Bit of a weird effect that is causing confusion and being in warlock makes it more clunky, compared to if it were a paladin card. I'm sure there will be some cool combos made where this abomination will get 30+ attack and go face, but it's probably just a meme and a decent arena card.
Might be good in duels against certain decks like token DH
The only really great deathrattles in standard right now are value ones like Envoy Rustwix and Kanrethad Ebonlocke unless you want to risk death via Hullbreaker and drawing a lot of spells. I do sound like a broken record, but we need to see more decent deathrattles before this new legendary spell can be good.
Well, it's one of those usual tech cards, but damn, poor Rend Blackhand got power creeped for days. The majority of decks run a few legendries so Grimtotem Bounty Hunter will generally have a target. Only problem is waiting for said target, so most likely this will be a dead card in your hand and could've been replaced with another card that would help your win condition.
So both Vanndar and Drek'Thar have heavy deckbuilding restrictions, and you need to be worried about shuffle effects like with Envoy Rustwix. That being said, it's kinda cool inventing decks like this, coz you can get creative, for eg: Try make a big spell mage with Drek'Thar or a zoolock. Quest Paladin with Drek'Thar would probably be bad right but still fun to try all these archetypes with these 2 different legendries.
Well, after looking at all the awesome big minion decks being invented, I'm kinda wanting to play with vanndar now. Think if I remember correctly, we get both vanndar and Drek'thar at the end of the faction questlines once the expansion launches, but could be wrong.
Regardless, pretty cool thematic flavor for both legendries.
Well this card will be great to push control archetypes since any class can use it to ruin aggro boards. Only thing is it's 5 mana so you have less mana in general to spend on setting up the perfect board clear.
Well... it's more deathrattle support for all the deathrattle synergies blizzard is pushing this expansion. It's not a great deathrattle though that you'd want to trigger multiple times. Might be seen off of discover effects when there's nothing better, but right now, I'd feel bummed if I got this epic out of my packs. Why is it epic???
So this is a stall effect similar to Conjured Mirage which never saw play, coz even aggro decks can wait one turn and with Frozen Buckler, the opponent card still hit face and not loose any minions, compared to Conjured Mirage. What Frozen Buckler would be good with is another card that synergizes with lots of armor like Shield Slam and Reckless Flurry
Well, this is our first 13 mana card, so shamans can now evolve Mountain Giants into Ur'zul Giants. This Giant will be insane in Duels though so wouldn't be surprised if it's banned. Very nice support for token DH, but we need more tokens
Well, it's deathrattle support for priest and the effect is neat. Priest has access to lots of buff spells so this card can see some potential in a new deathrattle priest. Still to early to tell, but this is still insane against aggro
Pretty great hero card but I do think Dr. Boom, Mad Genius is better due to giving mechs rush. Bru'kan of the Elements is still pretty nuts and imagine the diamond version of this card 😱
Definitely incentivizes control playstyle, coz that's a lot of value in one card.
This landmark is probably one of the weaker ones, along side Snowfall Graveyard. If aggro DH wanted extra attack, they play other proactive cards than 2 mana Sow the Soil
Well this will be an auto-include in big Demon DH, that's for sure. 3/8 taunt is pretty good stall at 4 mana and demands hard removal or it'll take a few minions to get through. With all the draw DH has, it's fairly consistent that you'll get a big demon in your hand to activate the effect.
So ideally you'd want to transform into a Pit Lord or Ancient Void Hound big demon and this legendary will sure find a way into the big demon DH but it's got anti-synergy with the new Proving Grounds though. Hoping we get at least one more big demon with a flashy effect this can transform into.
Perhaps this guy is paired with Tamsin's Phylactery in a deathrattle deck of sorts? We've seen these "destroy a friendly minion" effects before in warlock like Grim Rally and EVIL Genius so maybe this guy will be good in a zoolock
Nice flavorful effect, almost reminds me of Voidfiend from duels. I'd think this card would be good in a control/Inner Fire combo priest. Shadow priest is mainly aggro, so doubt this spell will find a home there
might be played next standard rotation but right now there's not many weapon buff effects that are used in DH right now. It would be good to combo with Chaos Strike to kill a 3 health minion but other than that it won't make the cut
Bit of a weird effect that is causing confusion and being in warlock makes it more clunky, compared to if it were a paladin card. I'm sure there will be some cool combos made where this abomination will get 30+ attack and go face, but it's probably just a meme and a decent arena card.
Might be good in duels against certain decks like token DH
The only really great deathrattles in standard right now are value ones like Envoy Rustwix and Kanrethad Ebonlocke unless you want to risk death via Hullbreaker and drawing a lot of spells. I do sound like a broken record, but we need to see more decent deathrattles before this new legendary spell can be good.
Nice arena card with new expansion mechanic. Nuff said.
Well, it's one of those usual tech cards, but damn, poor Rend Blackhand got power creeped for days. The majority of decks run a few legendries so Grimtotem Bounty Hunter will generally have a target. Only problem is waiting for said target, so most likely this will be a dead card in your hand and could've been replaced with another card that would help your win condition.
So both Vanndar and Drek'Thar have heavy deckbuilding restrictions, and you need to be worried about shuffle effects like with Envoy Rustwix. That being said, it's kinda cool inventing decks like this, coz you can get creative, for eg: Try make a big spell mage with Drek'Thar or a zoolock. Quest Paladin with Drek'Thar would probably be bad right but still fun to try all these archetypes with these 2 different legendries.
Well, after looking at all the awesome big minion decks being invented, I'm kinda wanting to play with vanndar now. Think if I remember correctly, we get both vanndar and Drek'thar at the end of the faction questlines once the expansion launches, but could be wrong.
Regardless, pretty cool thematic flavor for both legendries.
Well this card will be great to push control archetypes since any class can use it to ruin aggro boards. Only thing is it's 5 mana so you have less mana in general to spend on setting up the perfect board clear.
Also watch out with Shaman, being a battlecry, you can always pair Spammy Arcanist with Brilliant Macaw
Will there be a tavern crawl for this expansion? Keep forgetting if I've commented on all the cards and if there will be site rewards for doing so.
Well... it's more deathrattle support for all the deathrattle synergies blizzard is pushing this expansion. It's not a great deathrattle though that you'd want to trigger multiple times. Might be seen off of discover effects when there's nothing better, but right now, I'd feel bummed if I got this epic out of my packs. Why is it epic???
So this is a stall effect similar to Conjured Mirage which never saw play, coz even aggro decks can wait one turn and with Frozen Buckler, the opponent card still hit face and not loose any minions, compared to Conjured Mirage. What Frozen Buckler would be good with is another card that synergizes with lots of armor like Shield Slam and Reckless Flurry
Well, this is our first 13 mana card, so shamans can now evolve Mountain Giants into Ur'zul Giants. This Giant will be insane in Duels though so wouldn't be surprised if it's banned. Very nice support for token DH, but we need more tokens
Well, it's deathrattle support for priest and the effect is neat. Priest has access to lots of buff spells so this card can see some potential in a new deathrattle priest. Still to early to tell, but this is still insane against aggro
Pretty great hero card but I do think Dr. Boom, Mad Genius is better due to giving mechs rush. Bru'kan of the Elements is still pretty nuts and imagine the diamond version of this card 😱
Definitely incentivizes control playstyle, coz that's a lot of value in one card.
This landmark is probably one of the weaker ones, along side Snowfall Graveyard. If aggro DH wanted extra attack, they play other proactive cards than 2 mana Sow the Soil
Well this will be an auto-include in big Demon DH, that's for sure. 3/8 taunt is pretty good stall at 4 mana and demands hard removal or it'll take a few minions to get through. With all the draw DH has, it's fairly consistent that you'll get a big demon in your hand to activate the effect.
So ideally you'd want to transform into a Pit Lord or Ancient Void Hound big demon and this legendary will sure find a way into the big demon DH but it's got anti-synergy with the new Proving Grounds though. Hoping we get at least one more big demon with a flashy effect this can transform into.
Perhaps this guy is paired with Tamsin's Phylactery in a deathrattle deck of sorts? We've seen these "destroy a friendly minion" effects before in warlock like Grim Rally and EVIL Genius so maybe this guy will be good in a zoolock
One of those cards where you need a deck tracker or you'll whiff
Nice flavorful effect, almost reminds me of Voidfiend from duels. I'd think this card would be good in a control/Inner Fire combo priest. Shadow priest is mainly aggro, so doubt this spell will find a home there
might be played next standard rotation but right now there's not many weapon buff effects that are used in DH right now. It would be good to combo with Chaos Strike to kill a 3 health minion but other than that it won't make the cut