Discolock was meta for a while in standard, which means the card isn't totally worthless. But, Discolock tends to be a zoo deck and the best card to discard with this, Boneweb Egg, needs to cost less than the gigantic pool of 1 drops and 2 drops associated with Discolock.
Fal'dorei Strider already proved to be good. This card follows the same ideals. However, one of the reasons Fal'dorei Strider was good back then was cards like Elven Minstrel allowing to keep tempo while drawing. Sure, Stowaway can fill the part (and better with the tokens on the deck), but he requires said tokens to be good, unlike Elven Minstrel, who can be played virtually anytime.
So I had this epiphany while writing up the Ringmasters Baton:
You make your deck have cards like Evasive Drakonid, Dread Corsair, and Tomb Warden, use Whately to draw them, and Armagedillo to buff them on curve. And then you use this to add extra value for a menagerie taunt deck.
And you throw in N'zoth so you summon them again for a big wall.
You would just have to be careful about what minions you make your deck out of, so that N'zoth doesn't resurrect the wrong minion, since a deck like that would also run the additional taunt generating cards.
I mean if you've got a pirate, dragon or mech to play on curve this is pretty strong, but that's a big if, and with Ringmaster Whatley I feel like there's a specific dragon, pirate and mech you wanna pull. Like..maye something with taunt? so that Armagedillo also buffs them too?
WAIT YES THAT'S IT!
You make your deck have cards like Evasive Drakonid, Dread Corsair, and Tomb Warden, use Whately to draw them, and Armagedillo to buff them on curve. And then you use this to add extra value for a menagerie taunt deck.
And you throw in N'zoth so you summon them again for a big wall.
I'm a sucker for handbuffs, so I'm gonna try to make this work if I open two of them. I'm not confident enough to craft it, but the prospect of ""+9/+9"" for two mana is too juicy for me to not at least consider.
Curator reflavored for Warriors, nice. Plenty of good defensive mechs that this can curve into, putting in a generic late-game dragon like Deathwing, Mad Aspect or [Hearthstone Card (Dragonqueen Alextrasza) Not Found] is easy enough, but getting a good mid-late game pirate might be a tad trickier. There's potentially Captain Greenskin or the one that gets a weapon back, but I don't think those make the cut in N'zoth versions of this deck.
In that case this card is pretty sick! It'd be a late game play, but paired with Wrathscale Naga it could be better than when paired with Juggler, and only one more mana!
This card seems good. You definitely play this in the wild gala warrior I think because that deck has a few flex spots and it runs key dragons (scion), mechs (zilliax, sometimes clockwork goblin) and some cheap pirates. Theres probably some other kinds of wild decks that would run this.
In standard i'm not as sure. Going to depend on some of the upcoming cards. Any card that tutors skipper in standard is good, and you can always slap deathwing in a deck especially if you're tutoring it. I'm not sure about mechs but skybarge is a mech and getting that plus the pirate to activate it seems like something. Lot of random mechs for warrior that might find their way into this deck.
We're probably topping this deck off with the new N'zoth. too bag kargath prime isn't a demon, lul. i'm pretty interested in this warrior deck and hope it's a thing.
Can definitely be used as another way for Galakrond Warrior to end games. Right now, the deck faces the issue of not being able to actually finish off opponents fast enough and this card represents a Fireball to the face when played alongside activated Scion of Ruin while being itself a tanky minion for its cost.
Hmm not the greatest of stats for it's cost. Reminds me of The Curator, except Ringmaster Whatley is worse so far. Depends on what kind of insane Pirate, Dragon and mech were going to get. At the very least it draws you Deathwing, Mad Aspect, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Scrap Golem or Tomb Warden. We don't really have a good pirate yet.... And it seems like Ringmaster Whatley is supposed to go in some kind of N'Zoth, God of the Deep deck, so i guess control warrior? Which means we are probably going to get some kind of BIG rush or taunt pirate, i'm guessing.
Wild: I honestly don't see this getting that much play. What kind of warrior deck even wants this? Maybe ODD Warrior, but that's only if we get some good ODD costed cards to pull. (Best things it can pull i guess are Zilliax or Dyn-o-matic, Kobold Stickyfinger if you run it against Kingsbane rogue, and either Alexstrasza for support in OTK Silas Darkmoon ODD Warrior, or Dragonqueen Alexstrasza if your playing highlander...?) Can't think of any other deck wanting this besides ODD Warrior.
Warlock got those spider eggs in Scholomance Academy that can be discarded to activate it's effect.
and with this spell being 1 mana it's pretty flexible to dump your hand of the smaller minions, play this, and then discard something you don't care about to gain it's effect. Will probably see play, but is it enough to push zoo on the ladder?
New Warlock Spell - Wicked Whispers
Discolock was meta for a while in standard, which means the card isn't totally worthless. But, Discolock tends to be a zoo deck and the best card to discard with this, Boneweb Egg, needs to cost less than the gigantic pool of 1 drops and 2 drops associated with Discolock.
New Warlock Minion - Revenant Rascal
I like the idea behind the card, but as disruption tools go, it doesn't feel to be very good.
New Rogue Minion - Ticket Master
Fal'dorei Strider already proved to be good. This card follows the same ideals. However, one of the reasons Fal'dorei Strider was good back then was cards like Elven Minstrel allowing to keep tempo while drawing. Sure, Stowaway can fill the part (and better with the tokens on the deck), but he requires said tokens to be good, unlike Elven Minstrel, who can be played virtually anytime.
Ringmaster Whatley
I'm going to make a Menagerie Taunt deck with this guy, Armagedillo and N'zoth
New Warrior Weapon - Ringmaster's Baton
Kinda like Brass Knuckles but it seems to have better cost/stats.
New Warrior Minion - Ringmaster Whatley
So I had this epiphany while writing up the Ringmasters Baton:
You make your deck have cards like Evasive Drakonid, Dread Corsair, and Tomb Warden, use Whately to draw them, and Armagedillo to buff them on curve. And then you use this to add extra value for a menagerie taunt deck.
And you throw in N'zoth so you summon them again for a big wall.
You would just have to be careful about what minions you make your deck out of, so that N'zoth doesn't resurrect the wrong minion, since a deck like that would also run the additional taunt generating cards.
New Warrior Minion - Ringmaster Whatley
Strangely enough I love this for my Highlander control warrior.
New Warrior Minion - E.T.C., God of Metal
Good to see ETC back, though I think this is low impact.
New Paladin Minion - Carousel Gryphon
Same as the other are saying, works well with N'Zoth, God of the Deep and Y'Shaarj, the Defiler
New Warrior Weapon - Ringmaster's Baton
It is Mean streets all over again? Bunch of garbage hand buff...
New Warrior Minion - Ringmaster Whatley
The Curator was good because it had board impact with Taunt, this is not it...
New Warlock Spell - Wicked Whispers
Was thinking the same, Grim worked better with tokens but this just needs a card you no longer need or want to discard.
Ringmaster's Baton
I don't like this... way too specific
New Warrior Weapon - Ringmaster's Baton
I mean if you've got a pirate, dragon or mech to play on curve this is pretty strong, but that's a big if, and with Ringmaster Whatley I feel like there's a specific dragon, pirate and mech you wanna pull. Like..maye something with taunt? so that Armagedillo also buffs them too?
WAIT YES THAT'S IT!
You make your deck have cards like Evasive Drakonid, Dread Corsair, and Tomb Warden, use Whately to draw them, and Armagedillo to buff them on curve. And then you use this to add extra value for a menagerie taunt deck.
And you throw in N'zoth so you summon them again for a big wall.
AWW YEAH IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER
New Warrior Weapon - Ringmaster's Baton
I'm a sucker for handbuffs, so I'm gonna try to make this work if I open two of them. I'm not confident enough to craft it, but the prospect of ""+9/+9"" for two mana is too juicy for me to not at least consider.
Ringmaster Whatley
If it had taunt maybe, but without taunt kinda meh
Two New Warrior Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Ringmaster Whatley & Ringmaster's Baton
Yet another The Curator wanabe without taunt
New Warrior Minion - Ringmaster Whatley
Curator reflavored for Warriors, nice. Plenty of good defensive mechs that this can curve into, putting in a generic late-game dragon like Deathwing, Mad Aspect or [Hearthstone Card (Dragonqueen Alextrasza) Not Found] is easy enough, but getting a good mid-late game pirate might be a tad trickier. There's potentially Captain Greenskin or the one that gets a weapon back, but I don't think those make the cut in N'zoth versions of this deck.
Expendable Performers is a New Demon Hunter Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion
In that case this card is pretty sick! It'd be a late game play, but paired with Wrathscale Naga it could be better than when paired with Juggler, and only one more mana!
New Warrior Minion - Ringmaster Whatley
This card seems good. You definitely play this in the wild gala warrior I think because that deck has a few flex spots and it runs key dragons (scion), mechs (zilliax, sometimes clockwork goblin) and some cheap pirates. Theres probably some other kinds of wild decks that would run this.
In standard i'm not as sure. Going to depend on some of the upcoming cards. Any card that tutors skipper in standard is good, and you can always slap deathwing in a deck especially if you're tutoring it. I'm not sure about mechs but skybarge is a mech and getting that plus the pirate to activate it seems like something. Lot of random mechs for warrior that might find their way into this deck.
We're probably topping this deck off with the new N'zoth. too bag kargath prime isn't a demon, lul. i'm pretty interested in this warrior deck and hope it's a thing.
New Neutral Minion - C'Thun, the Shattered
Can't wait for the clips of people failing to play around Counterspell.
New Warrior Minion - E.T.C., God of Metal
Can definitely be used as another way for Galakrond Warrior to end games. Right now, the deck faces the issue of not being able to actually finish off opponents fast enough and this card represents a Fireball to the face when played alongside activated Scion of Ruin while being itself a tanky minion for its cost.
New Warrior Minion - Ringmaster Whatley
Hmm not the greatest of stats for it's cost. Reminds me of The Curator, except Ringmaster Whatley is worse so far. Depends on what kind of insane Pirate, Dragon and mech were going to get. At the very least it draws you Deathwing, Mad Aspect, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Scrap Golem or Tomb Warden. We don't really have a good pirate yet.... And it seems like Ringmaster Whatley is supposed to go in some kind of N'Zoth, God of the Deep deck, so i guess control warrior? Which means we are probably going to get some kind of BIG rush or taunt pirate, i'm guessing.
Standard: Probably control warrior with N'Zoth, God of the Deep package, maybe even Y'Shaarj, the Defiler package if warrior gets some good corrupt cards.
Wild: I honestly don't see this getting that much play. What kind of warrior deck even wants this? Maybe ODD Warrior, but that's only if we get some good ODD costed cards to pull. (Best things it can pull i guess are Zilliax or Dyn-o-matic, Kobold Stickyfinger if you run it against Kingsbane rogue, and either Alexstrasza for support in OTK Silas Darkmoon ODD Warrior, or Dragonqueen Alexstrasza if your playing highlander...?) Can't think of any other deck wanting this besides ODD Warrior.
Two New Warrior Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Ringmaster Whatley & Ringmaster's Baton
Wow, Menagerie Warrior, I wasn't expecting that archetype!
and now we can mark off "warrior Weapon" from the bingo card
New Warlock Spell - Wicked Whispers
Warlock got those spider eggs in Scholomance Academy that can be discarded to activate it's effect.
and with this spell being 1 mana it's pretty flexible to dump your hand of the smaller minions, play this, and then discard something you don't care about to gain it's effect. Will probably see play, but is it enough to push zoo on the ladder?