I dont know but for me the "summon a minion" part is the worst thing about this card. It should be "whenever a minion is PLAYED" instead. Sure, a lot of the cheap token creation cards (Muster/Implosion/Haunted Creeper/Nerubian Egg...) will be leaving Standard, but it still limits a lot of design space going forward.
I think this nerf is fine. I would have rather seen his stats stay the same and his wording changed to "play" instead of "summon", but with a lot of the summoning offenders leaving standard it won't be that big of a deal for now.
This 1 attack less doesn't change much. It's a shame.
yes it does... The card isn't wayy better than all the other 2 drops in the game now. Realistically they couldn't have nerfed it more without killing the card completely. There is not much room for nerfing in the early game cards without making them unplayable
I just don't think jugglers attack value was ever the problem. Do you play it because of the CRAZY 2-mana 3/2 stats (no, see bloodfen raptor) or because of the juggles?
I don't see what this changes.
In early game, Knife Juggler could kill import early minions like Mage's Mana Wyrm and Priest's Cleric (without dagger strikes). The lower attack power gives early game minions a better chance of survival. Additionally, if a minion is used to trade and kill the juggler, there's a better chance of survival.
The juggler keeps what it was known for while losing something that helped push it over the top.
Card is still really good, just slightly less agressive, wonder if it will do much, but combined with the Leper Gnome and Ironbeak Owl nerf I believe it's JUST perfect! :D
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Maybe they could've gone one step further with this and make the condition for it's trigger to be play a minion instead of summon, would make it more on power level with the rest of the cards and much more of a decision whether you want to include it in your aggro/midrange deck or not....would probably be completely removed from midrange decks then, but still playable in aggro decks I think.
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So many aggro players, this card is just stupid and that is not a NERF!! the problem that blizzard do not understand is that the main problem of the juggler is his effect combined with cards such as unleash, muster and implosion! keep the stats and change his FREAKING effect !
There is a another option that is decent for it as well.
''After you summon a minion from your hand, deal 1 damage to random enemy."
I mean, if you want to get value from Knife Juggler, you must play a minion from your hand with its mana cost.Not with battlecry or deathrattle summons etc.But on the other hand, 3 to 2 attack nerf is still not bad. :)
Still playable, I think that's a not so bad nerf. Though it won't crush enemy's face so fast anymore.
This is a huge boon for the Priest.
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Reasonable nerf, but still playable. Good work Blizzard.
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I personally would have went with a +1 mana cost rather then lower his attack, but hey, that's just me.
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Imo it's still too strong.
I dont know but for me the "summon a minion" part is the worst thing about this card. It should be "whenever a minion is PLAYED" instead. Sure, a lot of the cheap token creation cards (Muster/Implosion/Haunted Creeper/Nerubian Egg...) will be leaving Standard, but it still limits a lot of design space going forward.
I'm not happy with this nerf
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I think this nerf is fine. I would have rather seen his stats stay the same and his wording changed to "play" instead of "summon", but with a lot of the summoning offenders leaving standard it won't be that big of a deal for now.
Still a really good 2/2 - it just now can't kill your shredder in 1 attack on Wild. :)
Yep still clearly playable.
Card is still really good, just slightly less agressive, wonder if it will do much, but combined with the Leper Gnome and Ironbeak Owl nerf I believe it's JUST perfect! :D
What is Hearthstone to you?
A fun and semi-competitive game with wacky effects and crazy RNG outcomes or just a card game you wanna grind as many wins you can get as fast as possible in?
Now, Shadow Word: Horror is a real aggro destroyer, because NJ is one of the cards that would survive, but no longer anymore. o/
Maybe they could've gone one step further with this and make the condition for it's trigger to be play a minion instead of summon, would make it more on power level with the rest of the cards and much more of a decision whether you want to include it in your aggro/midrange deck or not....would probably be completely removed from midrange decks then, but still playable in aggro decks I think.
What is Hearthstone to you?
A fun and semi-competitive game with wacky effects and crazy RNG outcomes or just a card game you wanna grind as many wins you can get as fast as possible in?
So many aggro players, this card is just stupid and that is not a NERF!! the problem that blizzard do not understand is that the main problem of the juggler is his effect combined with cards such as unleash, muster and implosion! keep the stats and change his FREAKING effect !
Not a nerf.
Where is the nerf? i can't see it...
Reasonable, fair nerfing of hyper-popular card. Well done.
There is a another option that is decent for it as well.
''After you summon a minion from your hand, deal 1 damage to random enemy."
I mean, if you want to get value from Knife Juggler, you must play a minion from your hand with its mana cost.Not with battlecry or deathrattle summons etc.But on the other hand, 3 to 2 attack nerf is still not bad. :)
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I would've made him like "whenver you summon a minion, has a 50% chance to deal 1 dmg" but i guess it's ok now
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