It's not the worst card in the world. A 4/4 Rush that draws a card is pretty solid and early in the game, needing to deal exactly 4 damage is not going to be that rare...
But of all of the keywords to use in this cycle, why did they pick Honorable Kill? The other two make sense since Spellburst and Corrupt were both successful and well-liked keywords, but Honorable Kill definitely wasn't.
It probably only sees play in Mech decks. We've evolved past the point where smaller Dr. Booms are not much of a problem anymore. At some point, the Mech tag might be its savior though.
It's probably not as strong as some people think it is just because it needs other cards to really get going, but it works really with Holli'dae and Shudderblock.
If Taunt Warrior sees play, then this will see play. If it doesn't, then it won't. I don't think Taunt Warrior is happening in Standard in this set, but there's always the next 2 sets.
This is an okay card. By itself it's not really enough to encourage no-minion Mage and even with the second 3-drop, you still sometimes might get screwed by the RNG and not get a good board for what you paid for.
At the very least I do appreciate the fact that the two pictures in the artwork do have some actual differences in them.
Regardless of how strong or weak the card is, I do hope that doesn't set a precedence for more cards being timed exclusives for pre-ordering. I don't want them to try this again.
It's a Swindle for Hunter, which means it's probably going to be pretty good. The fact that it only works with Beasts is a bit of a limitation, but surely Hunter can work around that.
If it's not strong now, it'll definitely be strong later. Copying Battlecries that many times is pretty nuts. Who cares about the lack of face damage when there's other really strong Battlecries to copy that can put you in just as good of a position to win the game.
I'm going to disagree what everyone and say no, this card is probably not good.
There are some decent targets for it, but the 5 damage can actually be pretty significant sometimes. Its not good with Botface since even though you get two Minis, you also put a 3/4 on the board for 5 mana. Its best Standard target at the moment is probably Factory Assemblybot (which in turn means you don't get the Mini). It also has an awkward anti-synergy with the Big Mech deck since you might end up cheating out Inventor Boom and skipping his Battlecry.
Perhaps in Wild it might see play where there's a lot of better targets for it. In Standard though, I don't think it's there yet.
This is definitely going to be the next auto-include Neutral Legendary, kinda like... the original Zilliax.
There's simply tons of different ways you can use this, although what I feel like will probably happen is that someone will find the perfect combo and then you'll encounter that same combo 90% of the time you see this card.
It can be fairly strong when it's cheat out, but even then, by the time turn 8 comes around, the 3 damage is likely not going to be that impactful anymore since it won't kill most things by itself. I'm doubtful.
Warlock is not exactly the best class in the world when it comes to spell cheating. Best case is that you're able to Coin into Bloodbloom on turn 3 and then play this. At that point in the game, your tempo loss is not significant enough to where coming back is impossible. For its intended Mana price point though, it's going to put you so far back. If you're far enough ahead to the point where you comfortably spend 8 mana do no nothing, then it seems to me that you're in a really good position already.
It's obviously meant to be used for face damage or Deathrattles. There's not that many great targets for it at the moment in Standard, but the ones we do have are pretty nice. Dropping a really cheap Playhouse Giant and copying it with this can be pretty good. It's really good with Testing Dummy and even Containment Unit seems really good with this. You can also build your own targets with it with Magnetic cards.
It's not the worst card in the world. A 4/4 Rush that draws a card is pretty solid and early in the game, needing to deal exactly 4 damage is not going to be that rare...
But of all of the keywords to use in this cycle, why did they pick Honorable Kill? The other two make sense since Spellburst and Corrupt were both successful and well-liked keywords, but Honorable Kill definitely wasn't.
It probably only sees play in Mech decks. We've evolved past the point where smaller Dr. Booms are not much of a problem anymore. At some point, the Mech tag might be its savior though.
It's probably not as strong as some people think it is just because it needs other cards to really get going, but it works really with Holli'dae and Shudderblock.
It lives and dies by Taunt Warrior.
If Taunt Warrior sees play, then this will see play. If it doesn't, then it won't. I don't think Taunt Warrior is happening in Standard in this set, but there's always the next 2 sets.
It is probably going to tried out at the very least because it is a Combustion.
But it is a bit awkward to trigger Outcast and get good value of the excess damage effect at the same time.
I'm already not looking forward to how annoying this is going to be to remove.
Which means that the card is really good.
This card seems to be being undervalued. Hunter definitely has the ability to swarm Beasts to rack up the damage with it.
This is an okay card. By itself it's not really enough to encourage no-minion Mage and even with the second 3-drop, you still sometimes might get screwed by the RNG and not get a good board for what you paid for.
At the very least I do appreciate the fact that the two pictures in the artwork do have some actual differences in them.
Remember Brass Knuckles?
This is that except a hell of a lot better. It's still a bit slow, but it might work out?
This is a cool spell that doesn't seem too broken. Could be pretty good with Frost synergy.
Regardless of how strong or weak the card is, I do hope that doesn't set a precedence for more cards being timed exclusives for pre-ordering. I don't want them to try this again.
It's a Swindle for Hunter, which means it's probably going to be pretty good. The fact that it only works with Beasts is a bit of a limitation, but surely Hunter can work around that.
If it's not strong now, it'll definitely be strong later. Copying Battlecries that many times is pretty nuts. Who cares about the lack of face damage when there's other really strong Battlecries to copy that can put you in just as good of a position to win the game.
I'm going to disagree what everyone and say no, this card is probably not good.
There are some decent targets for it, but the 5 damage can actually be pretty significant sometimes. Its not good with Botface since even though you get two Minis, you also put a 3/4 on the board for 5 mana. Its best Standard target at the moment is probably Factory Assemblybot (which in turn means you don't get the Mini). It also has an awkward anti-synergy with the Big Mech deck since you might end up cheating out Inventor Boom and skipping his Battlecry.
Perhaps in Wild it might see play where there's a lot of better targets for it. In Standard though, I don't think it's there yet.
This is definitely going to be the next auto-include Neutral Legendary, kinda like... the original Zilliax.
There's simply tons of different ways you can use this, although what I feel like will probably happen is that someone will find the perfect combo and then you'll encounter that same combo 90% of the time you see this card.
In whatever this Mech-Deathrattle deck happens to be, you definitely play this.
There are some strong Mech Deathrattles, so it definitely can happen.
It can be fairly strong when it's cheat out, but even then, by the time turn 8 comes around, the 3 damage is likely not going to be that impactful anymore since it won't kill most things by itself. I'm doubtful.
Super great board clear for slower Warlocks. Definitely going to see play.
And the flavor is really funny too.
I'm going to say no on this one.
Warlock is not exactly the best class in the world when it comes to spell cheating. Best case is that you're able to Coin into Bloodbloom on turn 3 and then play this. At that point in the game, your tempo loss is not significant enough to where coming back is impossible. For its intended Mana price point though, it's going to put you so far back. If you're far enough ahead to the point where you comfortably spend 8 mana do no nothing, then it seems to me that you're in a really good position already.
It's obviously meant to be used for face damage or Deathrattles. There's not that many great targets for it at the moment in Standard, but the ones we do have are pretty nice. Dropping a really cheap Playhouse Giant and copying it with this can be pretty good. It's really good with Testing Dummy and even Containment Unit seems really good with this. You can also build your own targets with it with Magnetic cards.
There's some really great potential here.