New Neutral Minion - Keymaster Alabaster

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A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Keymaster Alabaster, 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 Legendary Neutral Minion, Keymaster Alabaster, has been revealed!

    Keymaster Alabaster Card Image

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

    I'm....not entirely sure what to think about this.

    On paper it's a 7-mana 6/8 that will generate a 1-cost card guaranteed, but you can't use it until the next turn.

    Obviously a very dangerous card if left alone, but is that realistic?

    I could see some sort of Rez Priest using this, but it's still pretty slow.

    I just don't see a real argument for putting this in your deck

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    Yeah, this is scary. Jut picture this used with cards like Naturalize or Coldlight Seer, or any other card that makes your opponent draw cards. It's like a mix of Dollmaster Dorian and Sonya Shadowdancer, but not even that. Sure, you need the right combos, but this has the potential to be devastating in the right hands, I think.

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  • CarCar's Avatar
    Scholomance Surveyor 75 2 Posts Joined 07/26/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Guaranteed to draw at least one card, don’t know how many ways we have currently to make the opponent draw extra cards in standard, really good after the opponent plays lorekeeper Polkelt, but quite slow at 7 mana.

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

    Wow, at first glance this looks very strong - but the more i think about it the weaker it looks.

    Sure you have a 6/8 for 7 Mana - thats ok and it gives you at least one card for 1 Mana from the opponent. If you're lucky the 1 Mana card it generates is good too.

    If it sticks on the board this will be a Powerhouse but i guess only in the scenario where it sticks on the board. It also kinda blocks the Galakrond Rogue. He has to remove it before he plays Galakrond but i haven't seen a lot of those Rogues right now.

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

    Its strong, and its available on 7. Unless youre going to die, this is just too strong a card not to include into every midrange and control deck. Its a combo piece all on its own.

    Is it slow, yes. But that has never stopped decks playing cards like this if it guarantees them a massive advantage if they simply stay alive the following turn. Somehow, somewhere, there's going to be a card that makes this work, and given how powerful the effect of this card is, its likely to be found within the first week of launch.

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

    It's a strong card but which deck would like to actually play it? Priest? maybe revive it 100000 times (but then you can't really play stolen minions)

    Control mage? maybe..  the opponent cards are 100% good since they choose to put them in their deck (well above a certain rank at least..)

    hmmm if I get it I will test it but it's probably a card which is meta dependant.

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  • Kovachut's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Another card for my Thief Priest decks. Keep 'em coming.

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

    I don't like it. It is very expensive, and it probably won't survive for more than a single turn. When paired with another card this can generate 3 cards. That is your entire turn so that next turn you can play 3 random cards for cheap. I think in general there are better finisher type cards that are more reliable than this that you would rather play instead.

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

    The meme card of this expansion I guess. It's beyond wacky. 

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

    The card is fine, but I doubt it will see a lot of play. Copying opponent's cards is never a very reliable way of generating value, and this will probably only generate one card.

     

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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

    I like the fact that the name rhymes, but idk any archetype that want to run this. It's slow but in the right condition can give you advantage. But on a daily basis, i think its a no go.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Sweet card right here. Generates at LEAST one cheap card, possibly more (especially in wild where you can make your opponent draw). And it also tells you what your opponent is holding.

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

    Seems really hard to use. There will be some good use for this, but i honestly don't see what it will be. This seems pretty bad in standard. MAYBE this will be used if 1 class becomes really oppresive as a way for them to tech/outvalue each other?

    (Example: Ress or Galakrond priest dominates the game (i know, luckily unlikely.), and your a ress or galakrond priest that wants to win the late game? Then you slot in Keymaster Alabaster in order to get more resources/value than the other player)

    In wild it has a lot more synergy, mainly with Naturalize, Coldlight Oracle and Research Project. But still it seems like a niche card. Maybe Raza priest might use this in hope that they get more cheap cards? I dunno.

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

    Well I’m biased towards liking this card since I’ve always enjoyed the really heavy control decks that would want this, so I personally think it’s pretty great

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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

    I am in the camp of people that don't think this card will actually be that good.  Getting cheap resources along side a well-statted body is nice, but most decks would rather run cards that further their own win conditions instead of this guy who might snag a card or two.  I could see control decks run him as another way to generate resources, but don't think the card is as busted as some people are making it out to be.

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

    It's a good card, not overwhemingly powerful but it has nice stats and will mostly give you an extra card for you to play, now the value of that card is completly random. I hope I get this as my golden random legendary!

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  • Neoguli's Avatar
    Duskrider 880 596 Posts Joined 06/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Intruiging. Even in the worst case secnario, this can give you one card, but I don't think this is a must include in midrange and control decks, as some may think. The body is nice, but the cost itself heavily reduces the potential stuff you can do, or just get more useful cards. You can obivously get junk - cheap, but the real challenge is incorporating the given stuff on the fly. On average, you'll get decent stuff.

    On the other hand, this is a big fu to Plot Twist and Glide. You have this guy, and the opponent risks giving you value. Heck, this can easily cancel out a lot of Warlock stuff, including their Hero Power.

    I don't exactly know which decks would run him yet. My mind thinks of trying to cheat him out, so stuff like Druid and Big Paladin. If I think more about it, this may not be as bad in Spell Druid, especially after the next rotation. The class can easily cheat out Alabaster as early as turn 5, and they also give him more protection through Ironbark and Bogbeam. The reward is great value, and if any of the cards received are spells, that can easily fuel Glowfly Swarm.

    As I said under the DH Legendary card, hand advantage is not as impactful in Hearthstone, but this one can be continuous, so it can give you more information. Still not as big of an advantage, but you can definitely use some of the stuff stolen.

    But gl surviving until that, which you probably should, but always be careful.

    3.5/5

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is a nearly vanilla minion that generates both a 1 mana card whose value will often exceed 1 mana, and also tells you what your opponent just drew. Also pretty neat with Glide if you can get the opportunity to play it. All in all, great card for a control mirror, so I expect this will see some play.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Thieving for all classes. And you only get good cards, other than poor rogue.

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  • Cg8889's Avatar
    Design Finalist 315 72 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Seems like either people see this as God tier or trash. Yes, this could be nuts if you were to get a copy of some high cost card, massively discounted, in a control deck. Yes, this could also be utter garbage if you grab an aggro-midrange card that doesn't have synergism with your class and is already low cost. 

    The one thing that makes this in my mind a card that may be run is the fact it has pseudo-taunt as you don't want this thing staying around to allow your opponent insight to what is in your hand but also giving them cheap resources. That said, i think it's at best 3 stars as it reminds me a lot of a value generator card that never found any footing when cards were a lot weaker than they are now (Chromaggus). Positive is you guarantee the resource unlike Chromaggus but instead of a card in your deck you would actually like a copy of, this is a random card. 

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

    I'm very sure this is not as good as it seems. Slow, no board impact, copies one random card that will 90% of the time be either cheap and therefore the cost reduction is weak, or have no synergy with your deck. It's pretty cool with Naturalize though, I'll give you that.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2626 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    The effect is cool and could be powerful, but it's also slow and in many cases, you will only draw 1 card so you better hope they draw a huge card. Drawing more will usually require you to force your opponent to draw, in which case, you're putting cards into your deck that cause your opponent to draw. Cards which only see play in Mill decks, which this theoretically could be good in although it doesn't necessarily forward their game plan.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Crazy good effect if he survives... But it does nothing against the board so you better play it at the right time and hope it sticks. Could be a very polarizing card and will cause a LOT of salty (and peppery) moments.

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

    This card is average at best.  I've played the thief too many times and received utter unusable garbage (especially against warlock and shaman) for me to believe this card is above average.  Oh, and if you are playing a non-weapon class, I hope you enjoy that weapon buff or weapon tutor card!  Academic Espionage was not even close to being broken at half the cost so I don't think this is either.  It has niche uses in maybe mill druid as an alternate win condition or in games that get close to fatigue to buy you one more cheap resource.  This will only be played in very specialized decks.

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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

    7 mana, 6/8 isn't bad stats for cost -  Archmage Antonidas costs the same but is a 5/7. 

    It's effect is very powerful and could possibly snowball if left alone - knowing what your opponent drew is a huge advantage, and having that card but CHEAPER than your opponent is even better.

    I don't think there's any means for a player to make your opponent draw cards in standard outside of Glide, which would require you to hit that AND this minon with Skull of Gul'Dan to use on the same turn, but we also haven't seen the rest of this set yet, who knows if there's any more draw cards in store.

     In wild cards that force your opponent to draw are quite more popular - Coldlight Oracles, Research Project and naturalize are cheap ways to get your opponent to draw cards and have them cheaper than they. 

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

    Keymaster Alabaster doesn't yield its benefits until your next turn, and that's really slow for a 7-drop without Rush or Taunt. Also, generally speaking, your more likely to get low-cost cards (< 5 mana) than high-cost cards (> 5 mana) across all decks as every deck needs something for the early game. I just don't see why any deck would want to run this.

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

    This can generate so much value, if left unattended.
    I want to see the golden version already!

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1468 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Hey, There is Glide in standard, we just need a source of coin or discount and all will be ok. Maybe with Escaped Manasaber, I don't know but there must be a way to abuse this in standard.

    Too situational since Glide's draw effect is Outcast but worth try i guess.

    Edit: I made it in a hurry so it's probably a crap deck but did thought that it might be possible with Skull of Gul'dan.

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

    Good card for sure. It's at least get you a card and if it survive more than 1 turn can snowball the game. It's a big threat that can't be ignored

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

    Incredible effect.

    But hard to get high value.

     

    It's the meme legendary of the set.

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

    Neutrals just feel so good this expansion

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

    Interesting... seems really good!

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

    As a control player, I love this card.

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

    This isn't a bad card, yes it is random but it has the potential to ruin someone's day.

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

    Nice card that makes your opponent have to react to it

    All hail the banshee queen.

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

    I do like this card. The opponent can't leave it up and it will get you at least 1 discounted card.

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

    Maybe bonkers in wild with Coldlight Oracle or Research Project, but nothing much good in standard.

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

    Really strong idea, but probably pretty weak in card in practice.

    Feels like it should be a Priest card, and I suspect it won't see much play in standard.

    Nevertheless, I look forward to making more Thief Priest deck lists using this card.

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

    Coin + Glide this is not meta breaking, it's just a meme. Much more relevant on Wild, but still...

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

    Awesome wild Fatique deck card.

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

    A big soft taunt card. It gets dealt with quickly so you most likely only get one card from this.

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

    Should work with Mill and Naturalize.

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

    Keymaster Alabaster doesn't yield its benefits until your next turn, and that's really slow for a 7-drop without Rush or Taunt. Also, generally speaking, your more likely to get low-cost cards (< 5 mana) than high-cost cards (> 5 mana) across all decks as every deck needs something for the early game. I just don't see why any deck would want to run this.

    Your point make nosense. Everyone try mulligan low cost cards in their starting hand as a general rule. So there are much more chance you got higher cost cards from your opponent deck than you thought.

    There is a Warhammer based card games : Horus Heresy Legions which copies 95% of Hearthstone combat system. So there is a 3 mana 2/3 legendary which exactly the same ability of this card, but weaker since it just copy but doesn't reduce the cost. Guess what ? That card in every freaking decks of that game since its launch , from Aggro to Control. So I dare to say that this card will be in every control deck until rotate out of Standard.

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

    As Kripp would say: "Guaranteed to cause Salt" card rating :D 

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  • Ibarrai's Avatar
    Illidari Autobot 1180 45 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Galakrond or Kronx for 1 mana? I take it! :D

    Always rank 20/Bronze.

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

    Is this a real WOW charcter?

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

    Copy a Galakrond for 1 it's a good play lol

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

    Throw the robes of protection up and this card to watch your opponent s**t out a living, breathing chicken.

    Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

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

    This is one of the couple "I want in golden" cards this set, not to have them in golden, but for the eventual nerf where I can dust it, recraft it in regular, and then have the left over 1600 dust for something else.

    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, 7 months ago

    I really don't see a home for this in standard. The effect is good, but not staggering, and more often than not isn't going to swing the game. In Wild, Druid and Mage can both make this shine a bit more, but I don't think this will see a huge amount of play.

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

    Insane card, I'm sure it'll find a spot at the very least on some sort of Highlander deck. For one, I'm really looking forward to trying it out!

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

    This card is going straight into this seasons attempt at quest Paladin coz 2 alabasters is always better than 1

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

    Presumably your opponent is running good cards, so this card is never bad. It's just a bit weird, and I'm not sure where I'd want to fit it in. I'll probably play it in a jank mill deck though.

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