New Neutral Minion - Nostalgic Initiate ( External Link )

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A new Common Neutral Minion, Nostalgic Initiate, has been revealed!

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 9 months, 1 week ago

    I gave this 3 stars, but I think the mini version gets 4. At 3 mana plus casting a spell, it's not great. But a 1 mana version is nice.

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  • Suchti0352's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 890 1034 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    So Intrepid Initiate graduated from scholomance after all. However you can definetely see his age here. A conditional 3 mana 4/5 probably isn't good enough nowadays. A 1 mana 3/3 on the other hand would certainly be good, but only being able to play him from turn 4 onwards might even be to late for the mini version to be worth playing.

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1058 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    4 stars in general, the mini will get it's value back really fast, but the 4 4/5 is not the best actually.

    That will deffinitelly hold it back

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    Decent minion for a spell-heavy aggro deck, and the mini means you get two for the space of one. It's OK, I'm not imagining this will go very far but maybe there's a deck or two willing to try it out.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2255 2704 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    The base form is not so great, but the Mini form can be. Maybe in some sort of Aggro deck, it can be 4 or 5 mana for a 4/5 and a 3/3.

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  • stanislave's Avatar
    135 145 Posts Joined 03/12/2024
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    Spam decks staple, maybe a little too slow

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  • Yaman007's Avatar
    145 146 Posts Joined 03/12/2024
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    4 Mana 7/8, could See play in aggro decks like Treant Druid.

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  • AdonisEros's Avatar
    170 145 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    Seems decent, just popoff on turn 3 with the coin and get the mini out as well

    Most likely will be an Arena juicer

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  • anchorm4n's Avatar
    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2509 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    I agree with everyone else that the Mini is solid, but the fact that it's hidden behind a bad base form will probably mean it doesn't see much play. I'll pass on this one.

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  • darkjak's Avatar
    Shadow Rager 860 1147 Posts Joined 07/06/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    Tempo Rogue & Priest auto-include,

    there's rarely an instance where these two classes don't have low cost spells waiting for discover something.

    Why not put a Yeti on board for your opponent to fret over?

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    This seems insane in the Arena, especially with the coin.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    This is Spellburst, right? Well, spending 3 Mana for 4/5, then 1 Mana for 2/2 shouldn't be too bad.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    I'll echo everyone else and say that the base form doesn't interest me, but getting effectively a 1 mana 3/3 isn't a bad deal

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