The fact that this card can be found with Primordial Studies & Jandice Barov is already good enough (plus it's Deathrattle, so it's always activated). But the fact that some burn spells is rotating out is kinda halt the purpose of spell damage. I can only hope that future expansion provide Mage with more Burn spells.
My first impression this will only find a home in meme decks.
To be competitive with this, you need to be heavily able to cycle through your deck or be able consistently tutor out his wife. The payoff also isn't too great with only a 3/10 body and free 3 face damage.
Unless more health synergy cards come from the expansion, 2 health per spell seems underwhelming. Only card it has synergy is Lightspawn with Inner Fire rotating out.
On paper, looks like an underwhelming card for me. This feels like dropping a vanilla minion on turn 5 which has no immediate effect. The only upside it can land an additional hit to face if your opponent can't kill it in 1 go.
My gut feel tells me this won't work with Ras Frostwhisper as the card works on generic spell damage buff will this is nature spell damage buff.
That said this is still a very strong card as most shaman spells are nature. This can turn Lightning Storm into a Flamestrike, Lightning Bolt into a Fireball, and Tidal Wave into a 16 health swing. The stats are also vanilla stats for a 4 drop, so dropping this on curve for tempo doesn't feel too bad in a pinch.
Weak sadly. I wish that these 5/6 stat lines were enough at this point but they aren't, and the effect is minimal even if it goes off. More often than not this will die in one hit though.
Seems alright. Not sure it will be insane and won't be enough to make that 0 mana heal 5 worth playing in priest but...if enough solid holy spells are being played it might be worth while.
It could be alright? Likely only makes much sense as an aggressive card. Not sure any slower decks care about a random 3/10. I mean its big stats but not sure it does enough. That said if you just need a solid 3/4 stat line I suppose that this can offer that with a potential upside later.
I mean it depends on whether hand buff options are strong or whether you can combo it with another card easily. It could be used in paladin along side its different methods of setting health to 1.
It has some cool combo potential and it has some ability to disrupt enemy combos. Its going to depend on what combos are possible whether this sees use. It seems a little less than great at the disruption end but it still could do so if there is a desperate need for that.
Its just solid removal at all periods in the game. Its first form is entirely solid for playing on curve, and though it doesn't scale as well as it might into the late game, it isn't ever going to be an entirely dead card.
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The fact that this card can be found with Primordial Studies & Jandice Barov is already good enough (plus it's Deathrattle, so it's always activated).
But the fact that some burn spells is rotating out is kinda halt the purpose of spell damage. I can only hope that future expansion provide Mage with more Burn spells.
New Neutral Minion - Razormane Raider
She was worth absolutely nothing while she lasted
New Neutral Minion - Mankrik
My first impression this will only find a home in meme decks.
To be competitive with this, you need to be heavily able to cycle through your deck or be able consistently tutor out his wife. The payoff also isn't too great with only a 3/10 body and free 3 face damage.
New Neutral Minion - Spirit Healer
Kinda hard for me to see how it will be useful with the new core. Not sure that priest can pull many shenanigans with it
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Thanks for the confirmation Flux!
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Confirming yes on both counts!
New Neutral Minion - Spirit Healer
Unless more health synergy cards come from the expansion, 2 health per spell seems underwhelming. Only card it has synergy is Lightspawn with Inner Fire rotating out.
New Neutral Minion - Razormane Raider
On paper, looks like an underwhelming card for me. This feels like dropping a vanilla minion on turn 5 which has no immediate effect. The only upside it can land an additional hit to face if your opponent can't kill it in 1 go.
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If the update includes FitB expansion cards, could it also be datamined? And maybe skip card reveal schedule? What are they thinking..
New Neutral Minion - Peon
Very weak. If this gets forced into a 1 for 1 trade it may as well have been a vanilla 2/3.
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Thanks
New Shaman Minion - Bru'kan
My gut feel tells me this won't work with Ras Frostwhisper as the card works on generic spell damage buff will this is nature spell damage buff.
That said this is still a very strong card as most shaman spells are nature. This can turn Lightning Storm into a Flamestrike, Lightning Bolt into a Fireball, and Tidal Wave into a 16 health swing. The stats are also vanilla stats for a 4 drop, so dropping this on curve for tempo doesn't feel too bad in a pinch.
New Neutral Minion - Razormane Raider
Weak sadly. I wish that these 5/6 stat lines were enough at this point but they aren't, and the effect is minimal even if it goes off. More often than not this will die in one hit though.
New Neutral Minion - Spirit Healer
Seems alright. Not sure it will be insane and won't be enough to make that 0 mana heal 5 worth playing in priest but...if enough solid holy spells are being played it might be worth while.
New Neutral Minion - Mankrik
It could be alright? Likely only makes much sense as an aggressive card. Not sure any slower decks care about a random 3/10. I mean its big stats but not sure it does enough. That said if you just need a solid 3/4 stat line I suppose that this can offer that with a potential upside later.
New Neutral Minion - Blademaster Samuro
I mean it depends on whether hand buff options are strong or whether you can combo it with another card easily. It could be used in paladin along side its different methods of setting health to 1.
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Yes. And yes.
New Neutral Minion - Shadow Hunter Vol'jin
It has some cool combo potential and it has some ability to disrupt enemy combos. Its going to depend on what combos are possible whether this sees use. It seems a little less than great at the disruption end but it still could do so if there is a desperate need for that.
New Warlock Spell - Imp Swarm (Rank 1)
Obviously there will be Fel synergy. If you're dismissing this card because you think spell schools won't matter, you're in for some big surprises.
Imagine, if you will, a minion with the text: After you cast a Fel spell, give all friendly minions +1/+1.
That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are even more creative things in store.
New Priest Spell - Desperate Prayer
Has some value in a pinch since this is a 0 mana spell.
Also as history suggests, 0 mana spells will always find a home in some deck.
New Neutral Minion - Peon
Scrolls.
New Warlock Spell - Imp Swarm (Rank 1)
Seems weak. Maybe there are demon synergies or fel spell synergies but until those show up its not gonna be anything insane I don't think.
New Neutral Minion - Razormane Raider
This dude parties too.
New Shaman Spell - Chain Lightning (Rank 1)
Its just solid removal at all periods in the game. Its first form is entirely solid for playing on curve, and though it doesn't scale as well as it might into the late game, it isn't ever going to be an entirely dead card.
New Neutral Minion - Blademaster Samuro
This dude parties. Frenzy is intriguing.