New Hunter Spell - Carrion Studies

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A new Common Hunter Spell, Carrion Studies, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    A new Common Hunter Spell, Carrion Studies, has been revealed!

    Carrion Studies Card Image

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    that sounds rather strong. there are plenty of good deathrattles to pick from and you can set up tempo for future turns. Might be one of the better Studies

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    The biggest problem this card has is the sheer magnitude of awful cards in the pool.

    The card's unreliability might be mitigated if the discount helps you curve into a big deathrattle minion, but this seems unlikely to see play.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    The ability to play a card earlier is just amazing, I think most studies cards will see play they are all really good.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    The pool for deathrattle cards is large and filled with garbage.  The discount is nice and might allow this to see play in a dedicated deathrattle deck, but I don't think it has any application outside of that since there is just too much junk in the deathrattle pool.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I really like the studies because they just seem all around really fair. I don't know if they will be practical to play since it is 1 card to get 1 random card, but the flexability is nice so I think they will at least be used by players with small collections to help fill out the gaps in their deck.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Seems really good for deathrattle hunter, but we gotta talk about "the elephant in the room".

    The discover nerf from quite a while ago. What this means for this card is that you get neutral deathrattle minions at the same rate as class minions. And neutral has a BUNCH of BAD deathrattle minions, like: The Beast, and Rustsworn Cultist. With other studies it's not that bad, however there are waaay more deathrattle minions in neutral, than let's say... spell-damage minions. 

    Edit: Okay i should have looked better at Rustsworn Cultist, i saw this card when i sorted all the cards in standard on the  "deathrattle" tag, and immediately thought "Oh [Hearthstone Card (Rustsworn Cultrist) Not Found] is a bad card, that's a good example of why there are a lot of bad deathrattles". Probably shouldn't have done a bunch of these card discussions at midnight. Oh well, i suppose i'll take a better look next time. I'm leaving the Rustsworn Cultist part in, because i see this as a good learning lesson.

    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, 7 months ago
    Quote From Brandon

    Seems really good for deathrattle hunter, but we gotta talk about "the elephant in the room".

    The discover nerf from quite a while ago. What this means for this card is that you get neutral deathrattle minions at the same rate as class minions. And neutral has a BUNCH of BAD deathrattle minions, like: The Beast, and Rustsworn Cultist. With other studies it's not that bad, however there are waaay more deathrattle minions in neutral, than let's say... spell-damage minions. 

    Rustsworn isn’t a deathrattle, it just gives other minions deathrattles.

    Probably still too many bad deathrattles for this to be good though, even with the discount

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    You can't get Rustsworn Cultist, it is not a deathrattle minion.

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Cheating out Stuff like Savannah Highmane, Teacher's Pet or even Augmented Porcupine sounds pretty good.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I think all the Studies cards will be worth playing, this one included. Sure, you'll whiff on the Discover sometimes, but you still get the discount on your next minion.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2626 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    The Studies seem good. Sometimes you might get a bad Deathrattle minion in the pool, but then you just... don't pick it and pick something else. If all your choices were bad, then just pick the least bad (or best for current situation), and you just got a bit unlucky. You still get to play one of your Deathrattle minions that you put into your deck on purpose out faster, so it's still a win.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5542 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Good card that gives value. Except, hunters dont typically need value. If you're running a deathrattle deck, aggro deck, beast deck, whatever, then chances are good you'd have exactly the thing to play on curve and this card messes with it.

    Will it make the cut? Likely, but only because the secondary effect of the card, which is to discount deathrattles exist, or otherwise this card is just unplayable. With the discount, you can get Bloated Python or Zixor, Apex Predator out on 2, which is a really strong play for a theoretical deathrattle hunter.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Those studies are really something that we should look for in this expansion. Like the primes in the previous one. 

    Hunter has some nice deathrattle minions and the discount can come in handy as well. A good card overall.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I think this can be very good - there are lots of decent Deathrattles and it is also good to put down some stronger cards a little earlier so i guess this will see play.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I like all the studies, and i like that hunter get the deathrattle, and even give back some tempo, ofc i'll play it.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    It's a cheap, flexible spell that can be used to find a minion on curve or just be used to activate spell burst effects.

    This spell has a nice synergy with Bloated Python and Teacher's Pet on turns 2 and 4 instead of 3 and 5. it can also discover deathrattle minions you might not have slotted in or want to play on curve later such as Savannah Highmane.

    It should be noted that in the past discover effects used to favor the players class, but that was removed when EVIL Flunky kept discovering itself in Saviors of Ulduum. As such, this card has a small chance to discover the class legendaries from AoO that become the late game Prime minions some decks build themselves around. 

     

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

    There is a lot of powerful (0) and (1) mana cards in this set, and this one is one of them.
    I love it

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    This particular study will probably be used more for the discount than the discover, and when it works it will be very good!

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

    I think all study are somewhat strong. With this you can find some strong deathrattle if you are lucky otherwise it's just a discount for your next minion (like Zixor or Mok'Nathal Lion)

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

    Cool for a two turn combo

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

    Love it for my wild decks

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

    There are some decent 3 cost DRs you can play on turn 2 with this. Otherwise pretty meh.

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

    Death Hunter not seen for a while. Maybe synergy with Goblin Bomb Card Image decks.

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

    Too many Deathrattle cards you don't want for this card to be good enough. But all the Primes have deathrattle . . . 

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    costreduction: Yay, Good deathrattles: nay.

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

    Counter part to the druid spell one, basically free and it can be used reactively

    All hail the banshee queen.

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

    I don't think this will actually be any good, like most of the studies. What do you even want from this?

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

    This card is solid, but probably one of the weaker studies cards (at least for standard). Perhaps this enables some combo shenanigans, but I don't know of any obvious ones off the top of my head.

    The deathrattle pool is a little too large for this to be used for the discover part of the spell, so I suspect it will be used mostly to enable earlier plays of deathrattle minions already run in a deck.

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

    I like study cards in general. Good effect. Nice discount for future turns. Curve smooter.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I see 2 main issues with this: 1) the deathrattle pool is quite large, so your average discover result is lower in power level when compared to another card you'd run in the deck instead of Carrion Studies and 2) playing this is awkward given how tempo driven Deathrattle Hunter has been historically; I'd imagine having a 1-drop instead of the study is better for the tempo strategy.

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

    And they said they wanted to slow down card generation. Riiiiiiiiiiiight...

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

    I think this will be quite good. One of the better studies cards.  I reckon this might slip into highlander too.

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

    Not the best study

    -=alfi=-

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

    Mana cheat and discover. Who need more?

    By The Holy Light!

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

    My personal goal is too obtain all golden versions of the Studies through pack opening. Hoping to not have to craft any. Carrion is a welcome book to the library of Deathrattle.

    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, 7 months ago

    Zixor for 2 mana it's very strong, if you have luck of discovering it, of course

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

    Yay, more Savannah Highmane among others.

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1713 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I wish Hakkar was still in Standard....

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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

    Either hunter or rogue were getting the deathrattle studies. Will prob be much better in hunter and find it's way in some sort of king krush combo 

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I love the art on this thing, but I don't see how it can be reliable. There's just too many different kinds of deathrattles to plan this around consistently. Looks really fun for randomness games, though.

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

    Love going all in on a theme, so this will be great for a Deathrattle build that wants to go all out. In general, probably not the best card for the deck if you're optimising, but maybe it finds a place as a 1-of.

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

    A card I'll be sure to try on my Deathrattle Teron Gorefiend deck!

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

    Still not a fan of this card

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