So I haven't played hearthstone since the mini set came out, is this card really as crazy as people say ?
It does look very strong, but when i think about it all I can see is a 6 mana Tundra Rhino
Thundra Rhino deals bareely any damage. It's 2 damage with a tribe with more often than not bad synergies, Smite deals 6 damage all by himself, can be discounted by rogue, handbuffed by paladin, randomly generated by warrior, and again, deals 6 damage to face.
Rhino can be discounted, tutored, and handbuffed as well.
Ok so let me ask this another way : If Smite was not a neutral card, but instead a rogue or warrior card, would it break the game or just be a glorified rhino ?
In rogue maaaaaybe, although it is definitively a huge OTK tool and rogues OTKing you too fast was already a problem they should not buff.
But yeah, you can randomly get Mr.Smite for free from Rokara's ship so...
Plus, pretty much all decks that tutored beasts and focused around making an OTK with Thundra Rhino were terrible, and I know because I played some of those. For just 1 mana more, you have a Thundra Rhino, that can also hit big on his own, so no need to hold for synergy, fits into an already borderline oppressive archetype (in wild oppressive without the borderline), can be cheated, effectively tutored, comboed, randomly summoned for 0 mana...
Btw, have avoided playing standard since this patch, but the only time I did, the pirate warrior I found only summoned one minion with Rokara's ship... and guess what, it was Mr. Smite, so the fucker could kill me with 23 damage from hand and weapon (who thought Bloodsail Raider was fine in core, anyways?), and it was, of course, not even turn 8.
So I haven't played hearthstone since the mini set came out, is this card really as crazy as people say ?
It does look very strong, but when i think about it all I can see is a 6 mana Tundra Rhino
Thundra Rhino deals bareely any damage. It's 2 damage with a tribe with more often than not bad synergies, Smite deals 6 damage all by himself, can be discounted by rogue, handbuffed by paladin, randomly generated by warrior, and again, deals 6 damage to face.
In rogue maaaaaybe, although it is definitively a huge OTK tool and rogues OTKing you too fast was already a problem they should not buff.
But yeah, you can randomly get Mr.Smite for free from Rokara's ship so...
Plus, pretty much all decks that tutored beasts and focused around making an OTK with Thundra Rhino were terrible, and I know because I played some of those. For just 1 mana more, you have a Thundra Rhino, that can also hit big on his own, so no need to hold for synergy, fits into an already borderline oppressive archetype (in wild oppressive without the borderline), can be cheated, effectively tutored, comboed, randomly summoned for 0 mana...
Btw, have avoided playing standard since this patch, but the only time I did, the pirate warrior I found only summoned one minion with Rokara's ship... and guess what, it was Mr. Smite, so the fucker could kill me with 23 damage from hand and weapon (who thought Bloodsail Raider was fine in core, anyways?), and it was, of course, not even turn 8.
Aw, come on! I know it's OP as shit, but turn down Kazakus? Really? You had no duplicates, you could have been fun!
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Thundra Rhino deals bareely any damage. It's 2 damage with a tribe with more often than not bad synergies, Smite deals 6 damage all by himself, can be discounted by rogue, handbuffed by paladin, randomly generated by warrior, and again, deals 6 damage to face.
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