The efficiency is what we should expect, the cost makes it good for combos, and the upside does what Mage wants to do in decks that want cheap spells. Will it be good enough to put Dragons in Cheap Spell Mage decks? Dunno. Will it be good enough for Dragon Reno? Probably. Dragon Mage? Almost definitely.
It's less bad than it looks, but it's still kind of pointless.
If you play this on an empty board (or a board you just traded into) you're most likely going to get some serious value out of it. 13/13 worth of stats for onlny 6-mana is pretty good and since they have rush you're not really wasting a turn (unless you're playing aggressively)
On the other hand, you can never just play this onto a board where your opponent can just trade into the eggs. At best it'll let you avoid some face damage or cause unfavorable trades for your opponent.
It's not as bad as Warlock or Druid's legendary dragon, but it just doesn't really seem like something you'd actively put into your deck....which is where Draconic Lackey comes in. It might not be a good card, but it's a decent thing to just drop on curve in a Quest Shaman deck if you have nothing better. Quest Shaman is a deck that has decent recovery and can afford a turn of bad tempo for a bigger swing later on.
In my opinion this is just bad. Eggs without deathrattle effect may be traded for free, and if your opponent does not have enough minions on board to deal with them then:
a) if they are aggro/midrange/tempo -> you probably already won, no need to play this
b) if they are control -> they probably don't care too much/have tools to deal with it even after hatching
A card for a Dragon Shaman deck. It acts like a taunt. If your opponent can't kill the eggs you have two 4/4. But I think most of the times the eggs wont hatch because hey will be killed. Right now I don't see this card being played at all.
Well, given the general powercreep of the set, Bandersmosh and Nithogg as legendaries really help to tone down a bit Shaman as a whole.
We still have to see most of Thrall's cards, but I think it's safe to say that Quest Shaman will still be top tier with the difference that this time the other classes will have more ways to deal with that madness.
Now let's hope to get the last Galakrond's reveal pretty soon
Seems like a turn 9 or turn 10 with heropower or other self-damage cards. Don't even think about this in wild as Cubelock and Renolock list are already solid without this dragon. Flaw is it provides no instant impact on the board—no taunts or rush.
1/5 too damn random, even if it's 5 mana legendary no matter what (which can also be not only 5 mana but changing mana cost as well it's not 100%) you might get some classic/situational/synergistic legendaries most of the time and be stuck with a dead card, plus it's bad when drawn a 5 mana vanilla 5/5 is not desirable...
it's fun though Shaman is very strong atm so it's fine to give them bad cards.. just not freeze shaman level bad cards..
Salt Factory Albatross. Sure, 2 copies of this might not be more effective than causing a mild annoyance. More than 2 (copying, double-trigger Deathrattle, etc.)? That's an effective Highlander counter.
The problem with putting Battlecries that do damage to any target in Battlecry Shaman is that Shudderwok redoes it randomly. With the condition on this, you can double it with the quest HP and just not be Overloaded when you play Shudderwok if you don’t want to risk it. Plus descent stats. Amazing.
New Mage Spell - Arcane Breath
Must have in Dragon decks. If the mage will have any.
New Neutral Minion - Bad Luck Albatross
Excellent Reno hoser! Good stats for vanilla minion.
New Mage Spell - Arcane Breath
The efficiency is what we should expect, the cost makes it good for combos, and the upside does what Mage wants to do in decks that want cheap spells. Will it be good enough to put Dragons in Cheap Spell Mage decks? Dunno. Will it be good enough for Dragon Reno? Probably. Dragon Mage? Almost definitely.
New Shaman Minion - Bandersmosh
Hir'eek, the Bat on turn 5?
Alexstrasza evolve King Krush
sign me up!
New Shaman Minion - Bandersmosh
Meme Muckmorpher!! I love how it resembles the original.
Bandersmosh
Meme Muckmorpher!! I love how it resembles the original.
Shaman Legendary Card Reveal - Bandersmosh
I am sensing a pattern of reusing old effects for no reason.
New Shaman Minion - Nithogg
It's a weird case.
It's less bad than it looks, but it's still kind of pointless.
If you play this on an empty board (or a board you just traded into) you're most likely going to get some serious value out of it. 13/13 worth of stats for onlny 6-mana is pretty good and since they have rush you're not really wasting a turn (unless you're playing aggressively)
On the other hand, you can never just play this onto a board where your opponent can just trade into the eggs. At best it'll let you avoid some face damage or cause unfavorable trades for your opponent.
It's not as bad as Warlock or Druid's legendary dragon, but it just doesn't really seem like something you'd actively put into your deck....which is where Draconic Lackey comes in. It might not be a good card, but it's a decent thing to just drop on curve in a Quest Shaman deck if you have nothing better. Quest Shaman is a deck that has decent recovery and can afford a turn of bad tempo for a bigger swing later on.
Bad Luck Albatross
I love how annoying this card is just as much as I love references to “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.
New Shaman Minion - Nithogg
In my opinion this is just bad. Eggs without deathrattle effect may be traded for free, and if your opponent does not have enough minions on board to deal with them then:
a) if they are aggro/midrange/tempo -> you probably already won, no need to play this
b) if they are control -> they probably don't care too much/have tools to deal with it even after hatching
Nithogg
A card for a Dragon Shaman deck. It acts like a taunt. If your opponent can't kill the eggs you have two 4/4. But I think most of the times the eggs wont hatch because hey will be killed. Right now I don't see this card being played at all.
New Shaman Minion - Nithogg
Not sure what deck should include this card. Seems a bit underwhelming effect, but it may fit in some tempo decks
Shaman Legendary Card Reveal - Nithogg
This is....underwhelming. It's not terrible, but you can only really play it on an empty board.
Shaman Legendary Card Reveal - Bandersmosh
Well, given the general powercreep of the set, Bandersmosh and Nithogg as legendaries really help to tone down a bit Shaman as a whole.
We still have to see most of Thrall's cards, but I think it's safe to say that Quest Shaman will still be top tier with the difference that this time the other classes will have more ways to deal with that madness.
Now let's hope to get the last Galakrond's reveal pretty soon
Bandersmosh
Memedary! It's not going to see competitive play, that's for sure. The Legendaries for Shaman this expansion are bad.
Zzeraku the Warped
Seems like a turn 9 or turn 10 with heropower or other self-damage cards. Don't even think about this in wild as Cubelock and Renolock list are already solid without this dragon. Flaw is it provides no instant impact on the board—no taunts or rush.
New Shaman Minion - Bandersmosh
1/5 too damn random, even if it's 5 mana legendary no matter what (which can also be not only 5 mana but changing mana cost as well it's not 100%) you might get some classic/situational/synergistic legendaries most of the time and be stuck with a dead card, plus it's bad when drawn a 5 mana vanilla 5/5 is not desirable...
it's fun though Shaman is very strong atm so it's fine to give them bad cards.. just not freeze shaman level bad cards..
New Neutral Minion - Kobold Stickyfinger
Interesting tech card. Maybe this will deter people from fully upgrading Galakrond? Rogue will use it some. Warrior will probably use it eventually.
Bandersmosh
sucks. 0/5
New Neutral Minion - Bad Luck Albatross
Salt Factory Albatross. Sure, 2 copies of this might not be more effective than causing a mild annoyance. More than 2 (copying, double-trigger Deathrattle, etc.)? That's an effective Highlander counter.
New Shaman Minion - Cumulo-Maximus
The problem with putting Battlecries that do damage to any target in Battlecry Shaman is that Shudderwok redoes it randomly. With the condition on this, you can double it with the quest HP and just not be Overloaded when you play Shudderwok if you don’t want to risk it. Plus descent stats. Amazing.
New Mage Minion - Dragoncaster
Sadly, this card really is too strong. Well, since it is a rare, a lot of folks will profit from the inevitable nerf.
Bandersmosh
wow so bad
New Warlock Minion - Zzeraku the Warped
Evolve is getting better and better hope they nerf Mogu Fleshshaper
Anti-Heal OTK Priest
Amazing, I just played against someone playing a similar deck on Asia server.
It really cracked me up when zombie Chow killed me :P