Hearthpwn

They should really buff this card. After the prep nerf, I've wasted my dust on this epic card.

play dead: common -> trigger deathrattle once -> 1 mana

necrium: epic -> trigger deathrattle twice -> 5 MANA

makes sense

I can see my dreams being shattered when I have to play against this..

Does this card count as a deathrattle card for Roll the Bones?  I have played so much deathrattle rogue but never took notice. I think it does trigger Onyx Spellstone though.  

In experience, cards with only the "Deathrattle" card type triggers roll the bones and onyx spellstones. That includes Necrium Blade and Kingsbane.

im definitely going to try the Leeroy Jenkins + Carnivorous Cube OTK.

5+5+5=15

Shadowstep leeroy/cube and prep Necrium Vial ( 3+5+2 = 10)

can't think of a good death rattle minion that has a death rattle good enough to be worth 5 mana and a card to triger twice.  Maybe cube but that's a 10 mana combo.

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The egg Hunters will try egg Rogue i'm sure. 

 ya difference is play dead costs 1 mana, you're playing 4 extra mana for that 5/5  and can't reliably pull it off till turn 8.

You could use preparation.  I don't think it'll be good but you could do it.

Where is the Necrium Toothpaste?

The egg Hunters will try egg Rogue i'm sure. 

I think this card is actually much better for certain combo shenanigans than play dead would be (for rogue) and here's my logic:

you have a deathrattle you want to trigger four times:

with HUNTER, you can do this with 4 cards, that use up 6 mana, and take up 2 extra spaces on the board

with ROGUE, you can still do this with 4 cards, but only use up 4 mana, and not waste any board space (assuming you need it for cube shenanigans)

obviously the benefits of this card don't shine through in every situation, but in ones where 2 mana could make or break a combo (that needs 4 triggers) i think this is a significant improvement over what hunter has had access to.

Mana Wyrm : Red Mana Wyrm :: Play Dead : Necrium Vial

EDIT: Slight correction to the flavor text, it's two near-death experiences for the price of five.

People are to fixated on Sinister Strike

What you do is:

Malygos is the only minion in hand:

Kobold Illusionist

Preparation + Necrium Vial

Backstab your own Kobold Illusionist

Now you have 4 mana to cast any 2 spells that can go face. There are lots of options not just Sinister Strike. If you are DK you actually need only 1.

why not Blightnozzle Crawler ? 5 mana double Assassinate seems good. it's one way to reliably get the token without needing for the Blightnozzle Crawler survive a turn.

It`s worse than assassinate this way only because you cant get past any taunts unlike with the spell. From other side, you can kill spell-immune minions like that