Its not that bad. See it more like A 30/5 with taunt that can’t attack heroes. Poison is such a powerful effect that a lot of people underrate this kind of cards.
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decent in arena, unplayable in constructed. It's on par with venomancer in arena which is about average, this might be slightly better since the taunt helps you live and 1 attack vs 2 attack poisonous is pretty much the same thing.
It seems like 5 mana is a common choice for Blizzard when they make a card specifically designed to just kill a minion, like Assassinate, Lesser Onyx Spellstone, Vilespine Slayer and Vilebrood Skitterer. The Trogg here seems to fit the theme a bit with Taunt as the idea would be that your opponent needs to slam a minion with 5+ attack into it, sacrificing that minion. The Trogg is usually bad though since it gives your opponent some control as to how to deal with it. Also the fact that it can be countered by divine shield, strong weapons, removal spells... and Cabal Shadowpriest hurts too.
not in the "double silence in every aggro/tempo/midrange deck meta." it's a lot more like a 5 mana 1/5. tar creeper and rotten applebaum are way better defensive options and aren't as big a tempo loss if they get silenced.
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Terrible.
eh...we already have venomancer, who has soft taunt anyways. Might be worth from Stonehill Defender once in a blue moon.
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Possibly in Buff Paladins or Inner Fire Priests, but there are already so many other better choices in this season
im not sure how arena viable it will be but venomancer is good, and this is more defensive tempo for same cost
another nerf to evolve shaman….
But i though troggs rule!
this one doesnt tho
Taunt means the 1 attack could really be any number outside of being silenced. Decent arena card probably won’t see standard play
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Its not that bad. See it more like A 30/5 with taunt that can’t attack heroes. Poison is such a powerful effect that a lot of people underrate this kind of cards.
"... but not less than (1)" is needed now more than ever!
"Hey, people liked Stubborn Gastropod, why don't we make a much worse version of it?"
job's done.
decent in arena, unplayable in constructed. It's on par with venomancer in arena which is about average, this might be slightly better since the taunt helps you live and 1 attack vs 2 attack poisonous is pretty much the same thing.
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I think this is a good card basically a 5 mana 30/5 vs enemy minions.
It seems like 5 mana is a common choice for Blizzard when they make a card specifically designed to just kill a minion, like Assassinate, Lesser Onyx Spellstone, Vilespine Slayer and Vilebrood Skitterer. The Trogg here seems to fit the theme a bit with Taunt as the idea would be that your opponent needs to slam a minion with 5+ attack into it, sacrificing that minion. The Trogg is usually bad though since it gives your opponent some control as to how to deal with it. Also the fact that it can be countered by divine shield, strong weapons, removal spells... and Cabal Shadowpriest hurts too.
not in the "double silence in every aggro/tempo/midrange deck meta." it's a lot more like a 5 mana 1/5. tar creeper and rotten applebaum are way better defensive options and aren't as big a tempo loss if they get silenced.