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I have been experimenting to find a deck. The obvious deck to me that has synergies with it is some form of zoo or swarm. I feel that if you could have two Volasjz this could be a consistently solid deck as being able to swarm the board with one card is very good when attempting some type of zoo
Some things I have discovered with this card when messing with it.
Priest is missing a few big pieces for zoo. The biggest is burst dmg. Mind Blast is good burst but lacks the flexibility of power overwhelming when you need a board clear. Spawn of Shadows also has burst but still lacks flexibility. The other problem is sticky minions, but the dragon set helps a bit. Card draw is an issue, but there are a lot of options to try, forbidden shaping, though steal, sir finley, museum curator, etc..
Argent Squire is VERY good, 7 mana 5/5 two 1/1 divine shields.
Loot Hoarder, Polluted Hoarder, Shifting Shade are good at drawing cards but going all in on card draw is fairly weak and inconsistent.
Dragon Synergy gives priest some of the strongest early game minions in Hearthstone..
-> 1/1 taunt dragons are pretty good, as is a 1/1 faerie dragon
Light Wardens can be insane but rarely work
North shire cleric with Volasjz can boost a mass card draw
Brann is insane with zoo, dragon, and Volasjz
Brann and Volasjz + 1 minion = full board, now thats something zoo would LOVE
I'm really struggling to find a deck where this card would be useful. It only really works with either deathrattle minions or cars like Ragnaros or Siege engines who have start turn/end turn effects,
Play it in Nzoth priest. Maybe not meta defining but yes, it's very good.
I think it's bad. If you only want to copy only 1 minion, then do it with faceless. If you have more on the board you want to copy, then you already won and don't need the card. Only with a cheap deathrattle deck it may work.
...looks like an elephant.
In case you were wondering, Steward of Darkshire does work like you think it does!
you win that game? :P
This card definitely deserves more credit than it currently has.
Not much people realize the fact that this guy and shadow caster creates a genuine copy, with a 1/1 enchantment. So basically you can, in theory, silence the copy, for example a 1/1 Rag back to a normal 8/8 and attack with it.
It has proven itself to have real value in N‘Zoth priest( the N'Zoth resurrect the copy without the enchantment), and potential for inspire cards(such as Confessor and Kodorider)
Need not to say it's the key to some wombo-combo OTK decks, which is kinda viable actually.
This is a card that'll be the namesake of a good Wild deck in a few years if hearthstone lasts that long. As it stands there just aren't enough good cards from the same archetypes to support it.
edit - Nvm if this doesn't work with battlecry cards then it's trash. Deathrattle priest will never be a thing, so the only other option is as a value card in some late game priest deck with some combination of sylvanas, sneeds, ysera, etc, in which case it's still shit because A) there are better options and B) it's strictly a win-harder card. Sad that blizzard keeps giving priest non-competitive cards...
Bad card is bad. Priest deserve more
As a priest, I'd like to give this card to rogues in exchange for their Shadowcaster.
As a priest, you can have both of them.
It's just a french poultry.
Oh man, I thought this guy plus Shadow Madness would be a nice combo to make copies of enemy minions with useful abilities like Brann, but it turns out the copies go back to the opponent at the end of the turn. Not quite what was planned...
Opponent silences Sylvanas, I copy her with Herald and get a 1/1 silenced Sylvanas. Intended?
Yes its like faceless
Ragnaros the Firelord on turn 8 then, Brann Bronzebeard + Herald Volazj on turn 9. Probably a game finisher if Rag survives.
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Oh my God ! What happened to your faaace ?!