So in Wild, this is another 2 copies of Barnes. Play Yshaarj and other big minions in your deck. You have the spell that resummons the minion and the other one that evolves it after it comes back to life. Big Shaman in Wild for sure.
I said playable because I am not sure if this will work without another Yshaarj in the mix. or even a Lich King. You have Ysera, which isnt bad, so maybe you can go Dragon/Big Shaman in Standard.
I think the card offers enough to be interesting, but also not completely broken. Except in Wild, where everything gets broken.
I am honestly unimpressed from this card. Yes, if you build around it - it might be a good one, but that also means - you will have a 1-2 minions in your deck (in order to make it consistent enough) and the rest - shaman spells (which are the thing that worries me mostly).
It will be interesting to see, if someone can build a good deck around it. Maybe in the next expansions this card (the shaman class) will recieve a nice bunch of useful spells.
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I am honestly unimpressed from this card. Yes, if you build around it - it might be a good one, but that also means - you will have a 1-2 minions in your deck (in order to make it consistent enough) and the rest - shaman spells (which are the thing that worries me mostly).
It will be interesting to see, if someone can build a good deck around it. Maybe in the next expansions this card (the shaman class) will recieve a nice bunch of useful spells.
Assuming Wild, it's very simple to OTK. bolt, totemic, frost shock, crackling, and lava shock are all good for it, whilst lava burst is good for those times when you can't do a full combo, you Emperor, or the opp's tapped down to 20 or so. You just need two of (bolt/crackle), and two other burn spells, and you have Emp as well to make sure you can cast it all. I'm currently on a Barnes/Emp/Maly as my only creatures; I'll probably cut Barnes for two of these, assuming they can't hit each other, as that would be horrifically bad.
One 0-1 mana 3 damage spell or a 0-mana 2-damage one and this is live in STD, though, I think, because then you can go off with Eureka, too, without relying on RNG for your far sights, or some chip damage first. Just note that you need 2 3 damage and 2 2 damage spells to deal 30 with a Maly out. One bolt, three 2-damage spells is 29.
The synergy with Al'akir is really powerful. There will be a deck that is based on these 2 cards. It's just too good, 8 damage for 5 mana with 4/4 divine shield taunt on the board, twice potentially. With spirit wolf and rain of toad, shaman can afford to run very few minions, maybe even more efficiently than big priest.
Will this deck be better than shudderwock shaman? Don't know, don't care, fun can't be worse than shudderwock especially on mobile
We did not need a new Barnes.
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It all depends on what we get. However, this card is just lacking in usefulness right now but it is too early to tell.
So in Wild, this is another 2 copies of Barnes. Play Yshaarj and other big minions in your deck. You have the spell that resummons the minion and the other one that evolves it after it comes back to life. Big Shaman in Wild for sure.
I said playable because I am not sure if this will work without another Yshaarj in the mix. or even a Lich King. You have Ysera, which isnt bad, so maybe you can go Dragon/Big Shaman in Standard.
I think the card offers enough to be interesting, but also not completely broken. Except in Wild, where everything gets broken.
I am honestly unimpressed from this card. Yes, if you build around it - it might be a good one, but that also means - you will have a 1-2 minions in your deck (in order to make it consistent enough) and the rest - shaman spells (which are the thing that worries me mostly).
It will be interesting to see, if someone can build a good deck around it. Maybe in the next expansions this card (the shaman class) will recieve a nice bunch of useful spells.
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Assuming Wild, it's very simple to OTK. bolt, totemic, frost shock, crackling, and lava shock are all good for it, whilst lava burst is good for those times when you can't do a full combo, you Emperor, or the opp's tapped down to 20 or so. You just need two of (bolt/crackle), and two other burn spells, and you have Emp as well to make sure you can cast it all. I'm currently on a Barnes/Emp/Maly as my only creatures; I'll probably cut Barnes for two of these, assuming they can't hit each other, as that would be horrifically bad.
One 0-1 mana 3 damage spell or a 0-mana 2-damage one and this is live in STD, though, I think, because then you can go off with Eureka, too, without relying on RNG for your far sights, or some chip damage first. Just note that you need 2 3 damage and 2 2 damage spells to deal 30 with a Maly out. One bolt, three 2-damage spells is 29.
Amazing card art. Cool effect.
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Warning! Shudderwock battlecry breaker!
OK, not sure if someone has answered this, but if the minion that Muckmorpher turns into has a battlecry will it go off?
I'd doubt it, but just checking.
Another build around that needs experimentation to find its place
List of Standard Cards that is Ok, good or amazing with it:
Hakkar, the Soulflayer, Malygos, Ysera, Al'Akir the Windlord, Deranged Doctor, Gilnean Royal Guard, Gruul, Splitting Festeroot, Baron Geddon, Bogshaper, Darkmire Moonkin, Stormwind Champion, Argent Commander, Cairne Bloodhoof, Hogger, Mechanical Whelp, Spark Drill, Holomancer (lol), Zilliax, Arena Treasure Chest (lol, but maybe for an OTK deck that needs to draw your entire deck?), Thunderhead, Acolyte of Pain (Shaman lacks draw, so maybe?), Mana Tide Totem, Spirit of the Frog, Zentimo, Bloodmage Thalnos, Lightwarden + Healing Rain (wild) = +24 damage lol and the new Walking Fountain.
I like how Walking Fountain was revealed alongside it, when we all know the only minions you're going to run with this are Malygos, Zilliax and Al'Akir the Windlord .
Then again, Muckmorpher into Al'akir into either two Rockbiter Weapon s or a Electra Stormsurge 'd one.
Here I was trying to do that with Doomhammer and Blizzard give this to us!
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No you have to play battlecry minions from your hand to trigger their effect
The synergy with Al'akir is really powerful. There will be a deck that is based on these 2 cards. It's just too good, 8 damage for 5 mana with 4/4 divine shield taunt on the board, twice potentially. With spirit wolf and rain of toad, shaman can afford to run very few minions, maybe even more efficiently than big priest.
Will this deck be better than shudderwock shaman? Don't know, don't care, fun can't be worse than shudderwock especially on mobile
I mean, it's good with Al'Akir, I guess...?
Awesome art.
If there was a chart for this expansion this one would be "another card that try to push Maly shaman again but fails.....again"
I came in here to see how many words are before the first mention of Malygos.
It is 6.
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Solid meme, but building a whole deck around this is just a dumb idea.
Solid backup plan, IMO, for a combo deck. Just needs refinement on the plan A (eureka) being able to OTK reliably, and it'll be good to go.
Relying on the cost reduction of this is a dumb idea, without something like bankers or other jank.
Looks great for a Big Shaman deck, initial Theorycraft:
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