Am I missing something? Why is this voted very good? This card is hot garbage.
This thing costs 3 mana and is a deathrattle, so if you don’t kill it the turn it comes out, chances are it’s gonna get silenced, or the minion you choose will trade itself into one of your own so the effect wouldn’t matter anyway. The only class that can reliably trigger the deathrattle is Mage thanks to their Hero Power. Since Hero Powers are 2 mana, that makes this doll an Assassinate for Mages, and Assassinate sees zero play because of how much it costs just to destroy a minion. Can’t use Genn Greymane to discount your Hero Power since this is an odd cost card, and every other class has no way to ping this minion, and every other class has much better options for hard removal. Mage could just Fireball or Polymorph for one mana less. The only class I can see running this is Warlock, but then they’d have to waste two cards to destroy something, and again, they have better options.
I can’t see this finding play in many decks. Hunter could just use Hunter’s Mark instead while pally would have difficulty pinging this. Execute is already better in warrior.
Am I missing something? Why is this voted very good? This card is hot garbage.
This thing costs 3 mana and is a deathrattle, so if you don’t kill it the turn it comes out, chances are it’s gonna get silenced, or the minion you choose will trade itself into one of your own so the effect wouldn’t matter anyway. The only class that can reliably trigger the deathrattle is Mage thanks to their Hero Power. Since Hero Powers are 2 mana, that makes this doll an Assassinate for Mages, and Assassinate sees zero play because of how much it costs just to destroy a minion. Can’t use Genn Greymane to discount your Hero Power since this is an odd cost card, and every other class has no way to ping this minion, and every other class has much better options for hard removal. Mage could just Fireball or Polymorph for one mana less. The only class I can see running this is Warlock, but then they’d have to waste two cards to destroy something, and again, they have better options.
Odd Mage will not have Fireball or Polymorph, and yes, Odd Mage will be a thing -- thanks in part to Voodoo Doll.
But more to the point, if I can get you to silence my 3-drop, I'm overjoyed because that means you won't be able to silence my real threats later on. And if silence were as omnipresent as you pretend it is, Cubelock would not currently be dominating the meta.
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That's quite interesting actually. You could silence the chosen minion, and then after Voodoo Doll dies, the chosen minion's deathrattle would not trigger (which is a very different outcome than if you'd played Corruption).
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Pretty good card, especially for classes that can easily sacrifice it (Mage, Warlock, Warrior). Those classes will have the choice between an instant 4-5 mana removal, or a 3-mana delayed removal. Though I don't see it as an exceptionally powerful card for classes with better removal options themselves, unless there is some way to get additional value from the card.
Another class that might want to use it is Druid, since its best removal is Naturalize, which isn't always something you want to run. It can even be pinged with Wrath in a pinch.
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And in Warlock
Are you sure?
If you remove the Voodoo Doll from the board, it's effect will simply disappear.
The best neutral removal ever printed in this game. Easily triggerable by most classes.
Am I missing something? Why is this voted very good? This card is hot garbage.
This thing costs 3 mana and is a deathrattle, so if you don’t kill it the turn it comes out, chances are it’s gonna get silenced, or the minion you choose will trade itself into one of your own so the effect wouldn’t matter anyway. The only class that can reliably trigger the deathrattle is Mage thanks to their Hero Power. Since Hero Powers are 2 mana, that makes this doll an Assassinate for Mages, and Assassinate sees zero play because of how much it costs just to destroy a minion. Can’t use Genn Greymane to discount your Hero Power since this is an odd cost card, and every other class has no way to ping this minion, and every other class has much better options for hard removal. Mage could just Fireball or Polymorph for one mana less. The only class I can see running this is Warlock, but then they’d have to waste two cards to destroy something, and again, they have better options.
This is gettting a little too much hype, but there are some classes that will most definitely make this work.
I can’t see this finding play in many decks. Hunter could just use Hunter’s Mark instead while pally would have difficulty pinging this. Execute is already better in warrior.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Just saying.
edit: Also guys, "X card is better!" doesn't mean you can't also run other options. Execute is more consistent than Shield Slam, but you run both.
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Interesting question! We'll see the interaction in play. Eventually something to test for HysteriA's Mythbuster series
Really great design. Does exactly what a Voodoo Doll does "in real life" and even matches the Witchwood theme
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We live in a world where Stoneskin Basilisk is almost constructed playable. This is quite good.
Pretty good card, especially for classes that can easily sacrifice it (Mage, Warlock, Warrior). Those classes will have the choice between an instant 4-5 mana removal, or a 3-mana delayed removal. Though I don't see it as an exceptionally powerful card for classes with better removal options themselves, unless there is some way to get additional value from the card.
Another class that might want to use it is Druid, since its best removal is Naturalize, which isn't always something you want to run. It can even be pinged with Wrath in a pinch.