Sparring Partner

Card Text
Taunt
Battlecry: Give a
minion Taunt.
Flavor Text
Come at me, bro.
Card Sounds
Additional Information
Name | Type | Class | Cost | Attack | Health |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scavenging Hyena | Minion | Hunter | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Loot Hoarder | Minion | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Scavenging Hyena | Minion | Hunter | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Bloodsail Raider | Minion | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Millhouse Manastorm | Minion | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
Tavish Stormpike | Hero | Hunter | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Tavish for Hire | Hero | Hunter | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Lootmaster Tavish | Hero | Hunter | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Plot: Pirates!!! | Ability | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Death's Bite | Weapon | Warrior | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Shrinkmeister | Minion | Priest | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Whirling Zap-o-matic | Minion | Shaman | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Cobalt Guardian | Minion | Paladin | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Illuminator | Minion | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
Lil' Exorcist | Minion | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
Gang Up | Ability | Rogue | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sparring Partner | Minion | Warrior | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Recruiter | Minion | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
Sparring Partner | Minion | Warrior | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Sparring Partner | Minion | Warrior | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Competitive Spirit | Ability | Paladin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eerie Statue | Minion | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
Cursed! | Ability | Warlock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Aberrant Berserker | Minion | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
Grotesque Dragonhawk | Minion | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
Twilight Summoner | Minion | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Blood To Ichor | Ability | Warrior | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Broom | Minion | Warlock | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Avian Watcher | Minion | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
Orc Warrior | Minion | Warrior | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Protect the King! | Ability | Warrior | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The Horde | Hero Power | Warrior | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wind-up Burglebot | Minion | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
Tar Lurker | Minion | Warlock | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Stegodon | Minion | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Tar Lord | Minion | Warrior | 7 | 1 | 11 |
Tar Creeper | Minion | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Spikeridged Steed | Ability | Paladin | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Cobalt Scalebane | Minion | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Vryghoul | Minion | 3 | 3 | 1 |
"Come at me bro".
The one thing to keep in mind I haven't seen mentioned in 3 pages of comments is that while it's true you can give taunt to an opponent's minion to combo with The Black Knight if you have no minions in play you MUST give an opposing minion taunt.
This is less likely to be an issue in constructed, but I can see a fairly significant number of people getting blown out by this in arena in particular.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a specific reference to Kripparrian?
There's already stonetusk boar
pretty mighty !!!
Also nice on your opponent when playing with The Black Knight. A lot of potential !
Looks more like a palladin card but i guess warriors need the taunt
I disagree on two parts there. Paladins get their defensive gimmick from divine shield. The latest set suggests that warriors will be focusing more on taunt, which given the theme of the warrior's hero power seems appropriate.
nice card, comboes with The Black Knight also
Was already planning to play this card, but oh my that just makes it all the better :)
It is just a solid card.
Also for control decks it will protect your armor and it is sometimes critical to stack some armor for a few turns.
Play this and buff with Bolster 2 minions with +2/2. Seems nice.
I will taunt you down! aw i wishd we would´ve seen 1-2 more Warrior cards with taunt or this kind of synergy with Bolster, instead of this other wierd ones.
but very amazing card, i just got hooked as i saw its a 3/2 while i thought it was a 2/2 and i was already hyped.
"Must. Hit. Face.
Cant. Hit. Face.
Must. Hit. Face.
Aarrrargg, head hurts."
- Face Hunter Players.
And if the face plays taunt, i still go face.
-SMOrc
This is bonkers good. Especially considering Bolster is a thing.
This is an outstanding, and very welcome addition, to Warrior as a class. It's always been a problem to bypass taunts, because of all the weapons most Warrior decks utilize, but also because Warriors have very few direct damage spells that are actually any good. Shield Slam is of course quite good, but not always reliable. Now, with this, we can bypass taunts and kill off high-priority targets with our weapons. The addition of Bash is also welcome in this regard.
And of course, The Black Knight has crazy synergy with this card. You basically pay 8 mana and get 7/7 worth of stats and a battlecry similar to an Assassinate effect.
Nvm, i get it, by making the enemy minion taunt lol.
Say your opponent has two minions, one with taunt that you have no interest in killing (i.e. Annoy-o-Tron) and another which needs immediate removal. If you give that second minion taunt, you will be able to hit it. That is how you bypass taunts with this card.
Sunfury Professor
Wallet Wall Warrior.
They must've given taunt synergy to warriors so that they could make this joke.