New Mage & Shaman Minion - Trick Totem

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A new Rare Mage/Shaman Minion, Trick Totem, 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 Rare Mage/Shaman Minion, Trick Totem, has been revealed!

    Trick Totem Card Image

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

    Because why not. Live by the RNG, die by the RNG

    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, 8 months ago

    Very inconsistent. I don't think that any deck runs this competitively, just because the effect cannot be relied upon.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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

    Too memey to see play.

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  • clawz161's Avatar
    The Undying 825 827 Posts Joined 07/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Good card i think. High rolls are better than the low ones, and the low ones aren't that bad. A lot of mage and shaman 3 mana spells are really good.

    Living like that.

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

    Not sure if it sees play in Mage outside of memy casino decks, but Totem Shaman can make excellent use of this card by buffing it to increase the chances that it survives and even duplicating it.  Can't wait for the Trolden clip where it casts Totemic Reflection on itself.

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

    Yay! Totems!

    I really like Totem Shaman, and this totem looks fairly powerful. I know it is super random and all, but more often then not, the spell will resolve in your favor. It is only spells that cost 3 or less, and it is only once per round, so I don't think it will turn the game into an RNG fiesta. But it will be able to provide a lot of value for little mana. The randomness makes this hard to utilize, but it also makes it hard for your opponent to play around it.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    RNG. RNG. RNG. I LOVE THIS CARD. I am sooo gonna make totem shaman, but only with Trick Totem. A fitting tribute to our lord and savior Yogg-Saron, Hope's End.

    Shaman: Good for totem shaman, as i said before. Mainly a fun card. In wild it can be put into Even Shaman as it's even costed.

    Mage: Maybe will be slotted into highlander & control mage. Most cheap mage spells discover more spells, so it's often just generating resources for you. Maybe will be used in burn/tempo mage as well, just because they LOVE having more spells to cast. (And to power up cards like Chenvaala and Mana Wyrm.) In wild: ....... RNG! Casino mage will run this 1000% Cuz random wins games, and it's hilarious. 10/10 would try again.

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

    This has to be the weakest of all Dual class cards.  Fine for Shaman, but useless for mage.  This could have been a shaman card exclusively.  A true waste of dual class card.

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

    Same feeling.
    Steps:
    1- Drop this
    2- Clone this with the spell
    3- Clone both with the axe
    4-??
    5- Now you are playing casino shaman all turns

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2228 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I love it! I love it! Bring on the RNG!!!!

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

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2630 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    It's obviously never going to see any legitimate competitive play, but it's just such a funny card to dick around with and I know at least a few people will do that.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1473 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Demonxz95

    It's obviously never going to see any legitimate competitive play, but it's just such a funny card to dick around with and I know at least a few people will do that.

    Of course we will do ! I prefer %2000 times this kind of stuff instead of Resurrect Priest's consistency.

    Convincing Infiltrator into Convincing Infiltrator into Convincing Infiltrator into Convincing Infiltrator into Convincing Infiltrator into Convincing Infiltrator intoConvincing Infiltrator into ...

    ok. :D

    Ah, but there is a fact that I will make a  mistake like I can enjoy with this card and everytime I will play this card, it will cast Lightning Bloom and overload me for nothing. That's the reality...

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5544 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Just terrible to be honest.

    If you're behind, then 1 random 3 mana spell wont do anything, and if you're ahead then the spell can easily fix that for your opponent. Worst still you can't kill it by trading so your opponent will gayly leave it up with a smile. Looks more like a nerf to Faceless Lackey if Im honest.

    The only reason for this card to be played is a masochistic desire to lose, or you really really don't want to finish that 50g quest but can't put hearthstone aside for 1 day.

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

    I don't care what y'all said, reno totem will be a hell lot of fun. Can't wait to copy this with Totemic Reflection and see it go BOOM.

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

    Inconsistend and very RNG heavy. But i think this could work in Mage mostly because there are lots of Secrets this could play. Sure still very RNG Heavy but i kinda like it. Not that strong but very interesting and defenitely for meme decks. :) 

    Challenge me ... when you're ready to duel a god!

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

    Too much RNG (as so many others already pointed out) - I doubt mages will make any use of this. 

    As for shamans - well, they have a lot of other, more useful totems to play and buff, than this one. I think this one is only good for some memes. Nothing more.

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

    This is a fun little card.

    2 mana, 0/3 is pretty good, your opponent should have a hard time removing it. Especially if this minion cast a board clear to protect itself.

    Granted, this minion will cast ANY spell that's 3 mana or cheaper at the end of your turn, and that can be from any class. There's plenty of spells that will kill it, and plenty of spells that can improve on it, also. 

    There's also spells that it can cast that will have no effect when played like the sidequests. Having it cast a secret is probably one of the best things it can cast.

    I don't think this card will see competitive play in standard, but I think it will be a fun deck to play in Casual or for hilghlight reels.

     

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

    While I do think Totem Shaman would prefer something more consistent in a totem, it's hard to deny that this is the highest health totem you can play on turn 2 and adds to the consistency for Totemic Reflection on turn 3.

    However, I don't think this has enough synergy in Mage for it to be seen there.

    I think that The Amazing Reno has shown that one random spell a turn is on average positive. It also helps that secrets make up a good portion of the pool and they are usually tempo-driven. Overall, I do think Trick Totem has more tricks up its non-existent sleeve than it lets on at first sight (pun 100% intended).

     

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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

    I seriously doubt it's terrible, but who knows? Safe to say it won't exactly be top-tier, but it's hard to predict how good random casting is.

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

    This card confirmed that Hs live and die with RNG XD. Anyway I think this card is so strong: sometime it win alone the game on turn 2 (and sometimes will let you lose)...but just like the PuzzleBox this is more favorable toward who play it. Also can snowball if generate some value and can't be traded

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 504 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    As good as Reno without the Poof

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  • Echo's Avatar
    Staff Writer Cupcake 860 318 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I was going to do a whole breakdown of every type of effect you could get out of this totem, but after going through 3 pages and realizing I wasn't halfway there, I gave up hope of finishing that. Most the effects are fine, plenty of good hits like all the secrets, card draw, tools to generate value, a ton of removal, and a few literal worthless cards. Overall, the card seems definitely more of a meme given that it will just kill itself a 20-30% of the time, but there's no way that is going to stop me from jamming two copies into Totem Shaman in hopes the stars align and I can make someone uninstall from being demolished by mountains upon mountains of RNG.

    Cardboard wizard and dog haver.

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1033 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Reno on a literal stick... 

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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

    I've seen the cards this can cast in standard, and honestly is can probably snowball.

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

    The variance with this card is too high. It could destroy itself or win you the game. On turn 2. I gave it four stars because I'm pretty sure this is going to get nerfed.

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

    Nice dice.

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 815 722 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Might draw some cards or it might frostbolt what you need for lethal taken into account nice card for mage and shaman.

    Self proclaimed good at battlegrounds

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

    Just a totem that can either help you, do nothing or actually be amazing... too much flip

    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

    Hate it. either it's bad and it's bad or it's good and it's awful to play against

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

    Unfortunately, I think this is going to be a solid meta card, especially in Shaman. I don't like that it is dual class with Mage, but there's nothing we can do about that now.

    Totems with 3 health can get scary very quickly, especially when they only cost 2 mana. We'll see what happens, but I suspect this will be played in various Shaman lists.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3344 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Yay - a new totem!
    ... oh ... 

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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

    If you can get it to stick, it’s great. Obviously far better in shaman.

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

    Should be a net benefit. You'll get secrets, buffs, and the occasional face damage.

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

    There are a lot of good 3 mana spells like secrets or Totemic Reflection.

     

    If totem shaman is a thing, that card Will see play for sure.

    By The Holy Light!

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

    The foundations for a cassino Shaman? Why let Mage have all the (un)fun?

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

    It’s just as likely to kill itself as it is to kill an enemy minion. Doubt it’s gonna see play

    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

    Most likely a nono card

    -=alfi=-

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

    This looks like a fun card, honestly. :)

    Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

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

    I will lol when it gets Lava Burst to your own face

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

    Who doesn't love a little RNG? Lot's of Hearthstone players lol

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2215 2495 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    the RNG clown fiesta is coming to a Shaman near you xD

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1724 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Fun but not consistent enough to be good.  Still might try to have some fun in a random mage of some kind.

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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  • shaveyou's Avatar
    415 198 Posts Joined 06/08/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Casino Memes. Nothing else, this will appear occasionally from random effects, and cause some fun.

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

    I"m just at a point where i"m happy to see any totem added to the game. 

    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

    A bit too random to be played regularly, doubt we'll see it in any decks.

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

    Probably too random to be good, but I could not care less. Bring on the RNG!

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