Good card, 1/5 is a good body for 3 mana... and still gives you 2 good creatures who are excelent to combo cards. I think turn 4, you could use Witchy Lackey in EVIL Miscreant to transform him in a 4 mana creature, and have mana enough to use SI:7 Agent.
flexible card, combo activator generator, has potential to see play. the 4 slot in rogue is empty in standard atm.
@kaladin.. no room?
Edit: it's a combo card as well.. oh well less flexible than I thought.. 1/5 is a terrible statline but the lackeys are kinda strong.I thought it was a battlecry, it being a combo means it's probably won't see play unless we see strong synergy with the lackeys
Edit again, you get TWO of them (I really needed to read the card as a whole) well.. having 2 of them is another deal, it's a nice value card you can compare it to elven minstreal, you aren't thinning your deck but you are getting 2 relative powerful 1 drops, that would be insane if they were printed as is. and this guy has a statline of a 2 drop (that big arm mech)
If minions would be class tokens (evolving one - shaman's card, ethereal - mage's card, etc) it would be so much cooler. Common, Blizzard, why not? I am disappointed... Give thief rogues more love...
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People who call that garbage... LOL
This card looks very good. It is 3 mana "draw" two efficient high tempo cards + a 1/5 body. Compare that to a playable arena card Ravencaller, which is 3 mana 2/1 + draw "two" random 1 drops.
Are the lackeys collectible or generated only? They actually seem quite good.
They have no gem and as collectible they would be absurdly powerful... 1/1 + random 2 drop on turn one is beyond insanity and would be easily be the strongest 1 drop ever.
If classic midrange/tempo becomes viable, this will be good. Those lackeys are insanely strong for 1 Mana, but two strong low-impact cards that you can't predict won't swing the game for you.
I can't make up my mind on this card. I think I'll have to see it in action first.
I do find it really interesting that they'll be adding more Lackeys each expansion this year, although that might make these Lackey generator cards weaker if only a couple specific ones are helpful for your deck. But they all seem to have decent to good effects so hopefully the overall value of them won't change too much.
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Very very good. We hope in other good rogue's cards like this.
Awesome new SparePart-like mechanic. And they'll be adding new ones throughout the year which is exciting.
The Kobold and Faceless hold less value than the others imo, probably depends on your game plan though.
I think the lackeys are pretty awesome, maybe the cost for the rogue minion is a bit too much
As a 3-drop, I don't think there's room to run this.
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Is Lackey Shudderwock going to be a thing with all these micro battlecries? Maybe just as a meme, but still
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Good card, 1/5 is a good body for 3 mana... and still gives you 2 good creatures who are excelent to combo cards. I think turn 4, you could use Witchy Lackey in EVIL Miscreant to transform him in a 4 mana creature, and have mana enough to use SI:7 Agent.
flexible card, combo activator generator, has potential to see play. the 4 slot in rogue is empty in standard atm.
@kaladin.. no room?
Edit: it's a combo card as well.. oh well less flexible than I thought.. 1/5 is a terrible statline but the lackeys are kinda strong.I thought it was a battlecry, it being a combo means it's probably won't see play unless we see strong synergy with the lackeys
Edit again, you get TWO of them (I really needed to read the card as a whole) well.. having 2 of them is another deal, it's a nice value card you can compare it to elven minstreal, you aren't thinning your deck but you are getting 2 relative powerful 1 drops, that would be insane if they were printed as is. and this guy has a statline of a 2 drop (that big arm mech)
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Not sure what to think about this yet. It's going to be pretty random from the looks of it.
Seems like it'll be too slow.
If minions would be class tokens (evolving one - shaman's card, ethereal - mage's card, etc) it would be so much cooler. Common, Blizzard, why not? I am disappointed... Give thief rogues more love...
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People who call that garbage... LOL
This card looks very good. It is 3 mana "draw" two efficient high tempo cards + a 1/5 body. Compare that to a playable arena card Ravencaller, which is 3 mana 2/1 + draw "two" random 1 drops.
Are the lackeys collectible or generated only? They actually seem quite good.
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This card seems REALLY good in Tempo Rogue, and that deck still has a lot of powerful tools. Hench-Clan Thug, Captain Hooktusk etc.
They have no gem and as collectible they would be absurdly powerful... 1/1 + random 2 drop on turn one is beyond insanity and would be easily be the strongest 1 drop ever.
So it's a push to play some kind of Spirit of the Shark value Rogue deck - looks interesting.
If classic midrange/tempo becomes viable, this will be good. Those lackeys are insanely strong for 1 Mana, but two strong low-impact cards that you can't predict won't swing the game for you.
I want to go on record saying this card will be very powerful
I can't make up my mind on this card. I think I'll have to see it in action first.
I do find it really interesting that they'll be adding more Lackeys each expansion this year, although that might make these Lackey generator cards weaker if only a couple specific ones are helpful for your deck. But they all seem to have decent to good effects so hopefully the overall value of them won't change too much.