dapperdog

This card is functionally awesome in theory, but is probably impossible to use.

You'd have to draw this card, play it, then it guarantees a certain card being your next draw, which 90% of the time on curve means …

This is just a good, fair card, which in many cases is completely outclassed by [card]glide[/card] as the supreme fk you to your opponent's face.

Otherwise, not really that impressive, honestly. And I'm okay with that.

Probably see …

This is perhaps a better way of doing disruption, instead of its much more infamous cousin [card]glide[/card]. Having a small chance of losing a key card can be devastating, but at the same time its just one card, instead of …

In some ways its actually worse than [card]consume magic[/card] or [card]ironbeak owl[/card], since it gets walled by taunts . Whether this is playable will depend highly on the meta, but its honestly not an impressive card worth much attention.

A straight up silence effect that also requires this to make a suicide dive most of the time.

Probably playable, mostly because playing [card]ironbeak owl[/card] is much worse. It does get walled by taunts though

Moving on.

Probably want to add something like [card]cobalt spellkin[/card] for additional spells to work the author with.

[card]Diligent notetaker[/card] for more spells. Maybe there is something in the author after all, but probably not in quest shaman. I might just …

But if your deck is not filled with battlecry minions but instead with spells to trigger this guy, what are you going to do with the quest reward?

Its captain [card]greenskin[/card], but with some upsides. It has rush, can trigger multiple times (assuming it survives), and can be copied for a double trigger, crucial things greenskin can't do.

But if your opponent's control, then this 50% of …

Can any deck truly justify a deckslot for this poor thing?

I think not.

Maybe rogue, maybe paladin, maybe priest. But more likely in the collection collecting dust it goes.

[card]Elven archer[/card]. Play a spell and [card]elven archer[/card] again.

Its strong enough, but its perhaps only truly strong in rogue where cheap spells are not very far.

Unfortunately, rogue doesn't really need this card, so its next best …

Its basically [card]captain greenskin[/card] but better since it has rush and if this survives then that's another free swing. Has some synergies with [card]playmaker[/card], but [card]bloodsworn mercenary[/card] can usually do the same. Of course, if there's no enemies on board …

Its not really that bad, honestly. You made some worthy points, and I will add that even control decks rarely have more than 5 cards when facing down tempo dhunters. If you're not playing cards every turn against dhunters, chances …

*Sigh

if only the preorders weren't so god smackingly expensive in my country.

If only this didn't have negative synergy with [card]kanrethad prime[/card], it would have been perfect.

But there's still stuff this can do with [card]enhanced dreadlord[/card], so there's potential here somewhere. Maybe there would be better big demons down the …

I'd rather play for an early [card]kanrethad prime[/card] than stick with this card. Especially given that [card]felosophy[/card] is absolutely crazy with the prime.

if youre that worried about a possible warlock meta, let me assure you that as long as [card]glide[/card] still exist, the only warlock deck that can pass without you tearing your hair out would be zoo.

Its interesting, but the cost is too high, and unlike the much better [card]kathrena winterwisp[/card], it does not guard against board clears, so most likely you summon two demons which will immediately face a board wipe, depriving you of value.

too bad [card]bloodsworn mercenary[/card] still exist in standard.

Oh well, there's always next year.

Maybe blizz is hiding some ridiculously overpowered rush minion somewhere down the line, but even then Id rate bloodsworn merc higher than this.

Great card but just not enough good rush minions to justify its use. At its best, this one will somehow survive turn 3 to unleash a double [card]restless mummy[/card] or maybe even [card]kargath bladefist[/card], but honestly in my respects its …

But that also means you're sacrificing tempo for value. Probably not that good in zoo, in my opinion.