i still can't see how playing this turn 6 is particularly good. building a deck around it seems terrible. it's probably best in a tempo-oriented deck, but is a lousy tempo play itself. maximum impact is that turn 9 ysera or statue, which means you need a heavy top end for a tempo deck. additionally, you need to draw the big minion on exactly turns 7/8/9 in a class that doesn't usually have tons of late game draw. maybe it will be fine to just throw in a deck and hope for the high roll, but i expect this one to underperform.
This won't be put into decks where you "need" to draw it in order to win. It will be put in decks where a high health minion is strong on its own, and this makes them better. You'll probably run minions where this just does nothing (Lich King, Scalebane maybe) and minions where it's might even be a slight downside but it's worth it anyways. It WONT be in a deck that runs a bunch of Silverback Patriarchs and MoguShan Wardens, for example.
i get that. i even said it's obviously bad in decks built around it. i mean, sure, maybe it's fine to throw in and hope for the high roll - plenty of decks have slotted barnes similarly. but even then i suspect this will underperform. keleseth is good because of the immediate early game impact + rogue's bounce effects or warlock's draw. you don't really win games with keleseth when you play him on turn 6. and this positively affects only specific minions. i don't think that getting an 8/8 on turn 9 is gonna win you the game - and again, that's the dream scenario, the best case outcome.
also, i doubt you'd want to run lich king in addition to two statues and ysera in a tempo-oriented deck!
edit: another possibility is that lady goes in a slower control-oriented big priest sort of deck. maybe that's ok.
i still can't see how playing this turn 6 is particularly good. building a deck around it seems terrible. it's probably best in a tempo-oriented deck, but is a lousy tempo play itself. maximum impact is that turn 9 ysera or statue, which means you need a heavy top end for a tempo deck. additionally, you need to draw the big minion on exactly turns 7/8/9 in a class that doesn't usually have tons of late game draw. maybe it will be fine to just throw in a deck and hope for the high roll, but i expect this one to underperform.
I don't think so, unless of course this expansion bring some very good minions with more power than health, for now, all minions priest play receive a very good pump with any kind of deck restriction.
how much drawing does priest normally do after turn 7? you need to draw your statute or ysera on exactly turns 7-8-9 to get optimal use. it's a decent card but the hype is way overblown. building around it is awful. it only fits in minion-heavy tempo priests with a greedy top end. it'll be a fine card there. but the dream scenario with it is really scarce.
way overrated. better than mistcaller but a far cry from keleseth. where does this actually fit? building a deck around it seems like a pretty bad idea. so do you just throw this in some kind of tempo dragon priest to help with control matchups? i guess that works ok? most playable priest minions will get at least +2 attack, and drawing ysera or statue after playing this is pretty crazy. but that's a somewhat fringe case. keleseth was so strong because a) can come down turn 1 or 2, b) can be shadowstepped or played in warlock with crazy draw, c) and was really only OP pre-patches nerf anyway.
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i mean, sure, maybe it's fine to throw in and hope for the high roll - plenty of decks have slotted barnes similarly. but even then i suspect this will underperform.
keleseth is good because of the immediate early game impact + rogue's bounce effects or warlock's draw. you don't really win games with keleseth when you play him on turn 6. and this positively affects only specific minions. i don't think that getting an 8/8 on turn 9 is gonna win you the game - and again, that's the dream scenario, the best case outcome.
i still can't see how playing this turn 6 is particularly good. building a deck around it seems terrible. it's probably best in a tempo-oriented deck, but is a lousy tempo play itself. maximum impact is that turn 9 ysera or statue, which means you need a heavy top end for a tempo deck. additionally, you need to draw the big minion on exactly turns 7/8/9 in a class that doesn't usually have tons of late game draw. maybe it will be fine to just throw in a deck and hope for the high roll, but i expect this one to underperform.
it's a decent card but the hype is way overblown. building around it is awful. it only fits in minion-heavy tempo priests with a greedy top end. it'll be a fine card there. but the dream scenario with it is really scarce.
way overrated. better than mistcaller but a far cry from keleseth. where does this actually fit? building a deck around it seems like a pretty bad idea. so do you just throw this in some kind of tempo dragon priest to help with control matchups? i guess that works ok? most playable priest minions will get at least +2 attack, and drawing ysera or statue after playing this is pretty crazy. but that's a somewhat fringe case. keleseth was so strong because a) can come down turn 1 or 2, b) can be shadowstepped or played in warlock with crazy draw, c) and was really only OP pre-patches nerf anyway.