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Quote from salamanss >>

If you have minions on board, this spell just forces enemy to trade. (Corruption also does the same for 1 mana) Can easily be countered silence. If it succeeds, it's still not good enough because you need wait one more turn due to minion's exhaust status. Instead of "at the start of your turn," they could use "at the end of your opponent's turn,". That would make this card playable in constructed. Now, it's just a spell with unique effect.

They can just kill their own minion, and even if they don't you are still giving them an entire turn to use their minion, plus once you steal it you can't attack with it until the next turn (it doesn't get charge), so they can remove it then. It's not entirely terrible however.

Great targets would be stuff like Ysera in Priest, since they can't kill off that easily. Another good one is a sticky minion like Savannah Highmane, if you can afford to take the damage. Tirion and Ragnaros are also great targets since Paladin can't remove their own minions, and they have an effect even if they can't attack.

The problem is that many of these "great targets" are often just as well or better answered by Mind Control.

interesting would like to give it a try

Similar to Entomb for mana cost and as a removal, it's a good card because can lead to huge tempo swing while giving always at the opponent the possibility to counter it with some work around its effect. That's indeed a good card design.

I think that 1x will see play pretty much in every Priest deck, if the meta slow down a bit. And also is a removal (kind of) for everything that have 4 attack as stat.

6 mana do nothing is not good enough. if you are facing a deck with a big drop and you play this when nothing else is on board they will play another big drop and run the thing you are going to steal face, or hard remove it themselves for any deathrattle since they would have to hard remove it anyway when it was yours. The only place I see for this is if ysera is great in this meta, which only happens in my mind, if priest is great. if priest is great this sees play, but priest has never been the defining deck of a meta.

This has the strength of sylvanas, but is a non legendary class spell, and you all think its bad. 

EL OH EL. 

edit: let's clarify

• same mana cost
• same speed - when you play sylvanas your opponent has an entire turn to determine how to deal with it, in most cases
• similar effect of stealing a minion
• whereas sylvanas was random but gave you a 5/5 body, this is targeted and doesn't.  
• sylvanas could be silenced or transformed but had a 5/5 body.  this can only be counterspelled, but doesn't have a 5/5 body
• forces your opponent into an awkward and inefficient turn most of the time, much like sylvanas often did

But again, this is a non legendary class spell.  Let me also remind you that Shadow Visions is a thing. 

Quote from SchruteBucks >>

This has the strength of sylvanas, but is a non legendary class spell, and you all think its bad. 

 

EL OH EL. 

Seems decent. Right matchup it's strong, wrong matchup and it's horrible... which pretty much is priest in a nutshell. Should be good against stuff like drakes.

This is too slow to be played. If there's something worth it to spend 6 mana, you don't want to give it one more turn to hit your face.

Quote from BigFatMurloc >>

Quote from SchruteBucks >>

This has the strength of sylvanas, but is a non legendary class spell, and you all think its bad. 

 

EL OH EL. 

 This is basicaly sylvanas with no stats that triggers at the start of your turn obv. unplayable.

The fact that the oponent can still do stuff with the minion makes this unplayable.

1. He can still push facedamage if hes close to lethal same thing if you play sylv

2. He can trade the minion away same thing if you play sylv

3. he can silence this off same thing if you play sylv

4. He can sac the minion same thing if you play sylv

5. he can just pass and aoe his next turn same thing if you play sylv

There is just so much stuff enemy can do vs this that this 6 mana tempo waste is one off teh worst cards in this game.

Pretty sure this wouldnt even see play for 4 mana...maybe for three this would be playable...but whatever its costed 6 rofl.

Propably worst card in this set...maybe even worse than purify, which does counter this funny enough.

Yeah, I'm having a really hard time getting past the "spend 6 mana and do absolutely nothing this turn" part of the card.  It can be good in very limited situations.  Sylvanas was great in every situation except where your opponent didn't have a board.  That's a weakness I'm more than comfortable living with.  

This seems to be good when you don't have a board.  When you don't have a board, you really don't want to spend a turn doing nothing.  If you live it will be a great board swinger.

Let me remind you guys. 

November 2015, the card reveal thread for Entomb - http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/card-discussion/81668-new-card-entomb

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September 2016, a thread talking about how busted Entomb is - http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/card-discussion/171731-entomb-worst-designed-card-ever

Predicting August 2018 - "Blizzard please nerf Embrace Darkness!"

This is strictly worse than Entomb.  It's not even close.  

Quote from TonberryBleu >>

This is strictly worse than Entomb.  It's not even close.  

Decent card, provided you have the HP to survive another turn with nothing or some lesser taunts. Not fantastic for dragon priest obviously as that's a loss of tempo and the enemy will have plenty of choices to trade that minion off [against your other minions]. More for a slower arch type like control priest who typically have few minions on board and likes to drag games.

Sure silence counters it hard but most decks don't run it nowadays except priest themselves. Perfect vs 4-attack minions like Primordial Drake and Twilight Drake, esp the latter as silence would screw them over as well

So basically you're paying 6 Mana to do absolutely nothing tempo-wise? Entomb was good because it would remove a big minion for further value later, this does nothing the turn you play it, allowing your opponent to continue their tempo push. 

Quote from Spartanburg >>

So basically you're paying 6 Mana to do absolutely nothing tempo-wise? Entomb was good because it would remove a big minion for further value later, this does nothing the turn you play it, allowing your opponent to continue their tempo push. 

You guys act like a 5/5 body is nothing.  Plus the best times to play Sylvanas were right before a Shadowflame or SW:D.  Or prior to a N'Zoth.  Or some other shenanigans.

Sylvanas was good.  This is crap.  A 6 mana Corruption most of the time.

Quote from jazzfan27 >>

You guys act like a 5/5 body is nothing.  Plus the best times to play Sylvanas were right before a Shadowflame or SW:D.  Or prior to a N'Zoth.  Or some other shenanigans.

Sylvanas was good.  This is crap.  A 6 mana Corruption most of the time.

I don't understand anyone who thinks this card is bad.  This card is ridiculously good.