Very niche. Could be used in a combo deck, or in aggressive decks playing slow decks that run big Taunts with a lot of Health. Probably something that could be done with Augmented Porcupine and its ilk.
Could be neat if you need to disrupt a Combo deck (btw, lines up nicely with Efficient Octo-bot), otherwise it doesn't feel like it should be any good in tempo decks unless they care a lot about Stealth and don't want to run the dozens of other Stealth minions in Standard.
This could be really scary in handbuff decks (I'm thinking Paladin, specifically thanks to Bolvar). This probably has a chance to be the best 2-Drop in Arena, and I think there's a good chance it finds a home somewhere in Standard. Is it a bit of a win-more? Sure, but it's not just win-more, it's win-a-lot-more.
Good for handbuff decks, good for Taunt decks. IT's a solid Taunt minion that gives you more Taunt minions, which makes it great with Glory Chaser. I don't think Taunt Warrior is likely to be stronger than Quest (at least, not right now) but it could be a fun time if you're tired of jamming the very best decks.
Yeah, shuffle some stuff. Cool. Has synergy with Fel spell stuff, I think, but otherwise it's a bit of a Tempo loss for some 3/3s that show up eventually. Maybe it's good, I'm just not a fan personally.
This is a very good card for Tempo Shaman decks. Unlike Cult Neophyte, your opponent can't wait out its effect: they have to spend two more Mana on their next spell (regardless of when) if you can trigger the HK. If Elemental Shaman can find enough other card draw to replace Primal Dungeoneer, I think this card should be included in those decks.
That's a very large minion, and let's be honest: You probably aren't triggering its HK very often. So it's an OK 8/8 with Rush, likely only going to see play in decks that are playing it with ways to either discount it Cost or get it into play early.
This could be decent against swarm decks, except most minions have more than 1 Health, so unless you've got some way to deal that extra damage this probably won't cut it in a Control deck. Now, if we're talking about using this in a Tempo deck to beat other Tempo decks, maybe you've got something there. Probably a bit too niche, but I could see it working.
Slow Whirlwind. I don't see this as a Control tool, what I'm looking at this for is Frenzy Warrior. Triggering your Frenzy minions while playing them on curve is pretty powerful, not to mention that it synergizes with Frothing Berserker. It might be a fun time for that sort of deck.
Probably something busted that you can do with this, but it requires a few too many moving pieces for me come up with it on the fly. If this doesn't speak some awful OTK into existence, it likely won't see play.
This card sucks, but only because Warlock doesn't have any good expensive Fel spells right now. I expect that will change in the near future, so I will definitely be keeping my eye on him for future expansions.
Good for both value and tempo. If you're looking to draw a specific weapon this could do a lot of work in decks that don't run the Quest. I'd say it's pretty likely that the HK gets triggered on curve, but even if it doesn't you've still got what is a very solid Rush minion.
Unless it's needed for a deck that cares about Stealth minions, I don't think this makes the cut in serious decks. Maybe Handbuff decks could run it, but there are already a number of 2 Cost Stealth minions that could have seen play in Handbuff decks but don't. The upside just isn't that impactful.
Dark Skies, except you don't have to do nothing for a few turns to get it going. It's definitely a lot more fun to play against as an aggro player, since you know exactly what the damage break point is Think this probably makes it into slower Warlock decks that need early answers against swarming boards.
I think this is very likely to see play in aggressive decks that run a lot of 1 and 0 Cost cards and can reliably get him out for very little mana very early in the game. Druid especially springs to mind with Innervate and Lightning Bloom, but Hunter has Devouring Swarm and Rogue has Shadowstep and Backstab, so there are a lot of decks that can get him out early and often.
Works really well with an Egg Warlock. Disciplinarian Gandling hasn't seen a lot of play in Zoo, but maybe not that there's another acrd with his same ability it gives Warlock enough of a reason to build an Egg Zoo around Gandling and the Graveyard.
I think we've already seen that, at the very least, deckbuilders are very willing to experiment with this card. There are a variety of ways to abuse its Deathrattle, and to discount its Cost so you can get it into play earlier, so we're at least going to see this in a number of meme decks even if no one ever finds a reliable one.
Very defensive Taunt. Almost too defensive. If aggro is a big part of the Meta, maybe there are some Control decks that need this minion to stay alive? My only thought is that Taunt Handbuff Warrior might be OK with running this Taunt minion.
Big Handbuff payoff? The class I'm really look at this is Rogue, but that feels a bit too slow for what I'm envisioning. I don't think this will make it into any serious decks without some amount of mana cheat or the ability to summon it directly from the deck.
So it's one-sided Hellfire that costs 1 more, but only if you hit a Fel spell. I guess I could see it. It feels like Warlock has a few too many good Shadow spells to contort their decks in order to meet a pretty mediocre ceiling, but maybe Fel Warlock is just what the meta needs.
Very niche. Could be used in a combo deck, or in aggressive decks playing slow decks that run big Taunts with a lot of Health. Probably something that could be done with Augmented Porcupine and its ilk.
Could be neat if you need to disrupt a Combo deck (btw, lines up nicely with Efficient Octo-bot), otherwise it doesn't feel like it should be any good in tempo decks unless they care a lot about Stealth and don't want to run the dozens of other Stealth minions in Standard.
This could be really scary in handbuff decks (I'm thinking Paladin, specifically thanks to Bolvar). This probably has a chance to be the best 2-Drop in Arena, and I think there's a good chance it finds a home somewhere in Standard. Is it a bit of a win-more? Sure, but it's not just win-more, it's win-a-lot-more.
Good for handbuff decks, good for Taunt decks. IT's a solid Taunt minion that gives you more Taunt minions, which makes it great with Glory Chaser. I don't think Taunt Warrior is likely to be stronger than Quest (at least, not right now) but it could be a fun time if you're tired of jamming the very best decks.
Yeah, shuffle some stuff. Cool. Has synergy with Fel spell stuff, I think, but otherwise it's a bit of a Tempo loss for some 3/3s that show up eventually. Maybe it's good, I'm just not a fan personally.
This is a very good card for Tempo Shaman decks. Unlike Cult Neophyte, your opponent can't wait out its effect: they have to spend two more Mana on their next spell (regardless of when) if you can trigger the HK. If Elemental Shaman can find enough other card draw to replace Primal Dungeoneer, I think this card should be included in those decks.
That's a very large minion, and let's be honest: You probably aren't triggering its HK very often. So it's an OK 8/8 with Rush, likely only going to see play in decks that are playing it with ways to either discount it Cost or get it into play early.
This could be decent against swarm decks, except most minions have more than 1 Health, so unless you've got some way to deal that extra damage this probably won't cut it in a Control deck. Now, if we're talking about using this in a Tempo deck to beat other Tempo decks, maybe you've got something there. Probably a bit too niche, but I could see it working.
Slow Whirlwind. I don't see this as a Control tool, what I'm looking at this for is Frenzy Warrior. Triggering your Frenzy minions while playing them on curve is pretty powerful, not to mention that it synergizes with Frothing Berserker. It might be a fun time for that sort of deck.
Probably something busted that you can do with this, but it requires a few too many moving pieces for me come up with it on the fly. If this doesn't speak some awful OTK into existence, it likely won't see play.
This card sucks, but only because Warlock doesn't have any good expensive Fel spells right now. I expect that will change in the near future, so I will definitely be keeping my eye on him for future expansions.
Good for both value and tempo. If you're looking to draw a specific weapon this could do a lot of work in decks that don't run the Quest. I'd say it's pretty likely that the HK gets triggered on curve, but even if it doesn't you've still got what is a very solid Rush minion.
Unless it's needed for a deck that cares about Stealth minions, I don't think this makes the cut in serious decks. Maybe Handbuff decks could run it, but there are already a number of 2 Cost Stealth minions that could have seen play in Handbuff decks but don't. The upside just isn't that impactful.
Dark Skies, except you don't have to do nothing for a few turns to get it going. It's definitely a lot more fun to play against as an aggro player, since you know exactly what the damage break point is Think this probably makes it into slower Warlock decks that need early answers against swarming boards.
I think this is very likely to see play in aggressive decks that run a lot of 1 and 0 Cost cards and can reliably get him out for very little mana very early in the game. Druid especially springs to mind with Innervate and Lightning Bloom, but Hunter has Devouring Swarm and Rogue has Shadowstep and Backstab, so there are a lot of decks that can get him out early and often.
Works really well with an Egg Warlock. Disciplinarian Gandling hasn't seen a lot of play in Zoo, but maybe not that there's another acrd with his same ability it gives Warlock enough of a reason to build an Egg Zoo around Gandling and the Graveyard.
I think we've already seen that, at the very least, deckbuilders are very willing to experiment with this card. There are a variety of ways to abuse its Deathrattle, and to discount its Cost so you can get it into play earlier, so we're at least going to see this in a number of meme decks even if no one ever finds a reliable one.
Very defensive Taunt. Almost too defensive. If aggro is a big part of the Meta, maybe there are some Control decks that need this minion to stay alive? My only thought is that Taunt Handbuff Warrior might be OK with running this Taunt minion.
Big Handbuff payoff? The class I'm really look at this is Rogue, but that feels a bit too slow for what I'm envisioning. I don't think this will make it into any serious decks without some amount of mana cheat or the ability to summon it directly from the deck.
So it's one-sided Hellfire that costs 1 more, but only if you hit a Fel spell. I guess I could see it. It feels like Warlock has a few too many good Shadow spells to contort their decks in order to meet a pretty mediocre ceiling, but maybe Fel Warlock is just what the meta needs.