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Very strong card ! Gives you Draw, and Summons a Minion - defenitely will see play!

draw a card and create a secondary minion with high cost , sign me up please

I'm gonna go ahead and rate this 5 stars even before we see the effects (which are bound to be solid) for 1 simple reason: Broom Paladin. It runs no 4-cost cards, loses very little (only Salhet's Pride, which to be honest is a big deal) and can perfectly use such a versatile card. Maybe some other decks will run it too, but I suspect it will be auto-include in Broom Paladin. Need fast cycle? 1 mana with card draw. Need a big dude? 10 mana with whatever bonkers stuff you can get. Very versatile card for a very versatile deck.

these no other 4 cost 2 cost cards have always spawned arche types

Seems very strong. Draw + summon is a great effect. Will see play for sure.

I guess the 5 mana Golem will always be the pick, if played on curve. 10 mana only if you could play ist safely next turn. The 1 mana version will not that interesting.

I like the build around legendries when the payoff is fun like this. Plus it's variable for play in the golem cost, which is great so the card is useable and valid from early to late game. 

As others have pointed out: I'm getting serious Spiteful Summoner flashbacks. That was an exceptionally powerful card, and even though the meta has changed a lot since K&C, there will always be a place for tutoring cards. Especially Elemental ones that also summon a minion.

On the flip-side, 8 mana is a lot for most decks to spend on a single card when you're essentially gambling for an impactful summon, and you also have to hope that your high-cost spells remain within the deck. Remains to be seen which set of facts is more true, but I'm nonetheless looking forward to messing around with Primordial Protector in the coming weeks.

I think this will see play for sure. Tutored spell draw with minion generation. Too slow for aggro of course (duh), but clutch in control or mid-tempo with some fun build-around. 

Spiteful summoner that always hits your biggest spell and draws it. I can definitely see this seeing play especially since unlike summoner you can still run smaller spells without breaking it

If this were played by a mage who had used Deck of Lunacy, would it use the adjusted cost or the actual cost of the spell?

The elemental looks strong at first sight: you get a 6/6 Elemental, tutor a spell (you're likely to know which one exactly) and on top of that you get random 8-10 drop. Very slow on turn 8 but the value may be worth it.

What does Kazakus being in the Barrens mean? Especially since there's supposed to be a story this year. 

Maybe Kazakus is a mercenary in the new mode? 

Also we've already seen 2 other neutral legendaries, will the other two also be specific for deck building? 

With all the tutor effect these days, you can even fudge the 4-cost restriction a bit.

Say, for example (don't try this at home), you are a Hunter with Scavenger's Ingenuity, and your only Beast is a Krolusk Barkstripper. Your chances of getting your deck Kazakus-ready are quite high by the time you want to play him.

(These particular cards are for illustration only. I understand that have not described a good deck here.)

Draw a 10 mana spell and summon Darkmoon Rabbit.

This was my concern; seems like a meaningful deckbuilding tradeoff to activate this.

Any aggressive deck with a low curve as well as any greedy control deck could use this. Only midrange decks wouldn't include this,  I think.

Original kazakus was great so I can see this being a tough choice for a lot of classes, looking forward to seeing the golem options

Old Kazakus had three different costs, but ten different effects (only eight at 1-mana.)

Please give us an update as soon as you know what the effects are:

I really like to see the "soul of the card" coming back, but it being a minion makes it muck more dependent on the possible attributes in terms of power level. Historically the 4-mana slot can get crowded, so that limitation may also be tough.

I guess it will be like "Adapt twice". A pool of ten cards you'll see six of them.

I am legally obliged to give five stars to cards like this one.

I haven't used the classic Kazakus in a long while (shock and horror) but I love in-game customisation, especially when it's strong. The 5- and 10-cost variants of Kazakus' potions were exceptional as board-clears; I wonder if his Golems will match up to that standard. Or, perhaps, the effects this time won't be as strong since you're not forgoing duplicates, just the 4-mana slot. Granted, that's an important turn for midrange decks, but I think Kazakus will feel much more at home in control. That said, this is a good tempo play, and can help fill out your curve with a strong 5-drop at the very least.

So Kazakus is now a sculptor lol.

4 mana cards are not that important, they can be cut probably. Golems are probably not super impressive as the spells of Kazakus, i guess.

I think Primordial Protector is good enough to see play in the right deck. Very curious to see the full pool of 7, 8, 9 , and 10 cost minions once the full set is revealed. If there's a few low-stat duds at a certain cost it could make a huge difference in viability. Right now it would obviously fit in Survival of the Fittest/Y'Shaarj Druid.