New Priest Minion - Serena Bloodfeather

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A new Legendary Priest Minion, Serena Bloodfeather, has been revealed!

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

    A new Legendary Priest Minion, Serena Bloodfeather, has been revealed!

    Serena Bloodfeather Card Image

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  • Apple2016's Avatar
    260 141 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Great value for 2 mana

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

    Steal half of attack and defense is weak

    -=alfi=-

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  • Karmin's Avatar
    Zombie 280 142 Posts Joined 02/12/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Not sure how this is working, does it steal Attack and Health until one is higher, or until it's both ?

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

    This could see play. It's not game-breaking strong by any means but it's a cheap way to cripple a threat. Cool design and perfect flavor for Priest.

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  • Hiei's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_200_HS 480 223 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From Karmin

    Not sure how this is working, does it steal Attack and Health until one is higher, or until it's both ?

    Its independant. Attack is stolen until it is higher and then health is stolen until it his higher. So the card can end beeing a 3/5 instead of 3/3 or 5/5

    Murlocs <3

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  • aposteljoe's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_600_HS 1165 644 Posts Joined 06/18/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Let's say I cast this on a 4/5. This steals 2 attack and 3 health, because they would be even by stealing only 2 health. So this the becomes a 3/4 and the other one a 2/2. Is this right?

    For two mana this is nice, mess around with your opponents stuff by developing a threat on you own. Not a 5-star game winning play, but quite decent and fits Priest's playstyle. I like it.

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  • AmigoGP's Avatar
    250 142 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Great card  .2 mana you make a big minion and they get a smaller one you can even combo it with other priest cards to kill the now smaller minion that was big and hard to remove  .It has a lot of potential ,it king of looks like the paladin epic card but this has a vampire twist to it.

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  • ArchSpike's Avatar
    530 165 Posts Joined 06/24/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    This may be really good against any deck that plays big minions (could even be played alongside a Death to deal with a Yogg that just ate an entire board) but is rather useless against aggro.

    I wonder if this would steal anything from another 1/1 minion. Will the effect just not trigger in the first place or will it only check after its first "steal"?

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  • mayhern's Avatar
    Wizard 355 294 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good to remove taunts of you have other minions on the board

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

    There's no shenanigans here, this card will never kill the target unless its literally at 1 health.

    Kinda useless actually. And its a legendary too. The only hope this card has left is that there's some OP epic card around the corner that will immediately make this card the most powerful card imaginable.

    I guess while we're hoping for stuff that will never happen, I might as well hope that I would win Outofcard's mega bundle lottery myself.

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

    Cool and rather unique effect. Not sure how viable it will be though.

    For achievement hunters: Celestalon is once again teasing us with upcoming achievements. Apparently you'll need to kill the drained minion with Serena.

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  • Megasharpie's Avatar
    Mankrik's Wife 360 144 Posts Joined 08/06/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    For 2 mana, I can see this being used. However it appears slightly underwhelming. You're not removing a creature, but only making it slightly weaker so there is still a presence on the battlefield. 

    At this point I have spent too much money on these games to quit. 

    Now pass me another pack, and lets see what I pull. 

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

    This can be quite alright, as you shrink an opponent's threat and build your own. However, threats are rarely in the form of pure stats, and Priest has enough removal that they can just completely remove the threat instead of shrinking it. Synergises well with Animated Broomstick though.

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  • bardozan's Avatar
    380 250 Posts Joined 09/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Priest couldn't have two good legendaries in one expansion. The other one is very well designed, this is the weak one.

    I don't know if we are missing a 500 IQ play. Halve the stats and gain that much, is there any interaction with other cards? Doesn't seem to help that much to steal or remove the target.

    OBLIVION!

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From FrostyFeet

    Cool and rather unique effect. Not sure how viable it will be though.

    For achievement hunters: Celestalon is once again teasing us with upcoming achievements. Apparently you'll need to kill the drained minion with Serena.

    If you only need to do this once, its simply enough, since anything with 1 health will die to this effect...I assume anyway

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  • MarcoHS's Avatar
    Scholomance Surveyor 325 97 Posts Joined 06/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    It's not such must craft. If you find it on the packs you will play it, it has a good effect, otherwise you can live without it

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

    Not sure how this will work, but on paper does not look good. Most of the times it will probably not even kill the targeted minion?

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  • Theodrinus's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 1005 297 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Quick formula of resulting stats for head calculations:

    For target minion: halve Attack and Health, rounded down.

    For Serena: halve target minion's Attack and Health, rounded up, then add +1/+1.

    Put your faith in the Light!

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

    Looks really cool, annoying and weak.

     

    Can sinergize with Shadow Word: Pain, but that card rotates next year.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From NebuchadnezzarHS

    Not sure how this will work, but on paper does not look good. Most of the times it will probably not even kill the targeted minion?

    That card only can kill a 1hp minion.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Really weird tool for a control priest archetype, nonetheless it feels... right?

    It's a step in the right direction (any direction is appreciated instead of ress priest.)

    Papa Nurgle wants to share his gifts.

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

    An actual Tempo swing card for Priest, how about that.

    Not entirely sure how useful this is in practice, but in theory it can turn any big minion into a weenie to run over with something on the board.

    The obvious is problem is how dependant she is on actually having a target.

    There are a couple different scenarios for this

     

    Play this against an 8/8 and you get a 5/5 vs a 4/4. That's pretty alright.

    Play this againt a 5/5 and you have a 4/4 vs a 2/2. That's a lot better.

    Play this against a 5/8 and you get a 5/5 vs a 1/4. That's pretty crazy actually.

     

    I haven't done all the math, but you want to prioritize minions with an odd number of stats (because that usually nets you an additional 1/1 stolen) and wildly differing attack and health values.

    According to my calculations the best targets are those with 4 points between health and attack starting at 4/8 and 8/4 respectively (which allows you to get a 5/5 while reducing either attack or health of the target to 0). You can then scale those up by adding +1/+1 but in general it would make sense to manipulate your target's stats for the best results (which might unironically make you consider buffing opponents minions with stuff like Power Infusion to optimize your outcome)

    For instance, if the opponent has a 5/5 that I want to  or need to deal with I can give that thing +2/+6 and instead of turning it into a 4/4 vs 2/2 make it a 7/7 vs a 1/5.

     

    Basically this is the only minion that allows you to buff your opponent's minions to significantly buff yourself. Will that actually be good? Probably not, unless we get some crazy support for tempo buff Priest I don't see this happening. Control Priest won't need this because they can usually just kill what they want to remove and can't do anything with these tempo swings anyways.

    The biggest problem is probably that she prefers to  drain minions with higher attack than their health...and those aren't exactly common. High health minions will always survive, even if they won't have much attack left meaning she is useless as removal against persistent effects.

     

    One particular synergy worth mentioning would be Focused Will because you can use it to silence an enemy and then sap it which is great against minions with big stats and persistent effects (Used on Savannah Highmane this gives you a 5/5 into a 2/4) but even then you're very dependant on having a good stat distribution on your target to really make use of it.

     

    Overall this seems like the kind of card that can be really useful if the right deck comes together, but other than that she'S pointless

     

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    The effect of the card doesn't feel legendary. Feels like a filler card.

     I like the uniqueness of the flavor though.

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  • jacob1487's Avatar
    465 218 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    not great in the early game, but has chances to work late game.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    Play this against a 5/8 and you get a 5/5 vs a 1/4. That's pretty crazy actually.

     

    Just a point, you missunderstand how works on that scenario.

    You can see on video reveal how works the card when is used on an asimetrical statted minion.

    He used it on a 4/8 that becomes a 2/4 and Serena goes on 3/5 stats. She steal attack points until she have more and, then, does the same with health points.

     

    As @theodrinus said:

    -----------------------------------------

    Quick formula of resulting stats for head calculations:

    For target minion: halve Attack and Health, rounded down.

    For Serena: halve target minion's Attack and Health, rounded up, then add +1/+1.

    -------------------------------------------------

    By The Holy Light!

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

    Serena Bloodfeather is... fine? Don't get me wrong, the effect of the card is very interesting and I'm glad that the HS team is toying around with these kinds of abilities, pushing the boat out and all that. However, a big minion on the board is something I'd want to remove, not weaken. Granted, I too am able to play a cheap, potentially high-stat minion, but it would be Vanilla, whereas the opponent's minion might have Taunt or a powerful ongoing effect or Deathrattle. Especially when you consider that you can only run one of this card, it just feels underwhelming.

    I hope an effect like this comes back in the future in a slightly more playable iteration :)

    Started playing HS in May, 2015. The bad news: I missed the excitement of 'Naxx out?' and GvG. The good news: I never met an Undertaker.

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

    Interesting concept.... Not sure if it is good enought

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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

    Amazing card, basicly 2 mana "Copy an minions stats, then destroy it". Super solid and priests actually don't have that much Single Target removal not that Shadow Word: Pain isn't in the core set. Serena Bloodfeather also synergizes VERY well with Animated Broomstick because you can steal stats from one of your opponents minions, trade your Animated Broomstick into it, and trade your BIG Serena Bloodfeather into one your opponents other minions. The only other "competition" Serena Bloodfeather has in terms of single target removal are: Natalie Seline, Brittlebone Destroyer and Shadow Word: Death. (Ignoring Shadow Word: Ruin because it's a board clear, that can be used for single target removal. It's not fair to compare Serena Bloodfeather to it.). Serena Bloodfeather has the edge over the other single target removal cards, because she is a LOT cheaper then most, AND when you compare it to Shadow Word: Death, Serena Bloodfeather is still better because you get stats on board.

    Also considering this STEALS health and attack, and doesn't SET it i wonder what happens when you play this against Rattlegore. Normally when you SET Rattlegores atk/hp it doesn't mean anything when it dies, (Still goes 9/9 into 8/8.) But because Serena Bloodfeather STEALS the atk/hp maybe it will actually steals the 8atk/8hp kill Rattlegore after trading into it? (Because it goes from a 1/1 into a 0/0.)

    BUT, the BEST thing about her 100% is the fact that she can't be played in Ress priest, because she will only get ressed as a 1/1. I think everyone probably loves that as well.

    Serena Bloodfeather seems really strong regardless of the Rattlegore interaction, and will probably be a must-include in a LOT of priest decks, which now have room for it because of Shadow Word: Pain rotating and because her effect really stands out amongst the other single target removal cards.

    Oh and i'm 100% certain we will get a "Steal x stats with Serena Bloodfeather" achievement in the next expansion, it would be REALLY weird if that's not an achievement.

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

    Cool and rather unique effect. Not sure how viable it will be though.

    For achievement hunters: Celestalon is once again teasing us with upcoming achievements. Apparently you'll need to kill the drained minion with Serena.

    If you only need to do this once, its simply enough, since anything with 1 health will die to this effect...I assume anyway

    Celestalon did word it "attack and kill", most likely to prevent this easy "cheat". So some extra effort is required.

    My initial idea is a removal heavy Priest to keep board empty, and when opponent plays one big minion play this and Hysteria. If it really requires Serena to be the one to attack (damn Hysteria nerf!) then either Mass Hysteria and hope, or roll on the floor and cry trying.

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  • serafim's Avatar
    310 137 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    True equality!

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    nice addition. Not owerwhelming powerful, but annoying in several situations

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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

    Kind of like Argent Braggart but as a legendary... At least it's cheap. 

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From UVE
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    Play this against a 5/8 and you get a 5/5 vs a 1/4. That's pretty crazy actually.

     

    Just a point, you missunderstand how works on that scenario.

    You can see on video reveal how works the card when is used on an asimetrical statted minion.

    He used it on a 4/8 that becomes a 2/4 and Serena goes on 3/5 stats. She steal attack points until she have more and, then, does the same with health points.

     

    As @theodrinus said:

    -----------------------------------------

    Quick formula of resulting stats for head calculations:

    For target minion: halve Attack and Health, rounded down.

    For Serena: halve target minion's Attack and Health, rounded up, then add +1/+1.

    -------------------------------------------------

    Oooooh, that makes way more sense then. I thought she just sap 1/1 until both of ther stats are above.

    Well then she's just kinda awful. Her only purpose would be to combo with Cabal Acolyte (in which case Wave of Apathy is simply better) or with Initiation (where the minion in question can't have more than 9 health).

    That makes buffing opposing minions worthless. There better be some crazy synergy or else this is just dumpster tier.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From FrostyFeet
    Quote From dapperdog
    Quote From FrostyFeet

    Cool and rather unique effect. Not sure how viable it will be though.

    For achievement hunters: Celestalon is once again teasing us with upcoming achievements. Apparently you'll need to kill the drained minion with Serena.

    If you only need to do this once, its simply enough, since anything with 1 health will die to this effect...I assume anyway

    Celestalon did word it "attack and kill", most likely to prevent this easy "cheat". So some extra effort is required.

    My initial idea is a removal heavy Priest to keep board empty, and when opponent plays one big minion play this and Hysteria. If it really requires Serena to be the one to attack (damn Hysteria nerf!) then either Mass Hysteria and hope, or roll on the floor and cry trying.

    Or just Broom

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    Maybe not great, but they nailed the Priest annoys me vibe. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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  • LongLivePF's Avatar
    145 11 Posts Joined 07/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Pretty decent arena card!

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  • Osh92's Avatar
    505 224 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    This legendary is for special situations, doesn't have much power on its own.

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  • Nevin's Avatar
    525 393 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    A lot of people are down on this card. It says something about the state of Hearthstone that a 2 mana minion is considered useless unless it can kill something the turn it enters play.

    I think this has potential as a high-skill card. Yes, Priest has lots of removal tools that will kill minions. But what happens if you can clear the enemies and you’ll be left with only 2 mana to develop your board? Or when you need to weaken a minion first to make it susceptible to your removal spells? Bottom line: If this is “only” a 2-mana 6/6 against a clear board, you’re going to make your opponent spend more than 2 mana to clear it.

    Bottom line: I don’t know for sure if this card will be viable, but I like the design vision that it has. If it’s not viable, that probably means that Hearthstone’s gameplay is in an unhealthy place. 

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  • burgoskid's Avatar
    210 218 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Fairly underwhelming, compared to other Priest legendries that traded stats like Vol'jin or Natalie Seline

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  • shelkem's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 375 117 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Very difficult to evaluate right now, but I think it's on the weak side. Interesting concept tho, opens to some 200IQ plays 

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

    My gut reaction is that Serena Bloodfeather is bad. The Initiation combo in the video is a cool idea that would work on any minion with 10 or less health, but it has the major downside of playing Initiation in your deck. So, you still have to put a lot of work into killing your opponent's minion after this, and if it was big to start, it will still be decently large after you steal from it.

    Serena Bloodfeather's saving grace is that she's cheap. Particularly with the loss of Shadow Word: Pain, that might make this a little bit relevant. And it's certainly a cool Shadow Priest type effect, so maybe if they've got other support cards to make this useful it will be good, but on its own it's just a little meh.

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

    This card look like a tech against Big Minion Deck...and I don't think it's great stand alone. 2 mana are cheap but u will end to halve the stat of the enemy minion... so why don't spend the same mana or few more to kill it ? I don't understand why I would play Serena Bloodfeather if there isn't some combo with it

     

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  • Inf4mous's Avatar
    Vampire 570 139 Posts Joined 07/09/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Decent card

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare
    Quote From FrostyFeet
    Quote From dapperdog
    Quote From FrostyFeet

    Cool and rather unique effect. Not sure how viable it will be though.

    For achievement hunters: Celestalon is once again teasing us with upcoming achievements. Apparently you'll need to kill the drained minion with Serena.

    If you only need to do this once, its simply enough, since anything with 1 health will die to this effect...I assume anyway

    Celestalon did word it "attack and kill", most likely to prevent this easy "cheat". So some extra effort is required.

    My initial idea is a removal heavy Priest to keep board empty, and when opponent plays one big minion play this and Hysteria. If it really requires Serena to be the one to attack (damn Hysteria nerf!) then either Mass Hysteria and hope, or roll on the floor and cry trying.

    Or just Broom

    Always doing things the hard way, aren't I? :D

    I was tunneling on minions that have more Health than Attack, but ofc the opposite exist too...

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  • Sirgeekalot's Avatar
    Rexxar 225 139 Posts Joined 01/24/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    now if it took the mechanic such as taunt and rush as well... i would  really like this

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  • KingMicahhh's Avatar
    Banned 375 282 Posts Joined 11/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    good card

    Kenny's little poet. 😇

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  • Kossrocks's Avatar
    430 145 Posts Joined 11/15/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I hope this will be part of a fun control priest

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

    It's a very interesting effect, but I don't think it will be very powerful. It's not removal, and it doesn't even completely neutralize the threat. I'm sure there will be some scenarios where it's good, but would be worth a deckslot?

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • ArrowSh0t's Avatar
    160 142 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    another clear for priest, who does not like that

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  • williethesmurf's Avatar
    155 159 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Quite a good card for 2 mana to be honest. It's good in standard, and op in arena

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  • Osh92's Avatar
    505 224 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Highly depends on board situation.

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  • KanzakiGin's Avatar
    Lion's Guard 745 208 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Targeted Anti Big Enemy Minion Card. Worth playing

    Rogue DH

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  • Thendes's Avatar
    350 140 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    The thing with this card is it doesn't remove the minion as a control deck you want to clear the board. It could be fine in a tempo or aggro priest but looks like control will be better.

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

    Really weird design for a priest legendary. Will probably only be useful if the meta is control/midrange, but that doesn't happen often. I'd say it's a decent legendary to get from packs, but I wouldn't be crafting it. 

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  • ArcyroX's Avatar
    Ghost 955 214 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    does not destroy the minion, does not silence it, meh. reducing the targets stats to half wouldnt help that much. thinking about Humility or Aldor Peacekeeper, this seems much weaker.

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  • Lookwedont's Avatar
    Taurajo Innkeeper 415 152 Posts Joined 01/19/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good design that fits almost any deck type. Won't win the game, but will definitely help win the board.

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  • Psychopomp's Avatar
    Agamaggan 495 176 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    This could be absolutely insane in the right matchup, and depending on how the mechanic actually works out, it could be a 5 star card

    4 Mana 7/7

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

    It's interesting, not strong but it seems flexible, it's strong against Rattlegore for example.

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  • DrunkDonuuut's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 195 158 Posts Joined 03/01/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Seems too weak to get into priest decks that have much stronger removals. 

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

    Basically steals half the stats of something? Probably not worth it

    I am envoy from nowhere in nowhere. Nobody and nothing have sent me. And even though it is impossible I exist. ©Trimutius

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  • bela's Avatar
    335 152 Posts Joined 01/19/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    looks like too specific of a condition to matter

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  • Daowen's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 1000 252 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    looks nice and such but not sure yet if it's as useful as it looks

    I'm not online       cat          it's just your imagination

     

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

    Can be quite strong in the right circumstance although it won't kill any minion (unless it has 1 Health), so I'm not sure how good it will be.

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  • Alleria's Avatar
    Eevee 1275 863 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Not a great card, but for the mana it´s ok I guess.

    ♡ u 4ever 2008 - 2022

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  • darkoprk's Avatar
    Magma Rager 345 151 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Love the flavor of the card and art such a good value at 2 cost

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  • FortyDust's Avatar
    Pumpkin 1190 1897 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    It's just 2 mana. I don't know what you guys are expecting from it, but what it does is definitely worth 2 mana.

    Every card doesn't have to kill something to be worth playing. If this were a 2-mana 4/4 that read "Battlecry: Deal 3 damage to a minion and reduce its Attack by 3," people would be wetting their pants over it. And that's exactly what it is when played against a 5/5.

    Plus, it's yet another ranked spell in disguise. Cheap, always worth playing (assuming there's a target), but gains more and more value later in the game.

    For the new tempo/midrange Priest archetype, this is excellent. It's the very definition of a tempo play -- big stat shift for low mana cost.

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  • Topandito's Avatar
    905 478 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Seems really strong for 2 mana. I would be surprised if this didn't turn out to just be a solid utility card for Priest.

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  • bananenparty's Avatar
    Card Designer Enthusiast 1045 199 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good effect, reasonably prized, but not good enough to be crafted.

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  • Anathemos's Avatar
    540 133 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Is the stolen health done as damage, or as an enchantment? eg If I target a Molten Giant and reduce it from 8/8 to 4/4, is it a damaged 8-health minion (who can be healed) or a fully-healed 4 health minion (who could be brought back to 8 health with silence)?

     

    I assume it’s a enchantment but I’d love confirmation... 

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

    I like this.  A 2 mana minion neutralizer.  It can drop a 10/10 down to 5/5 and be much more manageable and be able to save your Shadow Word: Death for other things. 

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  • dembro's Avatar
    Peon 375 317 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Cool design, limited usefulness. Best used as a -Attack effect to survive one turn while also creating a new threat on your side of the board. 

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  • Hiei's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_200_HS 480 223 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From Anathemos

    Is the stolen health done as damage, or as an enchantment? eg If I target a Molten Giant and reduce it from 8/8 to 4/4, is it a damaged 8-health minion (who can be healed) or a fully-healed 4 health minion (who could be brought back to 8 health with silence)?

     

    I assume it’s a enchantment but I’d love confirmation... 

    Its stolen so you cant get that attack and health back unless you silence it. You cant heal it 

    Murlocs <3

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Trash card, dead in your hand until the opponent plays a big minion which you can just immediately remove with Shadow Word: Death, and as a battlecry minion it doesn't have synergy with anything in priest toolkit.

    This card is a half Subdue and a half Argent Braggart. Absolute garbage, does everything, good at nothing.

    It's worse than Subdue, worse than any tempo 2 drop playable on curve, worse than The Nameless One, worse than Scarlet Subjugator, worse than Penance, worse than Mindflayer Kaahrj, I can't think of any card with a similar role that is worse than Serena.

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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1040 624 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Odd looking card but it seems strong. Turning a threat into a weaker body for trades while landing you r own threat for 2 is just going to be powerful. I think we'll see a lot of her, very flexible to fit in any deck at such a cheap cost. 

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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  • JoeyJojo48's Avatar
    Peon 630 230 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Pretty cool card. Excellent if you hit a 2-attack minion (since they will go to 0-attack), but if you use it on something massive like an 8/8 I think you'd rather just remove it with Shadow Word: Death instead.

    EDIT: Whoops, thought she started at 0-attack.

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

    Eh, you'd have to play this against a pretty large or specific threat to get a significant reduction. Maybe nice when randomly generated, but I don't think this gets hard run.

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From JoeyJojo48

    Pretty cool card. Excellent if you hit a 2-attack minion (since they will go to 0-attack), but if you use it on something massive like an 8/8 I think you'd rather just remove it with Shadow Word: Death instead.

    2 attack minion will go to 1 attack unfortunately.

    However 1/1 token will go to 0/0 and die.

    That's legendary for you, wisp killer.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From JoeyJojo48

    Pretty cool card. Excellent if you hit a 2-attack minion (since they will go to 0-attack), but if you use it on something massive like an 8/8 I think you'd rather just remove it with Shadow Word: Death instead.

    This is definitely wrong - if you play this on a 2-attack minion, Serena will only steal 1 attack from that enemy (she'll then have 2 attack, and it will have 1 meeting the criteria of "having more" attack).

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  • CosmX's Avatar
    310 28 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I wonder how this will work with temporary debuffs such as Wave of Apathy or Lazul's Scheme. My guess is that it will not be interesting... 

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From PetiteMouche

    Trash card, dead in your hand until the opponent plays a big minion which you can just immediately remove with Shadow Word: Death, and as a battlecry minion it doesn't have synergy with anything in priest toolkit.

    This card is a half Subdue and a half Argent Braggart. Absolute garbage, does everything, good at nothing.

    It's worse than Subdue, worse than any tempo 2 drop playable on curve, worse than The Nameless One, worse than Scarlet Subjugator, worse than Penance, worse than Mindflayer Kaahrj, I can't think of any card with a similar role that is worse than Serena.

    These comparisons are mostly bad. Subdue is a Paladin card, so it doesn't really have any bearing on whether this card is good for Priest. Scarlet Subjugator and Penance are decent comparisons for playing Serena early, but they're both rotating. Mindflayer Kaahrj is an okay comparison for playing Serena in the midgame, but she's also rotating. The Nameless One is just a bad comparison because they do very different things.

    And even if those comparisons were good, Priest has lots of room with all those rotations to get a card that is worse than those other cards and still playable in the context of the standard metagame. That's particularly true for any card that manipulates minion stats, since Priest has a long history of stat manipulation synergies. It's hard to see this as immediately synergizing with those cards (e.g. Shadow Word: Death doesn't want you to shrink the enemy, Cabal Acolyte pairs far more naturally with Wave of Apathy), but there are still several Priest cards we haven't seen which might make use of this kind of manipulation.

    And even if they don't, the lack of Shadow Word: Pain and Penance make room for this even if it's only meh overall because of that weaker early game state. It has the flip side of being better than all of those control-oriented 2-drops in the late game, and that's not nothing.

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

    I think this will take some playing around with to figure out the best use. Like others have said, it isn't really removal, just a debuff that gives you a stat advantage. The enemy minion gets halved and this card essentially becomes that new stats with +1/+1. It doesn't help much against cards with an effect. It won't ever really kill anything with the battlecry either. I don't know, it seems 'meh'.

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

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Quote From Author
    These comparisons are mostly bad. Subdue is a Paladin card, so it doesn't really have any bearing on whether this card is good for Priest.

    Of course it does. Subdue removes 99% of stats. Serena removes 51% of stats. She's plain worse as a removal, class identity and class limitations don't matter here it's a purely mathematical comparison.

    Quote From Author
    Scarlet Subjugator and Penance are decent comparisons for playing Serena early, but they're both rotating.

    Doesn't matter that they are rotating, they are better cards, one of which didn't see any play.

    Quote From Author
    The Nameless One is just a bad comparison because they do very different things.

    No, they are extremely similar cards that try to accomplish the exact same thing, negate a minion's power whitout actually removing it, while developping your own minion. Like I said, half removal, half tempo, these are just bad cards.

    Quote From Author
    And even if they don't, the lack of Shadow Word: Pain and Penance make room for this even if it's only meh overall because of that weaker early game state. It has the flip side of being better than all of those control-oriented 2-drops in the late game, and that's not nothing.

    Maybe, we'll see, I expect Serena to see a total of 0 play. I've been wrong before, many times. I thought Mekgineer Thermaplugg was more powerful than Dr. Boom

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

    With a few exceptions, this is effectively steal half a minion's stats. Control Priest may like running this to help remove a minion with a smaller removal tool like Holy Smite, but Control Priest also doesn't care about having stats on their board most of the time. Also, there is the issue that Serena Bloodfeather doesn't remove the targeted minion, leading to a card with removal inefficiency that Control Priest may not want.

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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

    This is an amazing card! Would probably need some sort of follow up to actually finish the minion off though.

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  • Darkthistle's Avatar
    380 144 Posts Joined 06/16/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I think this is some cool removal that could be well utilized as well as be able to avoid the un-targetable issue some minions create. Nifty tool for control. 

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From PetiteMouche

    Quote From Author
    These comparisons are mostly bad. Subdue is a Paladin card, so it doesn't really have any bearing on whether this card is good for Priest.

    Of course it does. Subdue removes 99% of stats. Serena removes 51% of stats. She's plain worse as a removal, class identity and class limitations don't matter here it's a purely mathematical comparison.

    Quote From Author
    Scarlet Subjugator and Penance are decent comparisons for playing Serena early, but they're both rotating.

    Doesn't matter that they are rotating, they are better cards, one of which didn't see any play.

    Quote From Author
    The Nameless One is just a bad comparison because they do very different things.

    No, they are extremely similar cards that try to accomplish the exact same thing, negate a minion's power whitout actually removing it, while developping your own minion. Like I said, half removal, half tempo, these are just bad cards.

    Quote From Author
    And even if they don't, the lack of Shadow Word: Pain and Penance make room for this even if it's only meh overall because of that weaker early game state. It has the flip side of being better than all of those control-oriented 2-drops in the late game, and that's not nothing.

    Maybe, we'll see, I expect Serena to see a total of 0 play. I've been wrong before, many times. I thought Mekgineer Thermaplugg was more powerful than Dr. Boom

    Subdue isn't relevant because lots of cards that are bad in one class can be great in another, so it's often not useful to compare effects across classes in this sort of strict way. Take Spectral Sight for example. Lots of classes would be happy to have it, but it's mostly outclassed in Demon Hunter because of how many other good card draw tools they have. Paladin's ability to shrink minions down to 1 is very powerful, but that doesn't mean this shrinking effect isn't good for Priest.

    I'm sorry, but The Nameless One is absolutely a bad comparison, even if the spirit of the card is the same (i.e. take something from your opponent's minion). He's consistently a bad tempo play because you always get a 4 mana 4/4 and your opponent's minion keeps their stats (yes, that's not the case for strict stat buffs, but mostly you're stealing keywords and abilities). Serena Bloodfeather is kind of the opposite - she's consistently a lot of tempo, but your opponent's powerful keywords/abilities are still in play on board and have to be dealt with.

    And I think you're overestimating Scarlet Subjugator. Being a 2/1 minion is just really bad in a metagame where Rogue and/or Demon Hunter are relevant, and it's hard to imagine neither of those will be relevant moving forward. Penance is comparable for a very early Serena play, but it is often worse in the mid to late game, or against any non-aggro decks where the lifesteal is less relevant.

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

    Very interesting effect, but no a legendary one.

    Stealing half stats +1 is good, but it leaves the minion alive

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  • Mawryk's Avatar
    605 131 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    The effect is crazy and fun, so full points for flavor.  I honestly have no idea how it will be best used, but I hope it can.  

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

    This is a strange effect. I am guessing that this will gain +1/+1 and the target will lose -1/-1, then if the target still has a higher total of attack and health the effect repeats.

    It should be a good card since it is a really beefy 2-drop and it also slows down your opponent. I think this will be strongest in tempo priest just as a good 2-drop to get ahead of the board in the early game.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    No that the reveal stream is over, people can understand why this card sucks. Go take a look.

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

    This effect is pretty cool. This card might be annoying.

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

    Well at least it can't be Rezd

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Splendiferous 2145 1903 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    This seems like a cool effect. At the very least, you can make some big minion much easier to trade into.

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  • TkGuardian's Avatar
    Salty Dog 480 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    It doesn't kill the minion, doesn't heal you, and needs a big minion on the board, useless against tokens, seems not very good, but since is a one off maybe it will be played in highlander ou other priest decks

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  • Ethardoth's Avatar
    Harpy Lieutenant 435 389 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Interesting concept, but too weak. I somehow feel I'll get this from pack day 1 and be sad about it..

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  • omelette's Avatar
    235 138 Posts Joined 12/04/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    looks cool and can be a quick cheap minion

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  • frenzy's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_200_HS 945 474 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Don't rate this.

    by frenzy 3 years, 6 months ago
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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Gotta love cheap Legendary with cool effect that impacts the game right then and there!
    Hell yeah! This going to make Priest fun again

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • Thraxus's Avatar
    1060 339 Posts Joined 05/08/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    I really like the design, that is something new and refreshing (card could be annoying though)

    English is not my native language, so please excuse occasional mistakes

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

    Against small minions, the effect is close ot inconsequential. Against big minions, I'd rather play Invalid Deck ID if I'm control, so the only way Serena Bloodfeather can see play, in my opinion, is in the fabled tempo Priest that never really takes off. Shame, the effect is simple yet unique in the Hearthstone landscape.

    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)
    Wins per class (2/6/22): DH-197; Druid-996Hunter-91«60; Mage-1056; Paladin-1126; Priest-746; Rogue-961; Shaman-1095; Warlock-871; Warrior-906

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    It's not bad, but why would you want to run this? It just doesn't do a whole lot. Maybe if we ever see a Tempo Priest this card makes sense.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • johnyap11's Avatar
    220 136 Posts Joined 03/04/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    good value for just a 2 mana card - not thinking of this as a removal I feel would be good. Even in an aggro priest for instance this would be very good (as with using mindflayer as an aggro card) 

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  • shky's Avatar
    Pirate King 895 196 Posts Joined 06/25/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    nice effect, dont know if this is going to be OP or not but i love it

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  • R217's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 340 139 Posts Joined 07/27/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Don't know why this should be good. From one big minion makes two eqaul. On this is it - nothing else. Maybe some kind of combo could be play, but i don't see it now

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  • calipsis's Avatar
    Nightfall 825 152 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good in most cases

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

    I can see this being used in almost every Priest decks. For 2 Mana it is pretty cheap and could also make for a nice swing turn. 

    Pretty good card.

    Challenge me ... when you're ready to duel a god!

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  • kkiiuu's Avatar
    340 169 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    good card but won't see any play

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  • GreatTichu's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 370 234 Posts Joined 03/06/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    When the devs can't decide if give us an harpy or a succubus.. lol

    Anyway it's a great card in my opinion

    For The HORDE!

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  • OverLord2109's Avatar
    135 141 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    good

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

    Very interesting effect. A little like Argent Braggart, except it makes something of your opponent's smaller. I think this could be very useful as pseudo-removal/tempo for Control Priest. Very cool card. Love the design.

    I have spoken.

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  • Arenekhert's Avatar
    Taurajo Innkeeper 160 104 Posts Joined 02/28/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    i don't think it will see that much play, but looks like a fun card

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  • greenfrog100's Avatar
    Pikachu 200 140 Posts Joined 03/03/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Stealing half health and attack could be good

    Ribbit

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  • erickcross's Avatar
    Charmander 180 144 Posts Joined 03/16/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Nice 

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

    Can already sense a lot of misplays attached to this card. Great in concept, though. Might work great

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  • coriolis's Avatar
    380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I wish it silenced the target before triggering the effect.

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  • l4chsnacken's Avatar
    340 180 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Weird yet interesting effect.

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  • Swoglin's Avatar
    135 136 Posts Joined 03/23/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Quite weak no value

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  • Doomer22's Avatar
    Gul'dan 405 51 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Very nice card, but I fear not good enough/too slow compared to argent braggart

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  • ImmWolf's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 420 75 Posts Joined 04/03/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    You're better off just using Shadow Word: Death to remove the minion.

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

    Not Defile-level of 200 IQ, but it's getting there. It's a little weird that it leaves "half" of the minion, but it costs only 2 Mana. I think it will be surprisingly decent.

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  • tzdevil's Avatar
    145 84 Posts Joined 03/24/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    2 mana steal some stats is not bad nor good. But I had a lot of fun reading people writing the formula so I gave 5 stars :D

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  • spy2395's Avatar
    800 174 Posts Joined 08/22/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    cheap but not a proper removal

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  • DottyIs0p's Avatar
    Bloodfeather 660 81 Posts Joined 12/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Solid card. It's such a strange card to think about. It reminds of The Nameless One and everyone overrated that. I'm not sure how I feel about this. 

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  • Sunman222's Avatar
    140 136 Posts Joined 03/24/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Perfect card for those who like to do math.  

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

    Great little toolbox card to neuter a strong minion and give yourself something in return. Will see a lot of play since Priest doesn't look to be doing any Resurrect stuff anytime soon.

    Welcome to the site!

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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Amazing value for 2. Basically, as Trump says, steals half of a minions attack and half of it's health.

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  • TheDarkLord's Avatar
    Planeswalker 1045 249 Posts Joined 02/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I like the uniqueness of the effect.  I would love it if all legendaries were this original.  That being said, while it has the potential to siphon off some of the strength from one of your opponent's minions, it's still dependent on your opponent having minions that are worth draining, and even then it will still only be slightly more powerful stat-wise than the minion it uses its effect on.

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