New Hunter Card Reveal - The Beast Within
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It has been confirmed that it doesn't count as your regular attack so rush and charge beasts basically get pseudo-windfury, normal beasts get rush and it works on frozen minions... if it turns out it doesn't trigger traps this card becomes quite a lot more powerful than it first seemed to be especially since you can limit the rng aspect quite a bit...
Why random ?
It would be a wonderful card if it was not random.
It would be Shield Slam for Hunter if it was not random.
It is only ok with how it is right now.
Might be playable in some kind of mid-range decks, allows you to first go face and then trade with minion that already attacked.
Cool card. I doubt it will be very good, but it is definitely neat with some tricks can you use it for (pseudo windfury or rush, triggering on attack buffs). And any hunter spell needs some consideration. But I just don’t think it is good enough for constructed (and can’t rely on having beasts in arena).
I like this. Really want to try a midrange beast+buff deck, using the new hero card as the kicker. Don't think it would be over-powered, but would be a bit of fun when pulled off.
Not too fond of those random effects
The effect seems pretty cool to produce some kind of Windfury or Rush effect.
It could trigger effects like "whenever this attacks", like Sand Worm, and in some cases, Overkill effects like Oondasta, allowing you to trigger it's Overkill twice in a turn. Also, it could slam a Poisonous beast into some other minion.
Anyway, all these cool aplications are pretty specific and ideal, but given how generic it is in a Hunter's context in which beasts plague your sight, it could allow for some random trades and to get rid of important targets in cases in which a non-Rush Beast could help if it had "random Rush".
When using midrange decks, I feel like I'm always having to choose between trading with a smaller minion and leaving my minion with low health that I hope doesn't get zapped, or sacrificing my minion by trading into a larger one. I think the ideal use of this card is to allow you do both in one turn, essentially getting a free removal of the smaller minion and letting you trade against a bigger minion with one more health than usual. I guess I'm saying it's a midrange card that works pretty well against aggro and potentially great against other midrange.
Egg synergy PogChamp
Sorry m8, eggs aren't beasts.
Halazzi could be a big deal, if he's one of the last to reveal.
One thing which is appealing to me is the way that this is fairly controllable randomness. Whittle the opponent down to one minion, and you'll always smack into the only remaining enemy. In some ways, it reminds me of Flamecannon.
But.
It's not a big effect. A bonus attack, and +1/+1 isn't much. Is it worth a deck slot? On a Dire Mole, this is basically Arcane Shot, and no one is running a random Arcane Shot.
But it's pretty much Flame Lance on a Savannah Highmane. That might be big enough. Throwing this onto a big minion just played when you're a bit behind on board forces at least one trade. On something like an Exploding Bloatbat (usually as half a Zombeast) might be the board clear you need.
It's an unusual effect, that I think will need to see testing. It's hard to get a good sense of how well it'll work.
So 1 mana Arcane Shot at worst...
And 1 mana Flame Lance (or more) at best along with the extra attack or possible Rush.
Can you put this on a minion that has already attacked for the turn? So kinda giving it windfury for the turn?
Yes
Just....why....??
It could be okay for a 1 turn windfury effect while buffing. Doesn't seem good enough to include in constructed though.
turns out just because an effect makes a good magic card it doesn't make a good hs card
Most MTG cards are at a much higher power level than hearthstone cards, so I would say any good MTG card would make a good HS card (as long as the stats/effects/costs are kept the same).