New Hunter Minion - Helboar

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A new Common Hunter Minion, Helboar, 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 Common Hunter Minion, Helboar, has been revealed!

    Helboar Card Image

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

    Great 1-drop for a Beast Midrange Hunter

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

    Springpaw Replacement although not nearly as versatile. Will have to do for now though.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    Pretty good 1 drop and a lot of synergy with the new hunter cards. Looking good.

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

    Great synergy with new secret Pack Tactics unless your opponent is Mage.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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

    A solid card for Beast Hunter, but that archetype will suffer a lot from losing Springpaw.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Just not good enough. Since we're losing Master's Call there's no longer any reason to run a full beast deck. That means this poor thing will not likely see any play. I'd put Timber Wolf in front of it.

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

    I was expecting it to have charge ; it is probably better that way
    Helbacon, anyone?

    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

    Great 1-drop, not so good later on. Will definitely see play in Beast Hunter.

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

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

    Reading the name and seeing the art, I thought this card will have Charge for some reason. 

    But I was kinda disappointed. 

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

    Nah this is not even that great..filler card that seems like they ran out of idea for hunters..

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

    Decent 1-drop in a midrange beast hunter list, but quite flimsy. I can see it seeing play for 1 expansion until we get a card like Springpaw, Dire Mole or Alleycat again.

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

    It's reasonable in the right Beast Hunter deck, but will such a deck exist in the Standard meta? I'm not sure. You definitely wouldn't want this card in a deck based around pulling and buffing specific Beasts; what if you accidentally hit this instead?

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Amazing card for it's cost. It seems that buffed minions will be a thing for hunter in the coming expansion.

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    It's not rush, but it is a 2/1 for 1 and hunter like their aggressive minions. They'd have to go back to a beast build to really make use of this minion. Not sure that's the way they'll go.

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

    seems low impact kind of.. We didn't see this effect work on a battlecry but that minion wasn't a beast and it's 2 mana and not one.. so this might be good.. besides hunter just lost it's best 1 drop

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

    Just a decent 1-drop; the effect is ok, but the 1 hp is too low for aggressive deck

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

    Feel like Hunter Beast Decks are going to definitely be less aggressive and more burst/combo style.  All the handbuffs, Scarlet Webweaver... lots of potential.  I mean... Imagine buffing Zixor Prime up a bunch and having a 0 mana Tundra Rhino in hand thanks to the spider I mentioned.  Summon three BIG bois and Rhino gives them Charge.  DONE!

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

    An acceptable 1-drop, but unless you need to accrue stats on a specific minion in hand to win, z.B. Charges or Some kind of Leoroxx combo this is probably worse than other 1-drops available to hunters. Potential to be okay to good in the right deck, but probably not.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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

    Solid 1 drop, contest the board, and make subsequent card better

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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

    it's a solid 1 drop so it'll see play. The deathrattles just icing on the cake, doesn't matter if it whiffs or not

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

    I don't think you would want to play this in a handbuff beast deck. Sure it buffs a guy in your hand, but you wouldn't want to hit this with [Hearthstone Card (scavengers ingenuity) Not Found] or [Hearthstone Card (scrapshot) Not Found]. This card is probably better in a deck that just wants a good 1-drop and also runs enough beasts for the deathrattle to be relevant. 

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    A good card to buff your minions, and easy enough to meet requirements.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    A very iconic mob from Outland in Burning Crusade. I'm always down for some more hand-buff synergy in wild, and I'm sure it will have some great benefits in standard as the year goes on and we continue getting even more  beasts.  Nothing outstanding, but solid enough for me.

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

    Fiery Bat was decent back in the day, probably a bit too weak these days though, even if this buffs a minion in hand

    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

    A good early drop, but not amazing in mid to late game.

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

    1 Heath minions became much worse with the arrival of DH. The only thing this card has going for it is the fact there are no better Hunter one drops (though there is the Neutral 1 mana 2/2 which completely outclasses this).

    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)
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  • sicknantos's Avatar
    Rexxar 470 231 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    It's good, not great. Not like hunter really needs great, but it is losing Springpaw

    Rage quitting: the best way to ensure your opponent knows they beat a giant baby.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Ok 1-drop, but you don’t want to hit this with other beast meant for stronger animals.

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

    Great early game, but sucks any later in game. It can buff your prime card, but it just is not good enough(the pig, not the prime card)

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