Making it odd would make the synergies with book of specters and aluneth obsolete. Instead of shoving this into an odd-cost bracket, they made it even cost which makes it a lot better.
True, most of the new cards wouldn't work with odd-cost, meaning it does work a lot better as a 2 drop with the odd and even legendaries in mind.1-mana lifetap is good and putting something on the board is great, but do you think 1 mana ping is really worth it? Press X to doubt.
I'm kind of glad it isn't catering to Prince Keleseth though, more consistent to play that way.
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Witchwood Apple, it's a sleeper for sure. Just need another expansion for druid to dominate the meta.
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Poison Seeds is insane.
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It's honestly worse - a lot worse than cubelock on a good draw. Die turn 4. That said, secrets do inherently have counterplay - so it's not too bad.
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Forcing people to drag mages to fatigue, that's neat.
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I'm kind of glad it isn't catering to Prince Keleseth though, more consistent to play that way.
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It's a decent card, but wouldn't it be more promising at 3 mana for Prince Keleseth or Baku the Mooneater?
Not sure this minion mage archetype will pan out, considering a big part of mage identity are the good spells.
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No Barnes, run out of removal, cry.
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For shame, that's really sad actually.
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Unleash the Hounds with Toxmonger should be pretty good, the Hounds are also another target for Dire Frenzy.
Consider Snake Trap for three poisonous Snakes when they try to clear Toxmonger, but there's Prince Keleseth.
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Tempo Rogue > Value Rogue, every time.
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Until there's a 1 mana echo, which won't happen, Mistwraith won't see play.
Pick Pocket is cool for arena, but has no place in constructed - ever.