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Quote from Maximal18 >>

This is basically Annoy-O-Tron for 1 mana. Crazy strong card.

Hugely overrated, its only reason is nerfing Stonehill Defender. I hope paladin gets another crappy taunt.

Quote from lastwolf8128 >>

First 1 drop pally card I've actually wanted to put in a deck.  

Quote from Pabst >>

So now you can run 4 1/1 DS minions now I guess.  Taunt doesn't do much on this lil lady.

Great one drop, I just don't know if it'll push Bolvar into competitive play though. Nah, Bolvar is just crap sadly.

Another thing I like about the card is that it combats the stupid (insert random 1 cost pirate) + IM IN CHARGE NOW  turn 1 play from pirate warriors because with divine shield it needs to be hit twice for it to die. Taunt is such an underestimated ability, never underestimate the value of a minion being able to protect your face from getting caved in.

It is a kind of a stonehill defender nerf, but it is still an annoying 1 drop taunt that need to be hit twice to kill it, I have seen videos on trolden where an annoy o tron managed to hold off two deathwings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNBJFEoAJvo

RIP Argent Squire was my first thought too

POWER CREEP!!!

Quote from Darknesspyre >>

Another thing I like about the card is that it combats the stupid (insert random 1 cost pirate) + IM IN CHARGE NOW  turn 1 play from pirate warriors because with divine shield it needs to be hit twice for it to die. Taunt is such an underestimated ability, never underestimate the value of a minion being able to protect your face from getting caved in.

It is a kind of a stonehill defender nerf, but it is still an annoying 1 drop taunt that need to be hit twice to kill it, I have seen videos on trolden where an annoy o tron managed to hold off two deathwings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNBJFEoAJvo

I love this card, it exemplifies what's best about the paladin class, really solid, not flashy cards that get the job done.

I really feel like this card was made pretty much to support the new Bolvar 

"But I'm a (power) creep... I'm a weirdo winner... why the hell am I playing this?"

Apologies to Radio Head.

Definitely one of the sleeper cards in KFT that no one sees yet. People just seem to not understand that strong early game minion can be what a deck needs to be new meta breaker. No one saw Patches until it came out and still some people don't understand how powerful low mana cost cards can be.

Quote from baev_os >>

Definitely one of the sleeper cards in KFT that no one sees yet. People just seem to not understand that strong early game minion can be what a deck needs to be new meta breaker. No one saw Patches until it came out and still some people don't understand how powerful low mana cost cards can be.

You can't complain about power creep with neutral cards and class cards. Class cards are always supposed to be about 1 mana better, usually with strange abilities and good statlines. If this was a 1 mana Annoy-a-tron then it would be straight-up power creep. Better examples are Pit Fighter and Ethereal Peddler, same stats but Peddler also has a cool ability. Taunt is barely worth a mana anyway.

This card is actually more of a nerf to Paladins using Stonehill Defender because those higher cost Paladin taunt cards are probably better than this card is, although this is better to actually put in your deck, while Stonehill might give you Grimestreet Protector and you might realize two divine shields and a 6/6 Taunt is just what you needed.

It is much better than Annoy-o-Tron. First of all, it is huge difference in mana for only 1 life missed, and it is divine shield minion, so it is not that important. Also, Annoy-o-Tron was used for it's synergy and anti-aggro protection. Defender will be used as both and also will skyrocket aggro paladin. Taunt on divine shield is crazy good, Paladin has hell of buffs, it protects other shit, crazy synergy with everything, et cetera. If any aggro paladin is good next expansion this card will be core card for such decks.

Aggrodin.

Such lazy design. Maybe a 0/1, or 0/2 with taunt and shield would make more sense.

Quote from codyischida >>

Aggrodin.

Quote from robpcom3 >>

Such lazy design. Maybe a 0/1, or 0/2 with taunt and shield would make more sense.