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I like this tech card and all, but where were you when KingsBane was still in standard? 

I agree, the flavor texts you guys come up with are better than blizzards.

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Dire Frenzy, Shadow of Death, Faceless and Floop come to mind, but would you really waste that many deck-slots for setting it up?

Obviously not.

Its a pack filler with meme potential.

My question was mostly rhetorical, but obviously not enough ^^

Thanks for enlightening me! Right after posting tho, I felt remorseful for not even having bothered to look it up myself before commenting, so I did my due diligence and used the Paste function one more time ^^

So a Consecration for 1 mana less for Volcanic Potion otherwise. Seems playable even without the dragon synergy.

Imagine playing a Shadow Bolt that can also draw a card.

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I'm honestly really hopeful for Ancharrr. I love the pirate aesthetic, and I enjoy abusing overpowered aggro decks (i.e. pirate warrior of old). Warrior has been receiving some really strong cards this expansion though, and none of them include pirates thus far. If we see some stronger pirates (maybe some value-oriented ones that even synergise with Dragons), this may be worth a try. With Galakrond, the Unbreakable's hero power, this could turn into a cheaper Arcanite Reaper when invoked that also refuels your hand, and the battlecry of drawing minions and giving them +4/+4 could help finish off some games with that little bit of extra reach.

The return of aggro pirate warrior is probably wishful thinking though. Pirate Warrior wasn't strong because it had a bunch of strong and aggressive pirates, it was strong because it had all that, plus weapon buffs. There are not enough good weapon buffs in standard to make use of this card's minimal effect. And besides, you wouldn't even want this in an aggressive deck since you'd just be drawing all your tiny cost pirates that wouldn't be doing much at this point in the game. If you're using Ancharrr to draw your Southsea Deckhands or Bloodsail Corsairs, you've probably lost this game. However, if you're using this to draw bigger, more midrange value-oriented pirates like Captain Greenskin or Southsea Captain, this card becomes a little better. If we get some cards this expansion that bridge the gap between dragons and pirates, we may see a very strong archetype on the horizon. 

It looks like this will be the card sleeve available for MTGA. This will be part of the "Seeing Visions" bundle for $29.99 (Includes 4 Different Alt-Art Foil Serum Visions from four different artists) on December 6. It will only be available for 24 hours, so act fast!

That could be an option. I was worried that it would fill up the board too quickly after quest completion when using Sul'thraze, but perhaps that doesn't happen often enough to matter. Having a few extra 1/1s early game is really useful.

Potentially very powerful, and if you get to equip the stolen weapon directly can be a very strong tempo swing. Also deactivates the powerful Deathrattles from weapons (Frostmourne, Kingsbane, Val'anyr, Waggle Pick). Note that most of these are Wild only, so for now I guess this is stronger in Wild. But to make it worthwhile we will need a very weapon-heavy meta. Right now I'm not feeling that. In Arena mostly it will be a 4/4 five drop.

Decent card, great artwork. I'll add one to Reno Dragon in Wild.

As others have said, leans towards a slower more mid-rangey pirate warrior.

Currently, my meme deck of choice is (Hack the System) Quest Warrior. If I'm lucky (or unlucky lol) enough to pull this out of a pack, might experiment with a mid range pirate/weapon based mid range warrior. Likely won't be good though lol.

Pirates that support a weapon based strat in standard:

Southsea Deckhand

Bloodsail Raider

Dread Corsair

Kobold Stickyfinger

Captain Greenskin

If pirate warrior becomes a thing in the next season, this card might become a staple. 

Animated Armor?

Snapjaw Shellfighter?

Holly smokes, i just noticed the Alex flavor text. nice reference to the GoT disastrous of a finale

EDIT: nvm its not the flavor text by blizzard. its from this website isnt it? well done nonetheless

Sunfury Protector?

It's fine for what it is.  Filler beast, ultimately.  But I really wish it wasn't Epic rarity.  It'd probably be fun for folks to play around with even if it amounts to very little, but charging 400 dust for that is just rude.

Say... there might exist some kind of nasty OTK with these and Tundra Rhino.  Get some mana cost reduction, get some duplication, and attacking with three charging 9/4 Dread Raven could be pretty nasty.  Nastier than other beasts?  Maybe not, but still.

If we get more cheap Freeze effects, Chenvaala might be enough to justify Icicle being in a deck for more Apprentice cycling.

Alex might actually be enough make me consider Reno Dragon Mage as heavily as Hand Dragon Mage..

Been waiting for something like this for a long time

This card just doesn't have the synergy it needs for standard. These are all the standard pirates (Neutral and Warrior):

Southsea Deckhand, Bloodsail Corsair, Sharkfin Fan, Bloodsail Raider, Southsea Captain, Ticket Scalper, Dread Corsair, Kobold Stickyfinger and Captain Greenskin.

Unlike Rogue, Warrior doesn't have any class pirates and I don't see them being able to make a strong enough pirate deck that justifies running Ancharrr.

When Warrior gets better (or any) pirates, this card should see play. You can still use this to tutor out a Captain Greenskin or a Dread Corsair in a Hack the System deck or something similar, but those decks are not strong enough for now.

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Dire Frenzy, Shadow of Death, Faceless and Floop come to mind, but would you really waste that many deck-slots for setting it up?

Obviously not.

Its a pack filler with meme potential.