New Demon Hunter & Hunter Minion - Blood Herald

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A new Common Hunter/Demon Hunter Minion, Blood Herald, 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 Common Hunter/Demon Hunter Minion, Blood Herald, has been revealed!

    Blood Herald Card Image

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

    any reason why this is neither a demon nor a beast?

     

    could be cool for Quest Hunter, but that deck is just...not that good right now. Although, admittedly, the payoff could be huge.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    A bit tricky to justify running a 5 drop with nothing but stats in any deck right now, especially when it has to sit in your hand for a while to be worth playing.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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

    Not good enough to run over anything else, even in dedicated decklists.  The amount of investment required to get this large enough to be good is just too high and can't compare to the other powerhouse moves DH can churn out.  Happy to see they can get some bad cards printed at least.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    It becomes unfair around 8/8 so 7 minions have to die while this is in your hand.. will see how those token decks do.. have sick synergy with Unleash the Hounds

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

    It's not a bad card, but it is slow, and if you draw it after a lot of you cards that would generate a bunch of minions then you still need to wait to generate more.

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

    Basicly a reprint of Bolvar Fordragon, BUT WORSE. and people called Bolvar Fordragon to quote: "One of the worst legendary cards ever printed". Also Bolvar Fordragon doesn't see play in ODD Paladin, despite them spamming tokens every turn. so i don't see why zoolock and quest hunter would want it. Also if you want Blood Herald to have the exact amount of hp Bolvar Fordragon you will need to sacrifice 7 minions... Bolvar Fordragon at that point still has +1 atk over Blood Herald. And as someone who actually, without memeing used Bolvar Fordragon. I can say: You generally want to play a card like this when it has around.. 5/6 atk? something like that. In that case you would play Blood Herald as a 5 mana 5/5 or 6/6... that's not that good. You want to play Blood Herald instead as a huuuuge minion. Like 8/8 or 9/9 at least i'm guessing. Otherwise it's just a REALLY BAD investment of your mana.

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

    Brandon hit the nail right on the head, this is just a straight up worse version of Bolvar Fordragon. It is only bigger than him after 7 minions have died, and even then he is only 1 health bigger. I just don't think this card will ever see play in any deck.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    Has the same problem Bolvar did, in that you invest into a singular big minion that’ll probably just get killed with a spell.

    Even with both classes being a lot more proactive in fighting for the board (lots of rush minions/tokens), it’s still probably not worth it honestly

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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

    Great to have in early game, terrible to draw in late time, lol. 

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

    This reminds me a lot of the bat legendary loa of the warlock from Rastakhan. I don't think you will be able to buff this consistently enough. And even then - single target removals are not that exotic. Especially with Zephrys still around.

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

    Yeah, they really want DH to start trading, don't they? This won't help.

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

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

    Yeah. This is really bad.

    Atrocious top-deck, and it takes a lot of time and trading before it becomes decent. It's also a nerf to Jandice.

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  • BoltBase's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 180 12 Posts Joined 10/11/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Will not work, neither hunters nor demon hunters draw enough cards to have big hands that can consistently have it early/mid game. You will most likely be top decking it mid-game sometime, and it just won't have enough impact coming out. Things which buff themselves when X happens in your hand have never been good in hearthstone, and have sometimes even been some of the worst cards of their sets. I view this card with the same gaze I give to Blubber Baron.

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

    First of all, the art clearly shows that its either demon or beast. Unless its actually a were-demon, so we're expected to treat this as human. What balancing reasons there must be for this to be neither will be known only to team5.

    What more can be said except this card is thoroughly shit. If it gains the stats while being in the deck then there may yet be hope for this thing, but instead it needs to first be drawn, then have minions dead for it to be good, and then it cost 5 mana. There's not even a guarantee that the card wont just die to a spell, assuming you can even get this to a respectable 6/6 by turn 5 anyway.

    One thing going for this is that its a terrible card to be targetted by Headmaster Kel'Thuzad so there's that. Aside from this, its also a terrible 5 drop for Jandice Barov.

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

    There is some swarm synergy going on in both class, but i still think that this is too slow.

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

    Hir'eek's nephew is also an expert in Evolve pollution.

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

    Meh ... not sure this will see any play. Not even a Demon ... overall i think this is not good.

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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

    A giant bat that gains stats when a friendly minion dies - feels like this should have been a warlock card in Rastakhan's Rumble when they were pushing their hand buff mechanics.

    A card like this is going to find home in a control shell that will utilize Coordinated Strike and Command the Illidari as ways to remove your opponents minions and kill your own tokens to make this guy bigger.

    however, because of it's cost you'll need to sacrifice say 5 minions while this is in your hand for it to be cost effective - anything below 5/5 of stats isn't mana efficient, you want the most stats for the least amount of mana.

    Granted you can always try to discount this card with Skull of Gul'Dan, since control decks rely on card draw to get their answers.

    A deck that runs this minion will also be running Fel Guardians and Netherandamus, both who also get stronger as friendly minions die.

    I forgot Hunters could use this card too, with Hunters their tempo playstyle might make this minion too slow for them, but they do have unleash the hounds and the new 1 drop Wolfpertinger which creates a token dulpicate of itself, and let's not forget snake trap as well, but I feel like Demon Hunter might be more efficient with this minion than Hunter

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

    any reason why this is neither a demon nor a beast?

     

    This actually bugs me too - it is most def a beast ... 

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  • Togwaggle's Avatar
    210 91 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Mental note : do not evolve a 4 mana minion

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

    Filler card. 5 mare are too much and no tag at all. It's gona become easy dust XD

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

    Such a terrible top deck. Also, it takes about 7 friendly minion deaths to make this interesting, and that isn't usually happening by turn 5 when you'd like these stats the most. Blood Herald is just too slow and inconsistent for either class to run.

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Pretty bad overall, don't see this seeing play even in arena.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Eh, I'll pass on this one.

    Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

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  • Riffraff's Avatar
    755 370 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I think you need this in your opening hand, otherwise it's not going to work out.

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

    Will meme the hell out of it

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

    Worst card in the deck

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

    A card that is not only the worst in the set, but somehow worst than old Bolvar.

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

    It needs to be in hand, and we already know that doesn't really work.

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Even with a "perfect opening" of multiple minions getting killed and this played on curve, it's still very underwhelming. I don't know why it was printed.

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

    Garbage.

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

    Costs too much for the starting stacks, maybe with the "summon x 1/1 rush minions" cards it can be good but we already saw many effects like this before and they weren't really played

    All hail the banshee queen.

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

    Terrible card. It gets stuck in your hand until at least 5 friendly minions die and is an absolutely abhorrent topdeck. Won't see play.

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

    Doesn't seem very good; "in your hand" holds back cards from being playable most of the time.

    Maybe some kind of swarm decks can make this work, but 5 mana is a steep cost to pay.

    Usually having to spend resources to gain equivalent or worse resources somewhere else doesn't work out well in Hearthstone (see Feast of SoulsNethrandamus, etc.).

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

    Maybe someone will make a meme deck to make it works

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

    Top deck it and cry. Even on curve is goddamn awful. Pass.

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

    Powerful if you can keep it in your hand for ages to get a lot of buffs from tokens and dead minions. But then you are holding onto a card for ages. 
    Not worth wasting a card slot over.

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

    This is just straight bad

    -=alfi=-

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

    Too slow.

    0/5

    By The Holy Light!

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

    I'm not confident this will see play in the current set.

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1714 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    1 star trash bat.  It's like if Hi'reek was easier to buff but didn't fill your board!

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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

    Very slow, probably not worth the control tokens.

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

    Guaranteed to summon this off Apexis Blast. I am that cursed.

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

    I'm gonna call it random 5-drop pool nerfing garbage... but I'm always secretly worried that an effect like this will finally be good. Demon Hunter and Hunter both have ways to generate many tokens to feed this, after all.

    But no. It's garbage. Surely.

    Welcome to the site!

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  • SLima's Avatar
    The Undying 560 415 Posts Joined 08/17/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    You can compare this to several other failed cards: Bolvar Fordragon, Blubber Baron, Wicked Skeleton and Hir'eek, the Bat. Hunter could theoretically use this with quest but that deck struggles too much with draw to risk running this. And Token Demon Hunter won't be a thing because DH doesn't have any ways to turn tokens into effective threats and the support and pay off cards are too weak (this and Fel Guardians) or too slow (Nethrandamus). However, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be tested. I'll give it a shot (and probably be disappointed).

    "True mastery takes dedication."

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

    Since both classes have a way to generate Charge/Rush tokens that can make this grow, it can be quite strong. Sadly, it's near useless when drawn later on.

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