It's too bad this on 5 mana lines up perfectly with triple Warpath on 6 mana, not to mention Earthquake a turn later...
Overall, shamans seem to be the big winners for this expansion: excellent removal/neutralization with Plague of Murlocs and Earthquake, and a powerful quest (Corrupt the Waters) which synergizes with existing cards (Sludge Slurperand the lackeys) and new ones (Weaponized Wasp).
They keep pushing deathrattles for rogues (Class Identity post from a few weeks ago, the spellstone from K&C), yet they have ZERO deathrattle minions in the Classic set. This means they have to completely rely on minions from expansions to build on that theme, yet there hasn't been useful/powerful deathrattle rogue minions since Streets of Gadgetzan.
Lore-wise, I also don't see why deathrattles would be linked to rogues over other classes. Stealth or even Mechs (by relating to using tools to opening locks or arming/disarming traps) would seem a much better fit.
This might be the first "minion based attack" that bypasses taunt at a targeted minion instead of at random. However, I put that in quotes because it's still a spell attack, even though it summons four 1/1s to carryout the attack. Think of it more like if Swipe could only damage a targeted minion for 4, but it summoned a 1/1 for each damage of overkill. That's kind of what this card is.
Actually, it might be better to think of it as a distant cousin of Imp-losion: It does direct damage, but in some circumstances, you'll get some 1/1s left over.
It's too bad this on 5 mana lines up perfectly with triple Warpath on 6 mana, not to mention Earthquake a turn later...
Overall, shamans seem to be the big winners for this expansion: excellent removal/neutralization with Plague of Murlocs and Earthquake, and a powerful quest (Corrupt the Waters) which synergizes with existing cards (Sludge Slurperand the lackeys) and new ones (Weaponized Wasp).
They keep pushing deathrattles for rogues (Class Identity post from a few weeks ago, the spellstone from K&C), yet they have ZERO deathrattle minions in the Classic set. This means they have to completely rely on minions from expansions to build on that theme, yet there hasn't been useful/powerful deathrattle rogue minions since Streets of Gadgetzan.
Lore-wise, I also don't see why deathrattles would be linked to rogues over other classes. Stealth or even Mechs (by relating to using tools to opening locks or arming/disarming traps) would seem a much better fit.
Amazing card generation value, with two VERY big downsides:
- Negative tempo
- Does nothing against the no. 1 deck, Cyclone Mage
As such, I fear this card will be irrelevant in most situations. All it does is dilute the pool of useful spells for hunters.
This might be the first "minion based attack" that bypasses taunt at a targeted minion instead of at random. However, I put that in quotes because it's still a spell attack, even though it summons four 1/1s to carryout the attack. Think of it more like if Swipe could only damage a targeted minion for 4, but it summoned a 1/1 for each damage of overkill. That's kind of what this card is.
Actually, it might be better to think of it as a distant cousin of Imp-losion: It does direct damage, but in some circumstances, you'll get some 1/1s left over.