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"Battlecry: Gain +1/+1 for each friendly Totem."

All we're missing is a legendary totem..

I always knew Shaman needed a less flexible class version of Frostwolf Warlord

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Turn 4 with 2 totems makes it 6/6, makes it quite strong. I like how they made shaman stronger

Turn 2 totem, turn 3 totem, lol, are you for real?

Not really that far fetched if you have no other 2 or 3 drop, but you got a Totem Golem (which you are bound to save in a mulligan). Totem Golem --> Hero Power --> Draenic Totemcarver.

I would definately play the 2 mana 3/4 with 1 overload, because very little will wipe it off the board on turn 2.

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Turn 4 with 2 totems makes it 6/6, makes it quite strong. I like how they made shaman stronger

Turn 2 totem, turn 3 totem, lol, are you for real?

Not really that far fetched if you have no other 2 or 3 drop, but you got a Totem Golem (which you are bound to save in a mulligan). Totem Golem --> Hero Power --> Draenic Totemcarver.

I would definately play the 2 mana 3/4 with 1 overload, because very little will wipe it off the board on turn 2.

That's just one card, other totems at turn 2 and 3 are not going to give you anything except sparing some dmg to the face opp spends on killing totems. 3 turns with totems and 6/6 on turn 4 (assuming totems will live, what is not likely) is a horrible start.

I am not saying it is a good plan, but are you really saying that you never find yourself in matches where you generally have a shitty hand to begin with? Totemic Golem gives you the ability to keep at least one totem alive to turn 4, in which a 4 mana 5/5 is worth it.

I am not talking about ideal hands and perfect mulligans. I am talking about how to handle horrible games, and quite frankly, looking at some of the shaman cards, there will be extra focus on totems. I can see the carver work since it is also a decent 4 drop to fit in the shaman slot.

It can easily be a 5/5 on turn 4. Its not an awesome card, but i think it will be playable.

I think the viability of this is all dependent on what else we haven't seen yet out of the class cards.  I do think it's most likely a 5/5 w/ the Totem Golem, but even that surmises that it can live long enough to buff this.  

We're missing that Muster for Battle-like card for totems: summon three random totems.

a good player will always clear your totems. this card sucks

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a good player will always clear your totems. this card sucks

It's hard to control totems at times and Shaman is getting new totem cards as well...Most times you'll be able to drop this with 2 totems on the field which makes this a 4 Mana 6/6 without a Overload...This card is on par or slightly better then Fireguard Destroyer. Overall it's a strong card and will see plenty of play...Also very strong in Arena.

Its a weird  Frostwolf Warlord... maybe will be usefull for arena?

People are comparing this to [card]Frostwolf Warlord[/card] but it actually serves a different role. This is more likely a tempo-ish card. A 5/5 body on turn 4 is much stronger than a 5/5 body on turn 5 because it will be trading against typical turn 5 plays like Sludge Belcher. It may see some play. 

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No, I'm saying I won't even play it. Not for the sake of situation when I will be forced to go only totems for 3 turns, hoping they won't die. To sum up: bad hand - I want something else, because 4/4 is not helpful, I'd rather have Shredder as my first card played in the game than this, good hand - I can think of tons of better cards. 

Stop evaluating this card in a vacuum Tuskarr Totemic and Totem Golem have already been announced. There's obviously going to be a Totem tribal with individually strong Totem cards.

I mean 4 mana 5/5 is good, but shredder is better

If shredder is better, this card won't see much play. But if we get many good totems, this could be like 8/8+ for 4 mana and win you games if opponent doesn't draw BGH. Can also be cheap BGH bait so your big guys are safe.

This card looks weak now but I think we'll be seeing more totem synergy cards in the coming days that will make it viable.

Why didn't Blizzard realize already that what shaman need isn't minions with high stats...FFS just give us minions with useful battlecrys.The only reason shaman cards are looking good/interesting is because of how few cards we have seen.
All these cute totems get blow up with an AOE and with the horrible card draw of shaman you are done ,we need to get value from our minions even if they get killed.

It will mostly be a 5/5 for 4-mana on turn 4. I think it is slightly superior to Fireguard Destroyer but still inferior to Piloted Shredder.

Edit: For this card to be actually good we need a mass totem summoning card like Muster for Battle.