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Yeah, that’s a good call. There are a few cards that were similar around that time. Spectral Charger has its beast tag removed, but it would be neat to see it get that back along with the Undead tag 

I’m pretty intrigued by this new dual type minion mechanic that they’re introducing, but there hasn’t been a lot of discussion around it. I haven’t looked into it much myself either, but I figured it would be fun to open up a platform for the discussion to be had. So, what minions do you think are going to get two tribes, what should they be, and if it’s a off the wall pick for what tribes it should be, why?

Oh, boo… I hate it when I can’t win every single match because I’m clearly the best player ever with just bad luck too 

That’s right, let’s pwn the radical leftist snowflakes by not nerfing cards in a virtual card game… really taking politics to a new level, mate. An entirely irrelevant level, that is

Might be an early translation?

But Defies Leper was played in Shadow Priest before it was nerfed, and that was in a class that doesn’t excel in aggro or card draw during that period. 

Natural Causes is in a class that does better in both respects. It’s a not flashy, but it’s not fair to call it “meh” either, I’d argue. It’s as the OP said, it’s just a reliable staple removal spell. 

It should scale like that, yeah. There was a worse version of this in Hunter with Frenzy that scaled the same way. So, it will prob be the same result

Druid of the Reef is def a stronger one drop for Beast Druid, but they are losing some of their 1-mana plays in that deck. This makes a suitable substitute until something better comes along, so it will prob be played in that deck for this set. Of course, if Core has better one drops, then this will get cut pretty quickly. I don’t foresee it’s deathrattle as being too worthwhile

I would’ve preferred if they didn’t include this as part of the teaser schedule for the new expansion, but it’s neat, I suppose. 

Yeah, I watched someone (I think it was either Trump or Regis) who pointed out that synergy with Doggie Biscuit, which def makes it more viable in Hunter than most classes. There’s also Bioluminescence synergies in Shaman where you have that good follow up turn. In general use cases though, there’s def better removal or early game minions to choose from. 

Right, but it’s pretty easy to play either nothing or just an expendable minion for it to trade into. The health on vilefiend made it a stickier threat and therefore more viable. 

Seems dormant is going to quietly become an evergreen keyword. Not sure what deck is looking for this. It’s pretty fragile if it isn’t able to make a trade the turn it comes online, it’s an awful top deck, and lining it up for use as removal seems pretty difficult. 

I was thinking the same thing, especially with the word that an old keyword is going to be in the core set and old characters are coming back. Magnetic would be a really cool idea to bring back with a mech themed expansion coming first thing. 

Technically Arcane Overflow is scripted so that it targets only enemy minions. But otherwise, I agree. It’s costed way too much without having any worthwhile payoffs that we know of. The best case scenario would be cheating this out early with Clumsy Courier, but what a weak play that would be. You’d def need to be ahead or have access to good catch up tools. A giant spell that gains you armor + another powerful effect would be ideal. 

Why run only one persistent peddler though? The value of that card only comes from running both together, otherwise you should just use a better draw/tradeable card.