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I know hindsight and whatever but it's amazing how many people shit on this card 

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What stands "E.T.C" for?

Elite tauren chieftain from warcraft

What stands "E.T.C" for?

Have been trying to figure out an OTK with this and the 2 damage just isn't enough. With Inner Rage and Bloodsworn Mercenary, you can get two of these out for 5 mana, meaning you have 5 mana left to generate 7-8 rushers. Max theoretical I can see in standard without discounting or using coin is 7 rushers, including both copies of ETC, with a fully invoked Scion of Ruin + Animated Broomstick, turning Bloodsworn Mercenary and both ETCs into rushers. But the ETCs BOTH need to survive their attacks and every other minion needs a valid target. And that's still only 28 damage! Too situational to be a dependable OTK. With Athletic Studies you can maybe play another rusher or two from hand, but still need valid targets to hit for the OTK.

With coin, you could swap out the Invoked Scions for a Playmaker and a 2x-Athletic-Studies-discounted Restless Mummy, coin into Broomstick. That would generate more face damage but still requires valid targets to rush into, which basically means it's only doable against a monster board.

So the OTK is probably out for now, meaning this is just a fairly valued card that isn't good enough to fit in most decks. A shame.

EDIT: Actually just pulled this off in casual, from 26 health against a Tempo Priest with a Bomb package (instead of my original Galakrond idea). Combo was ETC + Inner Rage + Bloodsworn Mercenary + Desert Hare + Broomstick. The ETC ability triggers after it attacks, but before it dies, meaning you should be able to consistently get 26 from hand (not 28, unless the first ETC to attack survives for the second to attack) without any discounting or coin usage. Still not good enough for a true OTK, but pretty fun nonetheless. 

EDIT 2: Been fine tuning the deck and it's actually pretty decent. Various combos can finish out bomb warrior games fairly quickly, if you can get health down to certain thresholds. At 16 health, you can play the 6 mana combo ETC/Inner Rage/Bloodsworn/Broomstick and finish the game. At 10 health you can play ETC/Desert Hare/Broomstick and finish the game. Having minions already on board means they pick up the rush tag with broomstick, go face and STILL trigger ETC's ability. Definitely need the bomb package to assist, but this card is pretty sweet...

EDIT 3: Should have seen it sooner, but a second broomstick allows a full 10-mana, 30 damage combo from hand, provided your opponent has enough minions on board to attack into. I'm currently playing this in a Menagerie / Bomb shell and it feels reasonably competitive: 

 Sick animation. Too bad the card sucks

Are you crazy? There's top of the line legit OTK deck with him! :D

Can't see this working in a pure aggro deck:

1. Not enough cheap rush minions and spells available to warrior (Broomstick could help if it actually works which needs confirmation).
2. Rush minions are somewhat antithetic to an aggro decks: you need straight up face damage and not delayed minion damage that can be removed.
3. Also, for this to work, your opponent needs to have enough minions on the board to rush into, which control decks tend not to have. 

This could however work in an aggro anti-zoo deck. Basically, the more minions your opponent plays, the more quickly you kill him. Terrible against weapon based aggro decks such as (OP) DH.

Quote from DysprosiumDy >>

Seems like a lot of people don't understand this card. This works with Rush minions, which are minions that have the Rush keyword in their card text.

This does NOT work with Animated Broomstick's battlecry. Only the Broomstick itself is a Rush minion.

This does NOT work with Dr. Boom, Mad Genius, because it only gives minions Rush. It doesn't turn your Mechs into Rush minions.

This does NOT work with Goblin Lackey.

 If all this is true i might have to retract the 1 out of 5 stars it had

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I have seen reports that it actually works with Broomstick enhanced cards. 

Another dogshit legendary for warrior.

Id much rather having the rush give armor because the meta is stupid fast as it is. It wont save the card but plz, no more dead end legendaries...

Quote from ai_prototyper >>

They should have made it bigger with bigger stats and cost and give it rush! 

4 cost 4/4 with rush maybe?

 

Or at least give it rush as is.

 

 people realy missing aggro warrior and wanting that meta to come back? ... ok.

Doesn't seem very Metal with a weak body.

Powerful effect, though.

I am so glad that this is a warrior class card, because it would seriously tear peoples' faces off in a zoo demon hunter with Coordinated Strike and Expendable Performers (up to 24 face damage for 9 mana). Warrior just doesn't have the rush support to take advantage of this card in that way, so it likely isn't playable.

A very poor Axe Flinger. 

I can't believe this card is a legendary? This card is horrible for Warrior! Would be ok for Hunter...

Seems like a lot of people don't understand this card. This works with Rush minions, which are minions that have the Rush keyword in their card text.

This does NOT work with Animated Broomstick's battlecry. Only the Broomstick itself is a Rush minion.

This does NOT work with Dr. Boom, Mad Genius, because it only gives minions Rush. It doesn't turn your Mechs into Rush minions.

This does NOT work with Goblin Lackey.

Blizzard changed their mind about these card texts. There used to be a difference between "a <keyword> minion" and "a minion with <keyword>". I suppose they figured it was too confusing.

Playmaker uses the same wording but still copies minions that are given Rush before you play them.

An example of this is the Rocket Backpacks in duels making it trigger on any minion.

This being the case I do think that it can work with minions that have been given Rush but we can't be sure until we have tested it.

This aged terribly

I wonder, would it be triggered on Rush attack or on the next turn as well? 
If you play ETC, rush minion and next turn that rush minion attacks - will ETC deal 2 dmg to the enemy face? 
And how it would combine with "give rush" effect? 

There are too many condition to make it good actually. Agree for 2/5 stars 

Yes, it triggers whenever a minion that has Rush by default (from its own card text) attacks. Even on consecutive turns.