is even paladin dead though? it's the msot powerful card in the deck.. but the deck's main weakness was cubelock and it got nerfed.. I think even paladin wills till be played.. this card will keep seeing play in none even paladin.
Odd paladin could run more 1 drops now and have it as a "deck thinner" card, it's not that amazing there but it opens up another way to build odd paladin.. also maybe they will add Prince Liam with this change.
Great...now Odd Pally, a deck I cannot stand, becomes stronger.
There are no 2 cost minions in odd paladin, so how is this a strong addition to odd Pally? 3 minions that cost 1 mana for 5 mana is not that good.
EDIT: hahaha ..... ok I am the 10th person saying this, lol ....
Yep exactly this. 5 mana for three 1-drops is horrible value. This will likely only continue to exist in Murloc Paladin, unless some obviously broken 1-drops (or 1-drops with negative battlecry synergy) are released or discovered.
Excuse me? Imagine this card as "pay 2 mana to draw 3 cards and another 3 to play them". Plus deck-thinnig aspect. Still pretty good, right? . Its just not broken anymore. "Horryiiible vyaaaaaluuuuue" ffs.
Great...now Odd Pally, a deck I cannot stand, becomes stronger.
Yes 5 mana summon 3 1 drops. amazing. Kappa
Its better than you may think
No it's not. Let's say you roll some average 1-mana cost minions. Righteous protector, argent squire and fire fly. That's a 1/1 taunt divine shield, a 1/1 divine shield and a 1/2 for 5 mana. Do you think that stands a chance to compete in the meta?
odd pala is strong because of the ability to flood the board and then buff the minions indirectly with auras. I dont say this card will be broken in odd pala, but i think it will help them. It also removes 3 1 mana minions you dont want to draw from your deck...
For 5 manas you don't want more minions, you want to buff them, CtA don't see any play in odd and the deck don't needed the card anyway.
Basically they killed even Pally and this card in one fail swoop. This is the only way Even Pally had to draw it's deck. Call to Arms is not good enough in Odd Pally to summon 1/1's. This is a bad tempo card. Odd Pally has Divine Favor and only plays one of them in most cases Call to Arms is not good enough to play outside any Pally deck in this meta that isn't Odd Pally.
Maybe Even Paladin can finally shine as a control deck? The raw value of CTA was restricting what Paladin did because why control the board when CTA is just better?
Control Pally is not playable in this meta. Even with OTK too slow in this meta.
CtA was not insane card, it was just very good. Not OP. There are so many ways to play around it, every class has them and considering the amount of even paladins everyone run them. And among all nerds this one is the most tough.
I still think it would have been better to be reduced to 2 minions instead of 5 Mana. Drawing and summoning 3 minions is just really strong. But maybe it's not as good anymore afterwards as I think it to be.
And I don't think this will kill Even Paladin. I think the deck will become slower and goes more into control. Hard to say how good it will be, but I would be surprised if it completely disappears.
Basically they killed even Pally and this card in one fail swoop. This is the only way Even Pally had to draw it's deck. Call to Arms is not good enough in Odd Pally to summon 1/1's. This is a bad tempo card. Odd Pally has Divine Favor and only plays one of them in most cases Call to Arms is not good enough to play outside any Pally deck in this meta that isn't Odd Pally.
Maybe Even Paladin can finally shine as a control deck? The raw value of CTA was restricting what Paladin did because why control the board when CTA is just better?
Control Pally is not playable in this meta. Even with OTK too slow in this meta.
A control deck is too slow? Imagine that.
Don't be so quick to dismiss it man. I'm not saying it's guaranteed to be a good deck, I'm just suggesting that with CTA out of the way, maybe Paladins will be experimenting with new ideas again.
Again, in case it wasn't clear, I am in no way suggesting that Control Paladin will be Tier 1. However, if you're going to completely toss my suggestion to the side, you need something to back it up.
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I don't think it's a good nerf. I think reducing it to 2 minions instead of 3 would be the right thing to do. Killing Even Paladin for no reason, it doesn't make sense.
Unfortunate for those who crafted Genn Greymane. Although I'm sure another even-only deck will be good in the next two years.
I "lucked" out by opening him and two Call to Arms and Sunkeeper Tarim over the course of my pack openings, except I despise Paladin aggro/flood decks. Happy to have 800 dust and now not feel forced to play a deck like this anymore.
Instead of complaining that Even Paladin is dead, maybe you should be asking, "What will Even Paladin look like if it survives this/how might the 4-drop slot look (and what 2-drops should you run now, if it's different) with an absence of CTA?"
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im having a boner right now, i got 1 golden copy of it <3
is even paladin dead though? it's the msot powerful card in the deck.. but the deck's main weakness was cubelock and it got nerfed.. I think even paladin wills till be played.. this card will keep seeing play in none even paladin.
Odd paladin could run more 1 drops now and have it as a "deck thinner" card, it's not that amazing there but it opens up another way to build odd paladin.. also maybe they will add Prince Liam with this change.
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do you realize call to arms will only draw 1 cost minions?
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Terrible nerf.
We called for nerf, not for "removing" this card ,_,
Even Paladin being good isn’t a problem. It’s losing to a ridiculously overpowered card like CtA is.
CtA was not insane card, it was just very good. Not OP. There are so many ways to play around it, every class has them and considering the amount of even paladins everyone run them. And among all nerds this one is the most tough.
P.S. Not Paladin main, mostly playing mage.
I have played that card a lot and still believe it's pretty powerful in non odd/even decks
Sadly, CtA was too powerful for its cost. And in even paladin is too good.
Sadly, in odd paladin it's not as good.
Murloc Paladin doesn't care too much about it.
The only reason I can see CtA being run in odd pally is due to the fact it thins out your deck like patches
should have also nerfed divine favor
I still think it would have been better to be reduced to 2 minions instead of 5 Mana. Drawing and summoning 3 minions is just really strong. But maybe it's not as good anymore afterwards as I think it to be.
And I don't think this will kill Even Paladin. I think the deck will become slower and goes more into control. Hard to say how good it will be, but I would be surprised if it completely disappears.
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I don't think it's a good nerf. I think reducing it to 2 minions instead of 3 would be the right thing to do. Killing Even Paladin for no reason, it doesn't make sense.
Unfortunate for those who crafted Genn Greymane. Although I'm sure another even-only deck will be good in the next two years.
I "lucked" out by opening him and two Call to Arms and Sunkeeper Tarim over the course of my pack openings, except I despise Paladin aggro/flood decks. Happy to have 800 dust and now not feel forced to play a deck like this anymore.
Yall.
Instead of complaining that Even Paladin is dead, maybe you should be asking, "What will Even Paladin look like if it survives this/how might the 4-drop slot look (and what 2-drops should you run now, if it's different) with an absence of CTA?"
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