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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 1 week ago

    It could be a neat tool for Reno Paladin, but I don't really see this as a serious tool for real decks.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    In a vacuum, this is better than Carnivorous Cube - but of course neither card exists in a vacuum and the Cube had way more ways to trigger/abuse its Deathrattle. Changing it to at the end of each turn makes this a must-kill minion if it ate something really big. Basically, if you don't have an answer you should probably concede - but maybe you should think about having an answer.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This seems really strong for Tourist DH. All you need is either to attack into a minion or cast Nightshade Tea and you get two 4/3s for 3. Strong tempo, good for an aggressive deck, might make it worth Pirate DH's time to splash into Priest.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    I'm not sure what to think. The buff side feels weak, but the removal/Silence could be very strong against high value minions like Titans and Deathrattles. Could be worth running in slower Priest decks.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Dealing 4 damage to a minion for 2 isn't so great that's its worth the drawback of mucking up your next draw but maybe you try to do something interesting with Umpire's Grasp. This is unlikely to see play.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Good for self-damage DH or an aggressive deck that doesn't care about its own life total. If it sees play it would be for its self damage synergies, methinks.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    New Umpire's Grasp target? This is interesting but with the target being random, for the most part, I don't think it'll see a ton of play.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Milhouse stats, and the drawback is nowhere near as bad as Milhouse's, and in some situations (Fortunes, Twilight Medium, Outcast (in DH)) it might actually be upside. Solid card, has some cool synergies in slower decks and might be a good card for aggro decks too.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Every other card Mage has gotten is for Big Spells, but this clearly is for a faster, cheaper Burn Mage or Tempo Mage style deck. The drawback isn't too terrible if you're in a deck that's looking to end the game quickly. I don't think that kind of deck is going to exist for Mage in the near future, but maybe we'll see this in future metas.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    It's fine. This probably exists mainly as a target for cost reduction, but even then you're looking at other, more interesting spells to reduce the cost of. This just makes a board, and that board isn't likely to be very good.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This is really fun for Big Spell Mage and it's even better than that thanks to the Rogue Tourist - now the deck can run Metal Detector to get Coins and swap it for a Tsunami or Sunset Volley. Cool card, could have potential. (My favorite combo would be to play this to get a 0 Mana Sunset Volley, play the 0 Mana Sunset Volley, then follow up with a Conniving Conman for another Sunset Volley)

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This is just Academic Espionage (and it's probably worse, since it guarantees you a card from classes like Warlock and Warrior, whose cards, for the most part, are very good for Rogue even if they cost 1). I'm a little annoyed because, as I said, this is literally another card that already exists. We run out of ideas? Maybe there's a meme Rogue deck that uses Sonya Waterdancer to shuffle a bunch of cards into the deck and uses Knickknack Shack to draw them out but if that kind of strategy was good I think we would have seen it in Wild because, again, this card already 100% exists.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Weird. I'm kind of intrigued by its potential, but the effect is so strange I'm having trouble wrapping my head around what kind of deck would want to run this (and it's not like Rogue is hurting for draw effects).

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hello there, 4-Cost spell, let me introduce you to your new best friends: Sandbox Scoundrel and Sonya Waterdancer. (It's a good thing Tidepool pupil got nerfed, otherwise that would probably have been a fairly reliable OTK). By itself, a 4 Mana spell to give your Weapon +2/+2 is not so good, but with the class's current tools I think we could actually see a deck built around this card.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This is... intriguing. The cost reduction is probably the most interesting thing, but would likely require a deck built in a restrictively specific way. I'm not a fan of that kind of restriction in creativity (it might also force players to play suboptimally just to get that reduction, which is not worth jumping through too many hoops) so we might see this as a meme OTK enabler but otherwise I'm not expecting to see it around.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    I'm sure there's a fun meme that uses this card (and we should never forget that Dorian exists, so the Cost of Dungar doesn't necessarily matter). I like that this card exists because it gives brewers the flexibility to try wacky things that just weren't possible before. I don't know any specific combos, but it'll be cool to see what people come up with.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    I'll be honest, I was intrigued by the Hunter tourist at first. However, unless there's something else for Hunter coming down the pipe I don't really see anything that Shaman might be interested in except maybe the Location that reduces the Cost of Battlecry cards. Still, there's nothing stopping Shaman from just running this card in a Battlecry or Elemental deck - it seems pretty good for those.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Yeah, the Dalaran half is the only one that matters. My guess is that, when it's cast, it's Dalaran Brochure 90% of the time and a misclick another 5% of the time. So Dalaran Brochure is effecitvely pay 4 and get 2 Mana refunded while tutoring a pair of spells. Maybe if you're a Druid deck that runs only a few minions you use it for Un'Goro, but there are better ways to tutor minions.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This is a decent 3-Drop Beast. It's not incredible, but it's a little sticky and leaves behind two bodies, which might matter for Saddle Up or Zilliax reasons. I like it, but I don't expect it to be in every deck.

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    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    I legitimately don't know what the point of this card is. Why is it a Hunter card? is my first question. It's a Beast, sure, but it has Taunt and gives you Coins? Is there a reason a Hunter would run a 5-Cost Beast just to get a couple of Coins potentially? This card is confusing and probably not very good.