Better On the Hunt. I think this will be played as cheap removal and board presence in aggressive Hunter decks (as if there's any other kind of Hunter deck).
Cheap weapon for Demon Hunter, and it comes with some card draw. Does anyone want to bet on whether Egg Demon Hunter is a thing? This could be fun for Egg Demon Hunter.
Darkglare Warlock has enough self-damage already that they don't need to dig so deep to include this, and I can't imagine any other deck wanting to run it.
Shaman is getting some real Murloc pushers in this set, and this isn't even the most powerful. It's really good for the kind of deck a Murloc Shaman wants to be. Allows for board control to protect your other minions, or face damage. Gonna be a lot of Murlocs on day 1.
It's an OK tool for a lower-to-the-ground Deathrattle Demon Hunter. You don't want to run this with Blackthorn, since it dilutes the pool of minions to pull from your deck, so a more aggressive style of deck is really the only home I can imagine for it.
I think I like what this card does, but I have a sneaking suspicion that in about a month we're all going to hate the kinds of strategies it enables. A decent replacement for Sorcerer's Apprentice without being as universally useful as she was.
I like that it gives Warrior an interesting way to draw cards. A little like Ancharrr, but contingent on having minions you can kill. I would definitely take a chance on it in most Warrior decks, at least at first. Pairs nicely with Cutting Class and other cards that care about weapons.
Similar to Hot Spring Guardian, but a little worse. Could be good in slow decks to survive more against aggro. I like it better in most scenarios than Lone Champion. Maybe it's good enough to see play.
If you want to interfere with an opponent's combo, or just annoy them, you can definitely run this card. None of these watch posts seem too powerful, and since there's only one payoff for them in the set I don't think we see them very much. This is a very weird tech card at best.
I think this card is legitimately powerful. Obviously has a real home in Oops, All Spells Mage, but beyond that paying four to draw two is not bad, especially if you end up getting some or all of that Mana back. Very good, will see play.
Obvious aggressive minion is aggressively obvious. Pretty sure there's a Runeterra card with the exact same Cost, Stats, and effect, or close to it. Probably gets a chance in some very aggressive decks, but I don't think it will be reliable enough to see too much play.
Can't be abused as much as Grim Patron was back in the day, and I really don't like hearing the word "Gruntled," so here's hoping nobody figures out a powerful way to use him and takes the deck to Grandmasters.
Gotta protect it to get the value, but that's pretty good value if it sticks. Zoo almost certainly jams two of these into the deck. Probably unlikely that it sees play in any other deck, so it all depends on how good Zoo is.
There's a lot of potential for this to be an annoyingly good card in Secret decks. Classes like Paladin and Hunter already have ways of redirecting attacks or finding ways to preserve minions that have been attacked with their Secrets, and adding a buff on top of making your opponent play around Secrets sounds very aggravating. I'll go ahead and say this sees play and people don't like playing against it.
Interesting combo piece, maybe, and gives Hunter more on-brand ways of drawing cards. A bit like Scavenger's Ingenuity on a stick. There are certainly a number of applications for this card, and its ability to buff minions already on board as well as give a persistent buff to Beasts in deck could make this strong enough to see play in the right deck.
Could be solid removal for an aggressive Hunter deck. The price is a little on the expensive side, but not too much so. The most interesting thing to me is that this spell says, "deal 6 damage to A minion," not "an enemy minion," so people can definitely find lethal by shooting their own minions.
Better On the Hunt. I think this will be played as cheap removal and board presence in aggressive Hunter decks (as if there's any other kind of Hunter deck).
Cheap weapon for Demon Hunter, and it comes with some card draw. Does anyone want to bet on whether Egg Demon Hunter is a thing? This could be fun for Egg Demon Hunter.
Token Demon Hunter could use this and be pretty happy about it. Won't really be surprised if it sees no play, though.
Darkglare Warlock has enough self-damage already that they don't need to dig so deep to include this, and I can't imagine any other deck wanting to run it.
Shaman is getting some real Murloc pushers in this set, and this isn't even the most powerful. It's really good for the kind of deck a Murloc Shaman wants to be. Allows for board control to protect your other minions, or face damage. Gonna be a lot of Murlocs on day 1.
It's an OK tool for a lower-to-the-ground Deathrattle Demon Hunter. You don't want to run this with Blackthorn, since it dilutes the pool of minions to pull from your deck, so a more aggressive style of deck is really the only home I can imagine for it.
I think I like what this card does, but I have a sneaking suspicion that in about a month we're all going to hate the kinds of strategies it enables. A decent replacement for Sorcerer's Apprentice without being as universally useful as she was.
I like that it gives Warrior an interesting way to draw cards. A little like Ancharrr, but contingent on having minions you can kill. I would definitely take a chance on it in most Warrior decks, at least at first. Pairs nicely with Cutting Class and other cards that care about weapons.
Similar to Hot Spring Guardian, but a little worse. Could be good in slow decks to survive more against aggro. I like it better in most scenarios than Lone Champion. Maybe it's good enough to see play.
If you want to interfere with an opponent's combo, or just annoy them, you can definitely run this card. None of these watch posts seem too powerful, and since there's only one payoff for them in the set I don't think we see them very much. This is a very weird tech card at best.
I think this card is legitimately powerful. Obviously has a real home in Oops, All Spells Mage, but beyond that paying four to draw two is not bad, especially if you end up getting some or all of that Mana back. Very good, will see play.
It's an OK survivability tool against aggressive decks, but probably too weak to see a lot of play.
Obvious aggressive minion is aggressively obvious. Pretty sure there's a Runeterra card with the exact same Cost, Stats, and effect, or close to it. Probably gets a chance in some very aggressive decks, but I don't think it will be reliable enough to see too much play.
Can't be abused as much as Grim Patron was back in the day, and I really don't like hearing the word "Gruntled," so here's hoping nobody figures out a powerful way to use him and takes the deck to Grandmasters.
Another Taunt Warrior card? Thanks, Blizzard, I hate it.
Gotta protect it to get the value, but that's pretty good value if it sticks. Zoo almost certainly jams two of these into the deck. Probably unlikely that it sees play in any other deck, so it all depends on how good Zoo is.
Twin Slice, but scales later in the game. I think this is good enough for an aggressive Demon Hunter. Souls Demon Hunter might take a look, as well.
There's a lot of potential for this to be an annoyingly good card in Secret decks. Classes like Paladin and Hunter already have ways of redirecting attacks or finding ways to preserve minions that have been attacked with their Secrets, and adding a buff on top of making your opponent play around Secrets sounds very aggravating. I'll go ahead and say this sees play and people don't like playing against it.
Interesting combo piece, maybe, and gives Hunter more on-brand ways of drawing cards. A bit like Scavenger's Ingenuity on a stick. There are certainly a number of applications for this card, and its ability to buff minions already on board as well as give a persistent buff to Beasts in deck could make this strong enough to see play in the right deck.
Could be solid removal for an aggressive Hunter deck. The price is a little on the expensive side, but not too much so. The most interesting thing to me is that this spell says, "deal 6 damage to A minion," not "an enemy minion," so people can definitely find lethal by shooting their own minions.