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Assuming Yogg-Saron survives round one
And yourself for that matter :)
Don't think it's as strong as some people are saying... it's 5 mana for a 4/4, which is not bad, but you want to play it on a board that has at least one creature with a good ability.
So copying things like rag and ysera is not really going to matter, because these creatures cost too much, and they would need to survive one turn before being copied... most of the time this only happens in games that are pretty over anyway. I mean, there is a reason no one plays faceless manipulator. I think copying auctioneer is probably not going to be a thing either, because of the same reasons...
1 mana copies of most the early game rogue creatures, like si7, thalmos, farseer, violet teacher can be useful one way or another; and copies of things like xaril and van cleef will certainly be very effective; but then again you either need these creatures to survive one turn, which is very unreliable, or you are playing this late game, and that doesn't look all that impressive.
So maybe there will be uses for this cards; but I don't think it will be played in the most common rogue archetypes.
I don't disagree with what you are saying... I was mainly thinking about the most common archetypes, and whether the card fits(or doesn't) the current meta. But sure, the card certainly has potential; and with the changes to the meta game that the expansion will bring, maybe new decks will arise were this card plays an important role.
Anyone thinking about using it in Mill Rogue?
I was just thinking on that, also, there is a potential way to end up spamming coldlight oracle:
I know is not really useful, but what about playing this card to copy another copy of herself, so you get a 1/1 that when played gives you a 1/1 copy of herself... then you could just fill the board with 1/1 copies of herself. Then, play something like vanish... and your hand is ready to spam whatever you play next, let's say Edwin Van Cleft.
Not really useful but insanely fun!
skip steps. just copy van cleef, proceed to play a 5/5 9/9 for 1 mana. nah this girl is strong guys.
Made a deck with this idea behind it (plus a Brann for more spam)...
I was thinking about playing Coldlight Oracle with that card, as it can end the game if you get to spam him. In fact a fatigue rogue looks like a great place to use Shadowcaster, as you can copy almost anything.
Also, is pretty interesting that Bran also triggers the Shadowcaster spam (not needing to use vanish to get extra copies), that's nice.
Amazing card, but the way she's holding her swords is really impractical...
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well i realy want to try Kidnapper face damage deck with this one + shadowsteps + 2 saps, charges and coldbloods. Should be a nightmare for priests and midrange druids. Maybe will suck but still could be fun to play...
wow nice catch on C'thun. might be a GG GJ! Imagine Double shadowstep on C'thunies :D
I don't believe C'Thun would work in this situation. As much as I want it to, C'Thun's battle cry says it deals damage based on his attack. In this situation, C'Thun would be cheap, but would only have 1 attack. I'm not sure what would happen if you played Beckoner of Evil with the new 1/1 for 1 C'Thun with the 10 mana original on the battle field. One would assume it would buff both C'Thuns, but if you were to just play the 1 mana C'Thun right away, I believe there would be no worth on it.
Maybe youre right idk.
you use them only in brann, normal cthun with the buffs you may give him
@nzectwowuser No one said Shadowcaster should be combined with C'Thun. He would have his regular stats and Shadowcaster is there to copy Brann Bronzebeard for multiple C'Thun battlecries.
That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification. :)
my first though is copy a powerful minion ysera/rag but faceless already does that better, she herself is a battlecry so i guess a couple of shadowsteps and bran you can copy yourself unlimited minions GG