Hearthpwn

Just opened this weapon.. was really hoping for like anything else :<

aka the Dustspear

This weapon is ta-raaaaaash.

One way to see that is by comparing it to it’s most direct counterpart, the warrior weapon. Same cost, same stats. Except the warrior can extract some value from his weapon by putting only expensive minions in his deck to secure Lich King or Deathwing with an attack. Not wasting an 8 mana turn by adding nothing to the board. 

I’ve played this weapon a few times now with mostly lacklustre results. Even the best case outcomes are not good enough to give up something more consistent. Random spell casting is only for decks that are already hopeless and need one more Hail Mary, think Yogg. This thing can do virtual nothing, or worse, actually hurt you.

This really isn't that bad. It's won me a couple of games by letting me discover Bloodlust when I have a full board of minions. And if you discover Unstable Evolution with it, you get to keep using it that turn. It's not the best legendary weapon in the set, but it's definitely not the worst.

This card won me a dungeon run against Xol by casting Lightning Storm three times to clear the imps spawned by his Nether Portal!

I opened it in a pack soon after and have enjoyed tossing it in most of my Shaman Decks just for shits and giggles.

This card is AMAZING!...

On any class other than shaman.

Won my Hunter dungeon run with it actually. I got the 1-mana spell that equips a random legendary weapon, and I got it on turn 1 against The Unscathed boss, and I picked Runespear and attacked with it, and it cast Call Of The Wild. Twas a pretty good turn 1. :)P

Instant dust for instant karma 

wow , nice card

I really don't want to dust this weapon because I don't want to chance getting it again in a pack but wow.  This is awful.

Now I can see why Cairne was Defeated by Garrosh xD

>be me
>get The Runespear as my free KaC weapon
>consider uninstalling
>play game instead, 4 games later finally draw it
>cringe internally as i pay 8 mana for a 3/3 weapon
>smack opponent in the face since weapon doesn't remove any of opponent's turn 7-8 minions even though they're damaged
>discover two 1 mana spells and one 0 mana spell
>pick lightning bolt
>lightning bolt own face
>concede
>disenchant this garbage

I peed a bit reading this.

I logged to upvote you.

Does the overload of its spells also work with snowfury giant and the sapphire spellstone?

I tried it and it's actually pretty damn decent.

Fun fact: This was Cairne Bloodhoof's ancestral spear/axe, blessed by shamans and spiritwalkers for generations. It was shattered by Garrosh Hellscream in a rigged duel to death. Later on Thrall took the healing rune from the Runespear as a memory, Baine Bloodhoof also took one of the runes, the rest of the pieces were gathered and placed upon Cairne's funeral pyre.

It is not as bad as everyone make it to be. You get to discover the spell and hit for 3 damage. It isn't amazing but not bad either, certainly not instant dust bad.

Maybe it will see some fun (or optimistically, competitive) experimentation early on, then never again. Sure you can highroll something safe yet amazing like Feral Spirit or Volcano, but you have to bear in mind that Shaman spells are not only dominantly low cost and direct targetted, the Overload also applies still.

Honestly, so many of the Legendary Weapons are bad and boring I wouldn't mind getting this as my free Weapon just for the memes.