New Shaman Spell - Dunk Tank

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A new Rare Shaman Spell, Dunk Tank, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    A new Rare Shaman Spell, Dunk Tank, has been revealed!

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    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, 5 months ago

    Yay, a good early game board clear for Shamans! I have been wanting a card like this for a long time. All other board clears shaman has are either overload (Sandstorm Elemental, Lightning Storm, Volcano) take a long time to setup (Hagatha's Scheme) or are pretty expensive (Earthquake, Tidal Wave).

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    It's a little tricky to work in because of the nature of corrupt. It can be good, with I think that the requirement to play a 5+ cost card first will make it unlikely to see use unless Y'shaarj is not the only corrupt matters effect.

    The raw effect is not very good, and the corrupt effect is only just good enough. I think that this just doesn't make the cut.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Skorpionex's Avatar
    Headless Horseman 1445 426 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From KANSAS

    Yay, a good early game board clear for Shamans! I have been wanting a card like this for a long time. All other board clears shaman has are either overload (Sandstorm Elemental, Lightning Storm, Volcano) take a long time to setup (Hagatha's Scheme) or are pretty expensive (Earthquake, Tidal Wave).

    Well, It's not early board clear. You need to play 5+ mana card first, so you can play board clear on turn 6.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From Skorpionex
    Quote From KANSAS

    Yay, a good early game board clear for Shamans! I have been wanting a card like this for a long time. All other board clears shaman has are either overload (Sandstorm Elemental, Lightning Storm, Volcano) take a long time to setup (Hagatha's Scheme) or are pretty expensive (Earthquake, Tidal Wave).

    Well, It's not early board clear. You need to play 5+ mana card first, so you can play board clear on turn 6.

    True. But, you can still play it on turn 4 as a Consecration if you need to.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

    -4
  • Savron's Avatar
    Malfurion 155 44 Posts Joined 06/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From KANSAS
    Quote From Skorpionex
    Quote From KANSAS

    Yay, a good early game board clear for Shamans! I have been wanting a card like this for a long time. All other board clears shaman has are either overload (Sandstorm Elemental, Lightning Storm, Volcano) take a long time to setup (Hagatha's Scheme) or are pretty expensive (Earthquake, Tidal Wave).

    Well, It's not early board clear. You need to play 5+ mana card first, so you can play board clear on turn 6.

    True. But, you can still play it on turn 4 as a Consecration if you need to.

    How? Am I missing something but I see it on 4 to be only 4 dmg to a single target

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From KANSAS
    Quote From Skorpionex
    Quote From KANSAS

    Yay, a good early game board clear for Shamans! I have been wanting a card like this for a long time. All other board clears shaman has are either overload (Sandstorm Elemental, Lightning Storm, Volcano) take a long time to setup (Hagatha's Scheme) or are pretty expensive (Earthquake, Tidal Wave).

    Well, It's not early board clear. You need to play 5+ mana card first, so you can play board clear on turn 6.

    True. But, you can still play it on turn 4 as a Consecration if you need to.

    The card just deal 4 damage.

    If you play it corrupted adds a Consecration effect.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Oops. My bad, I misread the card.

    I still think it is pretty good though. It's like a mini The Lurker Below.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    A good control shaman card. Deal 4 early game, better Consecration later into the game. Corrupting it might not be that hard, as shaman already has a good amount of 5+ mana cost cards.

    In standard this will see play in either highlander shaman or in control shaman.

    In Wild this will probably see play in Big shaman, as that deck probably likes a card like this. Haven't really played that deck, but i'm guessing they probably like another board clear in the mid-late game.

    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 2626 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I love the flavor here.

    You throw something (deal 4 damage), and then the person in it splashes (the AoE). This card could be very powerful, although it's not that strong without Corrupting it, so I'm not too sure about it. By the time you're able to Corrupt it, 2 damage might no longer be enough to kill what you wanted with it.

    That said, 4 mana for a Fireball and a Consecration is good at pretty much any point, so I reckon it'll see some play. If there was an option for half-stars, I'd rate it a 3.5.

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  • sinti's Avatar
    Senior Writer Chocolate Cake 2070 2774 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Flavor is amazing, you do cannon ball, everyone gets splashed :D Tho im a bit worried about how many AOEs Shaman getting by this point.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From sinti

    Flavor is amazing, you do cannon ball, everyone gets splashed :D Tho im a bit worried about how many AOEs Shaman getting by this point.

    I get what you're saying but pretty much every single Shaman AoE has some glaring weakness:

    • Lightning Storm: Overload makes it too clunky
    • Plague of Murlocs: Doesn't actually clear minions, very unreliable against boards of small minions
    • Hagatha's Scheme: Pretty bad topdeck, needs time in hand to be effective
    • Earthquake: The best of the bunch in regards to power to cost ratio, but it's still a 7 mana investment which means you only clear the board, you don't make a swing in your favor
    • Tidal Wave: Healing makes it very unique as an AoE but can't deal with most midgame minions by itself

    Now you have Dunk Tank, a card that can be a better Swipe, but it can only be played as an AoE at best at turn 6, because you need to play a 5 drop before its corrupted effect activates. 

    However, how will this card interact with mana manipulation effects, like from cards like Far Sight, that can make it more playable (I imagine that, if drawn form Far Sight, this card costing 1 will become corrupted after playing a 2 cost card). There is a potential that the sheer number of AoE can bring some sort of Control Shaman to light but I believe that deck still needs some sort of winning late game card.

    EDIT: I'll be rating this card 4/5, I also like the flavor.

    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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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Great flavour and artwork, hopefully the corrupted effect is good enough to see play.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Great for slower Shaman decks! I think 4 mana is right on the border to be "easily" corrupted also, so I expect this to be used. I'll try it in spell shaman for sure.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From Demonxz95

    I love the flavor here.

    You throw something (deal 4 damage), and then the person in it splashes (the AoE). This card could be very powerful, although it's not that strong without Corrupting it, so I'm not too sure about it. By the time you're able to Corrupt it, 2 damage might no longer be enough to kill what you wanted with it.

    That said, 4 mana for a Fireball and a Consecration is good at pretty much any point, so I reckon it'll see some play. If there was an option for half-stars, I'd rate it a 3.5.

    Jade Lightning was played a lot for burst, having direct dmg spells in shaman is different from having them in mage.. sure the 1/1,2/2, 3/3 probably made the card better but the burst with spell damage shaman has easy access to.. is relevant.

    after corruption this is a better Swipe, specially cause you have spell dmg totem.

     

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    The corrupt version feels like the lightweight version of quest druid's Starfall-- 6 damage to one, then 2 damage to everything else.

    Not too bad.

     

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5542 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Its honestly too expensive. Given how bad shaman have been throughout this year, you'd think this card would be worth 3 mana. Even at 3, its not really broken, since it needs to be corrupted to truly be amazing.

    That said, this is not a bad card. Shaman needs some clears, and removal cards are by their nature not really played on curve anyway. Since shaman doesn't generate hundreds of small bs spells like priest and mage, its not hard to imagine it playing a 5 mana card somewhere near turn 5-6 where removals are generally more useful anyway.

    Combined with Mo'arg Artificer, it deals an incredible 8 damage to a minion and 4 to others while also keeping the mo'arg alive. That's what I would call value worth exploring.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This is a weird card in my opinion. A bit like Swipe or Starfall (when you get both effects), you can use this to clear one large minion and a bunch of small ones. But it can go face? I'm having a hard time imagining the scenarios where you want to do 4 to face and AOE the board.

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  • Zyella's Avatar
    Valeera 590 586 Posts Joined 10/16/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    its not a ealry game board clear as need to play soemthing fo 5cost or higher before this is an aoe at all and then its still 2aoe onyl to most.

    For actual ealry game aoe storm is much better and consistent.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I can't wait for this card to make a splash in the meta! 

    Also would drawing this card from Vashj Prime trigger the corrupt condition? 

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From PLANETCRUNCH

    I can't wait for this card to make a splash in the meta! 

    Also would drawing this card from Vashj Prime trigger the corrupt condition? 

    Drawing Amethyst Spellstone with Kobold Librarian upgrades it. So I would think yes, but I it may work differently.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    "When I said bring a tank to the dungeon, this is not what I had in mind!"
    I laughed

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    So, if you're willing to wait, this is kind of like a better Swipe. Not bad.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    2 does not clear a lot nowadays, I've cut holy nova in my control decks and I'm even considering removing breath because of this.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I am really happy to see cards like this printed.  The notion of having to cast something 5+ before it isn't too far out of range thanks to Lightning Bloom, and being able to shoot a minion for 6, then others for 2 is like Starfire for Shamans... Totally a great card. 

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Looking the corrupted cards I guess they are pushing a slow meta now

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Good aoe tool for a control Shaman, maybe it can get out ouf the trash bin

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  • Zyella's Avatar
    Valeera 590 586 Posts Joined 10/16/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From SilverWolf

    Good aoe tool for a control Shaman, maybe it can get out ouf the trash bin

    with just this? no chance at all.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From Zyella
    Quote From SilverWolf

    with just this? no chance at all.

    With Agatha's Scheme, Earthquake, Tidal Wave, etc, etc

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  • Zyella's Avatar
    Valeera 590 586 Posts Joined 10/16/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    and No draw and no win condition and no early clears/remova that are good and worthwile(aka not storm)

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Dragon 2215 2485 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Decent board clear, but playing this card on turn 6, how many minions are you hoping to kill? Just one?

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Well this lives in control shaman, if it is still a thing.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Super swipe seems sweet.  On the other hand, 4 mana 4 damage is pretty meh and the slowness of this card might kill it considering wide boards can come up much earlier than turn 5-6.

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Four damage for 4 Mana is far from ideal, and corrupting it seems a bit slow. Had it been 3-Mana deal 3 with the same upgrade it would've been really strong, now it's borderline playable in my eyes.

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  • sense124's Avatar
    Mavka 460 446 Posts Joined 07/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    This is still the only revealed shaman card. I highly hope this means shaman is getting a new exciting archetype.

    I eat your fast food spare changes when you sleep.

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  • DescentOfDragonsOp's Avatar
    530 353 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    really nice removal

    TOTAL CORRUPTION

    TOTAL POWAAAAAAA

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    815 721 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Big smack and then a little splash I think its gonna show up at least a bit in some sort of control shaman

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2025 1394 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Too expensive, corrupt version is not even that great. Worse Consecration.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Board clear and a fairly easy condition to meet. This will be in  most Shaman decks for sure.

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  • KillaFIsh's Avatar
    375 250 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Works really well in spell damage shaman, and with Y'shraj OTK.  I like the card, will see good play in future expansions.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Good clear for the 4 mana

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1210 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    The fact that this can be super Swipe is enough incentive for Control Shaman to run this.

    Will Control Shaman be a thing tho? *shrugs*

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    It goes face. More support for OTK Quest Y'Shaarj Shaman.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    The AoE benefit comes online on turns 5-6 at the earliest, putting it in competition with Hagatha's Scheme, Earthquake, and Tidal Wave. The only application I see for this is the Y'Shaarj, the Defiler combo with Circus Medic in Quest Shaman, but that seems slow and fringe at best.

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Not a bad card once corrupted but not great as just 4 damage.

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1175 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Annoying in control shaman. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Decent enough without the Corrupt, and then nuts when it upgrades. I'd expect to see this in most Shaman lists so long as they aren't super low-cost.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    A decent removal card, not sure if it's good enough to see play though. Maybe in a spell power deck

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    The corrupt effect makes it so the board clear aspect is a little slower than the mana suggests. I think it will still be good, but not quite as fast as we want it to be.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 785 796 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Pretty powerful removal spell for a slow Shaman deck--once the Corrupt goes off it's just a better Swipe.

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