New Demon Hunter Minion - Soulshard Lapidary

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A new Common Demon Hunter Minion, Soulshard Lapidary, 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 Demon Hunter Minion, Soulshard Lapidary, has been revealed!

    Soulshard Lapidary Card Image

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


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

    This card reminds me of Glaivebound Adept. It is a very powerful mid-game card that deals a significant amount of damage with a good body attached. If Apexis Blast was enough to get people to try No-Minion Mage then this should be enough to get people to play Soul Fragment Demon Hunter.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    The big scary of the soul fragment cards imo.  It synergizes with all DH weapons to a revolting degree and provides a good body that you have to deal with after getting smacked upside the head with 5+ attack.  With this card as its main payoff, I predict that aggressive DH lists with some soul fragment cards will be run just for extra reach/burst.

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

    Mildly confused as to what kind of deck Soul Demon Hunter is supposed to be, but this goes into pretty much anything anyways. The tempo swing is simply massive.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    I think this is good in a full aggro deck that wants to finish the oponent, but if that is the case I don't see Soul Fragments playing in the deck.
    I'm giving it a 3/5 but it depends completly on how the fragments end up being for DH.

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

    The most BROKEN card i have seen printed this expansion. And i certainly hope there won't be even more broken cards.

    Turn 4 Marrowslicer to deal 4 dmg, than turn 5 Soulshard Lapidary to deal 9. This is 13 damage in pretty early 2 turns. This card will certainly make it so Control DH wont exist, purely because people are gonna ABUSE the ever living **** out of this card to rank up to Legend FAST. (Before it gets 100% nerfed) If you compare this to Glaivebound Adept, Soulshard Lapidary just powercreeps it HARD. And if you didn't get Soulshard Lapidary for turn 5, than you can still Glaivebound Adept instead, because these cards might as well be used alongside each other to deal even more FACE dmg. This card is NUTS.

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

    This will push Fragment DH into a very aggressive direction, unlike Shardshatter Mystic which goes the opposite direction of being control. Although, I wouldn't be surprised to put both of them in.

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

    Pretty nice card if you can activate it. The trouble will be activating it.

    As it stands, this probably misses Odd DH because the only activator is Spirit Jailer (Shouldn't it be gaoler?)

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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

    Scary one, this one is. Glavebound Adept 2.0

    Only DH and warlocks can generate and get benefits from those soul fragments? I wonder why. Something lore related? 

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

    This card will make it so that any DH deck will want to run soul fragments. Huge damage for tempo and a control tool for control dh

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

    The class has synergy for this kind of effects with cards like Warglaives of Azzinoth or "if you attacked this turn do X" but you can get a similar effect for 2 mana and no requirement with Twin Slice, I don't see this card as the reason to run soul fragments in DH it's  more of  a card that will be there.. the reason to run soul fragments is the 3 mana Duskbreaker.

     

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

    If we set aside the fact that you have to attack with your face, this compares pretty reasonably to Cumulo-Maximus and Apexis Blast, both of which are very powerful cards. As a 5-drop, this curves out well with Soul Fragment generation tools, especially Marrowslicer.

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

    5 damage is a lot so this looks pretty threatening, and 5 damage is the point where it can kill most minions if need be.

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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

    Reminds me of Glaivebound Adept but you have to do the work yourself (attacking) so ofc this will see play or at least experimentation.

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

    Well this card looks kinda scary - not sure about it tough. Will it be strong? i guess so , but im also not sure it this will find it`s place in some sort of Aggro decks.

    I think it is maybe a little slow for aggro to work with the Fragments so i guess this fits more in a control type Demon Hunter and therefor it is a little slower and that makes it a little less scary :) 

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

    Why the hell wouldn't this be playable would be an unsolvable riddle. It does a stupefying 5 damage, leaves a 5/5 on board and all it takes is but soul fragments, which Spirit Jailer and Soul Shear would easily provide, being strong cards on their own right.

    Its basically Firelands Portal came early, and on an aggressive class as well. If you could imagine a better Glaivebound Adept, and this would be it.

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  • Tetsuo's Avatar
    Magma Rager 840 638 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This will definitely see play, it's too powerful. Getting a dream curve of Marrowslicer on turn 4 then following up with this for a whopping 9 damage is fantastic. I think this might get nerfed to 6 mana if it's too effective, because let's face it, DH is just too efficient of a class right now, it's too well-designed. 

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

    +5 attack really is something! Great tempo swing for a slower DH deck.

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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

    5/5 in stats is acceptable for a 5 mana minion. 

    What makes this minion good isn't it's stats for cost but how it curves for Demon Hunter from Marrow Slicer into this, allowing for Demon Hunter to deal 9 damage with their weapon on turn 5 - which is pretty massive.

    because of her ability to give your hero extra attack there's a potential for her to be placed in tempo OR control decks, tempo obviously wanting to deal extra damage for lethal and control to remove high value targets on your opponents side of the board.

    Outside of it's soul fragment synergy this minion is just good enough to play in arena by itself, as I keep saying it's stats are pretty good.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    After the nerf to Metamorphosis, Demon Hunters will possibly start having trouble when dealing with 5 Health minions.... and it's gone!

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

    Sort of depends on how good soul fragments are, but this card looks SCARY.

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

    Good basic body with a powerful effect if given the right setup. Just picture playing this when you have Warglaves of Azinoth. Of course, you would likely take a ton of damage doing that as well. 

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

    This looks a lot like pure paladin:you have to put the full mini-set in to your deck, and it's your win condition but there is no one who knows what else to put in there.

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This card is insane and is going to continue to push DH as an aggro class. 

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    5 Mana deal 5 and summon a 5/5 is a very powerfull Swing. But I think the Condition makes this balanced. There's only 3 DH Cards (6 with Copies) that shuffle Soul Shards AND you need to not draw the Shards, which is actually very likely because of DH's Cycle.

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

    AMAZING with Marrowslicer especially on curve, otherwise meh. Kinda inconsistent to trigger, though I could be wrong.

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

    Marrowslicer curves extremely well into this and both cards offer a lot of face damage. I think this, plus Marrowslicer and Spirit Jailer offer a lot of good tempo and face damage that Tempo DH loves.

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

    (5) 5/5 +5 ...! 
    That's a lot of 5s... Team5

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

    Marrowslicer on turn 4 and this card on turn 5 is a super strong combo. Probably we will see in some dh tempo deck

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

    Damn this is going to be useful in aggro decks. I just hope my opp draws the soul fragments first

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

    5 attack on a 5/5 body!? Pretty nice

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

    Value and tempo is insane with Marrowslicer.

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

    Soul Control looking good. Don't even need Metamorphosis Card Image anymore.

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

    The Soul Fragment cards will see play.

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

    Free 5 attack on soul decks and nice stats

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • EpicPickle's Avatar
    Sparklepony 810 301 Posts Joined 06/02/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    10 damage for 5 mana?
    Oh, it's Demon Hunter, that makes sense.

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

    Just wish there was more soul frags enablers.

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

    OP

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

    Reminiscent of Cumulo-Maximus, but I think this card will actually live up to the hype since the Soul Fragment package seems very strong. Maybe it's too slow for DH, but since all of the DH nerfs, it might create an aggro/burst Soul Fragment deck list.

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

    Big tempo swing card for DH. I reckon this will be put into all DH soul fragment decks purely for the aggression levels this promotes.

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

    Big tempo swing.

    You can trade minions ir go face and leave a 5/5 minion... Just for 5 mana.

    DH still broken.

    By The Holy Light!

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

    This card will sadly see a lot of play lol.

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Just very good.

    -=alfi=-

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

    5 attack seems a bit much for a card like this. WAY too good at first glance.

    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

    5/5 make 5 damage. It's a very good card

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

    Anything involving the Soul Fragments mechanic gets 5 stars from me!  This is like a smaller Inner Demon with a body and a fairly easy set up.

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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

    Good thing this battlecry is restricted to the soul fragment mechanic.

    Side note: last card to review, yay! 

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  • Dermostatic's Avatar
    Eldritch Horror 535 228 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    If you're playing a Soul Fragment deck, this card may as well have the effect Charge. DHs love to attack and this gives them the ability to do that immediately upon playing this card. The 5/5 body is solid as well, surprised it isn't a 4/4 or even a 3/3. Overall, looks like a great card for a cool new archetype.

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

    Absolutely insane card, I can't wait to play around with all of these Soul Fragment cards.

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

    Strong. If Soul Fragment pay-offs are played, it will be in Demon Hunter, not Warlock.

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