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Holy shit a playable card for warlocks!!!!THE END IS NIGH!

'Foolish Hunter! Now I can get a 3/3 for 2 on Turn 2!'

But seriously; remember this works with Lifesteal.

Druid seems to be getting quite a lot of Poison. While it's slow; it is a workaround to the fact that Druid has awful single-target removal for large minions.

Oh hey; another Priest archetype is getting a card.

Feral Spirit is now a Neutral card!

Did you know; Hearthstone only has 8 classes?

Warlock? What's that?

I really like it. Firstly; it can be used alongside 'onattack/on kill' effects; such as Finja to protect the main body.

Secondly... a favorable trade is something that you can never say is bad.

Thirdly; 2/4 may not be the best 3 drop body; but it does trade for a 3/2 and live.

And it's a common. So expect to see this guy everywhere in Arena; where games could be decided Turn 3's by who has this card and gets a free trade on the enemy 2 drop.

It is a little concerning how much of a powercreep this card is over a class card [Stablemaster] as a common neutral; but then you remember Stablemaster was an Epic; which usually are situational cards and more often than not are bad. It was also a TGT card; which was probobly the weakest expansion in the history of the game because Blizz at that point REALLY didn't want another Naxx/GvG.

I mean as much as the Ice Rager and Heckler powercreeps are joked about; this is easily the biggest powercreep card in the entire game [Class -> Neutral; which generally lowers power. Better body; and no tribe limit]; which does set a precedent for powercreep. This level of powercreep is not a joke and should be something for concern.

Hall of Fame is not on a per-set basis; but a per-year.

Knights of the Frozen Throne will almost certainly not see Hall of Fame expansion. That said; when the next standard year rolls around; I fully expect them to remove Gadgetzan Auctioneer. Surprised it didn't go the first time.

2.8 is not worth 6 mana.

2/8 is not worth being a class card [power boost] and 4 extra mana over Dirty Rat.

2/8 is not worth being a class card and 3 extra mana over Deathlord.

This card is bad.

Would have been good back in the days of Raptor Rouge.

It's a card only good against a 1 specific deck that 1 specific class plays.

Eater of Secrets wasn't played. This won't see play except MAYBE in tournaments as a tech card in conquest format in a specifically anti-druid deck.

Also worth noting when Gadgetzan rotates out next year; this card will be completely worthless.

We get it Blizzard; you want Murloc Shaman to be a thing.

But seriously; Shaman draw cards are so rare it's hilarious.

Outside of the obvious 'Murloc Deck' however; this can be a tech card in any shaman deck; if Shaman chooses to run specific Murlocs.

Specific Murlocs you may want to splash into your deck and search out:

Bluegill Warrior - Charge answer; that can be used in tandem with Flametounge Totem. Can also be used to push for extra face damage; especially with Bloodlust

Bilefin Tidehunter - Gives a cheap 1/1 taunt to block a hit.

Coldlight Oracle - Remember that thing about Shaman card draw? How about you thin your deck by 2; and then draw 4.

 Brrrloc - Freeze on demand!

This isn't just a 'Murloc Shaman' card. This is a card that can function as a toolbox if you splash in whichever of these four Murlocs you want to run for utility purposes.

Wonder if you play this with no Murlocs if you just whiff; or if you get Tinyfins [Like Sense Demons gives you Worthless Imps]

Turn 1 Northshire Cleric turn 2 Shadow Ascendant is 10 stats on board on Turn 2; with potential to draw later from your 2/4 Cleric; and further snowball.

Turn 1 Elemental into this is 8 stats on board with a card added to your hand when the Elemental dies.

Also Priests have this little card for 1 mana called Power Word: Shield which can easily make this a 2/5.

This is going to be run 2 of in every Priest deck; and for that reason I voted Meta-Defineing. If you cannot deal with buffed Cleric+This quickly you can just outright lose.

Instaconcede with beasts. Until you roll elementals and get a free win. Abandon Brawl. Warlock is also instaconcede because loldemon synergy spells.

Of course; with my luck; I got Beasts 4 times in a row; then got a Warlock Elemental which got nothing but high cost Elementals [The only scenario where Elementals can lose; Elementals have targeted effects and boardclear; Beasts don't]; while the enemy Mage Unstable Portaled into Dr Boom.

Only to get Beasts again.

Hmm, not sure what to think about this.

Is the immediate impact big enough to justify 10 mana? I dunno. But drawing just 4 cards is worth 7 mana in Rouge... so with 5 cards being 8~9 mana on it's own; this card IS great value...