This is far more playable on curve than Dirty Rat ever was. In fact, this kind of has the opposite barrier than Rat had - whereas you had to save Rat most of the time until your opponent drew a bunch of their deck and likely had a key piece in hand, with Hecklebot you want to play it asap for the same reason (their key piece is likely not in hand but still in the deck).
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Combo hate? Sweet. That's how you do it, Blizz. I'm sure I'll hate playing against this, but you can't deny that it's good for the health of the game.
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Agree with most that Dirty Rat is superior, but I think this is better than Deathlord.
Deathlord was a Deathrattle which meant the opponent could control (to a greater extent) WHEN the minion is summoned or just silence the Deathlord. Hecklebot is a battlecry which means you can be prepared with a Shield Slam, Hex, Polymorph, etc....
I like it!
Speaking as a combo player, players leaving Deathlord up was amlost always good for me. Can turn a volcano into a Barnes, basically, or finish it off with a storm, guaranteed pull of Maly, and combo. Main disadvantage for this against deathlord is that the 'lord is N'zothable, which is mainly an issue for mill, who probably want to run both.
Some people crying, because mouse dragging this doesn't gureentee them 100% win. All that after taking a morale high ground vs. otk decks, but the truth is you're just sore losers, hiding will to power behind false morality. 😏
I hate cards like this that force cards out of your opponents hand, this isn't a healthy way to print combo disruption. It's a complete coinflip on if this hits a malygos or a loot hoarder, so you just RNG win the game sometimes. That, and putting the opponent more into fatigue is insanely good for control - you get to kill their threats before they even have a chance to use the card. Hecklerbot > pulls Ysera > Execute it, no dream card.
Mojomaster zihi and loatheb are the right ways to create combo disruption, not stuff like this, dirty rat, gnomeferatu and deathlord, imo.
This is the kind of stall a control Burgle Rogue needs, and it curves into Zilliax, one of the few consistant heals...it's disruptive while being statted well enough to force trades or a big removal. Seems powerful in any value based deck though, which is healthy for the game.
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If the meta is slow enough, every control player will run both, but will be careful about when they play these.
Great card. Pull minions and then remove. Makes other control fatigue faster than you by 2.
Against aggro, 8 health taunt seems good. Since it pulls from deck, so less chance of messing you up by pulling Leeroy or w/e (chance of pulling trash weak minions in aggro deck is much higher compared to pulling from hand)
Against combo, well it is the reason we run this.
Curve to zilliax.
Bad part is that it makes Wall Priest stronger, but wall priest loses a lot of tools from rotation that might throw them out of meta.
This is far more playable on curve than Dirty Rat ever was. In fact, this kind of has the opposite barrier than Rat had - whereas you had to save Rat most of the time until your opponent drew a bunch of their deck and likely had a key piece in hand, with Hecklebot you want to play it asap for the same reason (their key piece is likely not in hand but still in the deck).
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Warlock in wild - Demonic project, Dirty Rat, Deathlord and this, keep breaking combos.
Yeah may be not, would be funny if it summons two copies of the same minion for the opponent.
THIS CARD IS STRAIGHT UP G. LOVE IT <3 (Until it's played against me)
Even the artwork is hilarious.
New dirty rat, the combo breaker! Mech Warrior will be playing so many of these in a game! Easy 5 star card for control decks!
Some people crying, because mouse dragging this doesn't gureentee them 100% win. All that after taking a morale high ground vs. otk decks, but the truth is you're just sore losers, hiding will to power behind false morality. 😏
Nice card, though.
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Khadgar's effect only works on your own cards that summon minions.
4 mana is very expensive. It might see play, but might not too.
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Ah, here's a replacement for Dirty Rat! I missed that card, but the higher cost of this new card makes me hesitant about including it.
I love the illustration though, particularly the faces on the people in the background.
4 mana 3/8, and a combo-breaker to boot.
Amazing card, might be the best card of the set. it's strong vs both aggro and combo.
I hate cards like this that force cards out of your opponents hand, this isn't a healthy way to print combo disruption. It's a complete coinflip on if this hits a malygos or a loot hoarder, so you just RNG win the game sometimes. That, and putting the opponent more into fatigue is insanely good for control - you get to kill their threats before they even have a chance to use the card. Hecklerbot > pulls Ysera > Execute it, no dream card.
Mojomaster zihi and loatheb are the right ways to create combo disruption, not stuff like this, dirty rat, gnomeferatu and deathlord, imo.
Yeah that's what Khadgar does, summons a copy of the minion this bot pulled.
This is the kind of stall a control Burgle Rogue needs, and it curves into Zilliax, one of the few consistant heals...it's disruptive while being statted well enough to force trades or a big removal. Seems powerful in any value based deck though, which is healthy for the game.
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If the meta is slow enough, every control player will run both, but will be careful about when they play these.
Great card. Pull minions and then remove. Makes other control fatigue faster than you by 2.
Against aggro, 8 health taunt seems good. Since it pulls from deck, so less chance of messing you up by pulling Leeroy or w/e (chance of pulling trash weak minions in aggro deck is much higher compared to pulling from hand)
Against combo, well it is the reason we run this.
Curve to zilliax.
Bad part is that it makes Wall Priest stronger, but wall priest loses a lot of tools from rotation that might throw them out of meta.
This is going into almost every deck because of some of the crazy battlecry minions coming out.
Playing Dirty Rat properly included skill, proper timing and experience. This is just hit or miss RNG crap against combo decks.
The sad part is that because we dont have the rat, some decks will still need to use this as a chance against combo. I think its bad design.
This being in the mech pool could push Bomb Warrior into a serious archetype. Also decent combo disruption, but not dirty rat good.
It's a bad deathlord, not a dirty rat. Also:
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