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anyone confirm this?

scared warrior :v

First thing that comes up my mind: will this be good enough to challenge Auchenai Soulpriest on the 4-drop spot?

Lightwarden's big sister.

Yes, this is true. It is confirmed in a China hearthstone event. 

Confirmed. It is true. 

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First thing that comes up my mind: will this be good enough to challenge Auchenai Soulpriest on the 4-drop spot?

In a Priest focusing on healing, absolutely. This is kind of like Priest's Frothing Berserker. Imagine casting CoH with this and 4 other injured minions on the board. That would make it a 13/5. 

I agree. Now Priests can execute some crazy Frothing Berserker combo too. Might be a problem in the specific combo decks, but in normal Priest decks, I reckon it's not enough to challenge Auchenai and Piloted Shredder. Also depends on other upcoming cards.

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First thing that comes up my mind: will this be good enough to challenge Auchenai Soulpriest on the 4-drop spot?

In a Priest focusing on healing, absolutely. This is kind of like Priest's Frothing Berserker. Imagine casting CoH with this and 4 other injured minions on the board. That would make it a 13/5. 

Wild Pyromancer might become even more important in Priest then. :p

I think this might be a realy strong card. 

1st thing is, it survives a Shredder trade so this is a viable 4 drop Statswise.

2nd thing is, like lightwarden it can counterattack and race face decks! Everybody who has won a game with an unchallanged lightwarden should know about this thing.

3rd 5 health is even for controll or Zoo not that easy to remove, most of the Time a 2 for 1 so i say this is one of the better cards from the set so far.

Seems pretty solid, I just don't know where it'll fit in any priest decks.

Heal priest meta incoming o/

Yep. Lightwarden behind a taunt occasionally wins games already, and 3/5 for 4 has a great chance of surviving a turn or two. Also, with one heal, it takes care of turn 5 Sludge Belcher.

I suppose Frothing Berserker is the closest thing to compare it to (when we disregard Light Warden), but i think that would be wrong comparison, since Frothing combo will never be without a charge and u cant charge this priest card, so it will have to be played very differently.

The reason why ligthwarden stopped seeing play even pre-GvG is because it was effectively a 1/2 for 1 in too many cases. I believe that the same will be true for this 3/5 for 4. The stats just aren't good enough these days for what the effect realistically gives you (not even close to the power level and consistency of frothing berserker in patron decks), and it is a lot harder to cut cards in priest than in other classes. Auchenai soulpriest I feel is just better than this card on principle, and even that card is getting cut in some priest builds to be more consistent. These are my initial impressions anyway. We'll see what other cards are released with the set.

I'm a priest only player and i got legend a couple times with the class.

Really like this card. It's very similar to Auchenai Soulpriest, you use your hero power to gain +2 damage but you can't split the damage, like auchenai does. However, this card has the potential to grow in the late game and make some crazy Wild Pyromancer + Circle of Healing turns.

Priest lacks a decent turn 4 play, you usually play something + buff on 4. You almost always save the Auchenai Soulpriest for Circle of Healing / Vol'jin, usually you don't play her on curve. This card can kill Sludge Belcher and is also a threat.

This card has a great advantage over Auchenai Soulpriest vs Hunter/Aggro decks on curve. Not op, but certainly decent.

Very powerful card, will become a priest staple.