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Quote from Hearthsam >>

Okay, I'm having a ton of fun with this card. Hands down the best astral communion card, and along with forbidden ancient, communion druid is a real thing.

Quote from Guile >>

... Wouldn't a Yshaarj'd Forbidden Ancient just be a 1/1?

People are just so accustomed to thinking of big cards with no immediate effect as bad -- and honestly, they have been up until now.

However, those are exactly the cards you would want to put into a Y'Shaarj deck, so many players are having trouble seeing how to build such a thing. There's this big, collective blind spot where the community tends to ignore the cards that have been deemed "unplayable."

It's like a stuffy old aunt who won't acknowledge the black sheep distant cousin: "We don't talk about him."

Quote from Pmanda >>

Quote from FortyDust >>

Obviously, the other two Old Gods we've seen require that you build the entire deck around them. Why is everyone assuming that this one should be good as a standalone?

Yes, the effect ruins Charge and Battlecry, and delays end-of-turn effects. So in order to get the most out of a Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound deck, I guess you would include mainly vanillas, deathrattles, aura minions and spells. I haven't tried yet, but I feel like something reasonable can be made with those specifications.

Just trying to ram this guy into your current control deck is the laziest of lazy thinking. You make yourself look foolish if all you can do is come up with reasons why it won't work.

 The problem is is that right now there aren't enough cards to support a deck with him in it, which is the same reason why varian doesn't work.

Obviously, the other two Old Gods we've seen require that you build the entire deck around them. Why is everyone assuming that this one should be good as a standalone?

Yes, the effect ruins Charge and Battlecry, and delays end-of-turn effects. So in order to get the most out of a Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound deck, I guess you would include mainly vanillas, deathrattles, aura minions and spells. I haven't tried yet, but I feel like something reasonable can be made with those specifications.

Just trying to ram this guy into your current control deck is the laziest of lazy thinking. You make yourself look foolish if all you can do is come up with reasons why it won't work.

Quote from Pedrolo >>

Dies to BGH.

Quote from HearthKutu >>

To all those who rushed to conclusions and didn't even have the audacity to read a card long enough to understand a wording, (mostly because most Cardstone players have never touched a card game before), where do you see the word random in this card? That ought to give you some food for thought.

Quote from Nysotiaa >>

 Will it trigger battlecries?