Hey its the new "Scabbs Cutterbutter". A.k.a. "Overhyped during reveals/theorycrafting and bad after launch."
The quest sure has a super strong reward, AND it's a wincon for priest. (This i.m.o. is way better than "discover infinite cards")
However the quest has a bunch of GIANT weaknesses. First of all, it's HORRIBLE against aggro, and 2nd of all: Priest healing got absolutely destroyed with the last nerfs. Because of those 2 things, i can only see Seek Guidance work against control decks. And good luck finding those.
3rd: Card draw. Sure priest has a bunch of ways to tutor (mainly) spells, which is nice. But priest isn't really known for card draw, and this quest REALLY requires card draw.
4th: Disruption. People might be freaking out about this card rn, but there are SO MANY ways to deal with it. Savory Deviate Delight after questlines finishes, Tickatus can destroy the wincon after it got shuffled, Celestial Alignment is a insta-win for the druid, etc.
5th: What deck is this supposed to be in? Control decks could use it, BUT the requirements for the questline fit a tempo/midrange deck way better... This just seems kinda akward.
I think that the questline is going to be very clunky to make work, BUT i think it will see play because it's a quest. And quests are just super fun to play, which is why i predict that this will mainly be a fun card. (tbh even if it's bad, as long as Purified Shard has a pretty animation i'll probably play that deck for fun lol.)
See, the thing why the Curator worked and most subsequent knockoffs (Countess Ashmore for instance) didn't is because Curator came with Taunt which made a huge difference when it comes to keeping momentum.
This is basically Curator on roids for any deck that can build around it (aka run two of each keyword in their deck). I assume that Paladin will make great use of this.
If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.
Remember when one of the "revelears" made a tournament and revealed one part of Ironwood Golem after every match? It was mostly control vs control btw.
Corpsetaker and The Curator on steroids, extremely good. You get an 8 mana 7/7 Taunt Divine Shield Rush which draws 3 cards, which is insanely overstatted. The deckbuilding demands also aren't that big, most non-spell based decks run Rush and Taunt minions anyway, Divine Shield can just be a 1-of. For instance, you can run it in Clown Druid to tutor Animated Broomstick and Carnival Clown, or in N'zoth Paladin to tutor cards like Taelan Fordring, Murgur Murgurgle, Carousel Gryphon, etc. It's great tempo and great value in 1 card. Also will be bonkers in arena.
Not as strong as it might seem at first glance. Yeah, if you get all 3 effects, it's nuts, but the only Divine Shield most decks run is Taelan Fordring. If you draw him of the Taunt trigger, or have already drawn him, Varian won't get DS, which makes him a lot weaker.
If it works as intended then its essentially drawing three cards while making a 7/7 divine shield, rush, taunt which is pretty insane when you think about it.
Had it simply drawn three cards it would already be decent. That it'll likely kill something while sticking as a 7/7 taunt makes it near auto-include. I mean, the only reason why you wont be playing this in your deck is because you can't fit in the rush, taunt and divine shield minions needed to make this work.
The downside is as stated, you need to actually fit in these minions in your deck and then hope not to draw them throughout the 8 turns before you play him. That's more challenging than it appears. One of the main reasons why Corpsetaker isn't really seen all that much when its in standard is precisely because it can whiff and honestly, it does that fairly often.
But is there any doubt this will see play somewhere in the next expansion? None whatsoever.
If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.
Corpsetaker and The Curator on steroids, extremely good. You get an 8 mana 7/7 Taunt Divine Shield Rush which draws 3 cards, which is insanely overstatted. The deckbuilding demands also aren't that big, most non-spell based decks run Rush and Taunt minions anyway, Divine Shield can just be a 1-of. For instance, you can run it in Clown Druid to tutor Animated Broomstick and Carnival Clown, or in N'zoth Paladin to tutor cards like Taelan Fordring, Murgur Murgurgle, [Hearthstone Card (Caroussel Gryphon) Not Found], etc. It's great tempo and great value in 1 card. Also will be bonkers in arena.
Wow ... at first i was like .. ok that`s a lot of cards you have to play to get to the "Finish Line" ... but since this is a Card for Priest i guess this will not be that hard to pull off. Stay alive until you get the Last One and BAMM ...
Very Strong. And even tough i personaly like Priest very much i guess this card will make some players hate Priest even more :)
New Druid Spell - Kodo Mount
Not sure about this one - maybe i would like it better if it was a Nature Spell so it could work with Dreadfang for example.
Still a decent card.
New Priest Spell - Seek Guidance
Hey its the new "Scabbs Cutterbutter". A.k.a. "Overhyped during reveals/theorycrafting and bad after launch."
The quest sure has a super strong reward, AND it's a wincon for priest. (This i.m.o. is way better than "discover infinite cards")
However the quest has a bunch of GIANT weaknesses. First of all, it's HORRIBLE against aggro, and 2nd of all: Priest healing got absolutely destroyed with the last nerfs. Because of those 2 things, i can only see Seek Guidance work against control decks. And good luck finding those.
3rd: Card draw. Sure priest has a bunch of ways to tutor (mainly) spells, which is nice. But priest isn't really known for card draw, and this quest REALLY requires card draw.
4th: Disruption. People might be freaking out about this card rn, but there are SO MANY ways to deal with it. Savory Deviate Delight after questlines finishes, Tickatus can destroy the wincon after it got shuffled, Celestial Alignment is a insta-win for the druid, etc.
5th: What deck is this supposed to be in? Control decks could use it, BUT the requirements for the questline fit a tempo/midrange deck way better... This just seems kinda akward.
I think that the questline is going to be very clunky to make work, BUT i think it will see play because it's a quest. And quests are just super fun to play, which is why i predict that this will mainly be a fun card. (tbh even if it's bad, as long as Purified Shard has a pretty animation i'll probably play that deck for fun lol.)
New Warlock Spell - Touch of the Nathrezim
Looks decent enough to see play!
New Hunter Minion - The Rat King
I love this Card. Maybe some sort of Rat Hunter will emerge and rule over all ? :) :)
New Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by GouZei - Varian, King of Stormwind
That's like Countess Ashmore (lol, remember her?), but ony steroids.
New Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by GouZei - Varian, King of Stormwind
See, the thing why the Curator worked and most subsequent knockoffs (Countess Ashmore for instance) didn't is because Curator came with Taunt which made a huge difference when it comes to keeping momentum.
This is basically Curator on roids for any deck that can build around it (aka run two of each keyword in their deck). I assume that Paladin will make great use of this.
New Priest Spell Revealed for United in Stormwind by Blisterguy - Call of the Grave
it says if you have enough mana to play it . does that mean your mana is used up or is it just a check if you could have played it?
New Warrior Minion - Lothar
A new Legendary Warrior Minion, Lothar, has been revealed!
Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!
Learn more about United in Stormwind
Head on over to our dedicated guide for United in Stormwind!
Get Cheaper Card Packs
This section contains affiliate links.
If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.
New Hunter Spell - Rats of Extraordinary Size
Seems way to slow to have enough impact. Sure it bodes well for the New Card Rat King but still too slow.
A New Warlock Spell for United in Stormwind has Been Revealed by Nethbloglive - Demonic Assault!
Remember when one of the "revelears" made a tournament and revealed one part of Ironwood Golem after every match? It was mostly control vs control btw.
New Warlock Spell - Demonic Assault
Well i only see this working out in Zoo. Decent Removal but could also go Face.
New Neutral Minion - Varian, King of Stormwind
Corpsetaker and The Curator on steroids, extremely good. You get an 8 mana 7/7 Taunt Divine Shield Rush which draws 3 cards, which is insanely overstatted. The deckbuilding demands also aren't that big, most non-spell based decks run Rush and Taunt minions anyway, Divine Shield can just be a 1-of. For instance, you can run it in Clown Druid to tutor Animated Broomstick and Carnival Clown, or in N'zoth Paladin to tutor cards like Taelan Fordring, Murgur Murgurgle, Carousel Gryphon, etc. It's great tempo and great value in 1 card. Also will be bonkers in arena.
New Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by GouZei - Varian, King of Stormwind
Not as strong as it might seem at first glance. Yeah, if you get all 3 effects, it's nuts, but the only Divine Shield most decks run is Taelan Fordring. If you draw him of the Taunt trigger, or have already drawn him, Varian won't get DS, which makes him a lot weaker.
New Neutral Minion - Varian, King of Stormwind
Looks pretty good - get`s good abilities and draws you some card.
Decent Stats too.
New Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by GouZei - Varian, King of Stormwind
If it works as intended then its essentially drawing three cards while making a 7/7 divine shield, rush, taunt which is pretty insane when you think about it.
Had it simply drawn three cards it would already be decent. That it'll likely kill something while sticking as a 7/7 taunt makes it near auto-include. I mean, the only reason why you wont be playing this in your deck is because you can't fit in the rush, taunt and divine shield minions needed to make this work.
The downside is as stated, you need to actually fit in these minions in your deck and then hope not to draw them throughout the 8 turns before you play him. That's more challenging than it appears. One of the main reasons why Corpsetaker isn't really seen all that much when its in standard is precisely because it can whiff and honestly, it does that fairly often.
But is there any doubt this will see play somewhere in the next expansion? None whatsoever.
New Warlock Spell - Demonic Assault
It's not bad, but it's also...not that great?
I'm not sure what deck would run this? It seems a bit slow as a stalling tool and Control Warlock already has plenty of 3-damage spells.
Maybe there'S so more synergy with Fel Spells, but as of now I don't see the point.
New Neutral Minion - Varian, King of Stormwind
Like the flavor of this card!
Slow but looks strong on face value. Draw 3, gain taunt, rush, and DS.
It grows weaker the later you play it though.
New Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by GouZei - Varian, King of Stormwind
Sorry for the site downtime during the card reveal which prevented us from getting it up sooner. It shouldn't happen again.
New Neutral Minion - Varian, King of Stormwind
A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Varian, King of Stormwind, has been revealed!
Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!
Learn more about United in Stormwind
Head on over to our dedicated guide for United in Stormwind!
Get Cheaper Card Packs
This section contains affiliate links.
If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.
New Druid Minion - Sheldras Moontree
Just seems a tad slow for my taste, but I guess it corrupts Strongman at least.
Still pushing "do nothing then win" Druid I guess
New Druid Minion - Sheldras Moontree
Very interesting and indeed scary !
Good card.
New Druid Legendary Revealed for United in Stormwind by Kripparrian - Sheldras Moontree
Seems a bit slow, but it sounds pretty nuts to get Survival of the Fittest into Guardian Animals or something.
New Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by GouZei - Varian, King of Stormwind
Corpsetaker and The Curator on steroids, extremely good. You get an 8 mana 7/7 Taunt Divine Shield Rush which draws 3 cards, which is insanely overstatted. The deckbuilding demands also aren't that big, most non-spell based decks run Rush and Taunt minions anyway, Divine Shield can just be a 1-of. For instance, you can run it in Clown Druid to tutor Animated Broomstick and Carnival Clown, or in N'zoth Paladin to tutor cards like Taelan Fordring, Murgur Murgurgle, [Hearthstone Card (Caroussel Gryphon) Not Found], etc. It's great tempo and great value in 1 card. Also will be bonkers in arena.
New Priest Spell - Call of the Grave
I guess you will only play this one if you can Procc the Deathrattle - and therefor i guess this one is a good card.
New Priest Spell - Seek Guidance
Wow ... at first i was like .. ok that`s a lot of cards you have to play to get to the "Finish Line" ... but since this is a Card for Priest i guess this will not be that hard to pull off. Stay alive until you get the Last One and BAMM ...
Very Strong. And even tough i personaly like Priest very much i guess this card will make some players hate Priest even more :)