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this is just bad. I just cant see the use of it. against aggro, you'll struggle to have any armor at all, so its a 2/2 for 2, if you hero power. It cant attack heroes, so its not going to be much use against control. Imo this should have had the possibility to attack heros, would be such a nice card, that you could actually run in control warrior.

 It would be utterly broken if you could attack heroes with it. And it's fairly easy to play this before you play armor boosting cards to get your damage up. Play this on 2, play Shield Block on 3 for a 5 attack weapon and kill a Tar Creeper with it.

this is just bad. I just cant see the use of it. against aggro, you'll struggle to have any armor at all, so its a 2/2 for 2, if you hero power. It cant attack heroes, so its not going to be much use against control. Imo this should have had the possibility to attack heros, would be such a nice card, that you could actually run in control warrior.

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my question is, does this trigger as a death rattle on the minion you buff? from the card text it doesnt seem like it.

Likely it does trigger as a deathrattle on the minion. Look at the wording on Spikeridged Steed as an example. It says "when it dies" but the buff on the minion from that card appears as a deathrattle. So Val'anyr should work the same way.

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People talking about this being weak to silence need to reevaluate their ability to read.

You can't, I repeat, you can't silence a fucking weapon. It doesn't transfer the deathrattle to a minion, the weapon itself has deathrattle, just like Blood Razor.

Yes you can destroy it with oozes or Harrison, but it will just keep coming back. So most likely, no other weapon can replace it after you play it.

 The irony here is incredible.

You silence the minion that gets hit by the +4/+2, that stops the weapon coming back to your hand. Not saying silence is a great counter (because Paladin has so many things to silence) but yes silence would work against a weapon.

my question is, does this trigger as a death rattle on the minion you buff? from the card text it doesnt seem like it.

its card in this direction we need to see control warrior viable again. But given that one of the outcomes, as mentioned previously, is equal to shieldmaiden, i think it might be a bit too weak. Sure shield maiden was a stable in that deck, but cards have become more powerful since then, and this is inconsistent. 
anyone else bothered by the fact that its a shield, not an actual weapon?

the nerf to evolve shaman is offset by the other new evolve as many times as you like card, and this might fit into evolve shaman. you always have 1 cost 0/2s on the board, so you can presumably use this to buff it to a 6 drop before you start evolving. Id say its better than dopplegangster and the double taunt guy when played on its own/on curve, due to all the small board clears in the game. it has the advantage to big time racketeer of being a 5 drop though, so it can be comboed with the hero card.

think it might actually see some play in evolve shaman, and elemental mage. 

edit: just realized the card read friendly minion, which makes it useless against big priest. lol.

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Average 10 drops are ~9/9, worst being some old gods 6/6 7/5 5/7, best being 10/10 Y'Shaarj and there are 3 12/12s.
If you have 10 armor this is 100% value. Starts getting really bad at around 4/4 which is 4-5 armor.

There should be some great new armor gain ways for this card to be really good though. I'd love to see upgraded hero power again like Justicar Truehart.
The dream: Legendary weapon: 2 mana 3/2, Battlecry: Replace your hero power with a better one (Can only attack minions). But that's maybe too much to ask :D

maybe if warrior gets some more cards to support the archetype. it actually has really good stats though. the 4/8 is going to absorb alot of damage against aggro,  and it wont be hard removed by priest due to the 4 attack. warrior would need some more armor options and weapons though, and i doubt it will be viable until raza rolls out of standard anyways. would really love to see control warrior viable again, its been my all time favorite deck.

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very good card. With this you not only get a 4/4 on board alongside your board clear/heavy spell, but you also enable elemental effects for your next turn, which is why i think it will see play in elemental decks. 

this is rng that can be controlled, and it has the potential to be an extremely powerful card, i think it might see some play. 

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this card is bullshit, normally secrets are supposed to be possible to play around, but this secret even counters the counter. 

 How does this counter Eater of Secrets again?

this card is bullshit, normally secrets are supposed to be possible to play around, but this secret even counters the counter. 

cant wait to get rid of jade and patches. sad for the others but its just going to be so liberating finally rotating those shit decks out!