Shaman Card Revealed - Splitting Axe
Jordan Tseng just revealed a new Saviors of Uldum Shaman card: Splitting Axe
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Jordan Tseng just revealed a new Saviors of Uldum Shaman card: Splitting Axe
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated expansion guide.
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The effect on this one is very situational since it's hard to play it the same turn as you play a totem unless you wait until the late game but then the benefit of it goes down. Any totem you drop on turn 2 or 3 will be gone by the time you can play this on 4.
At 4 mana it should have been a more worth while weapon in itself like 4/2. Now I doubt it will see regular play depending on how the meta develops. But it doesn't look like we will have a slow meta where late game totem duplication will be good.
A 3/2 weapon for 3 is vanilla so you get to copy all your totems for 1 extra mana spent. In the very best case scenario you copy your evil totem and your amalgam for 1 mana 3/4 and 0/2. In a more middling scenario you curve this into amalgam for a 1 mana 3/4 or a 1 mana 3/2 weapon. Both of which are still perfectly good on their own.
The worst case is only copying a basic totem and even that is not the worst. Since you're paying an extra mana to summon a copy of a minion that's worth about one mana.
Addendum: This also synergizes with the new Shaman quest where you will be able to double up on this battlecry, which means you will quadruple the number of totems on board.
Also worth noting, even if you just copy a few basic totems, you could potentially upgrade them to random murlocs with Plague of Murlocs.
The problem is whether it is worth it to put a card in your deck on the off chance of getting a 1 mana 3/4. That's simply not impactful enough. A weapon with a situational use like this needs to be decent by itself or it won't see play.
Nice. I love totem shaman.
totem is the only type without a legendary , maybe for this expansion ?
even totem shaman is gonna be realll
hope... this game needs serious changes
Fiery War Axe brother here now ;)
Oi! Cut that out!
;-P
Totem cruncher
This card gave me a SPLITTING headache.
would rather still play Likkim
I don't understand how this is better in wild, than standard. Not like this is some amazing card, but it has potential with new lackey totem, draw totem, flametongue totem and etc. And if we put in on turn 4 this weapon and on turn 5: Mana Tide Totem + new one which give us lackey, this will be + 4 cards in hand. I think it is not bad value. As well opponent need to clear them for 1 turn or we will continue to accumulate value. For sure there is potential, only question is in what kind of deck we will need this.
it's battlecry, not deathrattle
Actually I though it is on hit, not battle cry. Yea, like this it looks much more terrible, than I though. Even almost useless.
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