Hearthpwn

This probably needed the nerf with the efficient trades it enabled.

The upside of the random 8 damage hero power feels too inconsistent to compensate the crippling 8 health cap, barring armor boosts or Alexstraza, particularly when you factor in 2 mana being semi-permanently tied up to make this at all worth it.

Unless you can keep the enemy board clear consistently, in which case why do you need the hero power?

I'd buff the Ragnaros heroes' consistency a bit by giving the player this weapon when they transform:

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Sulfuras

2 Attack 6 Durability.

Also damages minions next to one you attack. (Complete with a fun fire splash effect.)

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This would be crazy overpowered if you didn't only have 8 health to work with, barring using cards to play with it, so any attack on a minion could leave you even more perilously open to a sudden surprise death next turn.

It would make the transformation a bit less useless when the enemy has 2+ minions by letting you clear small targets that would otherwise nullify the hero power.

Ragnaros would also be able to end the game a bit sooner when going face with it, which really needs to happen for this to work short of stabilizing with an improbable amount of armor/ Alexstraza.

And all this would still be counterbalanced by non-kill removal skirting around activating Majordomo or, alternatively, the opponent's chance to instantly win the game if they can deal 8 damage to the face and remove Majordormo on the same turn.

So it would still be risky, but just a bit more consistent and powerful.

This should really, really be a 2/3.

It would still be a great card, but as of now it's just absurdly OP.

While that may not sound like much, it would be far more reasonable to remove.

Ofc that won't happen, because Blizzard's idea of a HS balance patch is to nerf a card out of play or ignore it until it rotates out...where it will continue to be a problem in wild.

Still mind boggling that they never nerfed Dr. Boom.

One way to make this semi-playable without breaking it would be to actually buff the Ancient One a bit.

Give it "Deathrattle: Summon a Blood of The Ancient One."

Flavorful, and it makes it less likely your win will get flushed down the toilet by a massive two for one.

There are still removal cards that would skirt around it, and you'd still be a very sad panda if a Priest Entombed or Mind Controlled it.

Great anti-aggro card on paper, ridiculously overpowered on play. Seriously this should AT LEAST be 8-9 mana or affected by only hero power totems. Even a 6 mana 5/5 taunt is acceptable, and a shaman will play at the very least 2-3 totems by the turn 6. I hate to be the guy asking for nerfs, but blizzard should really hit the hammer on this one.

And what saddens me the most is they'll probably overnerf it like they always do and make it unusable, and i'd really like to see some tuned-down version of it on the current meta. Shame.

"instead of nerfing an obviously overpowered card we're going to put in shitty utility cards that only an idiot would run"

Underpowered as is. Pretty much a 1 mana 2/2 in a world without benefits to deathrattles like Rivendare. I'd be somewhat more impressed if it was 1 mana 2/1 Deathrattle give a friendly minion +1 health.

This card is so stupid in Shaman with the Evolveand even with a totem or some smaller minions, it is almost unclearable board.

Is this a Jumanji situation, is he trapped in his own game?

I  really want him to be usable. Lower his stats and give him Charge or Stealth or something, because as is you're rarely ever gonna get to attack with him.

Can be stolen by Sylvanas to transform your hero into the Cow King.

Your hand being empty would've worked well for hunter.

If this card had taunt it'd be solid as fuck in like a taunt warrior. sadly it's shit.

So OP

to make this card viable text needed to be changed to "At the end of your turn, heal a damaged friendly character for 1".