Needs the Corruption to be worth it, I think. Priest certainly has the stalling ability to make it happen, but does it really matter that much once you get it online? It looks amazing, but I worry it might end up playing a bit too clunky.
Loved seeing the Shaman OTK with this. Don't know if its a competitively viable deck, but the fact that the combo pieces also help control the board is quite scary.
Cool card with DK Jaina. Deal 12 dmg, heal for 12.
Oh, I hadn't even considered that. I love this card now! DK Jaina was always quite fun to play with, especially when you got a big health swing like with Ragnaros or Baron Geddon.
If I open this guy up I'll definitely be trying him out - I love a good direction setting card, and Warrior certainly has those this expansion. Mostly I just want to know what we're calling it - I'm partial to Whatley Warrior for the alliteration, but Ringmaster Warrior is a tad more generic if they keep updating it. Feels different enough from Menagerie that it needs its own name.
Echoing what others have said, while this is a good card I don't know that it's exactly what Demon Hunters want right now. They already have really well tuned lists for Standard, and trying to fit another weapon into them doesn't seem wise. I also wouldn't want to removed cards like Marrowslicer or Aldrachi Warblades for this.
It's a good draw engine for any deck running Secrets. I'm not excited by it, since I prefer the more random side of Mage, but it does its job very well and I wouldn't be surprised to see it in Standard.
I'll just wait for the people cleverer than me to tell me the broken combo I should be doing with this - probably in Wild, where such things usually lurk.
I don't think you want this clogging your mech pool in a Menagerie Warrior. Ringmaster Warrior? Is that what we'll call this? Whatley Warrior? Anyway, yeah, the effect isn't good enough for those decks, and other Warriors probably don't want it either. Cute addition to like, a weird Highlander Dr. Boom, Mad Genius deck in Wild I guess.
This'll see a fair amount of play. It's nothing mindblowing, but as everyone has already said Dyn-o-matic was a good card and this is too. It does lose out some by not being able to have any sort of board if you want consistency, but I think it makes up for it in the low cost.
Ivory Knight was bad because the decent effect it had was stuck to a 4/4 body, shoving it at way too high a mana cost. The few times you get all Secrets with this will suck, but there are also some really good spells to hit with it, especially later in the game when you can play them the same turn.
You definitely run this just for the great tempo swings, even if you aren't planning on having big combos like Kronx Dragonhoof in your deck.
I don't think anyone here has made the mistake, but to reiterate because you saw a lot of it if you checked other (less clever than us, clearly =P) places - you aren't doing a Malygos combo with this. It doesn't work. Remove that idea from your mind.
You'd think this would be good, but look at a Demon Hunter list and tell me what card you're cutting for this. Being a decent card just isn't enough when it comes to that class, which already has great healing and damage output.
Maybe if Demon Hunter had some sort of Spell Damage focus at some point in the future this would see play. As-is you might see it from random generation - a poor option from Wandmaker, though I suppose not the worst you could get.
I think a lot of people underestimate this card because they immediately look to how much value they can get from the Deathrattle. By itself it's a 5 mana 4/6 Taunt, which is not a bad card at all. The fact that it could be a recurring problem for your opponent is practically just bonus - a fantastic bonus, but not by any means the only thing you should be focusing on.
I love Secrets, so any more added to the pool is a great addition to the game for me. I'm not convinced this is actually that good a card, but it being a Secret will at least force your opponent into awkward situations as they try to play around whatever other Secrets it could be too, which makes it a far, far better card than Sanctuary was.
Yes, this was confirmed by Celestalon on Twitter here! In that example he's talking about the other way around, but explains that yes, it's whatever the current mana cost of a card is that matters for Corruption purposes.
He also confirmed that when a card Corrupts it won't lose any buffs or mana cost reductions, so no fear there!
Beyond everything else, I just love the blatant and direct reference to Trample from MtG. I love when they just unashamedly embrace the influences they've had from other games.
This is cute, but I don't think it's that amazing. I'd rather be running more minions to contest the board with than be wasting some mana buffing a couple of Beasts in my hand. Happy to be wrong, but I just don't see it.
You're never going to want to play this. Honestly, I'm not even sure you want to run this in Arena, the downside is just far too big - you can't even remove the advantage you give your opponent easily like with cards that summon minions for them.
You might be able to have some fun with it in an all-in Mill deck, but even then this is not a good card.
I love this minion for the statline alone - 2 mana 1/5 is such a neat combination, and we got two this expansion! Don't know that it'll see play due to an atypically nonaggressive statline for a Hunter card, but I love it just the same.
Needs the Corruption to be worth it, I think. Priest certainly has the stalling ability to make it happen, but does it really matter that much once you get it online? It looks amazing, but I worry it might end up playing a bit too clunky.
Loved seeing the Shaman OTK with this. Don't know if its a competitively viable deck, but the fact that the combo pieces also help control the board is quite scary.
Oh, I hadn't even considered that. I love this card now! DK Jaina was always quite fun to play with, especially when you got a big health swing like with Ragnaros or Baron Geddon.
If I open this guy up I'll definitely be trying him out - I love a good direction setting card, and Warrior certainly has those this expansion. Mostly I just want to know what we're calling it - I'm partial to Whatley Warrior for the alliteration, but Ringmaster Warrior is a tad more generic if they keep updating it. Feels different enough from Menagerie that it needs its own name.
Echoing what others have said, while this is a good card I don't know that it's exactly what Demon Hunters want right now. They already have really well tuned lists for Standard, and trying to fit another weapon into them doesn't seem wise. I also wouldn't want to removed cards like Marrowslicer or Aldrachi Warblades for this.
It's a good draw engine for any deck running Secrets. I'm not excited by it, since I prefer the more random side of Mage, but it does its job very well and I wouldn't be surprised to see it in Standard.
I'll just wait for the people cleverer than me to tell me the broken combo I should be doing with this - probably in Wild, where such things usually lurk.
I don't think you want this clogging your mech pool in a Menagerie Warrior. Ringmaster Warrior? Is that what we'll call this? Whatley Warrior? Anyway, yeah, the effect isn't good enough for those decks, and other Warriors probably don't want it either. Cute addition to like, a weird Highlander Dr. Boom, Mad Genius deck in Wild I guess.
This'll see a fair amount of play. It's nothing mindblowing, but as everyone has already said Dyn-o-matic was a good card and this is too. It does lose out some by not being able to have any sort of board if you want consistency, but I think it makes up for it in the low cost.
Ivory Knight was bad because the decent effect it had was stuck to a 4/4 body, shoving it at way too high a mana cost. The few times you get all Secrets with this will suck, but there are also some really good spells to hit with it, especially later in the game when you can play them the same turn.
Oh, I so want to play dumb Deathrattle decks with this card. I don't think she'll ever be amazing, but I just love the idea of her.
You definitely run this just for the great tempo swings, even if you aren't planning on having big combos like Kronx Dragonhoof in your deck.
I don't think anyone here has made the mistake, but to reiterate because you saw a lot of it if you checked other (less clever than us, clearly =P) places - you aren't doing a Malygos combo with this. It doesn't work. Remove that idea from your mind.
You'd think this would be good, but look at a Demon Hunter list and tell me what card you're cutting for this. Being a decent card just isn't enough when it comes to that class, which already has great healing and damage output.
Maybe if Demon Hunter had some sort of Spell Damage focus at some point in the future this would see play. As-is you might see it from random generation - a poor option from Wandmaker, though I suppose not the worst you could get.
I think a lot of people underestimate this card because they immediately look to how much value they can get from the Deathrattle. By itself it's a 5 mana 4/6 Taunt, which is not a bad card at all. The fact that it could be a recurring problem for your opponent is practically just bonus - a fantastic bonus, but not by any means the only thing you should be focusing on.
I love Secrets, so any more added to the pool is a great addition to the game for me. I'm not convinced this is actually that good a card, but it being a Secret will at least force your opponent into awkward situations as they try to play around whatever other Secrets it could be too, which makes it a far, far better card than Sanctuary was.
Yes, this was confirmed by Celestalon on Twitter here! In that example he's talking about the other way around, but explains that yes, it's whatever the current mana cost of a card is that matters for Corruption purposes.
He also confirmed that when a card Corrupts it won't lose any buffs or mana cost reductions, so no fear there!
Beyond everything else, I just love the blatant and direct reference to Trample from MtG. I love when they just unashamedly embrace the influences they've had from other games.
This is cute, but I don't think it's that amazing. I'd rather be running more minions to contest the board with than be wasting some mana buffing a couple of Beasts in my hand. Happy to be wrong, but I just don't see it.
You're never going to want to play this. Honestly, I'm not even sure you want to run this in Arena, the downside is just far too big - you can't even remove the advantage you give your opponent easily like with cards that summon minions for them.
You might be able to have some fun with it in an all-in Mill deck, but even then this is not a good card.
I love this minion for the statline alone - 2 mana 1/5 is such a neat combination, and we got two this expansion! Don't know that it'll see play due to an atypically nonaggressive statline for a Hunter card, but I love it just the same.