New Shaman Weapon - Rune Dagger

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A new Common Shaman Weapon, Rune Dagger, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    A new Common Shaman Weapon, Rune Dagger, has been revealed!

    Rune Dagger Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    on demand spell damage is never a bad thing, and a 1/3 weapon for two isn't bad either.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Doesn't hunter have to play a 7 mana card to get this? shaman being shaman..

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Nice for a Spell Damage deck, whether or not that deck will be strong enough remains to be seen.  

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is really cool because it is Spell Damage that your opponent can't kill. I think one of the biggest downfalls of spell damage is that your opponent has to deal 2 damage and kill your Kobold Geomancer. This card is reliable Spell Damage that you can unleash whenever you need it for 0 mana.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Reverse spirit claws.

    Probably pretty good. I'm not sure that this is better than Likkim for even shaman, but the potential for burst is interesting.

    Doubt that this slots into any other shaman deck, unless spell damage matters shaman somehow bursts into life.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • NegativeNemsy's Avatar
    405 206 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Too awkward when big taunts are on the board.  I don't think the deck will be fast enough to avoid them.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1469 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    little and collectible Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury. Since it is cheaper and Shaman's spell's are also cheaper with overload and deals higher damage than Hunter's spells, it will act better than it probably.

    I have experimented with Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury with Malygos when it was first released and it acted quite well, but there was some Hunter-ish survival difficulties in that deck. In Shaman, surviving until late game wouldn't be an issue most of times i believe and there is Lightning Bloom now which makes Malygos even more threatening so +6 Spell Damage is better than +5 for going lethal and we can put 2 copies of this unlike Vereesa Windrunner.

    I will probably experiment with this in a Malygos Shaman deck.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2628 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This actually seems pretty good since it effectively offers a free trigger of Spell Damage for up to 3 turns (you do pay 2 mana for the weapon on turn one if you choose to use it that turn, but still). It's really good for all your Spell Damage triggers, and the weapon can even be used to take out some minions.

    Strong card. I like it.

    It's also an effect I've made on weapons before, so I like it even more for that reason.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Shaman is one of the best classes to get spell power, and this is really hard to remove.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Mercifully, this actually works with Arcane Watcher, or otherwise its no different from playing a minion with spell damage.

    Combos very well with Ras Frostwhisper without further need of other minions to add to the AoE. Also curves well into Molten Blast. Just a solid synergy card, really. Its chief deficiency would be that 1 damage on turn 2, where its not likely to do anything to affect the board.

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  • Freek's Avatar
    200 46 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    So... Does the weapon get spell damage, or the hero?

    In other words, if it breaks after you attack, will you also get the spell damage?

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Nice card and good addition for Burn Shaman. 

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    REALLY GOOD for spell damage shaman. On-demand spell damage is strong, and it also naturally curves into Molten Blast. Seems like a solid burn shaman card to me.

    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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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    We can get +1 spell damage for 3 turns. This with Ras Frostwhisper will destroy token and aggro board, hopefully. The only drawback is it have only 1 attack, but surely it's for the best.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is so much better than, let's say, the hunter legendary minion that gave you tho'ridal. I belive this will see some action.

    “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2225 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This exactly. Of course, the Hunter version has +1 attack and brings a 5/6 body, but yeah. This is much better!

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    If spell shaman was missing something it was certainly consistent spell damage.

    Despite having the powerful Squall Hunter and Lady Vashj spell hunter in standard was missing ways to keep spell damage on the board - Squall hunter's overload would make playing any spells next turn pretty difficult, and Lady Vashj's health would be so modest in both of her forms that the cheapest single target removal could remove her - if your opponent didn't opt to just silence or transform her. 

    This somewhat circumvents that by keeping the spell damage on your hero when you attack, allowing you to choose when you need that spell damage. Granted this weapon can be removed with weapon removal, which has been more popular against the Galakrond Decks and Pirate Warrior, but Hoard Pillager can be used to re-equip your weapon for the continuous spell damage.

    All of Shamans damaging spells benefit from this weapons activation - Tidal Wave is now a lifesteal spell that deals 4 across the entire board and heals that much, Molten Blast now deals 3 damage and summons that many tokens, Earthquake will now deal 6 and then 3 damage, and Ras Frostwhisper while not a spell is improved by spell damage and can deal an additional 1 damage with his AOE.

     

     

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is THE card that makes SD shaman a thing. You don't have to worry about triggering your Spellbook Binders, no awkward plays to help Arcane Watcher attack, Ras Frostwhisper can always Consecrate, Molten Blast is always a discounted Imp-losion on average. Then there's control support with empowering Earthquake and Lightning Storm, combo potential with Malygos for even more damage and guaranteed burst enchanting.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Strong weapon. The Spell Damage on demand can be so helpful to be aggressive with some spell or to defend with some aoe for exemple. We will see it a lot

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Interested to see how all of these Spell Damage cards come together.

    Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1031 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    If spell damage sees play. This will be part of the deck

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 503 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    There's something about shaman weapons that never seem as good as they should

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is honestly really good. Like it actually is pretty good with all the Spell Damage support.

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Spell damage you can bank, we'll see if that's good enough.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2215 2493 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I need one of these golden. My new fav weapon :D keen to play it

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Only good if you can OTK your opponent down. Probably get nerf if that happens. So... Dust. :/

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Nice cost and real nice in spell dmg decks

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This card will be the lynchpin of Spell Damage Shaman. It's just so damn efficient

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I'm very excited for this card as I am for all of the spell damage support cards being added to standard.

    I look forward to seeing how the new spell damage Shaman turns out now that this and others have been added from Scholomance.

    Not sure if this is good enough to make the cut outside of spell damage lists, but it seems like spell damage Shaman will be a viable archetype this expansion.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3343 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From economicaooc

    Reverse spirit claws.

    You got me there ^^

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I love the flavor text lol

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Since [Hearthstone Card (Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury) Not Found] was such a hit, let's make a keychain version.

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Very good for shaman with a potentially powerful effect given the spells it has access to.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This seems pretty alright, especially since shaman doesn’t often run many weapons, so you could afford to wait to trigger it when you needed it

    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, 8 months ago

    Not very playable weapon

    -=alfi=-

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  • Psymon's Avatar
    Red Riding Hood 1505 371 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Freek

    So... Does the weapon get spell damage, or the hero?

    In other words, if it breaks after you attack, will you also get the spell damage?

    Same behaviour than Thoridal. I assume that your character is the one that has it. Should been useless (but anything can happen with HS, Hysteria Mythbuster approves that) if with your third attack you don't have this spell power on you :P

    Xbox gamertag - Psymonjet

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    At least it's not as vulnerable than board minions. This can get 3 rounds of spell damage whenever you want for triggers.

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    More spellpower for shaman, this set brings a lot of support or that class.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    That curves with Lightning Storm.

    Can see play both control and burst shaman.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1722 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Still sticking with my original assertion that anything spell damage with Shaman is better in Wild due to more damage spells that can benefit and hit face.

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Really good on turn 2, especially to set up for Molten Blast on turn 3, but the spell damage is so slow over 3 turns if this isn't played early enough. Good for Sorcerous Substitute on turn 6, but I think Shaman cares more about using spell damage to go face with burn spells. I just don't think this is fast enough for a Burn Shaman strategy.

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Thank goodness for the new colors on weapon cards. I was sure that this was a rogue card at first glance, lol. 

    Official Lorekeeper and Spinner of Tavern Tales

     

     

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Not a bad weapon, it might actually push a Spell Damage Shaman archetype. Need to wait and see how strong the overall deck would be, though.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is the card that has me most excited for the Spell Damage stuff in Shaman. Reliable, hard to interact with Spell Damage is a huge boost for the deck.

    Welcome to the site!

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