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I've found out that if Renathal gets eaten by Scythe, Renathal's health buffing effect does not trigger. I believe this wasn't intended?

It's intended. 

Huh, on face value that does not make a lot of sense for it to work that way. They 35 health and the 40-card deck seem like they would be a package deal.

The 40-card deck you are using already existed before the scythe effect happened. Your "starting Health" is part of "start of game" setup; if Renathal is not in the deck, he cannot buff your starting health. (Technically, the second sentence of his effect should be preceded by "Start of Game:")

Note that the order of these effects is random, so it is possible that Renathal can buff your Health before getting eaten by the scythe. The only card that is exempt from this possibility is C'Thun, the Shattered, which always goes first.

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It's intended. 

 How do you know? 

Like FortyDust said when he explained the start of game mechanic.

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Note that the order of these effects is random, so it is possible that Renathal can buff your Health before getting eaten by the scythe. The only card that is exempt from this possibility is C'Thun, the Shattered, which always goes first.

Are you sure that the order is random? I have restarted multiple times with C'Thun, Renathal and Malchezaar and only C'Thun would take priority while the other two were always consumed.

So I think it is intended to be in this order.

Oh and Genn doesn't work either.

If it is intentional, then it is a bit silly.

Souleater's Scythe Start of Game ability should always trigger last for the sake of the demon hunter player's sanity. :P

By the way, I love Souleater's Scythe animation, it is so cool! :)

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Note that the order of these effects is random, so it is possible that Renathal can buff your Health before getting eaten by the scythe. The only card that is exempt from this possibility is C'Thun, the Shattered, which always goes first.

Are you sure that the order is random? I have restarted multiple times with C'Thun, Renathal and Malchezaar and only C'Thun would take priority while the other two were always consumed.

So I think it is intended to be in this order.

Oh and Genn doesn't work either.

 I'm not sure about other cards other than Souleater's for certain (I remember the Genn one being mentioned when Madness came out though) but for this interaction it isn't exactly random. Scythe removes the minions from your deck the second the game starts during mulligan, you can never mulligan any of the three minions you put in— No Renethal in deck, no start of game trigger.

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Quote from FortyDust >>

Note that the order of these effects is random, so it is possible that Renathal can buff your Health before getting eaten by the scythe. The only card that is exempt from this possibility is C'Thun, the Shattered, which always goes first.

Are you sure that the order is random? I have restarted multiple times with C'Thun, Renathal and Malchezaar and only C'Thun would take priority while the other two were always consumed.

So I think it is intended to be in this order.

Oh and Genn doesn't work either.

 I'm not sure about other cards other than Souleater's for certain (I remember the Genn one being mentioned when Madness came out though) but for this interaction it isn't exactly random. Scythe removes the minions from your deck the second the game starts during mulligan, you can never mulligan any of the three minions you put in— No Renethal in deck, no start of game trigger.

I think Souleater's Scythe Start of Game effect should be changed to trigger always after any other Start of Game effect, because after all the actual order seems to be arbitrary. Having said that, I hope the current way it works is just an oversight from Blizzard and not done in purpose.