New Paladin Rare Card Revealed - Templar Captain
DDaHyoNi just revealed a new Fractured in Alterac Valley card: Templar Captain
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The annoying thing is with all the handbuff and regular buff Pally has atm, this card will almost never be an 8/8. Plus God help you if you fail to clear it and it's token because I am betting that "have to minions survive and slap battlemaster down" is going to be the win con of choice for slower pallies.
At least the text says "When it attacks a minion"
King Rush 2.0 but Defensive version
May be banned for in arena very powerful there
Seems very good. I'm not sure they could make this much better without it being broken. But, can you live long enough to drop this? Will the rush or taunt matter in the least?
ack.
Really a meta dependent card. Could be fantastic. Could be trash. I don't see much middle ground.
One serious question: will they ever stop printing OP cards like this one? I honestly believe there should be a better way to change the meta (i.e. not through OP cards each and every card set).
I really want to play constructed again (after so many years), but i'm sick of this kind of desigm.
Pretty solid card, my main concern is that it's just going to be too slow in an aggro meta (obviously to early to call aggro meta, so far though its looking that way, esp with Drek'Thar)
So Paladin now has a Coilfang Warlord, more broken no skill cards for Arena. What happened to class identity? They just keep making cards that already existed for other classes.
This card will just be so disgusting in Arena. If you don't have removal to kill this behind the taunt it summons you just lose the game because it will summon a second 5/5 taunt next turn. Paladin also has ways to heal or Divine Shield it afterwards.
Just like Coilfang Warlord it will likely not see play in Standard it will be to slow.
Am not a fan of cards that don't see play in Standard but end up being broken in Arena.
The good news is, it only summons a minion when it attacks a minion...
Still not great if you take 8 face damage the following turn, but it won't flood the board all by itself without being answered.
Was more talking from a Arena perspective that's all i play 95% of the time. Lot's of times a person will just be screwed from the swing this card generates.
So you want arena to not have big swingy turns? just "if you curve you win, if you dont, too bad". Isn't that boring?
Genuine question as i dont play arena as much these days.
Also Coilfang is a deathrattle, this card can proc multiple times especially with paladin buffs and healing.
This card is way better than Coilfang Warlord.
It has a chance to snowball really hard and pressure with multiple minions on the board, esp. since the 5/5 summon has taunt which is nuts.
This would be awesome if Vanadar was "Start of Game......"
So in a vacuum, this is obviously just a good card. It's a crazy amount of both value and tempo. However, the rest of the set will need to mend the meta of its "game's over by turn 6" state in order for this, and by extension control paladin, to have any hope.
What I love about this card is it has heavy "the way Hearthstone should be" vibes. A great fight-for-board card that rewards you for its cost. These are the kind of cards we need more of. Not ridiculous solitaire-driven strategies that encourage a gameplan of "my combo races my opponent's" that we've had.
I can see control paladin happening. The new Cariel hero card really just looks like it'll be a thing.
This card will probably get used.
Wait for the last week of card reveals when they dump all the OP aggro 1-2 mana cost cards.....
Business as usual: hype the new expansion with cool card mechanics, hero cards, new effects,... and then the meta goes fully aggro...
Sick artwork. Cool effect. Hope Control becomes a thing again in this meta!
Not bad value. If pally could find ways to live into the late games this thing could help swing boards. We need good heals and draws for paladin this set. Wouldn't say no to either Libram or Pure pally support either.
Must pick in arena, good for pala if control being a thing, and with that hero card I think it will be
Another good card for Cenarion Ward xD