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I don't think it's very good at all, i don't use very much spells in my shammy decks and when i do, they don't do direct dmg. Hence i don't think this will fit, it have no place in aggro shammy and there is no other shammy as of now, therefore i am not looking forward to this card, i think the mistcaller is better.

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Kripp was pretty biased in his reveal of this card. I think it's mediocre at best and could DEFINITELY could have been an Epic or even a Rare. 

 If you think rarity is even supposed to indicate the "goodness" or power level of a card, you are very far from being someone who has any business criticizing the opinion of one of the streamers Blizzard has entrusted with a card preview.

 I'm not sure what Kripp said that anyone would have a problem with.  He said it's the best card released so far in WOG.  You might debate that it's actually C'Thun but it's debatable.  And he said you could get insane value for it if you pair it with Lightning Storm, which is completely true.  

A lot of people have just jumped to Control Shaman as the class that will rise from this card but to me I just think mid range Shaman will make a comeback.  I think of it like mid range paladin which also had a lot of heal, and with no more Antique Healbot in standard Shaman might have the best healing in the game now.  

Couple this with the fact that this minion is now one of the highest priority targets in the game, in a 4/6 body?  What's not to like?

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What are people talking about? This card is utterly broken OP!!

It will make control shamans in the same league as control warriors.

 Now why would you think that, in terms of Life Gain, warrior is still the only class that can go over 30. In terms of removal this card doesn't actually remove anything. Warrior is strong because it can leverage it's life total as armor and use it as removal, through Shield Slam and Weapons, on top of tons of cheap removal, Execute, Slam, Bash and Brawl.

This one card can not fill all the roles, and I argue it doesn't even fill one of them.

 The issue with your argument is that you're comparing warrior cards in interaction with this card, as opposed to shaman cards interacting with this card. This card, other then reno jackson, maybe even more so than reno jackson, is the best healing card in the game, due to the very fact that it synergises with shaman cards so well.

The main downside to this card is that it's weak against control decks, and arguably most other 5 drops in the game would take its place when facing control decks. But again, if you see this as a tech card to add against agro then this card can win you the game single handedly. Also, it's not a card you need to completely build a deck around, heck, the control shaman that existed up until now wouldn't change much, even after adding this card, so it's also a very good stand alone card.

If the claim is this single card will make a control Archetype for Shaman viable then you have to look at other control decks and see what makes them playable. A control deck needs a way to make it through the early game, life gain, removal, steady mid/lategame threats, and a finisher. If control shaman wasn't a thing before, then this card ALONE needs to reinforce all these rolls and you need to consistently have a way to play this card. 

You lose on the last point alone, since there's no way to guarantee you even draw this card (1 of), and Shaman has arguably the worst card draw in the game. 

I'll humor you on the other points though

- this card costs 5 mana, doesn't effect the early game

- This may be this cards best attribute, but as it requires interaction from other cards it's not consistent Life Gain

-This card doesn't remove anything

-This card is not a threat itself, it's effect is a little annoying, but it's not a must kill like Thuarssian or Ysera.

-This card is the antithesis of a finisher.

It's simple logic really. 

If control decks require A,B,C,D,E, and F to be viable. 

And Hallazeal doesn't fill the role of A,B,C,D,E and F.

The control deck isn't viable.

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What are people talking about? This card is utterly broken OP!!

It will make control shamans in the same league as control warriors.

 Now why would you think that, in terms of Life Gain, warrior is still the only class that can go over 30. In terms of removal this card doesn't actually remove anything. Warrior is strong because it can leverage it's life total as armor and use it as removal, through Shield Slam and Weapons, on top of tons of cheap removal, Execute, Slam, Bash and Brawl.

If Brawl gave you 10 armor, but also costed 5 more it likely wouldn't be played. This is essentially what Hallazeal is when played with Elemental Destruction.

If Bash gained say 8 armor instead of 8, but costed 5 more it wouldn't be played.

This is essentially what Hallazeal does adds an additional cost of 5 on a removal spell, for a little life gain.

This one card can not fill all the roles, and I argue it doesn't even fill one of them.