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Heey. Did somebody miss me? Ehh, sad... Whatever. Time for another review by DarkDenius. Mother Earth watches upon us. Cairne Bloodhoof is here.

No backstories.

Beginning with his stats and mana value. It's basically 2x Chillwind Yetis in one card for 6 mana, 3 mana each. 8/10 stats, which is 9 mana for only 6. And in 2 bodies. It's a very sticky minion to be played. He is not dangerous, but annoying. Cairne Bloodhoof is not afraid of devastating mass removals like Twisting Nether, Brawl, Flamestrike, unless it was killed previously. He doesnt pressure your opponent, he jsut allows you to trade a little bit more favourable, because your opponent most likely remain Cairne untouched. Or just transform it into something. Or Entomb it. ell, here it ill be a good news, because then your other heavies will have more chances to remain on board, unless Cairne Bloodhoof was your only big threat.

 Another thing is his deathrattle. It synergies well with whatever deathrattle-related cards persist in meta/Standart. Currently he is being widely used as N'Zoth, the Corruptor value-extender. Very solid 6 drop, good deathrattle. Perfect for resurrecting.

But let's remember Pre-WOG times, guys. Remember when it was one of low-tier legendaries? Like "Not to craft, maybe not to dust"? It was like tier 3-4 legendary and was played very rarely, in some deathrattle-rogues? Just imagine that WOG stuff has cycled out, and we have no N'Zoth in Standart. Do you think it ill be as popular as it is now? I doubt. Currently it's a good card, but think further. Yes, he is in Expert Set, so he will be always in Standart, but other cards like Deathwing are expert set too, but not used because there are other cards that are more useful. By the way, one of reasons he wasnt played in pre-Wog is that Naxxramas and GVG cards were there, like Loatheb, Dr. Boom and so on. They were more useful. Now they are gone, so Cairne is used as a not-quite-bad card. People were dusting him with no doubt, now they sorrow that. In 1-2 years those who crafted him will be sorrowing, but dusters will be fine, huh?

Conclusion: IF you got him from a pack - keep it, it's decent. But if you want to craft him - check out if you have other premium-quality legendaries, like Sylvanas Windrunner, Ragnaros the Firelord, staple class ones. Maybe investing 1600 dust there will be more demandful? If you want to play N'Zoth, the Corruptor deecks or some tempo-sticky decks like Tempo-Warrior - crafting him is a good option. but if you just "WANT TO CRAFT STUFF HELP ME PLEASE", then think again. I've seen a person lately who is choosing beteen Sylvanas Windrunner and this card. How are they even comparable? One is top-tier, second is "just a double Yeti".

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The Expert Set:

Neutral legendaries: Onyxia | Baron Geddon | Malygos | Deathwing | Bloodmage Thalnos | Cairne Bloodhoof | Leeroy Jenkins| Harrison Jones |Sylvanas | Ysera | Ragnaros | Alexstrasza | The Black Knight 

Class ones: Al'Akir the Windlord | King Krush | Cenarius | Edwin VanCleef | Archmage Antonidas | Tirion Fordring | Jaraxxus |  Prophet Velen[Remastered in 26.10.2016] |Grommash Hellscream 

 The Whispers of the Old Gods Set:

Neutral legendaries: N'Zoth | Soggoth

Other Sets:

| Kel'Thuzad | Arch-Thief Rafaam |

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