Milhouse Manastorm is going to be played in dude paladin .You can drop Milhouse and a few dudes and play this, prevent board clears, and buff it all next turn. Milhouse also gets pulled from Call to Arms. Worst Case scenario is you play a 4 mana 4 / 4 and your opponent cant cast spells on curve
I feel like people underestimate how bad a 0/1 compares to a regular 1/1. A =/1, even with taunt virtually does nothing in terms of tempo. It can't contest an enemy minions, it merely absorbs 1 damage. Combine that with the average Shaman spell being...inconsistent to say at least (they got plenty of good situational spells, but few good allrounders)
It doesn't "merely" absorb 1 damage. It absorbs a hit from a minion, be that 1 damage or 12 (Deathwing). In the types of decks that want to include this, it gives you a resource and roadblocks at least one minion.
Control Shaman? Spiteful Shaman? what deck can play this?
Personally I expected something like DK Guldan
Anyway Let's be Optimistic and I'm giving 4/5 just because it's the only Herocard in this expansion
Midrange Elemental Shaman.
Suddenly your Blazecaller becomes "7 mana: Play a 6/6, deal 5 damage, gain a random spell". Elementals suddenly doubling up on their value is going to be huge.
Guys, wait until you see what spells get revealed before calling Pepe bad. Between this, The Runespear, and Hagatha I'm sure we're going to see some great spells in this expansion and the next.
A lot of potential wasted on that shiet hero power
I would wait until we see what kind of spells Shaman gets before you say that. The Runespear, Pepe, and this kind of point to shaman getting some decent to great spells.
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Then you couldn't guarantee that you draw dragons to turn on the dragon synergy.
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More of a sidegrade, really.
The ability to give EVERYTHING rush is definitely great, and I forsee this being used to great effect.
But the inability to hit Face does make it a ton worse for when you need to kill someone now.
Having said that, it's definitely a sidegrade into playability.
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Guys, wait until you see what spells get revealed before calling Pepe bad. Between this, The Runespear, and Hagatha I'm sure we're going to see some great spells in this expansion and the next.
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Hopefully they don't put chemicals in the water.....
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Amazing Midrange/control card. Extra resources while putting out decent to great minions.
This gives Shaman "Draw" without breaking aggro.
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How? Baku needs Odd, this is even....
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Late game bomb in Naga Giantlock. Save a giant or two and then BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!