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This card is confusing...

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Trully awful. The AoE effect doesn't help priests while the combos with your shadow words, cabals and shadow madness can be done by Shrinkmaster and Crazed Alchemist. Playing combo and wanting to use this instead of inner fire makes no sense.

Shrinkmeister's ability stops at 6 health, this also enables trades across the board where priests like to play higher health minions, or OTK set ups with higher health minions.  Also it can enable other set ups, like shadow word death or shadow word pain on top of board trades.  Though since shrinkmesiter and crazed alchemist aren't really strongly represented in constructed we'll see if this makes it.  I like it, but I don't know how truly effective it will be.

Crazed Alchemist isn't represented in constructed because it's yet another situational card that needs other cards to do anything. Priests has too many of them and they're giving us another one with a redundant effect.

Shrinkmeister's ability doesn't stop at 6. You can use it for effective trades against high attack minions if you're lacking SW:D and want to keep your stuff healthy. Switching it's health and attack for setups with spells, again, can be made with crazed alchemist, with a 2/2 body to top it off. The situations where you need to switch the health of ALL enemy minions so you can use the perfect hand you have against the new stats they've got is (sorry for repeating myself) too situational.

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you can tell which players actually play priest by the comments here

Also, this is so true it has to be repeated.

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Does this swap the attack and health of each minion or amongst minions?  Meaning if there's a 1/3 and a 2/2 does it make them a 3/1 and a 2/2 or is it possible the result could be a 3/2 and a 2/1?

It is confusingly written but I'm pretty sure it's just a board-wide Crazed Alchemist

this could see some competitive play

Hmm... not mentioned yet, Nerubian Egg will finally find it's way into priest decks. 

Also Shrinkmeister can "KILL" now!

Otherweise not much 0 ATK-Minions to kill, except most totems, those 2 leggis and Doomsayer.

I am hopelessly disappointed by the fact that there are people in this thread saying this card is mediocre or bad.

This has been a dream come true for many players wanting the Yu-Gi-Oh Shield & Sword effect, and this is not until the end phase, but PERMANENT.

This card is such a huge implication on the game that it's impossible to evaluate the extent to which it can and will be exploited.

An interesting card, which does big impact, can never be classified as bad, at worst, interesting. At very worst, it can enable future broken decks. It is a one-of-a-kind effect which does a huge impact on the game. A single new card can make priests overpowered by synergizing with this card. That card may even exist already.

This is not demon-fuse, and it is not Dr.Boom, but Dr.Boom isn't even an auto include in most decks. If a card does not fit in existing decks by being strictly better or making your deck more consistent, does not mean it is BAD. It means it is different.

I am disgusted by people who even have the thought that this is BAD. THESE ARE THE CARDS WE WANT MORE OF. NOT DEMONFUSE(a card clearly needing a REALLY specific condition to be looked at as playable), BUT THESE. We want more highly impactful, possibly niche cards, more "BAD" cards that a clever player can exploit, or find in an expansion, or in a new archetype, or possibly existing archetype, and "BREAK" them. This is the core of what makes card games fun. Power creep is not fun, obvious self contained brokedness is not fun neither.

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Does this swap the attack and health of each minion or amongst minions?  Meaning if there's a 1/3 and a 2/2 does it make them a 3/1 and a 2/2 or is it possible the result could be a 3/2 and a 2/1?

It is confusingly written but I'm pretty sure it's just a board-wide Crazed Alchemist

it is not confusingly written. it says "swap health and attack" which is NOT "shuffle all stats randomly". 

it is obviously the same text as crazed alchemist with the addition "of all minions". there is no way of misreading it.

cool card btw

It could be interpreted as "Swap health and attack between all minions" so yes, there is a way of misreading it.

Considering all the Eadric the Pure people will be running in Joustadin, I think we will be in a lightwell/shield bearer meta to counter it, so confuse will be a great board wipe and really be integral in the powerful OTK priest deck.

I am enthusiastic about cards like this, this is nice spaghetti. Glad to see another priest card (finally).

People who complain about priest do so because cards are more challenging to use and take a higher level thought process. 

If you don't like this card - that's fine. Just stick to your face hunter/temp mage/zoo that are just self run decks.

At least priest now can activate the Nerubian egg easily

I love it! It's so good. Almost like a savage roar. I can't wait to try to make this work.

I'd rather run Crazed Alchemist. Pretty sure a body on the board will be more valuable than swapping multiple targets. Confuse is just too situational.

I think this card is amazingly powerful.

You drop some baits at turn 5 to 8 like Sylvanas, Dr. Boom, Emperor... so they can get removed. 

Turn 9 Ysera, Divine Spirit, you have a 4/24, Confuse, 24/4. Profit.

OR

Double Deathlord with Divine Spirit, double 2/16, Confuse, double 16/2. Game over.

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People who complain about priest do so because cards are more challenging to use and take a higher level thought process. 

If you don't like this card - that's fine. Just stick to your face hunter/temp mage/zoo that are just self run decks.

This is so fucking annoying. There's no way to have a substantial discussion about anything if your position is to demonise anyone who disagrees with you as a fake priest player.

Why are people saying they'd rather run Crazed Alchemist over this? The body doesn't matter because at the end of the day, it only affects one of your minions. It's like saying you'd rather run Abusive over Sav in Druid. This thing is supposed to (or is going to) be run in some mass combo. 

This card is insane. Do you guys even realise this will mean priest will be able to steal ANY minion with Cabal. You just deal damage till it has 2 hp and then use confuse. 

I predict that priest will be a very strong class in the new meta.

It can also set up some crazy KO potentials.

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Well, this is one of the shittiest card of the set. Crazed Alch is not being run in priest decks, and it has 2/2 body attached to the effect.

Seriously. Reading this thread makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. People who actually play priest should be upset this card was printed instead of a playable one. I guess the rank 20 Divine Spirit/Inner Fire players can use this to make their deck even less consistent.