New Paladin Minion - Carousel Gryphon

Seems like the uncorrupted version is "ok card", 5 mana 5/5 ds is ok.

But the corrupted version it's really strong.

I don't really think that this will see much play. If paladins want to summon 8/8 divine shield taunts, they will probably just use a libram package, and even then the libram package is not great. Could be strong if y'shaarj ends up being core to an archetype of its own, but I'm getting more doubtful about the existence of corrupt synergy cards other than y'shaarj.

With this and Hammer of the Naaru, I think it's becoming obvious that Team 5 is pushing a N'Zoth, God of the Deep deck for Paladin. So far, that deck has Carousel Gryphon, Hammer of the Naaru, and Fleethoof Pearltusk of which the weapon can help corrupt the two corrupt cards. Since there are a few corrupt cards in this N'Zoth package, I wouldn't be surprised if Y'Shaarj, the Defiler warrants an inclusion in this package as well. All I'm saying is don't sleep on the potential synergies this and the other aforementioned cards have with these Old Gods.

This card is good in both version. Before corrupt it is better decent 5 drop, after corrupt it is just GG

ooooooooooo that is some SPICE.  This gets corrupted after playing the new weapon, which summons a well statted elemental with taunt, filling both the Mech and Elemental types for N'Zoth, God of the Deep.  Nozdormu, the Timeless for big dragon and quick corruption ramp fits in another spot.  What's more is that this an exceptionally strong card to get off of Y'Shaarj, the Defiler since it helps stabilize the board after dropping your 10-drop.  Double Old God Control Pally incoming?

Very solid on its own even without the [Hearthstone Card (YShaarj, The Defiler) Not Found] package.  If we get another mech expansion next year this card becomes even better.

I just don´t understand why Paladin needs another 8/8 divine shield taunt..

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Seems like the uncorrupted version is "ok card", 5 mana 5/5 ds is ok.

But the corrupted version it's really strong.

This is the theme for most corrupted cards..

but in this case the corrupted version is quite a big deal it's also a taunt + divine shield for N'zoth on the mech slot!

5 mana 5/5 with taunt is pretty strong. playing a 5 mana 8/8 taunt divine shield in the late game seems PRETTY strong.

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With this and Hammer of the Naaru, I think it's becoming obvious that Team 5 is pushing a N'Zoth, God of the Deep deck for Paladin. So far, that deck has Carousel Gryphon, Hammer of the Naaru, and Fleethoof Pearltusk of which the weapon can help corrupt the two corrupt cards. Since there are a few corrupt cards in this N'Zoth package, I wouldn't be surprised if Y'Shaarj, the Defiler warrants an inclusion in this package as well. All I'm saying is don't sleep on the potential synergies this and the other aforementioned cards have with these Old Gods.

On a highlander package this can be really interesting, with Dragonqueen Alexstrasza and Sir Finley of the Sands acting as Dragon and Murloc, respectively, even when considering how Zephrys the Great pollutes the elemental pool for N'Zoth, God of the Deep. At least that's the way I see paladins could have an excuse to run so many clunky cards.

Fantastic synergy with N'Zoth, God of the Deep, and the corrupt is easy to pull of with cards like Hammer of the Naaru. Also it's a corrupt card, so Y'Shaarj, the Defiler fits well into the deck. But i'm still not sure about that deck, like is it going to be good enough to beat Pure Libram paladin in terms of being a control deck? Or will Libram paladin give up the Pure package for the Old god & Corrupt package? Time will tell i guess.

Standard: As i said it's going to be in a control deck, maybe some kind of Libram control deck.

Wild: I'm actually not sure about it's impact on wild. It's a mech, so that's nice. But Handbuff Paladin likes cheap mechs way more. This might be the first card so far where i can't really predict how well it will work in wild... Well time will tell i guess..

Same as the other are saying, works well with N'Zoth, God of the Deep and Y'Shaarj, the Defiler

5 mana 8/8 Taunt Divine Shield is obviously very powerful. The question is whether or not you will be able to corrupt it consistently. We have cards like the new Hammer and Libram of Hope. It seems like blizzard is pushing midrange paladin this expansion, and so far it looks like they will have some pretty strong cards.

Its a decent card on its own, but there has got to be other cards that can corrupt it or otherwise there's little point to include it. Some obvious candidates are Hammer of the Naaru, Tirion Fordring, or Lady Liadrin. Can't rely on librams since they get cheapened throughout the game.

It kinda competes somewhat with Fleethoof Pearltusk for that 5 mana slot, and I'm a little biased towards rush minions compared to taunts. But the divine shield here is really not to be ignored.

Seems way too slow for current Pure/Broomvroom Pally. However, it could work for a N’zoth/Corrupt Highlander Pally (which is where I think N’zoth will go to anyway).

Like the real problem here is corrupting this card, if Hammer of the Naaru turns out to be good, this card could also be quite good. But I don’t see slots being sacrificed for either of these cards in the current lists. I look forward to new decks that could come with the card reveals.

It might be difficult to Corrupt this card in existing lists, so I don't see it being included in them. Notably, it's a 5-mana 5/5 with Divine Shield on its own, but I can't help but think that even that's too fair for the current Standard metagame.

The moment I saw this after seeing Hammer of the Naaru though, I instantly thought of a Menagerie archetype featuring N'Zoth, God of the Deep. Should this deck become viable, I would expect to see this card in that list. This card synergises with Y'Shaarj, the Defiler as well, so there are some interesting implications there.

I would like to know though if N'Zoth would bring back the Corrupted or non-Corrupted version of this card though, because that would have significant implications for the archetype. I would imagine the Corrupted form is the one that gets resurrected.

Darn, that's an Okay to Great card in one easy corruption trick
It is at least decent without the buff, but quite better with

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I would like to know though if N'Zoth would bring back the Corrupted or non-Corrupted version of this card though, because that would have significant implications for the archetype. I would imagine the Corrupted form is the one that gets resurrected.

Nzoth brings back minions that died, and since corruption isn't a buff and is a whole new card, it will bring back the corrupted version assuming that's what that died earlier.

Very good card - even if it will not be corrupted.

There is something on corrupted cards I want to clarify, Libram of Hope fully discounted count as an 8 mana activator for corruption?

If it is the case, this card will be strong after that

Manis this good

5 mana 5/5 with divine shield is strong just look at [Hearthstone Card (Goody-Two-Shields) Not Found] but holy heck look at that corrupt form. Thats is just the body of Libram of Hope for 5 mana 

Well, this is going to be annoying it's like the body of Trion but cheaper. and also bigger sometimes 

Too slow, not worth running this card in constructed IMO.

This card is insane! 5 mana 8/8 DS/Taunt AND its a mech for Menagerie Paladin.

I think this card is pretty good and might actually see some play.

It's really good if you can reliably corrupt it, which it's hard to tell atm if you can. Hammer of the Naaru, Lady Liadrin, and Libram of Hope can all do it, but you might need to slot in a few more big minions to do it consistently.

one more solid card for this expansion

8/8 Taunt Divine Shield for N'Zoth will be very good, but you really don't want to put the un-corrupted version in the res-pool.

Seems to susceptible to hard removal, or just being overrun before it is played.  Love the art though.

5 mana 5/5 with Divine Shield and Taunt already seems good, though outclassed slightly by the potentially cheaper Devout Pupil. 5 mana 8/8 Divine Shield Taunt however just adds more to the brick wall that Aggro has to navigate around or smash their faces into.

Decent enough Mech that has good options for corruption - might find a place in a deck with the new N'Zoth, since even just as a 5/5 Divine Shield that's pretty great to pull back from the dead.

Paladin gets the good corrupt card. 

I think it can be, easily, one of the best corrupted cards we got on this set. This is also insane on mecha pala decks.

Very solid card, but it lacks taunt or anything proactive. Still very decent minion and might still see some play

Decent enough even if you don't get to corrupt it

If only Paladin had access to a card that generates 8/8s with Divine Shield and Taunt (perhaps bundled with a way to heal their face--and maybe even in a deck that can reliably cheat that sort of body out way earlier than it should be). Anyway, this card is a much slower version of that card.

And another divine shield taunt for Paladin. Mage will probably start runnin arcane explosion more now to deal with all of these.