Rend Blackhand
Card Text
Battlecry: If you're holding a Dragon, destroy a Legendary minion.
Flavor Text
Rend believes he is the True Warchief of the Horde and he keeps editing the wikipedia page for "Warchief of the Horde" to include his picture.
Card Sounds
It's actually rather good, especially with paladin, since they can handle what Aldor Peacekeepers can not.
How many times have you been against an enemy Tirion, or Kel'thuzad and just not had a destroy effect....when you need one.
Ok-ish for a druid control deck, if its even feasible. Finally they can kill that pesky ysera without having to sacrifice force of nature + savage roar combo.
Does this kill Lord Jaraxxus?
Had same doubt as you. http://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/2y9z8c/rend_blackhand_will_not_kill_jaraxxus_in_hero_form/
no since Jaraxxus turns into a hero, after his battlecry
The most fun part of this card is that it's a counter to itself : D. For example if you play it and destroy a legendary minion, then your opponent plays this and kills your rend. Similar to Deathwing vs Deathwing action
Basically won a game at rank 5 because my opponent had it in his deck. Easiest 7 drop to kill ever.
I'm curious if this card will see play after the full release of BRM. I know many have said this, but needing a dragon in hand for the battlecry to work makes it incredibly situational, and without a legendary on board it feels very weak due to the health amount. It is a 'fun' card to play and when it works it can be game-changing. I'm just not sure where / what deck this card would fit other than dragon paladin.
Saw this in Kibler's stream yesterday. Got some great value killing Tirions, Loathebs and Thaurissans, the only problem was there are not enough dragons released for it to be viable right now. Oh, and it's great for killing your own Sylvanas/Tirion (for the 5 damage for lethal) for epic plays.
The results are in: 0/10 for useability, 11/10 for style (seriously, awesome entrance)
At least you are using it for the right reasons :D
Best counter to Lorewalker Cho.
Having trouble killing your own Sylvanas Windrunner? Here is the solution
As a 6/6 it could have been good...
I think the Dragon and Legend conditions are way too mutch for it's bad 8/4 stats, a 8/4 that destroys any minion would have been a good choice (keeping the dragon synergy)
People say this card is bad but I think it has some good potential. Its not the best thing stat wise but there are card like the emperor making cards cheaper. Rend can come in and destroy the cheap legendary minions. I think people can make this card work its not the worst thing.
Come on guys, we all know this will be a decent card. :D
I don't have too much hope for this, but I'm gonna run him in dragon pally at least for testing. He can come out the turn after Emperor OTK and the same turn as Dr. GG so I could see him being a decent tech card. Especially if you want to kill the Emperor and save your removal for Boom/Rag. Also, if you're lucky he might draw out opponent's BGH.
I think its good High-End Removal for your Dragon Decks... Granted it dies to BGH, but who the heck wants to use BGH on something a Shadowbolt, Soulfire, Swipe, or Flamecannon can kill....
Or.... Starfire, Fireball, Eviserate... uh... Alot of removal thats my point...
it looks like we were wrong, especially with Emperor Thaurissan which is a dangerous 6 drop to keep in the game, so with Rend you can destroy Thaurissan before things get worse...and now your opponent has to deal with an 8 damage creature, it's a Core Hound with -1/-1 stats, but it did just destroy their 6 drop.
Why wouldn't you just use any other hard removal? Every class has a less expensive way to remove Thaurissan without an activation condition.