The last time they tried to make deathrattle rogue work we had Necrium Apothecary dominating the meta, so 'rattle rogue hasn't had the track record of failure you make it sound like.
It doesnt look all that good now, but no doubt further reveals will show why this card was printed at all.
On its own as a 4 drop weapon its fairly expensive as a value card but it still does hit face for 8 and that has got to count for something. The extra deathrattle value may be what really pushes this card over the edge as an excellent weapon.
Hunter has had more hero power related cards than any class other than mage, so I'm not sure what your point is there. Besides, there's something I find deeply satisfying about pressing hunter's hero power, even if it is mechanically simple (and I'm rarely the aggro player).
I personally agree with Iksar, and I think an easily missed part of what he means is what hunter hasn't got, not just what it has. The weaknesses in class identity are just as important as the strengths, and hunter is one of the classes (along with rogue and druid) that has very well established weaknesses. Those weaknesses being so entrenched limits the range of archetypes the class can realistically play, but also means fewer card designs get wasted trying to make, say, control hunter a thing when it's never going to beat the traditional control classes at it.
I guess the point is that a fairly narrow class identity isn't necessarily a bad one. We have 10 classes, and they don't all need to be able to do everything, and nobody needs to enjoy all 10 classes either.
Shank and SSS have different purposes. They want to be buffed and hit the enemy in the face. [Hearthstone Card (Counterfeit Dagger) Not Found] aims for value.
This card is just... quite bad? Control paladin is not a thing, which is the only kind of deck that would want a card like this. I could never see myself running this over actually good paladin weapons like Underlight Angling Rod, Hammer of the Naaru or even Truesilver Champion. Also, what's the deal with all the Paladin weapons? First Seedcloud Buckler, then Prismatic Jewel Kit, now this. Paladin just doesn't have that many deck slots available for weapon, so when they print crappy weapons like this it just feels like it's taking the place of a good card instead.
Just no. Paladin isn't exactly hurting for heals and aside from the fact that this cant even kill your opponent, there's certainly better weapons than this one like Underlight Angling Rod and Sword of the Fallen. Even Truesilver Champion essentially does the job better.
What signals are team5 sending us? Is this card really so OP if it could hit face?
Unless there's like major cards down the line to upgrade weapons I just dont see why this card even need to exist, and as an epic no less.
This card has potential, it's a well-statted weapon with a possibly great upside. I just don't see it getting a deckslot over other rogue weapons like Swinetusk Shank and Self-Sharpening Sword.
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The last time they tried to make deathrattle rogue work we had Necrium Apothecary dominating the meta, so 'rattle rogue hasn't had the track record of failure you make it sound like.
New Rogue Weapon - Counterfeit Blade
It doesnt look all that good now, but no doubt further reveals will show why this card was printed at all.
On its own as a 4 drop weapon its fairly expensive as a value card but it still does hit face for 8 and that has got to count for something. The extra deathrattle value may be what really pushes this card over the edge as an excellent weapon.
New Paladin Weapon - Lightbringer's Hammer
Its so baffling how weak this card actually appears that Im doubting myself for giving this a bad rating.
Maybe its the presumptive winner of this expansions 'Lady Liadrin' Award.
Or maybe its exactly what it looks like: shite on a stick.
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Hunter has had more hero power related cards than any class other than mage, so I'm not sure what your point is there. Besides, there's something I find deeply satisfying about pressing hunter's hero power, even if it is mechanically simple (and I'm rarely the aggro player).
I personally agree with Iksar, and I think an easily missed part of what he means is what hunter hasn't got, not just what it has. The weaknesses in class identity are just as important as the strengths, and hunter is one of the classes (along with rogue and druid) that has very well established weaknesses. Those weaknesses being so entrenched limits the range of archetypes the class can realistically play, but also means fewer card designs get wasted trying to make, say, control hunter a thing when it's never going to beat the traditional control classes at it.
I guess the point is that a fairly narrow class identity isn't necessarily a bad one. We have 10 classes, and they don't all need to be able to do everything, and nobody needs to enjoy all 10 classes either.
New Paladin Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Gfinity - Lightbringer's Hammer!
Can't understand why this is epic
New Rogue Weapon - Counterfeit Blade
Shank and SSS have different purposes. They want to be buffed and hit the enemy in the face. [Hearthstone Card (Counterfeit Dagger) Not Found] aims for value.
New Rogue Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by ZhengMao - Counterfeit Blade
Well, here we go again. Let's see how they fail to make it work this time
New Paladin Weapon - Lightbringer's Hammer
Will never make the cut in constructed.
New Paladin Weapon - Lightbringer's Hammer
I don't want to call it bad yet, but it seems sort of redundant.
Libram Paladin already has a better version of this and what other Control Paladin deck would there be?
New Paladin Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Gfinity - Lightbringer's Hammer!
Underwhelming.
Counterfeit Blade
So this is the knife Ransom pulled on Ms. Cabrera 😲
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Elwyn Boar support! (of course only for the last DR)
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Brilliant, thank you😊
New Paladin Weapon - Lightbringer's Hammer
This card is just... quite bad? Control paladin is not a thing, which is the only kind of deck that would want a card like this. I could never see myself running this over actually good paladin weapons like Underlight Angling Rod, Hammer of the Naaru or even Truesilver Champion. Also, what's the deal with all the Paladin weapons? First Seedcloud Buckler, then Prismatic Jewel Kit, now this. Paladin just doesn't have that many deck slots available for weapon, so when they print crappy weapons like this it just feels like it's taking the place of a good card instead.
New Paladin Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Gfinity - Lightbringer's Hammer!
Just no. Paladin isn't exactly hurting for heals and aside from the fact that this cant even kill your opponent, there's certainly better weapons than this one like Underlight Angling Rod and Sword of the Fallen. Even Truesilver Champion essentially does the job better.
What signals are team5 sending us? Is this card really so OP if it could hit face?
Unless there's like major cards down the line to upgrade weapons I just dont see why this card even need to exist, and as an epic no less.
New Rogue Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by ZhengMao - Counterfeit Blade
Mecha'thun + Deathwing.
Lightbringer's Hammer
Fitting for paladins, as it can only attack villains.
New Paladin Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Gfinity - Lightbringer's Hammer!
This card is poop
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Great Tempo card. Just need some good deathrattle minions.
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Done
Avenge the Fallen
Ramona Flowers finisher.
New Rogue Weapon - Counterfeit Blade
This card has potential, it's a well-statted weapon with a possibly great upside. I just don't see it getting a deckslot over other rogue weapons like Swinetusk Shank and Self-Sharpening Sword.
Lightborn Cariel
She is taking a knee for #SilverKnightsMatter
New Paladin Weapon - Lightbringer's Hammer
Good One - Could remove 1 or 2 minions with a decent amount of healing. Not sure you realy gonna need this in the upcoming meta tough.
Rise to the Occasion
Finally, I can forego putting Light's Justice in my aggro decks.
4 dmg / 1 mana = 2gud