Why do people keep calling this a Tickatus [/card] counter LOL??? Dude, it says "eat a minion". It's random. This card is bad, and the design is bad. Compare this to a card that's never played [card]Natalie Seline. She kills the minion on board instead of in their hand, and the murloc usually wont gain more than 4 4 worth of stats. This card is like a 7 mana 8 8 on a good day, and lower stats on a bad one. Yes, it can help you vs combo decks if youre lucky, but most combo decks these days kill you by turn 7 anyway.
On a side note, I hate the intention too. Stop printing anti-combo tech cards and just NERF THE COMBO DECKS. Cards like this and Dirty Rat are bad for the game. They're frustrating to play against and when they do their intended purpose vs you, you feel like you wasted 10 minutes of your life. Cards like this make sense in magic the gathering and legends of runeterra, but it doesnt work in hearthstone because you can only have 2 copies of a card or 1 of a legendary. It's too punishing when it works and toxic to play against. 0/10.
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I am surprised they banned it, there's always a first. I still think it needs to be nerfed to "first card drawn" because it will break standard as well down the road. Itll then get nerfed and unbanned.
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Yup, haven't touched wild yet, still waiting for its nerf. Good chance itll come in the next few days. My friends also agree.
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Half of wild is apm warlock and the other half is aggro decks trying to counter said deck. Control/Reno is dead now. It's very likely to get nerfed within two weeks. Until then, me and many of my friends are taking a break from wild.
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Wow, so many people dismissing this card. It's a superior dirty rat in almost every way. This can't whiff the same way dirty rat can and you don't need to have removal in your hand either. You also force your opponent to remove that or you go face and win. This will probably be in every control deck in both formats, especially wild odd warrior!
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Nerf secret mage, that deck is 30% of wild. Print tech cards in the mini set for both standard and wild. For example, print a card that can change the HP of both players so they can counter deathknights and even/odd decks by changing HP. Print a 2 mana 2/2 that destroys all enemy secrets. Eaters of secrets is just too slow and I almost never see it being teched.
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They really need to throw us wild players a bone. I am getting 30% secret mages too. Very few otk mages since the nerf to spring water and also it loses to secret mage too.
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Priest is a dead class anyway because Tickatus dodged a nerf yet again! Warlock will just cut hysteria for hellfire or firebreather.
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Blizz is also buffing 10 cards so I expect them to buff something in warlock when they nerf Tickatus.
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Here's my nerf predictions based on hints and research:
Tickatus burns 3 cards, down from 5
Crabrider 3 health down from 4
Mankrik 3 health down from 4
Conviction cost increased to 2 mana
Incanter's Flow cost increased to 3 mana
We might find out in a few hours what gets nerfed and buffed, really hoping Tickatus is among the 5 nerfs! He's the most complained about card!
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Mage desperately needs a nerf in wild. My friend just told me now diamond 1-4 is almost 100% otk flamewaker mage and theres no counters. Even aggro loses to otk mage.