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The Keeper of the Grove Nerf was a bit harsh

Before I get flamed, I want to say that I felt the nerf was totally justified. An auto include in many, if not all druid decks, this card was pretty solid. But Keeper of the Grover was in no way "broken" enough to warrant this big of a nerf. Honestly, a 4 mana 2/4 isn't that hot of a body. Heck, it's a pretty big deterrent.

But nerfing it to a 2/2 is pretty damn harsh. A silence with a better body comes from a neutral card (Spellbreaker), with the same mana cost. Heck, Stormpike Commando has better stats for the "deal two damage" effect (albeit for 1 more mana). A 2/3 might have been justifiable, but nerfing 2 health is a lot.

All in all, this card may now never see the light of day in a competitive deck. The tempo/value it now loses for a silence is pretty awful. Even if this card appeared in all of the druid decks, that is not a justifiable reason for a nerf, as many other class cards see play in their respective classes. (Fireball, Consecrate, Mortal Coil, etc)

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