It isn’t that anybody is rating the card low, but rather than they aren’t rating it as high as it should be.
Like... say a medication comes out that stops the flu forever. That would be pretty good, right? Highly rated. But what if it also prevents the common cold as well. It’s even better than we thought!
So my point is that many players are saying it’s a very good card, but are missing the fact that it might be even better than they think it is.
EDIT FOR ADDITIONAL CLARITY: Im not suggesting anybody is rating this card as “low” or “bad”. My point is that many players are correctly saying it’s a very good card, but are actually STILL underrating how good it is because they aren’t grasping the full scope of what the card can actually do.
In common hearthstone card analysis terms: this would be like rating a card as a very good 4 star card when it’s actually an insane 5 star card, not saying a card is 1 star when it’s actually a 4 star.
So something I've noticed about Secret Passage is that a lot people are actually rating the power of the card TOO LOW.
The reviews and comments I've seen about the card are generally related to how it is a good card for an aggro deck to temporarily refill their hand. I don't see anybody talking about the alternative way to use it, however.
You don't need to play it in an aggro deck, and you don't need to play it with an empty hand. Think of it this way: if you have 5 additional cards in your hand and you play Secret Passage, you will re-draw those 5 cards at the end of your turn. Any of the new 5 cards you draw from your deck with Secret Passage can be played with the text "...and then draw a card at the end of your turn." If you play 2 cards that turn, you will have played 2 cards with zero cost to your card advantage. You will still have 5 cards in your hand at the end of your turn.
To break it down in a way that is very easy to follow; You shuffle 5 cards into your deck with Secret Passage. You draw 5 more. You play 3 cards leaving you with 2 cards in hand. You end turn and you now regain your original 5 card hand. You've just drawn 3 cards for 1 mana.
So this card for 1 mana has the potential to effectively draw up to 5 cards if you empty your temporary hand, plus it allows you to temporarily dump a hand that might work better for a later turn in hopes of drawing cards you can play more effectively now.
It isn’t that anybody is rating the card low, but rather than they aren’t rating it as high as it should be.
Like... say a medication comes out that stops the flu forever. That would be pretty good, right? Highly rated. But what if it also prevents the common cold as well. It’s even better than we thought!
So my point is that many players are saying it’s a very good card, but are missing the fact that it might be even better than they think it is.
EDIT FOR ADDITIONAL CLARITY: Im not suggesting anybody is rating this card as “low” or “bad”. My point is that many players are correctly saying it’s a very good card, but are actually STILL underrating how good it is because they aren’t grasping the full scope of what the card can actually do.
In common hearthstone card analysis terms: this would be like rating a card as a very good 4 star card when it’s actually an insane 5 star card, not saying a card is 1 star when it’s actually a 4 star.
So something I've noticed about Secret Passage is that a lot people are actually rating the power of the card TOO LOW.
The reviews and comments I've seen about the card are generally related to how it is a good card for an aggro deck to temporarily refill their hand. I don't see anybody talking about the alternative way to use it, however.
You don't need to play it in an aggro deck, and you don't need to play it with an empty hand. Think of it this way: if you have 5 additional cards in your hand and you play Secret Passage, you will re-draw those 5 cards at the end of your turn. Any of the new 5 cards you draw from your deck with Secret Passage can be played with the text "...and then draw a card at the end of your turn." If you play 2 cards that turn, you will have played 2 cards with zero cost to your card advantage. You will still have 5 cards in your hand at the end of your turn.
To break it down in a way that is very easy to follow; You shuffle 5 cards into your deck with Secret Passage. You draw 5 more. You play 3 cards leaving you with 2 cards in hand. You end turn and you now regain your original 5 card hand. You've just drawn 3 cards for 1 mana.
So this card for 1 mana has the potential to effectively draw up to 5 cards if you empty your temporary hand, plus it allows you to temporarily dump a hand that might work better for a later turn in hopes of drawing cards you can play more effectively now.
This card sounds insane to me.