Hearthpwn

why N'zoths first mate? without the pirate weapon synergy, it doesn't seem very good, it;s just three 1 attacks, unless you have upgrade or something like that it isn't going to get any better neither.. either a second slam or the monkey taunt guy is probably better.

Not OP,  but copy pasta from my thoughts about it elsewhere:

first mate has a few niche uses. It's pretty much an auto keep vs zoo and shaman, and not too shabby vs hunter. Vs shaman you have combos with slam + weapon to kill trogg, or some combo of Alex champ, weapon, and first mate to kill totem golem.

It's a card that can help you out tempo mid range hunter, as the 2 damage kills all of their 2 drops allowing you a relatively free turn 2 for Alex champ.

Most of the time you don't want to top deck it, but the point of damage plus possibly a fireblast from Finley or a ichor can make a difference.

It can definitely get clunky with war axe in hand, but you don't feel bad about breaking your 1 attack weapon if needed. A random clutch use, which actually won me a game, was dropping a turn 8 malkorok that gave me cursed blade but I was able to first mate it off.

first mate contests a t1 living roots vs druid, which is quite popular right now. 

If I had deathwing or Onyxia, I might sub out first mate.

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Not OP,  but copy pasta from my thoughts about it elsewhere:

 

first mate has a few niche uses. It's pretty much an auto keep vs zoo and shaman, and not too shabby vs hunter. Vs shaman you have combos with slam + weapon to kill trogg, or some combo of Alex champ, weapon, and first mate to kill totem golem.

It's a card that can help you out tempo mid range hunter, as the 2 damage kills all of their 2 drops allowing you a relatively free turn 2 for Alex champ.

Most of the time you don't want to top deck it, but the point of damage plus possibly a fireblast from Finley or a ichor can make a difference.

It can definitely get clunky with war axe in hand, but you don't feel bad about breaking your 1 attack weapon if needed. A random clutch use, which actually won me a game, was dropping a turn 8 malkorok that gave me cursed blade but I was able to first mate it off.

first mate contests a t1 living roots vs druid, which is quite popular right now. 

If I had deathwing or Onyxia, I might sub out first mate.