Ancient Shade
Card Text
Battlecry: Shuffle an 'Ancient Curse' into your deck that deals 7 damage to you when drawn.
Flavor Text
Warning: Do not expose to direct sunlight.
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Additional Information
Name | Type | Class | Cost | Attack | Health |
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Raging Felscreamer | Minion | Demon Hunter | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Skull of Gul'dan | Ability | Demon Hunter | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Risen Ghoul | Minion | Death Knight | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Flesh Behemoth | Minion | 9 | 4 | 8 | |
Cabal Acolyte | Minion | Priest | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Void Drinker | Minion | Warlock | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Glide | Ability | Demon Hunter | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Raise Dead | Ability | Priest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partner Assignment | Ability | Druid | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Devastate | Ability | Warrior | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Darkest Hour | Ability | Warlock | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Raise Dead | Ability | Priest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Void Drinker | Minion | Warlock | 5 | 4 | 5 |
The Demon Seed | Ability | Warlock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Establish the Link | Ability | Warlock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Complete the Ritual | Ability | Warlock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Blightborn Tamsin | Minion | Warlock | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Immolate | Ability | Warlock | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Skull of Gul'dan | Ability | Demon Hunter | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Corridor Sleeper | Minion | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Spirit of the Bat | Minion | Warlock | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Hir'eek, the Bat | Minion | Warlock | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Devastate | Ability | Warrior | 1 | 0 | 0 |
War Master Voone | Minion | Warrior | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Dragon Roar | Ability | Warrior | 2 | 0 | 0 |
War Master Voone | Hero | Warrior | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Gigafin | Minion | Warlock | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Absorbent Parasite | Minion | Hunter | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Blood Plague | Ability | Death Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Unholy Plague | Ability | Death Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frost Plague | Ability | Death Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mortal Eradication | Ability | Warlock | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Wing Welding | Ability | Warlock | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Risen Ghoul | Minion | Death Knight | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Anubisath Warbringer | Minion | 9 | 9 | 6 | |
Neferset Ritualist | Minion | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Shadow of Death | Ability | Rogue | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Shadow | Ability | Rogue | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ravenous Pterrordax | Minion | Warlock | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Chittering Tunneler | Minion | Warlock | 2 | 2 | 2 |
It's a card with over-budget stats with a minimal drawback. The shuffle/mine cards frequently are not drawn, particularly in the kind of aggro deck which would run this. That alone gives it potential. Shade is easier to remove than a Fel Reaver, to be sure. But at 7 attack, the risk/reward might be worth it. It'll crush nearly any 5 drop, or take a quarter of the opponents health. Is that worth the risk? Maybe. Worth trying, though, and not obviously garbage.
It is minimal but I don't see how the card is bad, it's as good as fel reaver because you will get such a high damage output you can just win, and the curse from this card won't matter. Maybe the 4 health is crippling though.
Thats where reno jackson comes in...
If you're at less than 8 health by turn 6 you wern't going to win anyway...
I see this card potentially being a staple in aggro decks simply due to the fact that its downside is fairly marginal when you are trying to burst your opponent down as fast as possible, although its 4 health may betray it due to the prevalence of Piloted Shredder.
Oh look, he found the best counter to the card, it must be bad then.
At least it's fair, but I know that my opponent will never draw it.
Its like the worst card you can shadowstep.. its basically a bad pit lord.. 7 damage to you instead of 5...
he could be 30/4 and it would be still a garbage card.
Terrible statline, bad effect.
This is pretty amazing with Fel Reaver.
Still this is the 3rd best mana drop for a Piloted Sky Golem. after Hungry Dragon and Piloted Shredder
Probably the worst card Blizzard has released so far. BGH range, 4 HP so everything clears it by turn 3 or 4 once you drop it. On top of that it deal 7 damage to yourself. Hilariously bad, and Blizzard should feel bad for making such a trash card. I may be wrong I just don't see a single positive about this card or how it's supposed to ever be played ever.
Flip this card into 4/7, and it'll be a different story
So long as Piloted Shredder is in the meta anything that relies on 7/4 stats is a no go.
so long as piloted shredder is in the meta, anything that relies on 4 mana is a no go