This could be great in Reno style decks. Even if you swap out for trash, you get a second use of your Reno/Kazakus, or really any other powerful battlecry minion.
Call me optimistic, but it gives you more options. You could do both.
But Brewmaster already doesn't see play in most Reno decks. Certainly not in any of the good ones. But maybe that could change if the Kabal gimmick really is the Reno clause.
Hmmm I wonder how this interacts with Brann Bronzebeard. Does the target get shuffled twice into your deck or do you perhaps get two cards pulled out, or both, or does the entire switching sequence just happen twice in a row? Eager to find out.
If it indeed puts two copies of the target minion into your deck and pulls two out, then I can see this making an appearance in some heavy fatigue or control decks. Otherwise... meh.
(Tough pulling out your Reno Jackson and/or Justicar Trueheart would be a risk if you were forced to play this early on)
It almost certainly does nothing different with Brann. Battle cries with no target fail; as your target of the battle cry is already removed the second battle cry will fail.
Hey, let me pull out that 2/2 Edwin for ya...SI:7 without battlecry? No sweat. What about Azure Drake, i mean, 4/4 + spell damage is fine for 5, even without that battlecry. Maybe Gadgetzan Auctioneer or Maly so they can be destroyed until your next turn? Raptor? It's a free 3/4 for gods sake! Perhaps a combo card? Like anyone plays combo cards anyway.
I can see this work in a deck build on minions like Ysera, Ragnaros, Malygos, and even deathrattle (without N'Zoth) ... So I could see this work in decks build around it, with the single purpose of cheating out big minions at a discount.
Perhaps new cards will show more utility, perhaps they wont. I am pretty sure tho, that this card could see a deck build around it, and then it will be either extremely good, or meta defining.
But you have to REPLACE a minion. So how do you make that work? You don't .
It only works with Shaman or Paladin and those decks can't ramp. Even if you set it up with those decks that's a turn 8 play.. for.. what?
So it's a card for specifically Ramp Druid. You play it on a tiny token generated through spells (such as from Living Roots) or on a minion that is about to die, and pull out something fat because presumably you only have fat stuff in your deck.
The only tricky part will be to have something in play to target. Right now the only low cost spell that summons tokens is Living Roots, but judging from the previous ramp card that was announced, I think it's safe to assume that there will be at the very least one more.
If all of these stars align, this could very well be a very good card. Whether Ramp Druid becomes viable because of it is a whole different question.
I'm guessing it'll be used to combo with malygos maybe? Maly rogue with mainly spells and a couple loot hoarders and emperor. Very high chance of getting malygos in that scenario and since it would cost 6 instead of 9 you could get more spells off.
I'm guessing it'll be used to combo with malygos maybe? Maly rogue with mainly spells and a couple loot hoarders and emperor. Very high chance of getting malygos in that scenario and since it would cost 6 instead of 9 you could get more spells off.
So you put a 6 mana 4/3 that only works if you havent already drawn the card and have a minion onboard (which then disappears) into a deck with massive card draw and who values most of their minions deathrattle more than the minion?
Madam 400 dust indeed. More crap RNG, and you lose all value if it pulls a battlecry minion or a key minion like Malygos you don't want to play immediately.
So it's a card for specifically Ramp Druid. You play it on a tiny token generated through spells (such as from Living Roots) or on a minion that is about to die, and pull out something fat because presumably you only have fat stuff in your deck.
The only tricky part will be to have something in play to target. Right now the only low cost spell that summons tokens is Living Roots, but judging from the previous ramp card that was announced, I think it's safe to assume that there will be at the very least one more.
If all of these stars align, this could very well be a very good card. Whether Ramp Druid becomes viable because of it is a whole different question.
Violet Apprentice,
Panther,
Raven Idol
There are a number of other targets for this in druid. It might still not make the cut, though, as it wrecks choose-ones and battlecries... and the stats:-(
Meh, if you're lucky it can swing a game.
If you're not, it's probably too much of a tempo loss.
Meh. At least it's something new.
Amazing in priest with cards such as Potion of Madness and Shadow Madness...
Hey, let me pull out that 2/2 Edwin for ya...SI:7 without battlecry? No sweat. What about Azure Drake, i mean, 4/4 + spell damage is fine for 5, even without that battlecry. Maybe Gadgetzan Auctioneer or Maly so they can be destroyed until your next turn? Raptor? It's a free 3/4 for gods sake! Perhaps a combo card? Like anyone plays combo cards anyway.
So it's a card for specifically Ramp Druid. You play it on a tiny token generated through spells (such as from Living Roots) or on a minion that is about to die, and pull out something fat because presumably you only have fat stuff in your deck.
The only tricky part will be to have something in play to target. Right now the only low cost spell that summons tokens is Living Roots, but judging from the previous ramp card that was announced, I think it's safe to assume that there will be at the very least one more.
If all of these stars align, this could very well be a very good card. Whether Ramp Druid becomes viable because of it is a whole different question.
if I pack this, I am swapping hearthstone for a random game in my phone.
Wow! Great card with lots of synergy! One of the best legendaries of this set.
I'm guessing it'll be used to combo with malygos maybe? Maly rogue with mainly spells and a couple loot hoarders and emperor. Very high chance of getting malygos in that scenario and since it would cost 6 instead of 9 you could get more spells off.
What is the chance of pulling out Maly with this on turn 10?
Madam 400 dust indeed. More crap RNG, and you lose all value if it pulls a battlecry minion or a key minion like Malygos you don't want to play immediately.
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Lets assume that this effect was a spell that costs 4 mana would you play it?
I think the people saying this is a dust card did not bother to spend a moment thinking about its combo potential.
mean streets of roguesgonnabecrapagain
this card alone is more intresting than whole goon set crap which was revealed during this week
Playable for memes and dreams