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This is an interesting card, it almost reminds me of Skelemancer or other such cards. It intimidates your opponent by threatening to deal more damage than if you leave it alive. But a 9/1 is too easy to kill, I don't think your opponent will have much trouble dealing 3 damage then 1 damage by turn 4.

ranked decks that arent obnoxious. lol u do realize that some decks are just utterly obnoxious. big priest is like tier 3 or 4 but i wouldnt wont to face it no matter what my deck was and how easily it could beat it, same for secret mage. playing green cards isnt skill and when it translates as tier 1 decks its ultimately demoralizing as its the case with the secret mage

This will help token decks keep their board alive for a big Bloodlust or Savage Roar. 4 mana may be a bit too much for some decks, but it should still be useful to somebody.

u right. my hopes and dreams are destroyed.

Wow, this card is great! 5 mana deal 5 is okay, but then you also get to prevent some damage on your opponent's turn. If this were a class card then I wouldn't be too terribly impressed, but as a neutral card this is great. It will help fill the void that Zilliax has left.

My initial reaction is to call it bad because it is slow and doesn't really do anything. But then you compare it to Savannah Highmane and suddenly it looks a lot better. 

This may see some play in decks that can take advantage of the deathrattle, or in decks that just want a sticky high-drop, but other than that I don't see this being that amazing.

Another anti Rez priest tool. Love it!

This card will be an absolute monster in arena. But in constructed it is just too slow. You want this to take a lot of damage but not die so that it can attack on your next turn. I don't think that will happen. If your opponent has enough damage to kill it they will. Otherwise they will leave it untouched. You can always use cards like Inner Rage or Cruel Taskmaster but I think those cards are better used to push damage in the earlier turns.

By releasing it early, you give everyone a chance to unlock the class so that they can play it immediately when the expansion launches, rather than having to wait to get through the story first.

I imagine staggering the release will also help alleviate potential server issues.

Of course, this doesn't excuse not being able to at least fight the Innkeeper as the Demon Hunter, even if it was just with a pre-built deck.

If you can give this rush then it becomes a very scary removal card. But otherwise it is just too easy to kill.

The main issue I have with this card is that it can backfire on you. If you turn your opponents minion into an Infectious Sporeling then they can turn your minion into an Infectious Sporeling. So all in all I think this card may be a lot more trouble than it is worth.

It wasn't quite clear that you wouldn't be able to use the cards at all until the 7th at first - we've updated the post to make it clear that you can't use them anywhere until the expansion releases.

Echoing Ooze saw some play in some decks. I don't see why this should be any different. 

Yeah, I saw and tried to delete the comment, but for some reason it didn't delete.  😂

Well if you need to boost your board clear then you might play this guy, but in general I don't think this is a very good card. Symmetrical effects are always risky, and I don't know how often you would actually need the extra spell damage.

At its worst it is okay. Hitting 2 minions is great, and if you are playing vs Murlocs or Mechs or something then this is a 5 mana 3/3 boardclear. I don't know how playable this will be, but it is nice to have this card available if a tribal deck ever becomes too popular. Plus this looks a lot more playable than some other tech cards because it can be used against any minion.

Great article and idea for a series! 

 I really think OOC should drop the "daily store deals" posts (they're useless) and focus on real MTGA content such as this! Kudos for you Valkyrie!!

The text in the news is a bit misleading. It’s not that you won’t be able to play as them “against other players” until the release of the expansion, you won’t be able to play as them, period. Even against the Innkeeper. You also cannot use new cards in decks or see/change/delete the one you get for free. Unless I’m missing something.

Very slow card. Seems odd to play a delayed weapon. Also, poor Fiery War Axe.

An interesting buildaround card. I could see you playing this with a bunch of eggs to get a huge swing, or in a deck that can kill it the same turn they play it to just get a small buff + trigger deathrattles. 

This card is just too unique and interesting not to be played in some deck.

It’s a cool story, and I enjoyed the games, but it’s just kind of weird to say, “You’ve unlocked this!  But yeah, you can’t play with it until next week...”. I mean, why not just release it next week

It is an interesting build around card. I imagine it will be the cornerstone for a lot of future OTKs.

Like all of the imprisoned demons, this is really really powerful when played on turn 1/2, but after that it is just too slow. I really want to play these imprisoned minions, but I just don't think they will be consistent enough to justify playing.

I think they said adventures this year will be free

The Rusted Legion story will probably not be for another month, if previous adventures have been anything to go off of. This prologue exists primarily to get people familiar with the Demon Hunter (and to unlock him, of course). The story will not have any new cards associated with it.