I really don't understand how anybody can say that this card is good with things like Ragnaros, Ysera or Malygos...
It isn't. If you try to duplicate such things you most likely won't have more than one target and in that case faceless manipulator (which is not really used right now) would be better, This card, on the other hand, can be good if you have 2 or more things you want to copy. The best targets would be deathrattle minions obviously. However I don't think a single legendary is enough to create a new archetype, especially considering the battelcry is in no way ground breaking.
I respect that blizzard is trying to create new decks, but they should try harder. This effect is really underwhelming as it is. Take a look at Vol'jin, Velen and also Palatress. Those while not the most OP cards, are useable cards that have some unique effect, this is just a more situational faceless manipulator. I seriously doubt this one will see any play at all.
Goddamnit, Priest will lose Vol'jin and be left with no useable class legendary that doesn't rely on inconsistent decks to be played. Meanwhile Paladins have Tirion.
Well so do we, because Entomb. But seriously I agree, I would really have preferred something more solid and less combo-y for a change.
TBH we don't know the rest of the set yet.. Quartermaster for example.. was a terrible card if not for Muster for Battle, so really I think some new synergies might make this card good.. with the current meta it's abyssmally bad with a suppoused slow meta in standard, it's bad.. with better synergies.. might be good.. we saw one priest card so far.. so who knows.. maybe priest gets a lot of tempo minions suddenly.. a shawpriest might like such a card if they flood the board..
The current priest decks don't have place for such a card.. but the key word is CURRENT.
This card is insane if your board have high cost minions.. but it can't really work with them since it isn't consistant a priest deck based on tempo might want this card though since it can duplicate some deathrattles or whatever..
Any one thing on board coming into the turn + Brann + this (9 mana) is a 5/5, three Branns and three of the other thing. This will be fine for late pushes in Control Priests.
I really don't understand how anybody can say that this card is good with things like Ragnaros, Ysera or Malygos...
It isn't. If you try to duplicate such things you most likely won't have more than one target and in that case faceless manipulator (which is not really used right now) would be better, This card, on the other hand, can be good if you have 2 or more things you want to copy. The best targets would be deathrattle minions obviously. However I don't think a single legendary is enough to create a new archetype, especially considering the battelcry is in no way ground breaking.
I respect that blizzard is trying to create new decks, but they should try harder. This effect is really underwhelming as it is. Take a look at Vol'jin, Velen and also Palatress. Those while not the most OP cards, are useable cards that have some unique effect, this is just a more situational faceless manipulator. I seriously doubt this one will see any play at all.
I mean you could go for gimmick overload and run 2x Faceless too. :P
That being said I would agree it's not optimum with a single target, the flexibility to impact multiple targets is what makes this card interesting (a friend of mine jokingly suggested Leper Gnome). Something amusing is it does actually make Resurrect more consistent in a way because you'll have multiple of these high impact cards dying... Good? Maybe not. But interesting which I think is all you can ask for with legendary design.
Priest had been pretty fortunate, honestly all three other legendaries found a reasonable niche and they're not really bad cards even if they don't see play. This one might be even more niche but I do think it'll see some play even if it's just people really seeing how good/bad it's going to be, which isn't any worse than something like Varian.
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This is the best card I have seen so far from the set! I think it will have a ton of potential synergy (and anti-synergy) and seems fun without being RNG.
This is the type of thing I want to see in this expansion. Creative card design that will spark creative deck building.
It may or may not find a place in a top tier deck, but it carries interesting potential and dynamics. This is the kind of thing that will renew my interest in pre-ordering this expansion.
Won't see constructed play at all. Why would you take away Slyvanas for this for example? How many 6 mana creatures are you going to play? Going to replace Cabal Shadow Priest and Sylvanas Windrunner ??? No you never will for this.
Cool mechanic but usless for now. Need more cards in set. Bad mana cost. 6 drop is too costly. Unplayble on clear board. You need board control and with good effects, but if you have board control, you don t need 1-1 with any good effects.
Really if your Malygos\ragnaros\Velen\Pailtress survived enemy turn you already won.
This +Ragnaros, +Kel'Thuzad and +Sylvannas Windrunner will be sick.
I really don't understand how anybody can say that this card is good with things like Ragnaros, Ysera or Malygos...
It isn't. If you try to duplicate such things you most likely won't have more than one target and in that case faceless manipulator (which is not really used right now) would be better,
This card, on the other hand, can be good if you have 2 or more things you want to copy. The best targets would be deathrattle minions obviously. However I don't think a single legendary is enough to create a new archetype, especially considering the battelcry is in no way ground breaking.
I respect that blizzard is trying to create new decks, but they should try harder. This effect is really underwhelming as it is. Take a look at Vol'jin, Velen and also Palatress. Those while not the most OP cards, are useable cards that have some unique effect, this is just a more situational faceless manipulator.
I seriously doubt this one will see any play at all.
TBH we don't know the rest of the set yet.. Quartermaster for example.. was a terrible card if not for Muster for Battle, so really I think some new synergies might make this card good.. with the current meta it's abyssmally bad with a suppoused slow meta in standard, it's bad.. with better synergies.. might be good.. we saw one priest card so far.. so who knows.. maybe priest gets a lot of tempo minions suddenly.. a shawpriest might like such a card if they flood the board..
The current priest decks don't have place for such a card.. but the key word is CURRENT.
This card is insane if your board have high cost minions.. but it can't really work with them since it isn't consistant a priest deck based on tempo might want this card though since it can duplicate some deathrattles or whatever..
Any one thing on board coming into the turn + Brann + this (9 mana) is a 5/5, three Branns and three of the other thing. This will be fine for late pushes in Control Priests.
My favorite new card so far. Can't wait to try this thing!
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Useless card, it's in cabal slot and worse than a cabal.
This also has insane murloc synergy. Old murkeye + Warleader + Grimscale + Herald (all hit with thaurissan) is 27 damage.
If I already have a good board, I probably want to play something else instead of filling the board with 1/1s. Useless card.
To me it looks as playable as Confessor Palestress, thus, unplayable as far as the actual Priest archetypes
(reminds of Kel Thuzad too, cool but not tier 1)
This is the best card I have seen so far from the set! I think it will have a ton of potential synergy (and anti-synergy) and seems fun without being RNG.
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This is the type of thing I want to see in this expansion. Creative card design that will spark creative deck building.
It may or may not find a place in a top tier deck, but it carries interesting potential and dynamics. This is the kind of thing that will renew my interest in pre-ordering this expansion.
Won't see constructed play at all. Why would you take away Slyvanas for this for example? How many 6 mana creatures are you going to play? Going to replace Cabal Shadow Priest and Sylvanas Windrunner ??? No you never will for this.
Cool mechanic but usless for now. Need more cards in set. Bad mana cost. 6 drop is too costly. Unplayble on clear board. You need board control and with good effects, but if you have board control, you don t need 1-1 with any good effects.
Really if your Malygos\ragnaros\Velen\Pailtress survived enemy turn you already won.
I'm looking forward to seeing some incredible turn 10 play with 2 resurrects.
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