Hearthpwn

Quote from YourPrivateNightmare >>

too early to say if this will work, need to see more shaman freeze effects first.

Possible interesting combos include: Thing from Below at 0 mana with Cryostasis; Frost Shock (or any other freeze effect) on an enemy minion and then destroying it with Icebreaker possibly quite insane against certain high value minions, like Savannah Highmane; Cryostasis + Jade cards, tho the cost on Moorabi probably makes that difficult to pull off reliably.

As I see it now Spirit Echoes just seems better unless you really need to copy enemy minions

Might enable some crazy combos, this one might be a hidden gem.

Far too slow...bad card, IMO.  Significant stat penalty considering you also have to freeze another minion to gain just that card.

Seems bad but.. you know.. lyra seemed bad aswell you can set up a freeze with the 2/7 taunt so..

You need to draw 2 cards or 1 card and this to lure a premium removal for this card to be worth it.

10 mana 2 glacial shards and moorabi each glacial shard freezes the other generating more glacial shards lol seems bad but funny

Quote from tictactucroc >>

Comparing this card to Mistcaller is pointless.. Yes, they have the same garbage stats and cost and they don't impact the board on their own, but Mistcaller will NEVER impact the board the turn you play it, at best you will play one or two low cost minions with +1/+1.

When you play Moorabi with freezing cards on later turns, you will impact the board, because freeze impacts the board. You can do anything, it's an extremely versatile card. You can set up hard removal+steal with Ice Breaker (kind of an Entomb that puts the card directly into your hand) while you refill your hand with your own stuff for additionnal synergy if you're ahead or need more taunt, or refill your hand with ennemy minions while you freeze them if you need to stall. You didn't draw Ice Breaker ? Fine, you just set up a perfect Lightning Storm / Volcano on the next turn.

Wether shaman will be able to consistently get to turn 10+ to make this work in the upcoming meta or not is a different topic, Freeze shaman is clearly intended to be a slow, control archetype, but that doesn't mean it will be "too slow", as opposed to The Mistcaller, that will always require multiple turns to generate any significant value. Moorabi can generate game winning value over 2 turns. One of the reasons The Mistcaller is so bad that people tend to forget, is that midrange/control shaman needs to run a lot of spells, further reducing mistcaller value. I know from experience it's really difficult to run a slow shaman deck with very few spells.

Also, Shamans typically don't have many ways to draw cards. The ability to instantly refill your hand is very strong. Remember how Lyra was underrated ?

The other major difference with Mistcaller, and why it's a bad comparison, is that once Mistcaller is played it is just a 4/4.  This new dude is mega-soft-taunt, like Fandral, Auctioneer, etc.  That's a big difference because if you can yank even a single card from it and then entice a Fireball that would have otherwise gone to your grill, its value is already much higher than Mistcaller.

It needs much more suport for it work, maybe in wild in some years. 

Quote from tictactucroc >>

 

And keep in mind we have yet to see DK thrall, which will have freeze synergy as well, most likely.

If we get enough support to build a frost-oriented Control Shaman, N'zoth builds love making copies of big deathratlles etc.....

Excited to try it out.

It's cool, but not enough freeze yet.

Oh wow, now this is value. Freeze Shaman's getting very real! Can't wait to see the rest of this archetype they're now promoting!

If shaman gets more freezing options that can fit the mana cost of this card for a 10 mana play it could be interesting, like a ''Freeze the board'' card.

Quote from tictactucroc >>

Wait I just realized Moorabi has good synergy with Frozen Crusher and the elemental package in general.

Fire Plume Harbinger = 0 mana Glacial Shard, on curve Frozen Crusher + Moorabi

Set up Blazecaller, Fire Elemental and Invocation of Air with freezes.

Discover more freeze with Servant of Kalimos.

And keep in mind we have yet to see DK thrall, which will have freeze synergy as well, most likely.

If shaman gets one more low costed magic/minion with quick freeze effect, this CAN become a good deck and potentially a new archetype. Something like Lyra priest/miracle rogue. I don't think the archetype will be amazing, but maybe it is good enough to be playable for fun (like tier 3~ deck)

Quote from Scilex96 >>

Amazing card. Just freeze the board turn 5, then play this turn 6. 

Freeze meta incoming

Quote from Pedrolo >>

WoW guys look at threre! An unplayable shaman legendary! Who would have guessed it after NEVER being one worth playing.

Not good. But kinda funny the lengths Blizz is going for Anti-Freeze Mage tech.

I think it's too anti-tempo as a general value card. I could be wrong. It's main use will be in developing a crazy synergistic value or win condition.

Quote from Waterbuf >>

If we get enough support to build a frost-oriented Control Shaman, N'zoth builds love making copies of big deathratlles etc.....

 

Excited to try it out.