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Waifu Waifu Waifu Waifu.

Also, 6-mana buffed Priestess of Fury Pog

More Big DH support

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It trades Zilliax's Lifesteal for additional flexibility 

Zilliax was the epitomy of flexibility, which Ivus, the Forest Lord is not, the same way Siamat is not. Ivus can be as flexible only if you're lucky. Or you have 7 mana leftover as Druid after playing a big chungus beforehand.

There's plenty of demons you'll want. Taintheart Tormenter, Illidari Inquisitor, Ancient Void Hound, Priestess of Fury, and of course, Pit Commander. Its basically a very flexible card that will go anywhere you can fit at least illidari inquisitor, because getting that out, even as a 6/6 is just nuts.

Im actually thinking of slotting this into deathrattle dhunter just so I can get another, albeit smaller, illidari inquisitor on 6.

Freeze Shaman Support!!!!!!! 

Wohoo!

At first i thought it could be decent in aggro-Token but then i saw that the effect only goes off if the demon costs 5 or more ... 

so , pretty meh card ... could give early protection against aggro if you play Big Demon Hunter tough ! so i would change my "meh" to "ok card" :) 

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Will the battlecry count for honorable kill, or do you have to attack? If it counts, well, a 5-mana 6/6 that removes something might be decent, otherwise this is trash.

Honorable kill works on Battlecry, yes. It also works on attack, so Knight-Captain can effectively grow infinite (as long as the opponent has a 12 HP minion, 15 HP minion and so on). 

choo choo, all aboard the big demon DH train. next stop: more support 

Well 6 Mana 6/6 isn't bad and usualy if you play a card with an effect like this you try to build around that and get some decent deathrattles etc 

so i will say it's a decent card that could see lots of play!

Ah yes, the Peasant killer.

Rogue doesn't just need good Deathrattles, they need good 2 mana Deathrattles. Deathrattles are slow by nature and, on curve, Snowfall Graveyard is a turn 3 skip into turn 4 slow card. So effectively, without a good 2 mana Deathrattle to immediately activate, Snowfall Graveyard's effect lasts for 1(!) turn if played on curve.

Arena: At worst it's a 6/6, but it's not unlikely to have something like a Mo'arg Forgefiend in your deck, though I wouldn't recommend drafting this before you have some synergy in your deck.

Constructed: More Big Demon Hunter support! Woopdiwoop!

I managed to pull off a 12-0 Diablo run (opponent missed lethal at around 9-0 by attacking with weapon and destroying it before swinging with his 2/1 charging pirate with windfury). Warlock self damage quest of course.

Powerup combo you ask? 

1) Get a new weapon of the same cost when your weapon is destroyed

2) Discover a legendary weapon on your first turn

I even pulled off a win by getting the mage legendary draw three cards extra per turn weapon. Quest completed at 5 fatigue, he took 6+7+8 for lethal x)

I can't believe Moorabi will get support in 2021

Big DH support. Kinda weird that that deck will want to run Vanndar Stormpike, but this needs to be played before any 5/6/7 drops or else those won't trigger it. That said, even if it doesn't trigger, it's still a base stat Taunt like Stegodon

We may not see it posted until a week or so before the new expansion is due. Usually coming with the pre-launch patch. 

Defile for everyone! This might single-handedly usher in a control meta as all aggro decks will fear this.

Questline Warlock support. Interested to see what other decks this ends up getting slotted into

Not a huge fan of this. Certainly doesn't see play in constructed, but could very well see play in Arena. I know Warlock has the kill something at 1-health mechanic, but this won't be very strong

If Diablo in Duels sticks around, Lord Barov could do the trick.

Woah a brand new card that we DEFINATELY didn't see before! Woah, what a interesting card. Everyone act surprised!

I can't find a reason to ever like this card. It will either be insanely broken or insanely useless and I don't like either. Hell, even Invigorating Sermon looks more intersting.

And no, Dude Paladin won't really want this card. Not only because the best Dude Paladin right now is Quest Paladin (which would rather try to finish the quest on turn 4 than pass it), but because Dude Paladin is just a worse Taunt Druid which can't highroll as hard. And even if the right support comes for that deck (which would probably be in the form of a broken 1 drop), I really hope Dun Baldar Bridge doesn't make the cut.

Arena: Man, so many strong Arena cards already this expansion, and the reveal season has just started. Glad this is an epic, otherwise this would have been our new Arena overlord.

Wild: Defile is nuts against Pirate Warrior, so I feel like Spammy Arcanist is almost mandatory as long as Pirate Warrior runs rampant.

Standard: Defile would be nuts against Aggro Taunt Druid as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if this also sees play in Standard.

I remember an interview a while ago where a dev (I think it was the weekly AMA guy, don't remember his name) said that their design philosophy regarding big mana cards changing from essentialy being big mana cards to big mana win conditions. Lightforged Cariel is such a card. Not only because of the soft AoE (which can be set-up with Equality or Libram of Justice the turn before to be much more impactful), but because the Hero Power makes it so it's much harder to remove their minions (and everyone should know how dangerous it is to leave a minion on board against a Paladin) combined with an anti-combo weapon that also works as a makeshift free Hunter hero power.

This is the Control wet dream and yet somehow feels balanced, because unlike other win conditions the game has introduced over these last expansions, Lightforged Cariel can actually be countered by somthing other than finishing the game before she's played.