Who knew that the Purify of this expansion was going to be the Priest Legendary!? Actually, that's an insult to Purify because that card is actually decent these days. This is the single worst most awful class legendary minion I have ever seen. An understatted 7 cost minion that does nothing immediate to the board with a battlecry of "Ruin your deck". What the actual f*ck?
Unless I pull this from a pack, this will be the first priest legendary I will never own let alone craft. Ugh...
What the actual fuck! Just when you think Control warrior is gonna finally back they just give a way better Dead Man's Hand to Priest. Just to fuck fatigue up for everyone. Well enjoy another 4 months of Pirate warrior!
How is this Card better than Dead Man's Hand ? U can not even compare the power Level of both Cards, with Dead Man's Hand u can go INFINITE VALUE, u just Shuffle and Shuffle and Shuffle and ... and btw u will Shuffle your own usefull Cards in your deck, not random Cards from your opponents deck
To the guys who said something like "Fill your deck with removals, draws & tech, then play this and win late game with opponent's deck" (there were a couple, can't find them now to quote, sry):
What if opponent's deck is an aggro one? Provided you survive long enough to play Archbishop (and, according to some, the best moment to play him might be past t7), the deck you copy is likely to have no / next to none late game, so how are you going to win with that?
Warrior vs Priest matches are going to last forever! Love it! XD
If you are still alive, you can play it turn 7 - and maybe you topdeck a weapon or Heroic Strike turn 8. Not sure though why you are happier losing like that lel.
What the actual fuck! Just when you think Control warrior is gonna finally back they just give a way better Dead Man's Hand to Priest. Just to fuck fatigue up for everyone. Well enjoy another 4 months of Pirate warrior!
How is this Card better than Dead Man's Hand ? U can not even compare the power Level of both Cards, with Dead Man's Hand u can go INFINITE VALUE, u just Shuffle and Shuffle and Shuffle and ... and btw u will Shuffle your own usefull Cards in your deck, not random Cards from your opponents deck
Is that how the card works? I assumed it didn't count itself in the shuffle.
What the actual fuck! Just when you think Control warrior is gonna finally back they just give a way better Dead Man's Hand to Priest. Just to fuck fatigue up for everyone. Well enjoy another 4 months of Pirate warrior!
How is this Card better than Dead Man's Hand ? U can not even compare the power Level of both Cards, with Dead Man's Hand u can go INFINITE VALUE, u just Shuffle and Shuffle and Shuffle and ... and btw u will Shuffle your own usefull Cards in your deck, not random Cards from your opponents deck
Is that how the card works? I assumed it didn't count itself in the shuffle.
On its own it doesn't you just need to have both copies in hand when you play one
What the actual fuck! Just when you think Control warrior is gonna finally back they just give a way better Dead Man's Hand to Priest. Just to fuck fatigue up for everyone. Well enjoy another 4 months of Pirate warrior!
How is this Card better than Dead Man's Hand ? U can not even compare the power Level of both Cards, with Dead Man's Hand u can go INFINITE VALUE, u just Shuffle and Shuffle and Shuffle and ... and btw u will Shuffle your own usefull Cards in your deck, not random Cards from your opponents deck
Is that how the card works? I assumed it didn't count itself in the shuffle.
On its own it doesn't you just need to have both copies in hand when you play one
Both cards are Trash. Even if Dead Man's Hand sees play, only one copy will be played(That too after rotation of Jade Druid).
I'll probably run this in Reno priest in wild just for the luls. With Elise star seeker you can just make all the cards relatively better. Don't play it against aggro, destroy the control mirrors; seems good
yeah this is terrible and will ruin your deck... but it is also a lot of fun!
So i like it
I feel that'll end up being a misconception. It has the illusion that it'll be fun simply because we've never seen a card that has text like this before. However, I have a feeling that once people actually start playtesting Archbishop Benedictus and realize that they just spent 7 mana on a 4/6 with no immediate effect, then on the followup turns start drawing trash that doesn't synergize at all with their own deck, they'll realize that it's not actually fun at all.
This card is a much worse Renounce Darkness. That card was fun. Sure, it was bad and silly but you could play it early enough and it had the benefit of at least giving your new stuff discounts. But this...thing? First you'll have to actually make it to turn 7. Then, if you can manage to survive that long, you have to be in a position where you can afford to throw your entire Turn 7 away on what is essentially a 4 drop. And even then, I still don't see him being fun to play. I'm not sure why any priest would want to pollute their deck with warrior or shaman cards or any other classes for that matter. This card is bad for the same reason Prince Malchezaar is bad and will be about as much fun to play. At least Malch has on curve stats going for him.
So, in short, sorry druids. But I just don't want to draw your Jade Blossoms and Innervates on Turn 8+.
Something never change. People cried before Un'Goro Launch over the Rogue Quest how bad and insulting it is and after the expansion they cried over the Rogue Quest again how OP it is.
so everyone who reads this should consider this and don't listen to much on opinions, because most of the people (also Streamer or some pros) don't know how to evaluate cards.
There are only two people I trust for card reviews and they were Brian Kibler and Noxious. Noxious no longer does Hearthstone, but he was always good about talking about the potential of a card and never saying definitively if it was good or bad. Kibler on the other hand seems to have a good eye for what is and isn't good. His background in card design really helps in this regard. He's a bit too memey to really take at face value, but if he says something is definitely good, I tend to listen.
What the actual fuck! Just when you think Control warrior is gonna finally back they just give a way better Dead Man's Hand to Priest. Just to fuck fatigue up for everyone. Well enjoy another 4 months of Pirate warrior!
How is this Card better than Dead Man's Hand ? U can not even compare the power Level of both Cards, with Dead Man's Hand u can go INFINITE VALUE, u just Shuffle and Shuffle and Shuffle and ... and btw u will Shuffle your own usefull Cards in your deck, not random Cards from your opponents deck
Is that how the card works? I assumed it didn't count itself in the shuffle.
Only if you have the other copy of it in your hand.
Oh okay, that was what I figured after I made the post. Thank you :)
Who knew that the Purify of this expansion was going to be the Priest Legendary!? Actually, that's an insult to Purify because that card is actually decent these days. This is the single worst most awful class legendary minion I have ever seen. An understatted 7 cost minion that does nothing immediate to the board with a battlecry of "Ruin your deck". What the actual f*ck?
Unless I pull this from a pack, this will be the first priest legendary I will never own let alone craft. Ugh...
Wait, I didn't really read any responses until now and after skimming a few pages, there's people out there that actually think this is good!?!?!?
To the guys who said something like "Fill your deck with removals, draws & tech, then play this and win late game with opponent's deck" (there were a couple, can't find them now to quote, sry):
What if opponent's deck is an aggro one? Provided you survive long enough to play Archbishop (and, according to some, the best moment to play him might be past t7), the deck you copy is likely to have no / next to none late game, so how are you going to win with that?
http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/class-discussion/priest/198126-the-state-of-priest-it-is-depressing?comment=51
Jesus! That's what I wrote yesterday and it was a joke. Now it is real.
400 dust.
But expect to see this card in every trolden video.
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I'll probably run this in Reno priest in wild just for the luls. With Elise star seeker you can just make all the cards relatively better. Don't play it against aggro, destroy the control mirrors; seems good
OMG this Legendary is so freaking Dope. It wll mess easily with Jade idols countering them.
It would be disappointing if I didn't get this card...
HAH, How far we have come since Ticking Abomination's release....
Don't care what else comes our way, after all that " Hype is dead" stuff just goes to show people need to stop demanding everything on day one.
Even if this card turns out to be awful( I hope it will be, or give me Auto-Squelch NOW) At least its something that makes you stop and think.
Golden Benedictus will be so damn good.
Wild Paladin fun
Not a good card since it's diluting your deck into oblivion but tons of fun, probably the memest card of all time, well done Blizz, well done.