Any 0 mana card use to see play. So that card its good for sure.
If you manage to give reborn to just two minions and get killed in you next turn, High Cultist Basaleph will resurrect 4 minions for a huge tempo swing.
Cool card, but I’m not actually sure it is even that great right now. The pool of beasts while much smaller is also lacking alot of the incredible highrolls like stonetusk boar and vicuous scalehide meaning the pool loses both burst and healing. Also I’m not sure if alot of the stronger beasts you’d like off this are even options, stuff like rat king and stonebound gargon. This card is also probably dead if hunter is all out aggro this expansion as zombeasts are often ti
Hmmm, there are some shenanigans with Infectious Ghoul and Plaguespreader or you just run this in a deathrattle priest for extra triggers. Ideally you'd want to play as many minions as possible to get the reborn effect so maybe some sticky deathrattles like Haunting Nightmare or Brittleskin Zombie might work.
In all fairness, the window of resurrection for this card is wider than Whitemane's which makes it quite a bit easier to use, even if the card is limited to only working on Undeads.
Whitemane only resurrects minions that died on the turn you play her, whereas Basaleph resurrects minions that died on the turn you play it as well as any that died on your opponent's turn right before that.
I would imagine this minion would be better in a control deathrattle priest than an aggro variant. The stats are poor for the cost and you want to resurrect a big boi like Flesh Behemoth or Invincible. You also can't control what undead you resurrect and I can't see a big undead priest being viable in Standard.
Will have to relook at this minion once the mini-set is out or in future expansions.
Done properly this card will very well win you the game.
Because there are undead cards like Shadowed Spirit, Volatile Skeleton and Brittleskin Zombie that'll do additional damage, while pressuring face at the same time. If you rez some of them out that's just free damage whether or not they're removed.
But of course, if you're running loads of useless undead cards that do nothing then this card will similarly do the same. So its kinda hard to judge. But still, even if all it does is give you a board of useless stuff its still reload and that's something aggro priest have been lacking for years. So a nice little thumbs up from me.
So at best this is 5 mana 1 sided 4 damage AOE. Poor Chaos Nova crying in the corner. I'm assuming, the way it's worded, this AOE spell will deal 2 damage to all enemies twice, helping to remove divine shields, reborn minions and deathrattle triggers. While this does sound appealing, this spell will only be played in an undead deck coz 5 mana 2 damage AOE is awful.
Honestly would run Clean the Scene over this (if not specifically playing shadow priest).
Ive slagged plenty of cards like this as the reveal went on, and this card is no different.
But it does have one good thing going for it. With the amount of undead support cards being printed there may yet be a genuine undead aggro priest so consistency would only rarely be an issue. The real problem here is to ask whether an aggro deck even need something like this, basically a 5 mana Flamestrike that'll hit face.
The jury is out on this one for me. Because whenever this card works it'll likely win you the game, but on the other hand there's a good chance this card just does nothing more than 4 damage to face for 5 mana. Aside from being a dead card if drawn early, not a nice thing to happen when youre playing aggro.
If priest can reliably play and kill their undead minions, this draw spell is great. It will be more difficult for priest to achieve this than DK though and this spell will only be used in the priest undead archetype coz shadow priest will find better things. If priest get more undead minions in future expansions, this spell will always be considered but atm, not feeling confident in the number of undead minions priest has access to (and you can't reliably play thief cards in the hopes of getting an undead from your opponent).
Looking at the neutral undead cards I have a feeling this card isn't really going to live up to the power level of this card.
Because most aggro decks would not bother keeping cards in their hand just so they can go off really hard at later turns, so we're looking at 3 minions tops, and that's being incredible generous. Priest not having any board wide buffs also complicates matters by essentially making it hard to justify even needing this thing. Would it not be better to suggest that having another minion in hand, instead of this card, be a better choice?
Unless Elwynn Boar turns undead, or something similar to this gets printed, the best card you'd want this for is Incorporeal Corporal and really not much else.
Yeah, youre right. And there are good undead neutrals like Banshee, Incorporeal Corporal etc. so it might well actually work. Dont know why, but aside from incorporeal corporal, I kinda feel that the eventual undead aggro deck kinda sucks really. Might just be a gut feeling.
I'd like to give this 5 stars, but its the sort of card that has potential for backfiring when you've run out of undead minions, and if your opponent simply doesn't kill any of your undead board (i.e. freeze, transform, ignore etc.) then this card is just sort of rubbish really.
Maybe undead shadow aggro priest is the best fit, because in control you'll need to contrive a few undead minions and its really not worth the bother in my opinion.
Well we know from experience that rez priest is an annoying archetype. As for the minions getting resurrected though...I'd say they'd just be stats, kinda like playing The Scourge. You need a lot of undead to die and probably be reliant on your opponent clearing your board to help you setup this minion. I can only really think of Flesh Behemoth and Invincible as valuable undead to resurrect and those are pretty slow minions.
Most likely you'd want some specific deathrattle undead to die but I'm not really seeing many minions getting resurrected. On average I'd say maybe 2 - 3 coz the restriction is quite restrictive.
At the moment, the best target would have to be Shadowed Spirit. Not really much else, because for this card to see any decent play it'll have to ideally be an undead that will die before turn 4, or alternatively something so important that its worth holding on to this card for any amount of time after turn 4.
Probably not worth inclusion to be honest. Its slow, with poor stats, and yet the most effective deck this card would be in is probably aggro. Also its increasingly looking like every one would be playing silences to some degree.
That legendary is pretty sick, kinda like a reverse, 1 time Kel'Thuzad. Great comeback if your opponent cleared your board. Now we should be scared if Priest get their grubby hands on The Scourge.
This is a lot of support for adding undead into priest decks.
Undead shadow aggro priest? Worth a shot, because you have nearly everything from board retention, buffed hp, and reload. But I guess its really required, because it would seem like this deck would be playing loads of neutral cards, and that's rarely ever a good sign.
Have to wait for the neutrals to be revealed before we can see anything from these cards.
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New Priest Spell - Undying Allies
What if I give a Reborn minion Reborn?
New Priest Spell - Undying Allies
Any 0 mana card use to see play. So that card its good for sure.
If you manage to give reborn to just two minions and get killed in you next turn, High Cultist Basaleph will resurrect 4 minions for a huge tempo swing.
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Cool card, but I’m not actually sure it is even that great right now. The pool of beasts while much smaller is also lacking alot of the incredible highrolls like stonetusk boar and vicuous scalehide meaning the pool loses both burst and healing. Also I’m not sure if alot of the stronger beasts you’d like off this are even options, stuff like rat king and stonebound gargon. This card is also probably dead if hunter is all out aggro this expansion as zombeasts are often ti
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Really wish this was for hunter... i really wanted to run both yoggsaron and rokhdelar :(
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I’m assuming this is the deck they had to nerf scourge rager for
New Priest Spell - Undying Allies
Hmmm, there are some shenanigans with Infectious Ghoul and Plaguespreader or you just run this in a deathrattle priest for extra triggers. Ideally you'd want to play as many minions as possible to get the reborn effect so maybe some sticky deathrattles like Haunting Nightmare or Brittleskin Zombie might work.
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In all fairness, the window of resurrection for this card is wider than Whitemane's which makes it quite a bit easier to use, even if the card is limited to only working on Undeads.
Whitemane only resurrects minions that died on the turn you play her, whereas Basaleph resurrects minions that died on the turn you play it as well as any that died on your opponent's turn right before that.
New Priest Minion - Bonecaller
I would imagine this minion would be better in a control deathrattle priest than an aggro variant. The stats are poor for the cost and you want to resurrect a big boi like Flesh Behemoth or Invincible. You also can't control what undead you resurrect and I can't see a big undead priest being viable in Standard.
Will have to relook at this minion once the mini-set is out or in future expansions.
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OMW, forgot that card existed 🤣
Now you making me doubt if the priest legendary will be good 😅
New Priest Minion - High Cultist Basaleph
Done properly this card will very well win you the game.
Because there are undead cards like Shadowed Spirit, Volatile Skeleton and Brittleskin Zombie that'll do additional damage, while pressuring face at the same time. If you rez some of them out that's just free damage whether or not they're removed.
But of course, if you're running loads of useless undead cards that do nothing then this card will similarly do the same. So its kinda hard to judge. But still, even if all it does is give you a board of useless stuff its still reload and that's something aggro priest have been lacking for years. So a nice little thumbs up from me.
New Priest Spell - Shadow Word: Undeath
So at best this is 5 mana 1 sided 4 damage AOE. Poor Chaos Nova crying in the corner. I'm assuming, the way it's worded, this AOE spell will deal 2 damage to all enemies twice, helping to remove divine shields, reborn minions and deathrattle triggers. While this does sound appealing, this spell will only be played in an undead deck coz 5 mana 2 damage AOE is awful.
Honestly would run Clean the Scene over this (if not specifically playing shadow priest).
New Priest Spell - Shadow Word: Undeath
Ive slagged plenty of cards like this as the reveal went on, and this card is no different.
But it does have one good thing going for it. With the amount of undead support cards being printed there may yet be a genuine undead aggro priest so consistency would only rarely be an issue. The real problem here is to ask whether an aggro deck even need something like this, basically a 5 mana Flamestrike that'll hit face.
The jury is out on this one for me. Because whenever this card works it'll likely win you the game, but on the other hand there's a good chance this card just does nothing more than 4 damage to face for 5 mana. Aside from being a dead card if drawn early, not a nice thing to happen when youre playing aggro.
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Like a one-time KT you say, eh? So basically like a High Inquisitor Whitemane? :D
New Priest Spell - Grave Digging
If priest can reliably play and kill their undead minions, this draw spell is great. It will be more difficult for priest to achieve this than DK though and this spell will only be used in the priest undead archetype coz shadow priest will find better things. If priest get more undead minions in future expansions, this spell will always be considered but atm, not feeling confident in the number of undead minions priest has access to (and you can't reliably play thief cards in the hopes of getting an undead from your opponent).
New Priest Spell - Undying Allies
Looking at the neutral undead cards I have a feeling this card isn't really going to live up to the power level of this card.
Because most aggro decks would not bother keeping cards in their hand just so they can go off really hard at later turns, so we're looking at 3 minions tops, and that's being incredible generous. Priest not having any board wide buffs also complicates matters by essentially making it hard to justify even needing this thing. Would it not be better to suggest that having another minion in hand, instead of this card, be a better choice?
Unless Elwynn Boar turns undead, or something similar to this gets printed, the best card you'd want this for is Incorporeal Corporal and really not much else.
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priest got a pretty strong pack this exp
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Yeah, youre right. And there are good undead neutrals like Banshee, Incorporeal Corporal etc. so it might well actually work. Dont know why, but aside from incorporeal corporal, I kinda feel that the eventual undead aggro deck kinda sucks really. Might just be a gut feeling.
New Priest Spell - Undying Allies
Damn, this will be really annoying to deal with especially for undeads with deathrattles.
And being 0 mana, you can fit this in any turn.
New Priest Spell - Grave Digging
I'd like to give this 5 stars, but its the sort of card that has potential for backfiring when you've run out of undead minions, and if your opponent simply doesn't kill any of your undead board (i.e. freeze, transform, ignore etc.) then this card is just sort of rubbish really.
Maybe undead shadow aggro priest is the best fit, because in control you'll need to contrive a few undead minions and its really not worth the bother in my opinion.
New Priest Minion - High Cultist Basaleph
Well we know from experience that rez priest is an annoying archetype. As for the minions getting resurrected though...I'd say they'd just be stats, kinda like playing The Scourge. You need a lot of undead to die and probably be reliant on your opponent clearing your board to help you setup this minion. I can only really think of Flesh Behemoth and Invincible as valuable undead to resurrect and those are pretty slow minions.
Most likely you'd want some specific deathrattle undead to die but I'm not really seeing many minions getting resurrected. On average I'd say maybe 2 - 3 coz the restriction is quite restrictive.
New Priest Minion - Bonecaller
At the moment, the best target would have to be Shadowed Spirit. Not really much else, because for this card to see any decent play it'll have to ideally be an undead that will die before turn 4, or alternatively something so important that its worth holding on to this card for any amount of time after turn 4.
Probably not worth inclusion to be honest. Its slow, with poor stats, and yet the most effective deck this card would be in is probably aggro. Also its increasingly looking like every one would be playing silences to some degree.
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They already all revealed afaik. Nothing really stands out though, so doubt undead priest would be better than any DK deck
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That legendary is pretty sick, kinda like a reverse, 1 time Kel'Thuzad. Great comeback if your opponent cleared your board. Now we should be scared if Priest get their grubby hands on The Scourge.
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This is a lot of support for adding undead into priest decks.
Undead shadow aggro priest? Worth a shot, because you have nearly everything from board retention, buffed hp, and reload. But I guess its really required, because it would seem like this deck would be playing loads of neutral cards, and that's rarely ever a good sign.
Have to wait for the neutrals to be revealed before we can see anything from these cards.
New Priest Spell - Shadow Word: Undeath
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