New Druid Spell - Germination

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A new Rare Druid Spell, Germination, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    A new Rare Druid Spell, Germination, has been revealed!

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  • BasilAnguis's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 835 426 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Seems appropriate with the current state of the world.

    On a more serious note, this is a better Molten Reflection in a class that just got a ton of combo support and mana cost reductions. Will see play in some wacky combo for sure.

    I'll boop you 

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Sure, whatever, I guess they're going to reprint [Hearthstone Card (Molten Reflections) Not Found] for as many classes as possible. I don't really see which deck would actually use this outside of it being a better Faceless for combos, other than that I see no real point.

    Potentially there are some interesting combos with Imprisoned Satyr (especially  because you can eliminate the possibility of accidentally hitting Faceless with it) but even then, it's just going to be the same nonsense we've had time and time again: draw entire deck, discount Malygos, melt face. Couldn't they at least print a different OTk for once? Gonk could have worked, but he'S gone now.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    430 614 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Druid uses this better than Warlock does.

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  • Dunyil's Avatar
    295 72 Posts Joined 08/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Good for replicating Lucentbark.

    Unfortunately he is still very weak to Plague of Death, or just any old Silence effect.

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Druid's big Minions cost too much to play them and cast this and the small Minions aren't worth copying. Combo seems to be the only way to make this work.

    And so far, the Combo looks very unspectacular and slow. 

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Copying some specific minions like the Prime predecessor (the small shroom guy) or the neutral deathrattle legendary that spits out your minions buffed or your combo enabler will be really nice for a variety of druid decks in my opinion. It is nice to have that option now, when Floop rotates out for example.

    “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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  • troY's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 250 271 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This card might be stronger than it looks on first sight. I'm curious for some of the new Druid minions.

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This card could replace Flobbidinous Floop in Malygos Druid. It could also fit into some kind of big druid, even though such a deck does not exist in standard at the moment.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    One word - that isn't really one : Abusable

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

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This will see play for sure. Molten reflection saw lots of play, albeit in a very different type of deck, and this has the added Taunt bonus.

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Combo Druid. Replaces Floop, and will probably be used in some kinda Malygos druid.

    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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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Seems like it could see play mostly in combo decks, don't see this as a tempo tool..

    just like Molten Reflection

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Interesting card with potential to be a variety of decks.

     

    Side note: A little disappointed by the golden animation. I feel they could have gone a little further with the art. 

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Kind of situational but if used at a right time you can setup some nasty wall for opponent to break through.

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  • StormKnightSera's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2915 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    I don't want to see this as a Combo card, but I can't really think of a reason why a non-Combo player would run it. It's disappointing, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This card will rise and fall depending on what there is to copy. It may be used in some combo decks with Malygos, or it may simply be used in a Big Druid deck that wants to make a lot of stats for 4 mana.

    I am not sure exactly how this card will be played, but it will be played somewhere.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This will see play in Malygos Imprisoned Satyr OTK decks, and probably nothing else. Will that deck be good? Probably not.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Good card. Can be used in a big druid to copy big minion, a combo to set up lethal, and midrange/token to threaten the enemy and defend your minion

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Druids get Molten Reflection now. Worse than floop nearly always unless you needed the stats. Molten reflection is mostly used to copy giants before a time warp or apprentices to set up antonidas. a lot of druid's combo wincons, currently, either do not benefit from being copied, z.B. Aviana, Kael, or are played to die to set up a floop version, z.B Malygos. Some versions of malygos with dreampetal might use this with swipe + 2 moonfire for lethal, but given that malygos>germination>2moonfire+swipe is the same number of cards as the also lethal malygos>2moonfire+2swipe, they would likely not add more cards that are useless outside of the combo.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1737 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Haffax733

    This card could replace Flobbidinous Floop in Malygos Druid. It could also fit into some kind of big druid, even though such a deck does not exist in standard at the moment.

    First Maly has to survive on board, or have it's cost reduced... or be summoned through the Sidequest being completed.  Because you can't play Maly at 9 and this at 4 in the same turn.  Unless you Frizz while Maly is in the deck and then later play Maly at 7, Innervate, and this.  But then you better have an opponent at 22 or less and have two Moonfire's in hand!

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Might be played in some wacky wild decks, but standard will be ruled by stats.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    We can use it on Embiggen Druid too, right. Value for only 4 mana. Still susceptible to board-clear, though.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    I'm having a hard time coming up with what to do with this card.

    on the outside it appears to be a combo enabler with say...malygos but then you'd need to discount malygos enough to utilize this and a spell for finish or stabalize...

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1000 1509 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    I really don't like cards that is better version in another class.

    There are millions of different posibilities to make interesting spells/effects which you can easily see in any custom card forum but they are still reprinting cards..

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    A combo card and that’s pretty much it, not too many cards you’d really want to copy with it unless the game was really slow for awhile

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Very versatile tool, as it can be used both for defense and offense. Malygos OTK comes to mind.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Seeing as how Druids have a much easier time slapping big boys out than Mage, simply comparing it as another Molten Reflection seems a bit less appropriate. It's much more suited for this class, so if the meta is right, we could just see Druids run two of these as a win more card.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
    Wins per class (2/6/22): DH-197; Druid-996Hunter-91«60; Mage-1056; Paladin-1126; Priest-746; Rogue-961; Shaman-1095; Warlock-871; Warrior-906

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  • johnyDI's Avatar
    Island 210 172 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    WIth so many elusive minions on meta, I don't think this is viable outside some combo deck.

    Still, combo decks always worked good even without faceless, don´t think it needs this.

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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This is a solid card, it is like the mage’s one, just with taunt. This will be good, with possible combos.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Being Molten Reflection plus taunt is okay, but cards like these tend to be win more cards, hence why Molten Reflection only saw competitive play in Exodia Mage.

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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