Don't see how this is a "counter" to Razakus. Yeah it slows them down, but they still draw a card when they draw a candle, and have ways to kill a large minion.
Because it warps the way they have to play and forces the focus of the deck away from drawing as fast as possible and cheaply combo bursting you down in a few turns, Razakus will still see play but the builds will be much different than what we know today.
They will be slower and have more minions, the raza combo will just be a piece of the puzzle instead of a build around win condition
The best part of this card is simply that it exists. Skulking Geist didn't need to be run in every deck to have an effect on the meta.
If the meta started to skew heavily into razakus priest then people start to run Kobold Monk and The Darkness to have an edge. Just like geist a good tech card doesn't just shut down its target deck, it just gives you an edge.
And as has been mentioned this is also good against any deck that draws quickly through its deck. So going forward for the next 2 years any deck that wants to blitz through its deck has to consider this card and how to deal with it.
Yes you can hold removal for this card but that means you are not using your removal on other threats along the way which often means you will just die to their other stuff hitting you in the face.
I'm going to laugh when the meta shakes out into a fun balanced meta once again. Blizzard is not stupid, and they have learned how to put the right cards in that counter the expected dominant decks.
There will be neutral tech cards that give us the tools to have a fun meta, just like they have since Ungoro
You honestly think Blizzard can't see this coming and print the cards to balance the meta out? What if spell hunter has enough burn to keep razakus in check? Burn mage also looks capable of pretty serious burn which razakus won't be able to survive.
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I'm going to laugh so hard when a tournament is won by a pro player piloting the I Hunt Alone deck
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Because it warps the way they have to play and forces the focus of the deck away from drawing as fast as possible and cheaply combo bursting you down in a few turns, Razakus will still see play but the builds will be much different than what we know today.
They will be slower and have more minions, the raza combo will just be a piece of the puzzle instead of a build around win condition
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The best part of this card is simply that it exists. Skulking Geist didn't need to be run in every deck to have an effect on the meta.
If the meta started to skew heavily into razakus priest then people start to run Kobold Monk and The Darkness to have an edge. Just like geist a good tech card doesn't just shut down its target deck, it just gives you an edge.
And as has been mentioned this is also good against any deck that draws quickly through its deck. So going forward for the next 2 years any deck that wants to blitz through its deck has to consider this card and how to deal with it.
Yes you can hold removal for this card but that means you are not using your removal on other threats along the way which often means you will just die to their other stuff hitting you in the face.
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This might be useful AGAINST mill decks but shouldn't be run IN a mill deck
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This counters any deck that wants to draw through their deck quickly, so any miracle archetypes or even mill decks, fatigue warrior etc.
This is a useful tech card for many matchups and will stay useful in wild forever to keep draw heavy/highlander decks some kind of counterplay
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Still missing 28 cards
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I feel so vindicated.
There are so many interesting deck building tools here, going to take some time to ponder them
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I was already super pumped and now I'm even happier. Priest can be stopped and recruit can be a fun deck building tool
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Thank Yogg our priest overlords are gone forever
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I'm going to laugh when the meta shakes out into a fun balanced meta once again. Blizzard is not stupid, and they have learned how to put the right cards in that counter the expected dominant decks.
There will be neutral tech cards that give us the tools to have a fun meta, just like they have since Ungoro
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You honestly think Blizzard can't see this coming and print the cards to balance the meta out? What if spell hunter has enough burn to keep razakus in check? Burn mage also looks capable of pretty serious burn which razakus won't be able to survive.
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Extra board clears, heals and other important cards that look like replacements for Classic staples.
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The inclusion of quite a few card types in classes that never had them.
Feels like they are preparing for many staple cards to be gone, or at least more than a handful.
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This is a great weapon idea
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What if there are some crazy bombs in the neutral pool that synergize with all the Recruit stuff.
Since warrior has the best tools for dealing with big threats and even large boards filled with big stuff, I think they have a chance.