New Shaman Card Revealed: Snowfury Giant
A new Shaman card has been revealed by DawN and Handsomeguy.
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but it doesn't have elemental tag. :/
look closely :)
... can we evolve 10-mana cards now?
Echo Giant Shaman will be a thing! *happy dance*
Awarded for the first 11-cost card.
Yeah as yukinono said, this buffs shaman by helping evolve and devolve do something on the 10 and 12 cost minions.
So yay giant rogue nerf?
I'm confused, is it discounted with Freeze or Overload?
is it elemental or not?
lol
forgot to say: is it fluffy or not?
Waiting on the card name change to Snowfluffy Giant now.
Also, notable: has their ever been a 11-mana minion before? Does Evolve Shaman suddenly have something to evolve 10-mana fellas into?
The most important thing about this card is not even the text, it's its cost!
Because now we finally have a 11-cost minion, which means minions have the cost of 10, 11, 12 now all exist.
Why this is important? Here is an example.
After my Sea Giant trade and become 8/5, when I Evolve, nothing will happen to it, since there is no 11-cost minion. Its health remain at 5. Same thing for Devolve Mountain Giant and Clockwork Giant.
But now, since there IS a 11-cost minion, after I make good trades, when I Evolve or Devolve, my giants actually restore their health! Not saying it will happen often in constructed, but it is a good thing to keep in mind.
Another very important thing, probably even more so than above, is to watch out for Yogg-Saron, Hope's End. Before when you play Yogg, and it casts Evolve, the spells will continue to cast because there is nothing for yogg to evolve into. However now when this happens, the spells will stop because yogg has been evolved and no longer on the board. Therefore the spell will stop immediately.
The original reveal image did not have the elemental tag either for some reason
Odd!
Nice design that already thought on fan creations but it is nice to see it in-game now. I liked it.
Edit: Oh it changed ? Wasn't it "Costs (1) less for each overloaded mana crystals" ?
Damn, now I didn't like it...
Sadly the text is Overload not Freeze.
Overload is already considered normal in the game... so:
1) It has the potential to be played at 0 mana.
2) I'll be overloading anyway by playing some Shaman cards that are already OP anyway that has overload in it EVEN when I'm not running this card in my deck
You should see a doctor. There is no overload cards or OP overloard cards in standard... it was just Trogg and Totem Golem opener.
They are in wild now.
I really can't see this getting played much in standard because for it to be great you'd need to get it to a low cost fast and shaman can barely get to a low cost at all without basing their whole deck around this less shaman's last 2 cards are incredible freezing cards
wait the text is overload? Nvm thischanges everything
nice try Blizzard, but still I wont play freeze shaman
its not even Elemental