Hearthpwn

Barnes can have high highs, but it's low points are still better than many other 4 drops available. There aren't many relevant 4 drops in the late game. Even if he dies early, Onyx Bishop ressing it isn't the worst value in the world. Still above average for sure.

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Barnes can have high highs, but it's low points are still better than many other 4 drops available. There aren't many relevant 4 drops in the late game. Even if he dies early, Onyx Bishop ressing it isn't the worst value in the world. Still above average for sure.

I had this one match in which I played Gruul on turn 8 (I'd play Ysera instead, however I don't have her yet) against a Mid range Shaman. The guy manages to kill it. Next turn I go resurrect into onyx Bishop, both giving Gruul's. 

So one thing I've learnt is to not just use resurrect blindly, but to also plan it out where it might be most beneficial. 

There have been times where I've just played Auchenai without having her do anything, only to combo later with a resurrect to efficiently kill off minions. 

I think once you get over 5 health you're out of range of a lot of things with 5 attack, 6 so or 7 doesn't make too much of a difference.  7 keeps you out of fireball range, but then again, they'll just ping it for 1.  I like Hungry Dragon because it's a much better card on it's own.  Without the heal, Blademaster is a 4/3 for 3.  Once you theoretically kill the 2/1 that they're likely to get from HD, your HD is down to a 5/4 for 4, so they're really pretty comparable. I think the important thing about Hungry Dragon is getting the redundancy that you need when playing a deck like this.  You can't just play 2 copies of blademaster and hope you're going to draw them at the start.  You need to either play HDs or Shifting Shade in case you don't draw or play the blademasters.