Very hard to evaluate. Most likely will end up being a combo tool if anything, building an entire deck around a card that you might not draw seems quite risky otherwise.
Barring maybe some weird combo decks, this card seems outright bad to me. Weak stats for its cost and requires a lot of setup if you have certain copy targets in mind. With the cards revealed so far I can't imagine this seeing play.
Demonwrath on a decently-sized stick. The question is would you run this over it (in Wild)? Every turn counts against aggro, and I'm uncertain that the body justifies waiting another turn.
Seems strong. Now Demon Hunters don't need to choose between going face or trading as they can do both. I'd imagine this could find a home in Soul Demon Hunter, but I'm not sure what it would replace.
also vs aggro you will have hard time triggering this, while vs control you might not what the draw as much unless you are a combo deck and then it's only a card you want vs control/slow midrange decks.
I felt like I didn't like the card that much but didn't really know why. This seems like a reasonable argument
One of the best cards in the set purely thanks to the deckbuilding possibilities it opens. I'm very interested to see which classes will make the menagerie work (probably Paladin, at least, thanks to their multi-direction "class identity").
You can craft them normally after the event. But there's still plenty of time left to earn them as well. Don't forget that you can grind some quests against AI too, I've completed some of them in 1-2 matches with some targeted deckbuilding.
It's one of those cards where your mind starts to think about all the crazy combos even though the most efficient use of it will probably be 1-2 damage removal in early game. But it's naturally fun to imagine the quirky things first.
This is a really tough sell when you compare it to Libram of Hope as you are usually able to get the Libram down around turn 6-7. The only way I see Hammer of the Naaru working is with N'Zoth, God of the Deep as the best elemental option, although I'm a bit skeptical of N'Zoth's game-ending potential as I think he's the weakest of the new Old Gods.
I think Menagerie Paladin is definitely something people will try, and would expect the Hammer to be included there. N'Zoth, in my opinion, will be a powerful tempo swing at worst; I don't see him as that weak.
I feel like Token DH could become a thing if Wrathscale Naga wouldn't be one ping away from ruining most of the strategy's early/mid-game. And if Tempo/Soul Demon Hunters wouldn't be so much more efficient in their game plans. At least Blizzard tries.
Honestly, I can't figure out a combo that would make me want to run this. Overgrowth feels slow, much like Guardian Animals (although that would be a big swing, I give you that). Survival of the Fittest feels very win-more to me.
I'm also sure that I'll be proven wrong on week 1 already.
Quite often a solid cheap removal in the decks it will be included. Therefore it's viability depends on the success of Shuffle Rogue altogether.
Very hard to evaluate. Most likely will end up being a combo tool if anything, building an entire deck around a card that you might not draw seems quite risky otherwise.
I'd be surprised if this didn't become an Odd Paladin staple.
Lorewise, both Paladin legendaries seem to be "How did they get to Darkmoon Faire?"
Barring maybe some weird combo decks, this card seems outright bad to me. Weak stats for its cost and requires a lot of setup if you have certain copy targets in mind. With the cards revealed so far I can't imagine this seeing play.
I'm secretly hoping there will be a blog or something over the weekend but I admit that it's not very likely.
Demonwrath on a decently-sized stick. The question is would you run this over it (in Wild)? Every turn counts against aggro, and I'm uncertain that the body justifies waiting another turn.
Seems strong. Now Demon Hunters don't need to choose between going face or trading as they can do both. I'd imagine this could find a home in Soul Demon Hunter, but I'm not sure what it would replace.
Yep, it's the official name.
Really good card. Even in pure Dragon decks it would be a 4-mana 5/5 with Rush most of the time, in menagerie it should be even better.
It will indeed launch on November 12th (Thursday). We have two guides that should have all the available information:
Seems pretty strong. At worst it's "choose a card to draw" which definitely doesn't sound too bad. There's no way this doesn't see play, right?
I felt like I didn't like the card that much but didn't really know why. This seems like a reasonable argument
Seems pretty strong on-curve. Nice synergy with Rigged Faire Game as well, either you get the card draw or two 4/4s.
One of the best cards in the set purely thanks to the deckbuilding possibilities it opens. I'm very interested to see which classes will make the menagerie work (probably Paladin, at least, thanks to their multi-direction "class identity").
I'm quite sure it won't be in the random generation pool.
You can craft them normally after the event. But there's still plenty of time left to earn them as well. Don't forget that you can grind some quests against AI too, I've completed some of them in 1-2 matches with some targeted deckbuilding.
It's one of those cards where your mind starts to think about all the crazy combos even though the most efficient use of it will probably be 1-2 damage removal in early game. But it's naturally fun to imagine the quirky things first.
I think Menagerie Paladin is definitely something people will try, and would expect the Hammer to be included there. N'Zoth, in my opinion, will be a powerful tempo swing at worst; I don't see him as that weak.
I feel like Token DH could become a thing if Wrathscale Naga wouldn't be one ping away from ruining most of the strategy's early/mid-game. And if Tempo/Soul Demon Hunters wouldn't be so much more efficient in their game plans. At least Blizzard tries.
Honestly, I can't figure out a combo that would make me want to run this. Overgrowth feels slow, much like Guardian Animals (although that would be a big swing, I give you that). Survival of the Fittest feels very win-more to me.
I'm also sure that I'll be proven wrong on week 1 already.