New Warrior Weapon - Reaper Scythe

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A new Rare Warrior Weapon, Reaper Scythe, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    A new Rare Warrior Weapon, Reaper Scythe, has been revealed!

    Reaper's Scythe Card Image

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    very strong in any warrior deck.

     

    Cleave is an incredibly powerful mechanic that usually ended up being very expensive. To have this for 4-mana (or I guess more with the spell) is huge.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • garrosh's Avatar
    Garrosh 105 22 Posts Joined 03/26/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Auto Include

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
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    this is just that weapon but costs half as much.. for a meager cost of playing a spell.. (Upgrade!?)

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Super good with all the attack and durability buffs Warrior has access too.  Synergizes exceptionally well with Cutting Class and Doctor Krastinov, I expect all three to make some waves in Warrior deck lists.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I really like how they did spellburst here where you don't always want to trigger it right away. This card is incredible for controlling the board, and the base stats aren't even that bad. Death's Bite was played a lot, and sometimes still is in wild. You are losing the whirlwind effect for an extra 8 damage. Seems like a fair trade-off to me.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    4 mana 4/2 weapons have already seen play in warrior decks, and unlike death's bite, this one has an always beneficial effect in aggressive decks. I'm sure that this will see at least some play.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2626 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    (Foe) Reaper's Scythe - You know they did on purpose (and it's fitting since a scythe is a farming tool).

    The effect is quite strong though, and you can choose when it'll go off. It even has good synergy with the buffs in this set.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Does warrior actually need more AoE? I don't think this will be played taking in consideration the other cards warrior has.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Is the effect strong? Yes. Will it see inclusion? No.

    Messes with your Corsair Cache is bad enough, it needs to be triggered to be good, will only work once, and there's already a huge amount of weapons that are currently filling up warrior's hands. Will this ever replace cards like Ancharrr, Livewire Lance, or even Wrenchcalibur? Not likely. And even in aggro warrior, face is the place, not minion trading.

    Perhaps you'd think that you can leave it up and spellburst later? Well, if it doesn't get oozed, your opponent will play around it like crazy, and you will still need to contrive a spell to be played, so its not strictly good without any more resources spent.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    This will be an auto include in every warrior deck! way to strong to not run this. But i also sure that almost every deck will Tech in Weapon Removal, because there are lots of Weapons around right now, and still will be in the upcoming meta!

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Good for control. You can save the spellburst effect to get the desired effect too since warrior don't like slinging spells.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Auto-include in any warrior deck. Also cleave is VERY STRONG. there is a reason we don't see that many cleave cards printed. Also this kinda effect is what control warrior really needed.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Super good. Even playable without the ability. Plus, since it's Spellburst and not Battlecry, you can cleave on the first swing or the second.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    1 attack and 1 durability shy of the legendary Shadowmourne from the DK. The effect should not be hard to activate and that cleave for 3x4 can mean a lot. And you can have 2 of them. Even Upgraded + Corsairs cache - that's some serious cleave.

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Not that good in aggro warrior, but it's a heck of a card in control.
    You can also mess with your opponent like Supercollider did.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    4 mana 4/2 weapons with nice effects have historically seen play in Hearthstone - just look at TrueSilver Champion.

    This weapons ability to damage adjacent minions is super important, as sometimes Warrior is facing an opponent who uses sticky death rattle minions to control the board, even if Warrior won the brawl.

    This weapon will let you play brawl, and damage any adjacent minions that may have been summoned by death rattles such as the hyenas off of Savannah Highmane.

    The ability also allows you to ignore secrets like Noble Sacrifice and Pack Tactics, since the they'll damage both minions anyway.

    It's a good weapon with a much needed control ability for a class that likes to dabble in control when Pirates aren't their best deck on the ladder.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Very strong in any deck and also can make a small cleave. Auto-include probabbly

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I feel like this had way more potential. :/ 

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1025 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 503 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I like it, thought I don't think it will work that well

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Looks very strong, but honestly warrior has better weapons right now.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
    Quote From garrosh

    Auto Include

    ... Until it rotates ; early rotation candidate along with the DH set? ^^

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Inner Rage Card Image to the rescue once again.

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  • melon101's Avatar
    180 47 Posts Joined 06/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    4 mana 4/2 is strong itself for Warrior. And it got a spellburst!

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  • Felixhana's Avatar
    130 18 Posts Joined 07/04/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Crazy combo with the new 5 mana Cutting Class , because in turn 5 you spend just 1 mana for 4 dmg cleave and draw 2 cards. Win games vs aggro on its own. Even more crazier is turn 4 equip this, hit. Turn 5 play the 5 mana Doctor to buff to 5 attack then draw 2 cards, while have 5 cleave and 4/4 Rush body on board. Insane. Also with cheap spell like Sword and Board, Shieldslam still being played in all list, very easy to activate this weapon spell burst . Screw Skipper. Who need him when this weapon make you solo the board and draw cards like a boss. Save a lot of deckslot.

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Very powerful with a cheap spell for a nice board swing. Definitely an exciting weapon, hopefully it finds a place in the meta.

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  • Suchti0352's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 890 1030 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    One of the best weapons in the game.4 Mana  4/2 is enough to clear most early game minions and the "activateable" Flamereaper should win you the game against board based aggro/tempo decks like totem shaman (never thought this would be a real deck)

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    A good weapon with a very nice effect. Because Warrior just didn't have enough removal already.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
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    this is just that weapon but costs half as much.. for a meager cost of playing a spell.. (Upgrade!?)

    I am dumb and I didn't read it's this turn only... still pretty good but not as insane as I thought it was.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Very strong board control tool, nice art, cool flavour, seems reasonably balanced. I like it.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Nice effect and average cost, still needs to spellburst

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    The Spellburst is kinda meh, since probably will just go face 90% of the time.

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Every warrior will get one of these.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I do love to see more Cleave effects. I think the ability is strong enough for this to definitely see play, though it's certainly a bit clunky - it's a bit of a double-edged sword to set this up on a previous turn, because from that point on you need to want to Cleave if you're casting a spell, otherwise the effect is wasted.

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Has a lot of potential, but I don't think this will actually see play for it's intended purpose.

    I think it is more likely this sees play in aggro lists just because it is a 4/2 weapon.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Probably gonna see play, since you can choose when the cleave goes off.

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Good based on gameplay videos, with Matheridon

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I hope they continue making more cleave cards. I am still waiting for Saurfang to make his appearance

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I don't play a lot of warrior, but this seems like a good card. Extra removal is not a bad thing, to me at least.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I see this mainly in Pirate Warrior for standard. I think the power of this in that archetype is less about the spellburst and more about curving into Captain Greenskin or Doctor Krastinov with an aggressive 4 mana weapon, which would allow you to play Cutting Class for free on turn 5 as well.  Bomb and Enrage Warriors have their own weapons they run already and Control Warrior doesn't have a competitive win condition. Maybe Big Warrior also runs this, but I think that deck will be too slow in standard.

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1713 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Spellburst converting this weapon to Frostmourne for a turn.  I approve!

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Fits in aggro decks and control decks. 5/5 card

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Dragon 2215 2485 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I see this weapon in a more, control style deck, especially when you replace other removal tools to add in more weapon synergy cards like Steeldancer. Good thing it's a 1 turn effect, or it'll be broken.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Just cast this with Heroic Strike and aim for a low-attack minion in between two high-attack ones. WHAMO!

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Great art, great effect, all around a really good card.

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