FortyDust

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YAWN. 

Boring effect and Nocturne dies to a lot of stuff. 

Did you say the same thing about [runecard]Miss Fortune[/runecard] and [runecard]Twisted Fate[/runecard]?

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I think it will be 3x for Nocturne decks. I'm less certain about other SI decks--e.g., would Endure rather have this card or just another minion?

Would Endure like to have a …

Almost not worth playing pre-flip, but after, it's basically a flipped-Ashe threat level.

Thank the gods it's not "when you summon a unit," or [runecard]Haunted Relic[/runecard] would be the end of everyone.

I'm not in love with the …

Probably intended as a Nightfall trigger, but its applications are so much broader. For example, it makes [runecard]Risen Mists[/runecard] even scarier.

"Mistwraiths are great! Fearsome isn't that OP."

A FEW WEEKS LATER: "Uh, guys, I think we have to nerf Mistwraiths."

A FEW MONTHS LATER: "Mistwraiths are great! Fearsome isn't that OP. Let's give the players Mistwraiths at Burst …

Broken. Ephemerals are now S-rank. Will need an immediate nerf.

At least you can't get a Champion, but there are plenty of followers that make this thing crazy.

Often better than [runecard]Vile Feast[/runecard] unless you care about spiders. Nightfall units aren't great, but a card's a card. (And if you have the mana to play the unit immediately, you've already got the trigger.)

Then again, you have …

Nocturne is just OK, but everything else is bonkers! Burst-speed Mistwraith is terrifying.

To play devil's advocate for a sec (and I don't entirely buy into what I'm about to say):

We all know playtesting is a thing. Riot surely put their weird Behold deck up against existing meta decks to make …

I dunno, I think 1 mana cheaper than Scarmaiden is pretty nice. I think everyone's really overestimating the challenge inherent in Behold.

All you're doing by keeping an 8-cost card in your mulligan is accepting the likelihood of early-game …

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I think this is the best from the bunch revealed today, draining 2 with a 2 mana body and potential nightfall synergies (nocturne is gonna …

There's a difference between "bad" and "meta-dependent."

Also, sometimes you can afford to make a little tech trade-off. If your deck is already super-strong against decks that don't summon(where this is dead or inefficient), it's probably fine to include …

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I think this is the best from the bunch revealed today, draining 2 with a 2 mana body and potential nightfall synergies (nocturne is gonna have either a similar effect to the horse revealed or …

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The main weakness I see is that Encroaching Shadows also effects champions. Currently, even champions like Hecarim would usually prefer to not have +2|+2 and Ephemeral.

Easily remedied, and something people already …

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what does include the sentence "summoned but not played"?

Effects like [runecard]The Rekindler[/runecard] or [runecard]Dawn and Dusk[/runecard].

Smells like a meme generator, but it can be tutored, so you might be able to consistently apply multiple copies to create an extremely threatening situation.

I can see it being paired with Elusives.

LOVE IT.

A solid answer to Rekindler and D&D cheese. Thank you, Riot!

Balanced 1-drop, which means you'll use it if it suits the deck, but it's definitely not an auto-include.

Fairly weak, BUT the Nightfall effect gives Shadow Isles another source of Nexus burn, which some decks will love.

Overall kinda so-so, but will probably see some play.

Literal garbage. One of the worst 5-drops in the game.