I've tested him in my Pirate Aggro and he was more of a hassle in my hand than if I had played any other card, I would DE.
Edit for more clarification: I would rather play other cards on turn 5, like Arcanite Reaper, or maybe even Azure Drake. The game is most likely already won from my experience and you're just getting a "win more" effect out of him rather than a game turning ability or body value. Maybe if they changed his Battlecry to give your weapon a bigger Attack bonus but only if there is another pirate on the board...
I think Upgrade! is a much better card in general, since you can drop it on turn 6 with Reaper, or any time earlier with Fiery War Axe to really control the board, and you can fill the gaps on your curve if needed. And those we're not even talking about pirate decks here.
You can try running him if you already own him, and I think you will quickly come to the conclusion that I have. I would never go out of my way to craft him, he needs a buff if he wants to even be considered for the only deck archetype he could be included in.
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This really feels like the most OP card I've played against in a while, not sure why.
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Couple of tries:
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6th try, finally no blizzard at turn 6
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Cheers for this one! Worked just like the warrior exploit deck.
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Thanks! Got it on 2nd try.
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No Finja, the Flying Star??
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This card is insane as jade vs freeze mages.
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Ok so I got this card from a pack 2 days ago and been playing around with some decks and my final conclusion is that this card just sucks in its current state. It is way to slow and even with a perfect draw and you manage to complete the quest turn 4 and drop your 8/8 turn 5, you're far from guaranteed a win. It would be great if this card would get some changes to make it more viable.
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Hmm thats actually a good idea, however, I think the chance argent squire doing more than 3 damage in total is overall bigger.
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What rank are you on, just started again this season and pretty much winstreaked my way to rank 10 with this deck, with only a couple of losses due to bad draw.