Pretty sure it will see play; not a mind blowing card but can be clutch in the right circumstance. Cool running idea with the faceless copying minions tag.
Worse baseline stats. Can only target friendly minions. Doesn't copy card text. Much weaker to silence.
But it's still interesting. So... Hrm.
Pretty sure you cant silence off the copy effect. pretty sure. . .
I feel the difference comes in that it's not copying the card. It's copying the stats specifically. And that leads me to believe it can be silenced off. But if I'm wrong, then that point is gone, and it becomes a much better card to me.
Actually now that I think about it, this could actually be good in Zoo, as a 1-of.
You don't really have to worry about having something on the board with Zoo, you'll most likely have since you probably have board control almost all the time. Turn 5 Power Overwhelming something to kill a huge minionand play this on the buffed minion, dat value. 5/5 with taunt IF you use power overwhelming on a simple 1/1.
Plus the interaction with Brann. Argus and Brann is an amazing Zoo combo on turn 7, usually used to close out the game. Brann with this gives you a 2/4 and a 4/8 with taunt, and that's if you have nothing on the board. Seems legit to me, I like it.
Hmm... could see some use in in priest maybe paladin decks. Buff up on a minion on the board, combo this 2x threat. Can't say for other classes though.
I seem to be one of the few people who likes this card, but then again I'm the only one playing an Eerie statue handlock variant, so... At the same time, it's just hard to get too excited about epics until the whole set is revealed and I can make a list of the ones I hope to get. I opened over 120 TGT packs and did not open a single Twilight guardian or Mysterious Challenger (or Dreadsteed for that matter, which I crafted for fun); I have terrible luck with epics.
Works well with Temp buffs such as Power Overwhelming, Mana Addict, Rockbiter Weapon or Abusive Sergeant as you don't copy the ephemeral nature of the effect itself. That said it's generally a weaker version of faceless that is less flexible even if it has taunt as an automatic option and weak to silence. Also a decent follow up play to Ancient Watcher or Eerie Statue as you get free stats without copping the can't attack effect.
Also works in hand lock decently well as a molten giant grants you a 4 mana ironbark + an 8/8 giant assuming no cards are nerfed. Might be played with Ysera's Nightmare but it doesn't copy the effect so it's rather disappointing. At least it can stack with faceless should you run some sort of copy deck for a cheap 4 mana large taunt creature.
*Edit* Also probably intended to be played with C'Thun
Taunt Warrior material. I can also see this being used in a Priest deck. After all besides Druids they often have minions with high health. Turn 3 Injured Blademaster + Circle of Healing combo, turn 4 Faceless Shambler.
Worse baseline stats. Can only target friendly minions. Doesn't copy card text. Much weaker to silence.
But it's still interesting. So... Hrm.
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I don't think it can be silenced. It says it copies a minions stats, same text as Faceless Manipulator, and you can't silence him.
Well Faceless Manipulator is a bit different because it says "become a copy," indicating a transform effect. I hope you are right though. More than that, I hope silence is just removed from the game. Sorry, Rexxar, you are going to have to kill that taunt if you want to continue dragging minions to my face. Seriously, the amount of times I've successfully called when my opponent will have Ironbeak owl is depressing.
Pretty sure it will see play; not a mind blowing card but can be clutch in the right circumstance. Cool running idea with the faceless copying minions tag.
Actually now that I think about it, this could actually be good in Zoo, as a 1-of.
You don't really have to worry about having something on the board with Zoo, you'll most likely have since you probably have board control almost all the time. Turn 5 Power Overwhelming something to kill a huge minionand play this on the buffed minion, dat value. 5/5 with taunt IF you use power overwhelming on a simple 1/1.
Plus the interaction with Brann. Argus and Brann is an amazing Zoo combo on turn 7, usually used to close out the game. Brann with this gives you a 2/4 and a 4/8 with taunt, and that's if you have nothing on the board. Seems legit to me, I like it.
Nice
Great manipulator replacement for comborenolock. Golem + po + shambler = 16 dmg - turn 9. Silence? Gl with it.
In zoo decks, with Power Overwhelming, maybe...
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Hmm... could see some use in in priest maybe paladin decks. Buff up on a minion on the board, combo this 2x threat. Can't say for other classes though.
I seem to be one of the few people who likes this card, but then again I'm the only one playing an Eerie statue handlock variant, so... At the same time, it's just hard to get too excited about epics until the whole set is revealed and I can make a list of the ones I hope to get. I opened over 120 TGT packs and did not open a single Twilight guardian or Mysterious Challenger (or Dreadsteed for that matter, which I crafted for fun); I have terrible luck with epics.
Works well with Temp buffs such as Power Overwhelming, Mana Addict, Rockbiter Weapon or Abusive Sergeant as you don't copy the ephemeral nature of the effect itself. That said it's generally a weaker version of faceless that is less flexible even if it has taunt as an automatic option and weak to silence. Also a decent follow up play to Ancient Watcher or Eerie Statue as you get free stats without copping the can't attack effect.
Also works in hand lock decently well as a molten giant grants you a 4 mana ironbark + an 8/8 giant assuming no cards are nerfed. Might be played with Ysera's Nightmare but it doesn't copy the effect so it's rather disappointing. At least it can stack with faceless should you run some sort of copy deck for a cheap 4 mana large taunt creature.
*Edit* Also probably intended to be played with C'Thun
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Taunt Warrior material. I can also see this being used in a Priest deck. After all besides Druids they often have minions with high health. Turn 3 Injured Blademaster + Circle of Healing combo, turn 4 Faceless Shambler.
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Handlock and Divine Spirit Priest come to mind
"Infinite" doen't mean "big" - it can be small and have no end.
Eerie Statue hype?
Crappy card :)
And now you realize what it could be if Warsong Commander had not been nerfed ... (Because I assume it would take charge before the copy)
Ninja nerf to Piloted Sky Golem
Klaxxi Amber-Weaver hype!