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Looks like a pretty good control tool. For one it's more Quest Shaman support (and while the deck might not need it right now it will post-rotation because it loses pretty much everything that makes it good right now), but more importantly it helps post rotation (and even current) Freeze Shaman decks that rely on Multicaster for draw.

Really hyped to see more dragons any day.

Comments on new cards;

- Spawn of Deathwing is probably only ever going to see play in a theoretical zoolock, but because its effect is random and it discards a card from your hand, Im not optimistic. Had this discarded from the deck it would have been nuts, but it doesn't, so that's too bad.

- Deep Breath looks bad, and is probably bad. But its an option I guess.

- Lightmaw Netherdrake is one very strange dragon I would say. But its probably not that great. Unlike the more consistent Duskbreaker, this one comes with a frankly absurd condition, particularly against fast decks, when you may need an urgent clear at any point of time.

- Onyxian Drake is strong there's no doubt about it. Shield Slam has survived the test of time and is still one of the most powerful removal option warrior has, only limited by 2 cards per deck. And here's a card that gives you the same effect with a vanilla stated body. And taunt as well.

- Onyxian Warder is an arena card, a very good one at that. But in standard it just wouldn't cut it.

- Don't Stand in the Fire! is basically a weaker Volcano but only strikes one side of the board, but the most important aspect is that its a fire spell. It certainly covers many of shaman's shortcomings, and being an overload card fits perfectly with the already decent quest shaman deck.

- Whelp Bonker is basically a weaker Acolyte of Pain, but will only ever be useful in a buff deck like paladin and priest. Will this break the tradition of shitty midset epic cards? Probably not in my opinion, but comes closer to it than any other previous midset epics that's for sure.

It looks like a decent replacement for Hysteria once that rotates out. Quest Priest runs an even spread of Shadow and Holy spells, so it shouldn't be that hard to activate.

I don't necessarily think it's a good card either: I just mean to say that supporting spell-only Mage has been problematic at times, and this is more of that. They're not course correcting, as it were.

Hopefully it won't be an issue for a while *shrugs* Nerfing Incanter's Flow twice should be the death-knell for anything too obnoxious.

There's no chance of that this time. The new mercs are about as disconnected from Onyxia's Lair as any characters in Warcraft. 

The previous batch of mercs had Wrathion and Sinestra, who would be more plausible, but still quite unlikely.

Why are you so sad, little guy? Your ability is a lot easier to exploit than Whelp Bonker's.

Deep Breath is probably terrible anyways. You need 4 spells in hand for it to measure up to Fire Sale and even then it's 5-mana. The best it does is give you a way to deal with multiplte giants if you have 8 spells in hand and how often does that come up?

I don't see how it would make any existing deck better

Opposite here. I hate it when Control Warrior dominates, so I'm not too happy about that drake.

I don't mind spell mage as an archetype at all, as long as it's reasonably balanced (i.e., not Lunacy Mage or early Questline Mage).

When leap of faith is on cooldown they just die in fire. 

Omg! They finally added the Deathling!

It's 11,600 guaranteed dust, the equivalent of 116 random packs on average. I'm not sure how much cheaper you would expect it to be, but from a dust value perspective, it's a really good deal.

Don't get me wrong -- I think golden cards are quite silly, but if someone is a golden collector, this price point is very attractive. It's also a decent investment for anyone who plans to dust all their Standard cards as they rotate out. (That's another practice I abhor, but I get why people do it.)

So... Mercenaries new heroes letting us know who the new legendary cards are? 

Excited for Lightmaw Netherdrake in questline priest (I know it's a niche deck). It runs a decent number of holy and shadow spells already, and almost all of its earlier drops discover spells so you should be able to set it up more often than at first glance.

Deep Breath just looks like a worse Fire Sale to me. By the time you need to remove bigger minions you probably won't have as much spells as needed in hand.

Don't stand in the Fire! seems weak compared to volcano, but Full-Blown Evil proved to be quite good and this being 1 mana cheaper is a big deal, even if it isn't as flexible. I'm only not sure if shaman even needs something like this. Might be included in quest versions simply to progress the quest faster.

Spawn of Deathwing has a mediocre effect on it's own, but the dragon tag could be it's saving grace.

Deep Breath is okay. Can't imagine it would be too worthwhile in anything outside of Spell Mage.

Lightmaw Netherdrake might see play in standard because there are not a lot of great small AOEs ATM.

Onyxian Drake is a shield slam with a stick that has taunt, will always see play in control warrior in standard.

Onyxian Warder is a arena card.

Whelp Bonker is comparable to Acolyte of Pain at first glance, but realistically you are not going to be getting a lot of honorable kills with it.

Don't Stand in the Fire! is Volcano for board centric decks. Should see play in standard.

Compare lightmaw netherdrake with Duskbreaker... Looks weaker and harder to activate.

Whelp Bonker looks pretty strong for decks with buffs. If you play it on curve it's basically Acolyte of Pain and if you then manage to buff it up it can get you a lot of cards. Finally an epic from the miniset that isn't just a shitpost.

Also an insanely powerful Shaman Fire Spell. That should fix post rotation Multicaster issues.

Not too crazy about all the dragon stuff. I hope they don't just shoehorn dragons into every class.

Deep Breath concerns and bothers me, because it is a card that would best function in a spell-only Mage deck. Fine in theory, but we've seen the results of such a deck lately. I think most of us are ready for the Mage to go back to needing minions again.

Onyxian Drake, though...*chef's kiss* Shield Slam on a stick, with Taunt and a vanilla body? Crazy.