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- This is the only Hunter card in Kobolds and Catacombs with the Recruit mechanic.
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A Hunter legendary that could actually see play?!
Even if you low roll and only recruit Alleycat or Kindly Grandmother, It's still free minions and it's still thinning your deck out. This could potentially fit into any hunter deck.
I doubt Midrange would rather run Deathstalker over this though, and the chances of running Deathstalker (for serious play) is kinda low already. Maybe in the not so distant future we could actually see a Control meta with a Hunter deck slow enough to run both cards (MAYBE).
Well you don't have to play low cost beast... Fire fly, animal companion and maybe keleseth even for early game... And then beasts start at highmane and higher... Like just fill low cost with non beast stuff or something that summons beasts but is not a beast....
I like her especially with corpse widow / barnes
Might work in a deck that only runs 1-Cost Beasts (to compete in the early game) and BIG Beasts (Savannah Highmane, King Krush, etc.), with Tol'vir Wardens to empty your deck of 1-Cost Beasts before playing Kathrena Winterwisp.
First Big Druid, then Big Priest, now Big Hunter?
At 8 mana, you've probably drawn through a third of your deck, and you've probably spent your early game beasts already. I think that for clever players that can keep track of the cards in their deck, this can be an amazing turn 8 play.
It's a long shot, but this can be one of those cards that's used like The Curator. People specifically put in one beast, one murloc, and one dragon in their deck so he could fetch out specific cards. With the right to beasts, this can be pretty powerful.
I believe deathrattle control could be good, I have put a link to the deck i built
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/967762-control-deathrattle-hunter
I see a lot of guys theorycrafting decks with charge beast but I think it can't possibly be good b/c you can't have only chargers in your deck so you're not guaranteed one from Kathrena. On the next turn your opponent kills Kathrena and then you get a charger out -_- Recruit mechanic seems to be working better with minions with deathrattle/magical effect/simply big minions/stealth?. Recruiting charge minion sounds sweet but I have never seen charge deck unlike deathrattle.
The stats are really underwhelming considering the mana cost. Aya has similar effect but is way better legendary imo. I think the card is bad unless they've printed some crazy good hunter exclusive beast that synergies with Kathrena extremely well.
If it was a beast at least it had the Tundra Rhino combo.
I find this card really interesting to work with as it invites to build around a Big archetype. However, if the devs didn't made some early control tools for hunter (or ramp, which is nonsense ofc), then this is just a waste of time in the classic-now-boring mid hunter. The bet is high with this card!
This would be great if you pull large beasts with charge. Even rhino is decent here. This card will be crazy good in wild
Finally a way to fetch that Alleycat out of my deck!
Fun fact: None of the hunter legendaries ever saw serious play
You're forgetting Savanna Highmane
For some time after release, Princes Huhu was played... for some time... :)
Just don't play alley cat and razormaw and grandmother and any cheap beasts... Need early game? There are plenty good non beast early game minions...
this can work. Somehow this can work I'M sure of it