no it's not. if you just consider the stats of this minion the tempo loss on this card is -0.5 [calculated (2+3)/5 ] BUT you should also consider his battlecry, discover a dragon means add a card to your hand. draw a card is close to +2 tempo play so we can consider that as +1 or +1.5
now this card make a +0.5 or +1 in tempo while played.
than we have the lifesteal, with 2 attack we can consider that as +0.5 BUT i can imagine that this card will be buffed a lot of times so if he will hit face or minion for 5 attack means that the tempo gained here is almost +2.
at the end it's a 3 mana with +0.75 tempo play or +2.75 if it's buffed and hit something.
final comment: really good card to play in a dragon paladin deck :)
no it's not. if you just consider the stats of this minion the tempo loss on this card is -0.5 [calculated (2+3)/5 ] BUT you should also consider his battlecry, discover a dragon means add a card to your hand. draw a card is close to +2 tempo play so we can consider that as +1 or +1.5
now this card make a +0.5 or +1 in tempo while played.
than we have the lifesteal, with 2 attack we can consider that as +0.5 BUT i can imagine that this card will be buffed a lot of times so if he will hit face or minion for 5 attack means that the tempo gained here is almost +2.
at the end it's a 3 mana with +0.75 tempo play or +2.75 if it's buffed and hit something.
final comment: really good card to play in a dragon paladin deck :)
I didn't say the card is bad. I just said it costs 1 more mana than Netherspite Historian.
Good card, but i still don’t see the "Umpf" yet , for Dragon decks to pressure combo/quest decks. Or the lategame potential to go toe to toe with classes that use herocards.
And speaking about lategame, even in a highlander Dragondeck with Alextrasza ( wich gives you two random Dragons for free) I would still rather play a Mechdeck with Kangors army + quest etc.
The consistency and sustain of Dragon Highlander Paladin is legit. End game is still a bit wonky. But maybe Frizz, Alex, and Dragon Breeder get you there in slower match ups.
you remember Netherspite Historian? it was one of the key card of infamous dragon priest.
paladin version has no requirement and gives free life-steal on top of that (and being a dragon by itself). If there is dragon paly, this card should be in the deck
But now discover is so much weaker without the class card bonus, especially when dragons are concerned since the class ones are generally a lot better than the neutrals. Can't just get Drakonid Opperatives every time now. Still it's decent and would probably see play although i'd prefer Bronze Hearld over this in early game especially if you hit dragon speaker on 5.
new competitors for the card more cute
this must have been divine shield but I don't dislike lifesteal
no it's not. if you just consider the stats of this minion the tempo loss on this card is -0.5 [calculated (2+3)/5 ] BUT you should also consider his battlecry, discover a dragon means add a card to your hand. draw a card is close to +2 tempo play so we can consider that as +1 or +1.5
now this card make a +0.5 or +1 in tempo while played.
than we have the lifesteal, with 2 attack we can consider that as +0.5 BUT i can imagine that this card will be buffed a lot of times so if he will hit face or minion for 5 attack means that the tempo gained here is almost +2.
at the end it's a 3 mana with +0.75 tempo play or +2.75 if it's buffed and hit something.
final comment: really good card to play in a dragon paladin deck :)
I didn't say the card is bad. I just said it costs 1 more mana than Netherspite Historian.
Good card, but i still don’t see the "Umpf" yet , for Dragon decks to pressure combo/quest decks. Or the lategame potential to go toe to toe with classes that use herocards.
And speaking about lategame, even in a highlander Dragondeck with Alextrasza ( wich gives you two random Dragons for free) I would still rather play a Mechdeck with Kangors army + quest etc.
The consistency and sustain of Dragon Highlander Paladin is legit. End game is still a bit wonky. But maybe Frizz, Alex, and Dragon Breeder get you there in slower match ups.
Dragon Paladin is looking better and better. Dragon Speaker alone makes smaller dragons much more threatening. Now they have lifesteal dragons too.
But now discover is so much weaker without the class card bonus, especially when dragons are concerned since the class ones are generally a lot better than the neutrals. Can't just get Drakonid Opperatives every time now. Still it's decent and would probably see play although i'd prefer Bronze Hearld over this in early game especially if you hit dragon speaker on 5.
Worst art of this expansion