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So this is it, the entire set's payoff and its a highlander card.

A shame really. Because that practically limits all the dragon cards to be seen only in highlander decks. While it is true that this card is a standalone that can function in highlander even without the dragon support, the same cannot be said of the reverse …

Its the sort of card that would be OP outside of druid, but because it is a druid card Id have to say this card is contentious.

If some how a midrange dragon druid can actually see play next expansion this card is excellent. Outside of that, it'll never see any play.

Such a shame seeing team5 ramp …

Very likely shit.

Aggro druid usually has tons of 2 drops already so this really doesnt do much other than give you an additional option, and a 1/2 on one is, while not necessarily bad, isnt as good as it was years back.

The bar has reached higher levels these days. Unless there's a spell druid somewhere, you'd …

Your payoff for actually playing midrange dragons in your druid deck.

Is this good? Of course it is. Is the dragon deck gonna be good? Well, that Im not sure. Druid relying on minions hasnt worked since DoD, and that's largely down to cards like [card]embiggen[/card]. Fingers crossed a dragon druid deck can actually work without the usual single …

Without seeing the full extent of the reveals and judging based on the available cards currently, this card is shit.

You'd need a hand with at least 4 dragons for this to be even remotely worth it and since its not a spell this card cant be discounted naturally (unless you know, they print one this expansion, and Id …

Such a shame that [card]scale of onyxia[/card] is no longer in standard.

Its one of those cards that will be good by virtue of the fact that Im 100% sure team5 is going to support this. The fact that this absolute monster has three very important keywords and allows for mana cheating is a sign telling druid mains to …

Love the druid set theme.

But lets be real. There has better be either a massive board based buff for dragons still yet to be revealed, or something that allows massive mana cheating related to dragons or these cards simply wont see any play.

This is where we're at with druid. They either dominate or get dominated. All …

This, team5, is the problem with your idea of a sludgelock deck.

You print several cards that get better when this card is played but this is only 2 out of 30 cards in your deck. So you build your entire deck around two of a piece and call it synergy?

I would have preferred if all these …

This is the kind of "lol, 4 mana 7/7" moments that we all know and love.

Unfortunately, this is 2023 and in this era even a 4 mana 8/8 is no longer considered good enough to suffer through its conditions, and this card comes with one major problem indeed. Fair enough its only destroying cards from the bottom of …

Its not very good but the whole idea is for this card to be discarded/destroyed and never played on its own.

So the question is whether it is possible for this card to be discarded/destroyed with any consistency? My guess is no. There's at present no many discard cards and none of them presents a consistent method of discarding …

Personally I think the card is shit. Its the kind of thing that can only ever be good if you do some convoluted mexican hat dance so the card wont screw you.

The whole idea is of course to discard the sludges but what if you dont have any sludge at the bottom, will you risk it all and …

Its really not good. But if youre gonna play this is entirely because it puts a barrel into your deck's bottom.

Personally I think this card is bait. Unless youre playing aggro your opponent would likely manipulate this card to either overdraw you or to fill your deck with so much trash that when shuffled instantly makes your deck …

The only good thing about it is that excavates, so you'll play this entirely for that reason alone. The nice stat and taunt is a bonus, though a good one at that.

It'll see play in excavatelock, because there's really no other reason to play this vanilla minion in your deck otherwise.

Its an excavate card so it'll see play if excavate warlock is playable.

That's about it really. The main factor is indeed just to trigger more excavate, because you're probably aiming to get to [card]the azerite snake[/card] as soon as possible. Screw the card, its main function is for a higher purpose, and thus even if its effect is …

Personally I think this card is a miss because at current moment of writing there's just no good fel spells. Ironically had this card came out during alterac it would at very least be an impactful card, over the many fel spells that were introduced then.

But will this card see play? Probably yes, because lifesteal is a keyword …

Its practically [card]soulciologist malicia[/card] in all but name. Bizarrely this card has less stats by 1. Is that extra health and attack really that OP team5?

So, there's no real reason to review cards like these. Its gonna see play if excavate sees play. No reason not to play it, especially since you'll likely need that board swing option …

Boost the health and then team5 has to now design cards around it and inevitably the same result will come off.

Renathal was the first true exception whereby additional health are granted on an optional basis and we already seen the effects of renathal in the game. Suddenly aggro decks can sustain entire matches without ever running out of …

Far as I know [card]mortal coil[/card] is that card you put in your deck because you dont have other cards to put in.

Its not that great these days. You'd be better off playing [card]tour guide[/card] 90% of the time.

The stealth is really what makes this card good.

Only downside is that its contending the same position as [card]awakening tremors[/card], which is better against control. But I would still say its a more optimal card in most situations.

Its mostly a good card off random generation/discovers. On its own its kinda weak, very matchup dependent. There's simply no reason for hunter to tech in single removal unless the meta turns to turn 4 giants again.

But of course, if youre playing highlander this card can be contentious for a place. Because its really not bad just too …