I just pulled it from a pack, pretty happy cuz not that much since last legendary but i don't know if it's any good tbh. Or at least could it be pretty good?
It will be good no doubt! Just hasn't been utilized yet in a lot of decks keep it for sure! I'm pretty sure its going to shine in reno decks or maybe even other decks!
I got Madam Goya on day 1 when I opened all of my packs. I dusted her almost immediately, so I can't say how good she is (or isn't). When I was thinking through my head on how I would use her I couldn't come up with a scenario when I would actually use her instead of a Youthful Brewmaster or Ancient Brewmaster. I get it that with Madam Goya you would get to play a minion for "free" but you don't have control of what that minion is and that minion would lose its battlecry.
TL/DR - Not sure if she's any good, but I dusted my copy and used the dust to create Kazakus.
Could have potential in Malygos decks if they see a resurgence, and probably is decent in some spell heavy decks running a few important minions. Imo I look at her like you could put her in any deck that might use Barnes, and then some. I even imagine her in some Hunter lists that might want to swap in a token for a chance at Highmane or something.
I wouldn't dust her, since we haven't really seen her used to her potential yet.
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I've been trying her out in a ramp/astral communion Druid deck. Haven't gotten too much utility out of her yet, but it's still early. My goal is to swap Mire Keeper out for Ragnaros the Firelord, or some other high value target. I did get Mayor Noggenfogger out once, that was fun.
People are saying she'll be good in Reno decks, I don't see how particularly.
Potential value of pulling out a great minion vesus pulling out Reno himself and screwing yourself over.
Seems much riskier than Barnes for example. Yeah, I get that the minion is full stats but it is also pulling one of your minions off the board. Just seems too situational to get consistent value. Definitely a fun idea though, If I had it I'd experiment.
Madam Goya can be seen as a The Curator for specific minions, and replacing the tribe requirement with a bare numeric requirement (few minions in the deck).
For example, I can see her being good in a spell-heavy deck, where you have very few minions, like 3 or 4 at most, Goya included, and the others being crucial for your strategy, or just huge body.
You survive through spells, and then Goya hugely increases the chances of finding the minion you need.
Shadowstep and Youthful Brewmaster make this strategy even more versatile, since you can backup your minion in case you need its battlecry or something.
This being said, there's no practical use for her right now, out of some meme deck. Sure, with more cards for the same meme deck being introduced, that meme might turn dangerous one day: spelldeck with BarnesY'ShaarjMalygos and/or Deathwing and/or Ysera + Madam Goya anyone? Btw, she's just bad if you plan to use her as a youthful brewmaster to repeat a battlecry: brewmaster is just much better.
It's funny I saw this thread as I recently opened a Madam Goya. Yes, in golden form. I tried to build a shaman deck with only spells and big minions so that I could swap a totem for a deathwing. But when I ended up winning it was because of shaman not because of Goya.
I think her deck is a super rampy Druid that has exclusively big minions and uses cards like Jade Blossom and Living Roots to summon her targets. It seems like a fun deck but you would need a lot of other legendaries that aren't good except in specific situations (like Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound), and it's probably not too competitive.
You would use her almost anytime you use Barnes. Select a minion in your possession that's already used its Battlecry or is otherwise not currently helpful and swap it with a minion in your deck with full Attack and Health instead of 1/1. The downside of both is that the minion fetched is random. The upside for Madam, besides the whole stats, is that you may redraw the minion inserted in your deck.
Like Barnes, for her to truly be useful, you have to embrace the RNG.
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I just pulled it from a pack, pretty happy cuz not that much since last legendary but i don't know if it's any good tbh. Or at least could it be pretty good?
It will be good no doubt! Just hasn't been utilized yet in a lot of decks keep it for sure! I'm pretty sure its going to shine in reno decks or maybe even other decks!
I have her. Could be really good in a deck with a couple of battlecry, and many deathrattle. May put her in my nzoth pally deck.
I got Madam Goya on day 1 when I opened all of my packs. I dusted her almost immediately, so I can't say how good she is (or isn't). When I was thinking through my head on how I would use her I couldn't come up with a scenario when I would actually use her instead of a Youthful Brewmaster or Ancient Brewmaster. I get it that with Madam Goya you would get to play a minion for "free" but you don't have control of what that minion is and that minion would lose its battlecry.
TL/DR - Not sure if she's any good, but I dusted my copy and used the dust to create Kazakus.
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Could have potential in Malygos decks if they see a resurgence, and probably is decent in some spell heavy decks running a few important minions. Imo I look at her like you could put her in any deck that might use Barnes, and then some. I even imagine her in some Hunter lists that might want to swap in a token for a chance at Highmane or something.
I wouldn't dust her, since we haven't really seen her used to her potential yet.
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in this stupid meta not that good
I've been trying her out in a ramp/astral communion Druid deck. Haven't gotten too much utility out of her yet, but it's still early. My goal is to swap Mire Keeper out for Ragnaros the Firelord, or some other high value target. I did get Mayor Noggenfogger out once, that was fun.
The question you should be asking is how bad is madame Goya.
easily the worst legendary in the set.
People are saying she'll be good in Reno decks, I don't see how particularly.
Potential value of pulling out a great minion vesus pulling out Reno himself and screwing yourself over.
Seems much riskier than Barnes for example. Yeah, I get that the minion is full stats but it is also pulling one of your minions off the board. Just seems too situational to get consistent value. Definitely a fun idea though, If I had it I'd experiment.
She is 400 DUST GOOD.
Madam Goya can be seen as a The Curator for specific minions, and replacing the tribe requirement with a bare numeric requirement (few minions in the deck).
For example, I can see her being good in a spell-heavy deck, where you have very few minions, like 3 or 4 at most, Goya included, and the others being crucial for your strategy, or just huge body.
You survive through spells, and then Goya hugely increases the chances of finding the minion you need.
Shadowstep and Youthful Brewmaster make this strategy even more versatile, since you can backup your minion in case you need its battlecry or something.
This being said, there's no practical use for her right now, out of some meme deck.
Sure, with more cards for the same meme deck being introduced, that meme might turn dangerous one day: spelldeck with Barnes Y'Shaarj Malygos and/or Deathwing and/or Ysera + Madam Goya anyone?
Btw, she's just bad if you plan to use her as a youthful brewmaster to repeat a battlecry: brewmaster is just much better.
It's funny I saw this thread as I recently opened a Madam Goya. Yes, in golden form. I tried to build a shaman deck with only spells and big minions so that I could swap a totem for a deathwing. But when I ended up winning it was because of shaman not because of Goya.
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I think her deck is a super rampy Druid that has exclusively big minions and uses cards like Jade Blossom and Living Roots to summon her targets. It seems like a fun deck but you would need a lot of other legendaries that aren't good except in specific situations (like Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound), and it's probably not too competitive.
You would use her almost anytime you use Barnes. Select a minion in your possession that's already used its Battlecry or is otherwise not currently helpful and swap it with a minion in your deck with full Attack and Health instead of 1/1. The downside of both is that the minion fetched is random. The upside for Madam, besides the whole stats, is that you may redraw the minion inserted in your deck.
Like Barnes, for her to truly be useful, you have to embrace the RNG.
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