Card seems playable to me. Decent value combined with a tidecaller on turn 5. Seems usable in a zoolock and possibly a hybrid beast druid where im usually running azure drakes already
I play a LOT of dragon decks. For this card to be useful, it really needs to go down on turn 3 and buff *2* other cards.
That means either a turn 1 murloc - either finley murglton or the paladin 1/3, and a turn 2 dragon - the only neutral one being faerie dragon or a beast (but outside of hunter or druid - why play beasts?).
Someone already suggested dragon warrior, sir finley into faerie dragon into this, but it doesnt seem consistent since finley is legendary.
Or there is dragon priest, twilight whelp into a 2 mana murloc (bilefin?) but the murloc will still be weak. But dragon priest is really weak after we lost Velen's Chosen.
Dragon / beast druid, might work? throw in a murloc or two, who knows.
What about hunter? You just need to add a murloc or a dragon to the beasts already... maybe it can work.
My dragon / control paladin could throw in a murloc (coldlight oracle?) and a beast (owl?) but the benefit of playing this card in the late game is insignificant compared to playing it early...
Maybe someone will see a way to make this card work, but triggering on 2 other minions will be very situational - and quite rare you get it off on turn 3.
You only really need one buff for it to be better than Shattered Sun Cleric which is already a pretty solid card.
Was about to shit on this and then it occurred to me that it could be decent in zoo. If you get off one buff, you're a bit better than fair value for the mana. Two is good and three is great. So, if you built a zoo that runs, say, Faerie Dragon, Tidehunter / Bluegill, and Direwolf Alpha (or Creeper in Wild), you have a very good chance of seeing value out of this card.
Cue all the whining about zoolock getting more nice things.
This will never make the cut in Zoo.....Gang Boss, Councilman already hold the 3 spot.
IGB rotates out of standard in a few months. Maybe it waits until after that. In the right build, this is conceivably better than IGB, so I wouldn't rush to judgment. Also could conceivably replace Dark Iron Dwarf in decks that run that - effect is not identical but is permanent as a benefit. Definitely not better than Darkshire though.
It's going to be at least nine months before the next rotation. I consider that more than "a few."
However, I do think there is room for it in a zoo deck, if not the currently (over)played zoo deck.
Nothing makes people look more ignorant than when they judge new cards based on whether they fit into old decks. Drives me crazy.
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Really dunno what to say about this one! Lot's of deckbuilding to do before we can tell if it canbe usefull but 3/3 plus 3 1/1 buffs for 3 mana sounds cool, plus it's a mech. Obviously focused towards a tempo deck, not like The Curator. Zoosomething?
Perhaps Bliz is planning on releasing some cards that summon a dragon, murloc and beast because as things are this just doesn't make sense. If you only proc the battlecry on 1 target this card is far too weak, it's a 3/3 with the tiny upside of +1/1? And who is playing mechs right now? There are no good mechs left in standard to even support the mech archetype anymore so Zoobat being a mech itself is odd.
I suspect this card was designed purely for use in Wild (and even there it seems silly). But like I said, maybe they plan to release something else that combos with this because as it is it will never see play. The reveals so far have been disturbingly underwhelming. They better show me some BOMB ASS Priest cards!
Just because you push decks that aren't aggro doesn't mean the majority will leave aggro for fun and different decks. People will stick to aggro for as long as it works, which in turn will make a deck like beast/murloc/dragon not work, you just die before it works.
hm will not see play. shattered sun cleric did not see play either and u can target any friendly minion. plus 1 health doesnt make the point. yeah i know theres an "and" but how often will this happen?
What are you talking? shattered sun was all over the place in the early days, it was even in Trumps free to play Priest (the early one)
And 1 health doesnt make a point? you serios? Most cards buffed by 1 health would jump a tier. Also this has way better lategame potential were i can hit more than 1 target.
So the card is obviously good. However can i afford to play this and were?
Ill say murloc hunter, spam beast, Murlocs and this behind and i win. And Murloc hunter is fringe but you can reach legend with it, this will make it better. But maybe not good enough for tier 1-2. But Tier 3 maybe.
hm will not see play. shattered sun cleric did not see play either and u can target any friendly minion. plus 1 health doesnt make the point. yeah i know theres an "and" but how often will this happen?
good point, thats why everyone plays 3/2 minions and no one plays 2/3 minions. /s
prediction - this card has a lot of potential and I think is quite good.
edit: T1 Fiery Bat, T2 Faerie Dragon, T3 Zoobot. Hybrid Hunter.
I believe the reaction to this card is a lot like Cult Apothecary, and how it would be "replacing" Healbot.
The impression under Cult Apothecary is that the maximum amount you could heal is a lot more than Antique, but it wouldn't happen as much. With this Zoobot card, most people like to compare this with SCC (Shattered Sun Cleric) However it wouldn't be "replacing" it, as SCC is a classic card. The Zoobot card would see play in some expirement decks I feel, it could land a nice place in Zoo (+1/+1 for Dire Wolf, +1/+1 for Bilefin, +1/+1 for Twilight Drake if you at all run it) all and all not a terrible card. With Shattered Sun, you have a lot more control with your +1/+1, but it can only be on one target with whatever you choose. Not to mention Zoobot has one more HP than SCC. But, it isnt a card I can see myself getting very excited for. Definitely a playable card though.
I actually think this card is really good (unlike The Curator which seems like it won't be that good). It wouldn't be played in a hybrid tribal deck, but instead it would be played as a better Shattered Sun Cleric. Your examples are actually really good (Kindly Grandmother and Druid of the Saber), but I think some more can be brought up, like Twilight Whelp and Faerie Dragon in a dragon priest deck or an Enchanted Raven in a beast deck along with Druid of the Saber. I think this card is being underrated by alot of people, but I believe it will be a tool put into decks that run any of these tribal minions just because getting the buff off will be really good, there was a reason some decks used to run Shattered Sun Cleric, getting plus one health on that is actually pretty good.
Easily one of the best cards we've seen from the set so far.
And as for The Curator, we'll have to agree to disagree.
This card is being underrated, as for The Curator, I'll put up a fight for my opinion. First of all, you usually will use him in control or reno decks to get your one of trio of Corrupted Seer, Azure Drake, and Stampeding Kodo. The problem is, there will always be a chance you draw most of those cards before you can activate The Curator's battlecry, which will be pretty late into the game since it is 7 mana. The card is pretty slow, yes the stats are decent, but in an extremely aggro meta, drawing those 3 cards won't exactly win you the game, and will set you back a bit when it comes to a tempo game. I think it really comes down to how fast the meta is, but I doubt this card has a chance in any form of an aggro or fast meta (which will still exist when the expansion comes out).
The fuck are you talking about. Just because the meta is aggro doesn't mean turn 7 is too late omg, or did you forget Dr boom and Ancient of lore ? And what about this corrupted seer/stampeding kodo bullshit ? Curator decks won't play murloc at all and there are better neutral beast than kodo, and azure drake is a top tier card. This card isn't slow at all, 7 mana 4/6 draw 2-3 cards is the opposite of slow.
You have the right too think Zoobot is a good card, there are good 1-2 mana Dragons/Beasts/Murlocs that could make it a great 3 drop. But you can't think zoobot is a good card if you think the curator is a bad card, this is 100% retarded.
People can have different opinions, I think Zoobot is good but it fills a different role then The Curator, Zoobot helps out mono tribal decks in the early game. The Curator goes in slower decks, and yes slow decks always have a place in the meta, but when zoo and aggro exist, they aren't as powerful, which was my point. Yes The Curator is a good card in the right situations, but in an aggro and fast meta, those situations are less likely to be relevant when you being spammed with a full board of powerful minions and you have little health left.
I like the idea of the card, but buffing only 1 minion where you can not choose the target is very bad. It's just 1 health more than Shattered Sun Cleric + Mech tribe. A Defender of Argus effect would be good, like "give adjacent Murlocs, Beasts and Dragons +1/+1".
There is still hope that there are MORE CARDS with the multi tribe support!
hm will not see play. shattered sun cleric did not see play either and u can target any friendly minion. plus 1 health doesnt make the point. yeah i know theres an "and" but how often will this happen?
good point, thats why everyone plays 3/2 minions and no one plays 2/3 minions. /s
prediction - this card has a lot of potential and I think is quite good.
edit: T1 Fiery Bat, T2 Faerie Dragon, T3 Zoobot. Hybrid Hunter.
Since hunters also run out of steam around turn 7,8,9 + Curator.
I guess they don't want mech decks back?
Card seems playable to me. Decent value combined with a tidecaller on turn 5. Seems usable in a zoolock and possibly a hybrid beast druid where im usually running azure drakes already
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Really dunno what to say about this one! Lot's of deckbuilding to do before we can tell if it canbe usefull but 3/3 plus 3 1/1 buffs for 3 mana sounds cool, plus it's a mech. Obviously focused towards a tempo deck, not like The Curator. Zoosomething?
Everything is OP.
Turn 1 Dragon Whelp, turn 2 coin, this.
Not bad.
Probably end up in warrior though, what doesn't?
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Perhaps Bliz is planning on releasing some cards that summon a dragon, murloc and beast because as things are this just doesn't make sense. If you only proc the battlecry on 1 target this card is far too weak, it's a 3/3 with the tiny upside of +1/1? And who is playing mechs right now? There are no good mechs left in standard to even support the mech archetype anymore so Zoobat being a mech itself is odd.
I suspect this card was designed purely for use in Wild (and even there it seems silly). But like I said, maybe they plan to release something else that combos with this because as it is it will never see play. The reveals so far have been disturbingly underwhelming. They better show me some BOMB ASS Priest cards!
Just because you push decks that aren't aggro doesn't mean the majority will leave aggro for fun and different decks. People will stick to aggro for as long as it works, which in turn will make a deck like beast/murloc/dragon not work, you just die before it works.
I like it, but why is there no Murloc in the art? </3
Seems gimmicky.
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I believe the reaction to this card is a lot like Cult Apothecary, and how it would be "replacing" Healbot.
The impression under Cult Apothecary is that the maximum amount you could heal is a lot more than Antique, but it wouldn't happen as much. With this Zoobot card, most people like to compare this with SCC (Shattered Sun Cleric) However it wouldn't be "replacing" it, as SCC is a classic card. The Zoobot card would see play in some expirement decks I feel, it could land a nice place in Zoo (+1/+1 for Dire Wolf, +1/+1 for Bilefin, +1/+1 for Twilight Drake if you at all run it) all and all not a terrible card. With Shattered Sun, you have a lot more control with your +1/+1, but it can only be on one target with whatever you choose. Not to mention Zoobot has one more HP than SCC. But, it isnt a card I can see myself getting very excited for. Definitely a playable card though.
Seems we will get the worst adventure for now.
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I like the idea of the card, but buffing only 1 minion where you can not choose the target is very bad. It's just 1 health more than Shattered Sun Cleric + Mech tribe. A Defender of Argus effect would be good, like "give adjacent Murlocs, Beasts and Dragons +1/+1".
There is still hope that there are MORE CARDS with the multi tribe support!
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