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This is not about specifically Hunter. In every class, i think this card is bad on any class. Let's check our scenarios
Playing on this on turn 2 have a minion;
If your opponent attempts the trade, probably both minion dies. 2/3 snake appears. Your opponent probably kills this with cheap removal or deploys a minion which tradeable this. On your turn 3, praise Animal Companion for Misha.
Playing on late turns, if you're losing the board already, just kills one more minion. It might be seems good but you already broke your tempo last turn.
If you're asking when is this card good, i can see only topdeck situation. Your opponent has really big threat and you haven't any answer for that. If your opponent triggers this secret, it's good.
I understand what you're trying to tell. Hunter going to be slower class and Hunter needs some value cards. Blizzard already tried that but never happened. Hunter class designed for Tempo,aggro type of class. It has no board clear*, has no life gain type of cards and no class specific taunts. Whenever hunter gets these cards, maybe this class could be control/midrange type of deck.
I think this card released on this expansion because hunter was has only 6 secret. If you play new hunter legendary with 3 secrets, your opponent knows which secrets has been played. Now one of them can't be on board. It's better for you.
*: I know new Hunter Legendary has expensive Consecration. Consec is good card because paladin always has access to Equality. Without Equality, Consecration is a dead card on control matchups like Warrior's Brawl. All meta going to be slower. If it happens, Deathstalker Rexxar's battlecry will be meaningless. I'm not counting Explosive Trap, your opponent always can play around it.
TL:DR; This card highly situational and value isn't insane. You want less risky cards on your deck, and that means i can't see this card any type of decks.
That's going to throw a wrench into a lot of plans.
They didn't reveal the token, or does it summon Cobra from Classic set?
Well obviously
Well they introduced lots of different 1/1 imp and 1/1 murloc token cards...
Maybe they plan a future nerf for the mighty Emperor Cobra, so they made another uncollectible poisonous cobra instead.
Well there are no 1/1 imps or murlocs without ability in the calssic set.
Bear Trap has Ironfur Grizzly art but Polymorph: Boar isn't Huffer and Cat Trick isn't Jungle Panther. I think this card will have it's own new token instead of being emperor cobra...
Why are there a whole bunch of snakes in the frozen land of Northrend? Fuck you, that's why.
Because in Northrend there is a location called Zul'Drak where a Drakkari trolls live. Trolls have a lot of "animal gods" (loa) and one of them is Sseratus (giant snake). There is also dungeon named Gundrak and there are hundreds of snakes in this dungeon. That's why. Also, not all of Northrend is frozen. There are also locations like Sholazar basin (where are snakes too btw), Grizzly hills and Howling fjord which are pretty "warm" and there is a minimum of snow.
Yeah I know that was a joke :-). I just wanted to give give you some information about Northrend ;-).
Emperor Cobra for 2 Mana. Me likey
thats nice card