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If I get that crap as my free legendary, oh boy...

I know that this looks really bad right now, and if this is all there is to the card then I'm definitely not crafting it, but I'm a little surprised that not a lot of people are considering the possibility that this could be good after all the cards are revealed. It's very possible that shaman could get an ultimate infestation tier, high cost spell this expansion and best case scenario it has no targets. Hell, I can't imagine any other reason why Team 5 would make this 8 mana. And alongside that, it's possible we get more untargeted shaman spells this expansion to make up for all the other randomly targeted options. We have some evidence of that with the new spellstone that only targrets friendly minions.

The strength of this card is completely reliant on what we get this expansion, so I'm gonna hold off judgement until all the shaman cards are released.

E I G H T f*cking mana. Unless Shaman doesn't get completely broken spells saying "Discard your opponents hand" or "Destroy your opponents board" which require this weapon to be played, it will be just the equivalent of 400 dust.

Quote from B0n3d4ddy >>

E I G H T f*cking mana. Unless Shaman doesn't get completely broken spells saying "Discard your opponents hand" or "Destroy your opponents board" which require this weapon to be played, it will be just the equivalent of 400 dust.

bad card imo, the pool of bad Shaman spells are so high.

RnG is king once again.

Quote from Provataki >>

bad card imo, the pool of bad Shaman spells are so high.

Alright, I got it so I will will try it out in my Control/Giants Shaman. Let's see

I was considering trying something similar, but I didn't open this weapon. Very interested in how your tests go, please give feedback! Good luck!

I got this from packs and dusted without thinking twice

I tried it, I played it.... It was so sad ... only cards on my side before i played it, nothing left after i played it.... I think  I'm gonna cry...

Public service announcement: Runespear is a bad weapon. Really bad. It did nothing the three times I swung it. It actually helped me opponent stay alive longer because the spells I got were terrible. That 8 mana could have closed the game with better cards.

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Quote from Provataki >>

bad card imo, the pool of bad Shaman spells are so high.

 There will be 34 discoverable Shaman spells in Standard. Approximately six of those are spells I'd almost never want to cast. Nineteen of them (almost 56 percent) are spells that cannot possibly backfire on you under any circumstances. The chances are very, very, very slim that all three of your discover choices are going to be in that small group of bad spells.

These odds vary based on the state of the board, obviously, but you need to factor that in when deciding whether or not to attack with the weapon.

Quote from reggin_bolas >>

Public service announcement: Runespear is a bad weapon. Really bad. It did nothing the three times I swung it. It actually helped me opponent stay alive longer because the spells I got were terrible. That 8 mana could have closed the game with better cards.

 

Quote from Nimehte >>

I got this from packs and dusted without thinking twice

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Quote from B0n3d4ddy >>

E I G H T f*cking mana. Unless Shaman doesn't get completely broken spells saying "Discard your opponents hand" or "Destroy your opponents board" which require this weapon to be played, it will be just the equivalent of 400 dust.

 I dunno, it only has to be as good as ultimate infestation. And yeah, that's a high bar, but still within the realm of possibility given that Blizzard, y'know, printed it.

 Except it's Shaman and Blizzard hates Shaman, case in point

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Quote from Provataki >>

bad card imo, the pool of bad Shaman spells are so high.

 There will be 34 discoverable Shaman spells in Standard. Approximately six of those are spells I'd almost never want to cast. Nineteen of them (almost 56 percent) are spells that cannot possibly backfire on you under any circumstances. The chances are very, very, very slim that all three of your discover choices are going to be in that small group of bad spells.

These odds vary based on the state of the board, obviously, but you need to factor that in when deciding whether or not to attack with the weapon.

 bullshit, I own it. It's complete garbage. random target magic is just a waste. 

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How does priest get a 3 damage board clear with a 3/3 body, for 4 mana, at rare, but shaman get a 3/3 weapon for EIGHT? At legendary?!

Sucks that they printed it as is. Blizzard hasn't ever buffed a card, have they? It seems like they could have removed the "random targets" condition and the weapon still wouldn't be that powerful.