will be even a good arena pick.
Nice counter to ress priest, otherwise too dangerous to play and not such a good deal.
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I can see this pulling out some weird things, like the Depth Charge one that does 5 to every minion.
Might be a better or worse cornered sentry.
Depends on the outcome.