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anchorm4n

Harbinger of Winter
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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Very complicated way to clear a board, but why not. The cost might be another issue, so I tend to give this a rating on the lower end of the spectrum.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Give me one reason not to insta-dust every copy I get of this card. It literally asks you not to put it into your deck. Super weird design.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    This looked bad on reveal, but the DK location alone could make it viable. Since there's a high chance this will be a free card on the reward track, I don't mind potentially wasting an epic slot for this.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    I wuldn't be surprised if this saw a lot of play in a variety of decks as the 30th card. Most of the amulets are quite good and their phonies are quite bad. You can also mess around with their hand space and make them burn a card.

     

    The phonies are bad versions of the amulets:

    Summon a random 4-Cost minion and give it Taunt -> It can't attack.

    Restore 12 Health to your Hero -> Then take 6 damage.

    Draw 3 cards -> Discard 2 of them!

    Take control of an enemy minion until the end of your turn -> it has 1 Attack this turn

    Reduce the Cost of all cards in your hand by (1) -> Except for spells

    get 3 random legendary cards -> Then transform them into commons

    Deal 6 damage -> to a minion

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Strong card if you don't actually have to play it. I don't see many options to cheat it out in Standard right now, but let's wait and see until the Hunter set is revealed.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    This one is so good, it might actually find a home in Wild Pirate Rogue. 4 health is great for 2 Mana and boardflood is what we want to do anyway. I'll definitely try this!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Difficult nut to crack. I've piloted Wild Pirate Rogue to legend 6 or 7 times and from that point of view, I'd say it's probably too expensive. The jump from 2 to 3 Mana is a significant one and your best shot would be going second, creating a board with a 1 cost Pirate, Parachute Brigand(s) and patches and coin this out on 2. By that point your opponent would have to skip 2 of their turns for this to work out so it's just a win more card.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    One more pack filler. This won't see any play outside of niche stuff. Maaaaaaybe DK wants to toy around with it as it fuels Slippery Slope and activates Snow Shredder

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    I'm not convinced yet. I'd buy it at 2 Mana, but 3 is a no for me. Just run the egg itself and buff it or trigger its Deathrattle with other stuff at this point.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Another pack filler. Unique effect and all, but that discover pool is just way too big to risk running this.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Pack filler. There are very specific circumstances where this works well, but I'd never put that thing in a deck on purpose.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Interesting combination of deathrattle and taunt. I doubt it's very good since you're opponent more often than not gets to decide when the effect triggers, but it might find a home in some decks.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    There's a Wild Aggro Druid deck that loves this. You want 1 Cost Pirates anyway and your goal is to flood the board and buff the shit out of your minions. This keeping all those buffs is amazing value (think: Composting, Mark of the Wild, etc.)

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Yes Blizzard, I do regret dusting my signature Skarr. Please keep rubbing that in on every possible occasion. (Nice stats, nice effect that gets delayed unfortunately but only hits the correct side of the board and goes face)

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Nah, I'm not sold. Even if you manage to build a board with it, do you really expect to win that way? Sure, Divine Shield is great for trading, but who even trades these days anymore?

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    I agree, that's a kinda weird and weak effect for the poster boy of the whole expansion. The other alternative is that Big Spell Mage is really coming together and way stronger than we're all assuming it to be. King Tide and Millhouse would make for a very cool duo :D

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    That's another card I don't expect to be hard run in a lot of decks, but it's an interesting discover card. You can use this offensively or defensively and the flavor is almost 100%. The signature art looks amazing!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Very versatile, nice card. It would reaaaaally good if it had a Spell School. As it is, I'm not sure which deck would want to hard run this... We'll see.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    I do not like RNG heavy cards. I wouldn't rule out Big Spell Mage coming together sooner or later though and this one might play a role in that deck. Maybe some people will finally be able to make use of their signature Millhouse!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    No immediate impact and only usable in one specific archetype or it's just not worth it. Let's just say I'm not a fan, even though the art is funny.