New Druid Minion - Kiri, Chosen of Elune

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A new Legendary Druid Minion, Kiri, Chosen of Elune, 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 Legendary Druid Minion, Kiri, Chosen of Elune, has been revealed!

    Kiri, Chosen of Elune 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, 5 months ago

    This doesn't look like a bad card, but a bit weak for a legendary. Getting two synergistic cards for one card is nice, but not incredible, I guess whether or not this sees play depends on how good the eclipses are. 

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • shaveyou's Avatar
    415 198 Posts Joined 06/08/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    They created this, with Kael'Thas in the same standard year? Play this, then follow up with Lunar (next spell costs 2 less), then Solar (Next spell casts twice), then Survival of the Fittest, and boom +8/+8 to your whole deck, and a 12/15 Kael'thas on board. Better hope Druid gets no survival tools for the next year.

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  • h0lysatan's Avatar
    Zombie 1065 790 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    It sounds good, but need quite a bit of calculating for it to work properly. since in total, you need 13 mana to summon both Kaelthas and Kiri and cast the first eclipse, not to mention each 3rd spell you cast cost 1 more. But it could work nonetheless. Probably turn 10, and hopefully get nerfed very soon. (finger crossed)

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

    A very strange card. It would make more sense if the eclipses were tokens for this, but as they aren't, so I don't see a reason to run this unless you need to generate a lot of them for some combo.

    I assume that solar eclipses don't stack, so I can't think what you would need more than two of them for.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • shaveyou's Avatar
    415 198 Posts Joined 06/08/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    For the Survival combo, you could play Kiri the turn before, making it a 10 mana combo.

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

    This is a tricky card to rate. It has bad stats for tempo, and it's more of a value card. Personally i think this WILL be a super powerfull card. This gives you more synergy with Kael'thas Sunstrider and Exotic Mountseller. AND the Solar Eclipse can double your Survival of the Fittest! This is honestly a... very scary situation to think about. Solar Eclipse specifically is a SCARY card, and this gives you more copies of it.

    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 2629 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This is a very strange card by design, and I'm not sure how to feel about it from this perspective. That said, both of these cards are pretty good so you can probably find some use for them.

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

    If the Eclipse cards gonna become important for combo shenanigans, this will see play, otherwise doubtful.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    It gives you both eclipses, but from what we have seen druid capable of doing, I don't really see where this one fits. Still, both eclipses are basically deal 6 damage for 2 mana, so that's decent for druid I guess.

    The flexibility of the eclipses will determine whether this is worth the inclusion, basically.

    Also, why the hell isn't this card a beast when the minion presented is obviously a moonkin?

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

    Bad card normally, scary card now considering that Kael exists in standard. I can expect many degenerate combos existing thanks to this card now.

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

    4 mana 2/2 is a tempo suicide... it "draws" 2 cards though..

    This card depends on which combos we will see with those eclipse cards.

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

    Weak stats but generates two good cards... It's not bad but I can't say it's very good either. Could go into many decks but hardly a staple in any. I mean you probably hade those spells in your deck anyway and how many do you really need?

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2226 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Will depend entirely on how good the eclipses turn out to be. They both look reasonably useful, but you will have to find ways to abuse them for this card to be worth running.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3343 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Reasonably cheap and flexible - should open a new realm of wombo combo - my type of legendaries <3 

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

    Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse are both really good, but maybe not good enough to auto-include into any Druid deck. On the other hand, tossing one card in that generates the value of both Eclipse spells seems great as the 30th card in a lot of value-oriented Druid decks.

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  • Dunyil's Avatar
    295 72 Posts Joined 08/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    For everyone saying this is a “tempo loss”, it is, but compare it to casting Overgrowth ; at least you have 2/2 on the board and generate two Eclipse cards to help your comeback or swing turn following.

    The Eclipse cards combo great with Druid’s current removal options to give them a better edge

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

    Thanks for adding the cards to your response, weren't added in the main post.

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

    It will enable some otk or some "horrible" combos, just want to see them

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

    Eclipses are good spells, and druid doesn't care about playing understatted minions.

    By The Holy Light!

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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

    is there any lore to this crazy owlbear? or is this a new character for the expansion?

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2215 2493 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    There is bound to be some combo that utilises this card. It'll definitely be combo orientated, but I'd hold off on crafting this as it could just end up being rubbish

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Need a specific deck to be good... Too specific, so maybe good but only if that style of deck works out...

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

    I feel like this card will see a lot of play as long as spell based druid combos are a thing, as this card can add two combo pieces without putting those cards specifically on decks, especially Solar Eclipse.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Im pretty sure the eclipses themselves are going to be run in many lists, so Kiri will almost definitely be played as well.

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From PLANETCRUNCH

    is there any lore to this crazy owlbear? or is this a new character for the expansion?

    I would imagine it's a Druid in Moonkin form. But the character has no lore to my knowledge.

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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
    Quote From FrostyFeet
    Quote From PLANETCRUNCH

    is there any lore to this crazy owlbear? or is this a new character for the expansion?

    I would imagine it's a Druid in Moonkin form. But the character has no lore to my knowledge.

    I forget Druids have a moonkin form. I just assume the Moonkin are always natural owlbears 

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I'm not sure why you would need to play this when you can play 2 of both eclipses, but I'm sensing an Elise druid deck will make a comeback before she rotates, where this might be an important combo piece.

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  • FortyDust's Avatar
    Pumpkin 1200 1906 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I just love that Balance Druid is finally seeing some representation in this game.

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  • DescentOfDragonsOp's Avatar
    530 353 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From KANSAS

    This doesn't look like a bad card, but a bit weak for a legendary. Getting two synergistic cards for one card is nice, but not incredible, I guess whether or not this sees play depends on how good the eclipses are. 

    i agree with what your saying but how would this be run in a druid dec

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  • KillaFIsh's Avatar
    375 250 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Doesn't feel like a legendary minion.  Kinda feel like something cooler could have happened for this.

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    815 721 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    pretty neat I guess but it feels lame for a legendary to just add two common spells to your hand

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

    4 to get a pseudo draw of 2 spells.... I can see Guardian pushing this solely because it can drop mad spells fast.  Other than that, the stats aren't that great and the board presence isn't fantastic

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2025 1399 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Most interesting Druid card, it will introduce a new archetype I think. Unsure if it will be good enough though for ladder.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Weak stats, but a lot of targeted value in one card. Malygos Druid will probably run this, but won't be a high tier deck.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    It's an amazing card with low stats, sounds like more fun than it will be and probably a nightmare to play against

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I think Kiri, Chosen of Elune is too slow and perhaps overkill if you're already running both Eclipse spells. Druid can't really afford to play a 4 mana 2/2 in the early game when the early game is when they are the weakest.

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Do we need a third copy of each? Why bother trying to "save a spot" by tossing in such a low stated minion?

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1210 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    If you're running the Eclipses, you're also running this, simple as that.

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This isn't a bad card, but I don't think it's effect is worthy of the legendary rarity of the card.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Those eclipse cards look pretty good. Mana discounts and double effects are nothing to sneeze at. This one will find a good home in many decks,

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

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 785 797 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Bad stats for its cost, and it gives you...two cards that you can just choose to run in your Druid deck without it. Thanks for the dust, I guess.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    It's a Boomkin, that alone makes it awesome

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I just don't see why you play this instead of just having the Eclipses in your deck? Maybe to make sure you have them both in hand at the same time, I guess? Seems bad though.

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