Other strong tech cards in the past always had a downside and their stat sucked. Kezan Mystic, Eater of Secrets, even Harrison Jones... they were incredibly strong in the matchup you were targeting, but made your deck a lot less consistent against other classes. ie being forced to play a Kezan Mystic as your vanilla 4-drop against a Warrior was an incredibly weak play. Or Harrison against a mage.
Bad Luck Albatross is just too good... his stats are in line for a 3-drop, and I would argue that it being a 4/3 instead of a 3/4 is actually an advantage. On top of that, not only it functions as an hard counter for ALL highlander decks and now Spell Mage, but its effect is still an upside in any other matchup - combo decks especially! The issue with this card is that it doesn't have any downside whatsoever.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't think the card is so oppressive that it "needs" a nerf - although Res Priest being able to put like 8 fucking Albatrosses in your deck in a single game is kinda ridiculous. But it is definitely a shit and anti-fun card, and I hope not to see cards like this in future expansions.
Other strong tech cards in the past always had a downside and their stat sucked. Kezan Mystic, Eater of Secrets, even Harrison Jones... they were incredibly strong in the matchup you were targeting, but made your deck a lot less consistent against other classes. ie being forced to play a Kezan Mystic as your vanilla 4-drop against a Warrior was an incredibly weak play. Or Harrison against a mage.
Bad Luck Albatross is just too good... his stats are in line for a 3-drop, and I would argue that it being a 4/3 instead of a 3/4 is actually an advantage. On top of that, not only it functions as an hard counter for ALL highlander decks and now Spell Mage, but its effect is still an upside in any other matchup - combo decks especially! The issue with this card is that it doesn't have any downside whatsoever.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't think the card is so oppressive that it "needs" a nerf - although Res Priest being able to put like 8 fucking Albatrosses in your deck in a single game is kinda ridiculous. But it is definitely a shit and anti-fun card, and I hope not to see cards like this in future expansions.