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As you say, there is actually not many dragons left, and we're left assuming that the aspects and cards like Brightwing actually stick in core. But since this card also requires said tribe minion to actually be on board, it could be a funny situation whereby you simply can't use this minion on a dragon because they're all so high costed.

I still doubt it'll be in anything other than quest pirate warrior, but smaller pools and more consistent payoffs may prove me wrong.

Yay, now Paladin gets to double up on its buffs. There doesn't seem to be that many target holy buff spells, so maybe it won't be too op. At least Hand of A'dal is leaving. The closest card to this in effect looks to be Djinni of Zephyrs. I've never heard of that card being powerful, but I imagine this will work better due to the lower mana cost.

This looks like a nice payoff for those cards that put stuff in the bottom of your deck. I'm not sure if I'd want to use it with, say, Ambassador Faelin, since colossal minions take up a lot of board space.

A lot of the Standard dragons will be rotating out, and I doubt we'll see a ton of new dragons in a Sunken City/Naga themed set. The most of any neutral minion type in today's Core Set is 8 (i.e. there are 8 beasts and 8 dragons, and everything else is lower), so it's probably fair to guess there won't be more than ~8 dragons in the new core set. Assuming the Aspects will still be in the Core Set after rotation, the majority of dragons in Standard will be Aspects or cards from the Alterac Valley Miniset.

So this discover could end up being a tool to fetch bonus copies of high impact dragons like Lightmaw Netherdrake or Onyxian Drake or Kazakusan.

Side note - a limited dragon pool after rotation could mean Lady Prestor's value increases significantly, which should make for some pretty wacky games.

I never played during GvG, i started playing when GvG already rotated, so yeah...

Looks like a solid card to be added someday to Battlegrounds, actually. An amalgam with Primalfin Lookout attached sounds nice to be a new addition to the game mode.

That's true. Im just saying its unfortunate that non-aggro decks usually dont use it, even though its healing, because there's usually more efficient healing cards available.

It is not inherently unfortunate when a card is primarily used by aggro.

So, Avalon ... you were saying maybe they had learned their lesson about mana cheat? I'm pretty sure they have not. :-P

Its only viable in a deck that wants more of a tribe, usually in a deck that features a grand reward for doing so. As such, the only real deck you'll ever see this card exist in is in quest pirate warrior.

In nearly all other decks, the chances of you getting something good is so small it'll never be worth it. In many ways it reminds me of Dragon Breeder, and that card is a ton more consistent than this card will ever be, yet still saw no play.

The only other niche is discovering from tribes that has small pools like quilboar. You're very likely to get Death Speaker Blackthorn, for example, or Death's Head Cultist, something that can easily save your life. But I doubt its good enough to see inclusion in standard, outside of pirate warrior.

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At this point it is pretty much the class's identity to ramp its mana early, most of the pieces aren't rotating either.

Wait, what? Overgrowth and Lightning Bloom are the most important ramp cards, and they are both leaving.

Unfortunately, throughout its lifetime that's really all it did - being used by aggro. The only other deck that isn't aggro which included this card was shudderwock shaman.

Because if you need defensive healing you're probably better off just playing Death's Head Cultist.

Lots of great suggestions here. 

I think the multi-pronged approach is going to be needed, specifically: they need to turn off the tap of coins for maxxed Mercs. After maxxing Kurtrus, the odds of receiving Kurtrus coins needs to be near zero. 

Then, give us something to buy with the excess. I agree that portraits seems very likely, and village upgrades could work too. 

An exchange rate would have to be terrible, but would still feel better than sitting on a pile of useless coins. 

I'm F2P, but I do play Mercs daily (no more Battlegrounds for me), and I have piles of coins for most of the Rares. I maxxed out Blink Fox before I had even completed all the Blink Fox tasks, which led to several Feels Bad moments. 

Rerolling those piles into packs or gold might invite too much abuse, but letting them sit there effectively transforms them from currency into a achievement-style score, so I was very glad when Dean told us this was paining the leads. 

Probably going to see play if nothing else because it has the potential to be 0 mana. Fact is that even two of these is enough to do 10 damage out of nowhere, and for paladin this is fairly significant, because traditionally paladin has lots of trouble ending games.

Just jam a deathrattle or stealth minion and there you go. With cards like Battleground Battlemaster, you can legit setup lethal with nothing more than a Worgen Infiltrator that stuck for a turn.

But we'll have to see what other holy spells paladin gets. They are after all losing most of their best holy spells post rotation, so the prospect of the first copy of this card being 0 mana is kinda slim if Im honest.

Hail Hydra!

...and welcome back Lifedrinker. A nice addition not just for aggro.

Wow ... this looks very strong. But it depends on how many good holy spells we will have in standard. The more good / playable holy spells we get the more dangerous this one is going to be!

A nice little addition for quest pirate warrior, being a card that generates more pirates is no bad thing. But it does suffer from the fact that you need first a pirate to stick on board.

Most useful to discover from tribes that have small pools like quilboar, and perhaps naga. In most others, the selections are just so vast in terms of quality it'll hardly ever be worth including this card into your deck.

But if Im honest, probably seen nowhere else other than quest pirate warrior. Just too fair for consideration in standard.

Nice Card, stats are good for 2 Mana and it generates value. But i guess this only works in aggro/token decks ... 

I guess we should be fortunate that Lady Liadrin is rotating, otherwise this card is absolutely nuts.

However, this card has plenty of proving to do, because Im not yet convinced paladin can come close to spending 10 mana on holy spells in a game. Not only are some of the best holy spells rotating (librams, Blessing of Authority, Hand of A'dal, etc.) but it has anti synergy with Stonehearth Vindicator, one of the staples of paladin right now. The best we can imagine this card being would be around 3-5 mana (and it'll subsequently likely make the second copy free), but this can certainly change as we see more holy spells get introduced.

But the payoff is good, its nearly illegal in some cases, because at some point it'll likely make any minion sticking threatening lethal. And that's saying alot for a class that has thus far been as fair as it can be in 2022 hearthstone.

Are we moving to a world where gardeners are held in high esteem?

Beautiful artwork too. 

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