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But if this card has sinergy with deck of 1 drops then you will play all your 1 drops till turn 3 and what will you do till turn 7? You cannot use Surrender to Madness because you will have 7 Mana on turn 10.
The priest Spirit of the Dead is basically a Sonya Shadowdancer that instead puts the minion in your decks, so you'll be drawing those cards too. Bowsmandi doesn't require you to have a lot of 1drops at all.
Based off the way cost reduction works in game I dont think it'll work that way tho
intended for use with Spirit of the Dead but potentially useful for drawing normal 1 drops if they get printed. Test Subject comes to mind. withholding vote until the whole set is spoiled since its powerlevel is so dependant on synergy cards.
So Surrender to Madness kinda makes a little bit more sense now.
Never has targeted card draw been intended for cards so wildley different.
This dude can draw
-The Northshire Cleric that didn’t make it to your opening hand.
-That Lich King you awkwardly traded a few turns ago so Spirit of the Dead would do something.
-The 0/1 Frog that used to be Malygos.
-Your other Lich King you resurrected with Eternal Servitude.
-And the 0/3 that’ll let you do it all over again.
Zoo Priest with a big refill on 7? maybe something like this. might sound weird and will need some testing, but why not? If I get him, I will definitly try to build it
Zoo Priest with this and Zola/Banker for more refills? Sounds good but only if you draw it early enough...
Saw this before the Spirit of the Dead and was like, wait, what the heck is this... I hope I'm not the only one.
Imagine Bwonsamdi from Academic Espionage!
Fortunately, it doesn't work like that. This card almost certainly uses the same rules as Skulking Geist, which uses the original value of the card while it is in your deck and won't destroy cards that are artificially made 1-mana. It will, however, effect copies of cards that are created in your deck with a set cost of 1-mana (like if you play Explore Un'Goro for some unfathomable reason or play this card in conjunction with the spirit, which creates copies that can be drawn/Geisted).
But considering the Spirit of the Dead works with this, it is likely Academic Espionage would also work. Both cards add 1-cost copies into your deck.
We'll have to wait and see if they would combo with each other.
In the video they just released it showed this card drawing minions that were artificially made 1-mana through Spirit of the Dead
Espionage creates new cards while Spirit of the Dead creates copies, which creates a mechanical distinction. I agree though that they are unlikely to make a spirit that doesn't work with the Loa.
I'm thinking it will work, by looking at how Barnabus the Stomper from Jungle Giants works with Guild Recruiter, Oaken Summons or Witchwood Piper to pull the now discounted minions from your deck. Academic Espionage puts the full value cards in your deck and simply reduces their cost to 1 (denoted by green print). Barnabus drops the full value cost of your minions to 0 (also denoted by green print) making them eligible for battlecries that tutor specific cards. Will have to wait and see, but if the mechanics are consistent, then AE should make for some fun matchups against Priest!
Other cards work like that though. I once used a Call to Arms to recruit two 1-cost Tirions. I feel like Bwonsamdi will work similarly.
@Jsagger99 I dunno who downvoted you but here, have my upvote since you seem to be the only one who understands cost reduction mechanics in this game :)
maybe some shenanigans with Star Aligner
If you draw an argent squire from this, is a 7 mana 7/7 draw a specific card=value,let alone the idea of control priest who maybe will receive other nice cards and also he already have some,imagine drawing,let's say 2 cards for 7 mana? with a 7/7 body?(also if the loa dies while the 1 mana 0/3 is on the board you can do the same AGAIN but this time for 1 mana) Priest is going to get very good tools,but for all of this to work,he needs some help early help against aggro,if he receives some anti-aggro cards,we may be looking at a control priest who will dominate the meta by winning games with intergalactic value.Right now,7-8/10(+the 1 mana 0/3),if priest receives good removal to sustain early 11/10 for both.Very cool idea!
Useless card as Witchwood Piper is doing the same.
And again slow combo card for Priest...