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A Rank 1 with decent value 😲

Well the first one is 6 damage, for all 3, but also you can cast 4 of these with Tamsin Roame so that damage scales significantly.

Yes I’m talking Wild, where you can combo it with hero power and other spells and get it to work on 3,4, and 5 hp minions easily as well. No easy way to play around it, and it can easily be a big upgrade over some suboptimal cards that the deck was forced to run.

The thing is, you would have to have Kazakusan already in hand or hope that she gives you one with her effect. If it was in your deck still it will get transformed into a random dragon.

so do we get 30 treasure cards or only 10 like Archivist Elysiana

Damn, that makes the card even better than I thought.

Thanks for the note

"You Discover and pick 5 treasures and get 2 copies of each. It replaces your deck, and you cannot pick the same treasure twice."

https://twitter.com/Songbird_HS/status/1492245051434430466?cxt=HHwWhMCrifq9wrUpAAAA

Mirror match: Is it your nightmare, or is it mine?

At least it deals your opponent's fatigue damage. So in most cases its just 6 damage. Its no garrote that's for sure.

Does it discover treasures? I think it replaces the deck with random treasures.

Throw Glaive with a premi-unity, precision, perfection

If you play while your deck only contain dragons, it replaces your deck with treasures from duels. That's what I get from kibler's video.

Strong yes, but impractical, unless you prestor on 6, or...somehow play a no minion deck...hmmmm

Maybe spell mage or druid, with this as the ultimate end game greed card? If you can cheat this out early it might be lights out. Fingers crossed you can never cheat this out early.

Edit: as noted by Suchti0352, it basically works like elysianna. So its discovers the treasure you replace your deck with. That's insane. Now we only have to work out how to get to turn 8 and beyond without dying.

It's basically Archivist Elysiana, but it discovers Duels treasures.

But how does it worrrrrrrrk?

More new cards :)

- Stormwind Avenger is a soft taunt. Play it on 3 and your opponent will do everything they can to remove it. In libram pally its just absurd amounts of damage...in theory. In reality, it'll never actually survive a turn past turn 5, so its damage is likely only going to be increased twice at best. And with only 1 damage at the start, its not exactly hard to remove until further buffed.

- Battle Vicar is one of those interesting cards for paladin that is currently more relevant in duels and on post rotation, because I can't think of too many reasons why'd you run this in your pally deck. Control pally isn't a thing, and libram pally would rather just draw their librams.

- SI:7 Smuggler is only good because its an SI card.

- Smokescreen is yet another attempt at deathrattle rogue. While I like the concept, and really love deathrattle decks, I think it'll never make it past tier 3. It reminds me heavily of Roll the Bones and Shadow of Death: very good cards in theory, but never really seeing upper tier play.

The first problem is that its an 8 cost card, and the second is that you'll want to have decent deathrattles in your deck, and currently there's not many we'd run in rogue. Maybe Death's Head Cultist and korrak? Because the main issue here is survivability.

Bizarrely, drawing 5 cards is a problem in of itself. That means your hand must be 5 cards or less or this card would just burn your cards (and presumably not trigger those burned deathrattles).

- Spirit Mount is just good. Burn shaman would love it. We'll have to see if every shaman can somehow fit this everywhere now, because spell damage is no joke with shaman.

- Bracing Cold is just very good healing in a class that has little to none. But the best part of this card isn't the healing, its mana cheat. Just imagine reducing something like dunk tank by 2 mana. Im a little concerned, but at least it isn't bs levels of stupid like Siphon Mana or octobot.

- Impfestation is that one card that'll make aggro tear its hair out. Certainly hard counters aggro druid.

- Curse of Agony = 6 damage for 1 mana against rogue, mage and ironically warlock. Even more funnier is that you'd likely never play this against warlock. Meta dependent for sure.

- Hit It Very Hard is still good removal for 1 mana. Unless there's a way to get that 10 damage to face (outside of Soulbound Ashtongue) it'll likely just be decent but rarely played.

- Shoulder Check will likely be more relevant after broom rotates.

Guild Recruiter +1 so you can tutor your Rhinos, Grizzlies, Teacher's Pet, or Moonfang!

This actually works really well with Lady Prestor. Absolutely awesome card in terms of flavor.

Did we *really* need to go and give warlock MORE ways to deal fatigue damage? Sigh...

Voracious Reader w/o the perpetuating body

Alright, new cards :)

- Boomkin is another one of those cards which in theory is incredibly strong in other classes, but stuck in a class like druid its now a middling meh. Its certainly not bad, doing 4 damage or healing with a 4/5 body, the problem is that the card has no taunt, and costs 5, which means aggro druid wouldn't go there and ramp druid would rather just play something like Cenarion Ward. It doesn't even curve well from a turn 4 Overgrowth, one of the few things guaranteed druid would want to do.

I have some hopes for this card, because its still a decent card on its own.

- Raid Negotiator can theoretically win the game if it gets you Nourish. The problem is that it's not guaranteed to do that, and hence its application is likely niche at best.

- Furious Howl would have been a broken card in old hearthstone but hunter now can actually decently draw with Barak Kodobane and generally plays midrange cards like Trampling Rhino, so I guess this may be more powerful post rotation? Certainly I dont see it now.

- Pet Collector I like. There are ways you can just jam big beasts in your deck and get a massive swing with this card on 5. Might not make it, but certainly interesting.

- Dragonbane Shot. Quest hunter would love it. If there's even a slight chance you can reduce its cost it may well just be broken.

- Keen Reflex is another card to weaponize tokens. Expendable Performers = 14 damage for 9 mana. That's respectable, even without kurtrus. Its not even too bad a card without the combo.

- Wings of Hate (Rank 1) is just a good card. Play it early, late, whatever, its still good for 1 mana.

- Razorglaive Sentinel has potential. But with skull still in standard, we'd much rather just play that. Maybe herald the return of aggro dhunter in standard?

Edit: realised that keen reflex is in fact 2 mana. Oh well. Burst damage option is still there, just a little harder to reach ideal levels.

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OK, fine Blizz, I'll craft Lorekeeper Polkelt again. How can I pass up a turn 6 Preparation into Smokescreen with a guaranteed draw of 5 massive deathrattles*?

* Rogue deathrattles not included... actually Cursed Vagrant might make it in.

shuffle multiple Humongous Owl copies into your deck with Togwaggle's Scheme , play Archmage Vargoth and Smokescreen (with 2 mana discounts from Efficient Octo-bot) , not the best way to use this but hey the idea works (in theory)

So some background to the name of this card: First memed about in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvIYRrgZ04 then added as a voice line to Raid Leader. Quite fitting though, considering the origin

Ahhh yes, the negotiator!