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Going the safe route...

Have you seen Lightning Bloom?!?!

Yes, it is the equipped weapon.  If it wasn't it would specify giving the buff to a weapon in your hand or deck.

This card seems kinda bad. It does nothing unless you Outcast it, which at 4 mana is harder early in the game when an aggro or tempo deck would want to do something like this (like shuffle a Brawl on turn 4 going into turn 5). Sure, there is a chance you nail a power card, but what if you don't? You only get to look at 3 cards, and sure, 3 out of 6 or 7 are decent odds, but are they decent enough to deal with getting nothing out of this? Even if you do pull it off, you just get a 4/3. I think I would rather just freezing something to get the 4/3. 

I think it might be un-fun, but I like that they are experimenting with expanding the design space. This feels like a safer way to experiment with this than Glide, which feels far more extreme. 

this minion is very flexible, due to it's spellburst keyword and it's cheap cost. 

1 damage is usually not enough to warrant any concern unless a minion as at (1) health OR you're facing warrior, who I believe can make exceptional use of this minion. With Execute this minion can target a single minion without using the whirlwind AOE, use Execute to remove the target and penflinger will return to the warrior's hand for an additional use. 

Other uses this minion may find is removing the last health of reborn minions that have taunt or threaten to end the game next turn. 

Tempo DH with Altruis may be able to use him as an extra bit of damage since he's so cheap, and bouncing him back and playing him twice will be 3 damage from Altruis and 2 damage from the Pen Flinger. 

Seems busted in Wild, but doesn't have a lot of good targets in Standard. Maybe we'll see some more big demons this set, maybe with Rush?

Cool card, but not very good unless more wide totem synergy comes up

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I don't agree: Doctor Krastinov is better in Aggro decks too because it has direct impact on the board, something that Captain Greenskin lacks.

For example, you can play Krastinov, use it to remove a taunt and then go face with your buffed weapon.

The only scenario in which I see Greenskin better is when your opponent's board is empty, but that's not a very likely situation nowadays.

Beware: Captain Greenskin is still a playable card and will still see play, but Krastinov is almost always strictly better in today's Warrior and Rogue.

Not to mention that if it's turn 8+ you can drop Playmaker and then Doctor Krastinov to get two Krastinovs for trading into minions and getting +2/+2 to your weapon.  Or if you are running a package with Risky Skipper and Bloodsworn Mercenary that's another way to combo two Krastinovs for double the weapon buffs.

This is how hand disruption should work, there is a chance that it whiffs. But it should be neutral, not class specific. There is no reason to even run this as long as Glide exists.

I hope I was helpful     ;)

EDIT: Btw, I just found out about the Documentary „Werner Herzog eats his Shoe", in which famous Filmmaker Werner Herzog loses a bet and, Surprise, eats his Shoe.

Just wanted to mention it in Case someone needs to know how to cook a Shoe.

It has.. mediocre stats for the cost, but it does have rush so it impacts the board immediatly. It's kinda a cheaper pre-nerf Keeper of the Grove, but I feel like Consume Magic will still be used instead of this, as DH LOVES card draw. Also i don't think pre-nerf Keeper of the Grove would still see play these days, so i don't think a 1 mana cheaper version will. i still feel like it's just mediocre for DH. Which is weird, because it would see a lot of play if it were neutral. This basicly just shows the ridiculous powerlevel of DH i suppose..

Looking at carts in opponent's deck/hand was always a priest feature, starting with Drakonid Operative, following with Chameleos and Madame Lazul. Also it is possible to find out which cards are in opponent's deck through Thoughtsteal and similar cards.
It is not the strongest but unique feature. If I forgot and it is used in other classes could you please remind me about those cards?

Strong in Stealth Rogue and potential to help an agressive rogue deck, which doesn't yet really exist.

Strong statline, but I think the spellburst will be hard to activate in an elegant way in a way with which you will get the minion you want.

Finally a sub-optimal card for DH huh?

If Avalon actually does this, they should get the "Shoe Eater" tag.

This needed to be a neutral card, not DH exclusive.

Maybe it's been updated since you posted this, but it does say "Whenever" and not "When".

Strong, versatile removal that scales very well with spell power. Will definitely see play in Reno Mage.

It might see play with some busted Sorcerer's Apprentice combos, but I don't see a place for it in current mage decks and I don't see it being strong enough to carry a new deck type on its own.

Thank you for the genuine laugh, this is funny as hell. Fingers crossed the next card won't have spellburst!

It's a pretty cool card, but I don't think it's worth running over Kayn Sunfury or Consume Magic and I don't think there's need for more silence-like effects in DH.