New Neutral Minion - Sunwell Initiate

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A new Common Neutral Minion, Sunwell Initiate, 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 Common Neutral Minion, Sunwell Initiate, has been revealed!

    Sunwell Initiate Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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

    I really like the early game stickiness of this for a nice midrange deck.

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

    I think the divine shield buff is a great idea and makes for consideration with soft trades. 

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

    Really sticky minion tough to deal with especially on curve

    4 Mana 7/7

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

    take a licking keeps on ticking.  good card

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

    As with all Frenzy cards, this is going to need something like rush to push 

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

    Best 3-drop in the entire Arena pool, yet I don't envision this going into a constructed deck.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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

    Now that's an annoying mofo

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

    good card ... even if frenzy playability have still to be assessed

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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

    now this might be the best neutral card I've ever seen

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

    Really annoying to deal with

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

    aside from being god-tier in Arena, I could see this in buff decks. Opponents won't really target this unless they can wipe it in one go and if you bufff it in any way that becomes a lot harder to do.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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

    I really think this is super cool. With this effect it's so hard to clear and worth the three mana.

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

    This will see play will work great against aggro decks

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

    Good for midrange decks, and because there are a lot of AOE things around it might be easy to trigger the Frenzy. 

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

    Pretty decent, could even be one of the few Frenzy cards for the Revival of frenzy minions in warrior.

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

    Annoying if it manages to trigger. If it is played on 3 I feel like it usually will, a fair bit weaker after turn 3 though.

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

    Seems like a very good card for aggro decks. 

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

    good

    Kenny's little poet. 😇

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

    good body could see play

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

    Now this is survivability

    Rogue DH

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

    Anoyabuff

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

    It's alright, but most decks aren't interested in playing generically-decent-slightly-better-than-vanilla 3 drops.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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

    Only good if you manage to damage it in the same turn

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

    thats some tempo if frenzy triggers

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

    Crazy

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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

    Looks like a worg/elf hybrid.

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

    Nice

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

    Good with delays in a Moonfang deck?

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

    Oh hey it's a Paladin card

    It's really good in the early-game, but in the late game a 3/3 Divine Shield would be better.

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  • Skotony's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 475 173 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Arena value card

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

    decent stats

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

    Good arena card, but in constructed you just want a little bit more than a pile of stats for three mana.

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

    3 mana 3/4 Divine Shield seems pretty good to me.

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

    If the meta can somehow become more about curving out minions and using minion combat to control the board, this will be an all-star. Otherwise, it could be a nice 3-Drop for some decks that are lacking in quality 3-Drops.

    I have spoken.

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

    Sticky dude. Great if played on curve.

    OBLIVION!

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

    great card for a lot of decks like aggro tempo even warrior could play this with the frenzy deck tehy want to build.

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

    Hesitant 5 stars, it is a really good 3 drop no doubt but the frenzy potential remains to be seen

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

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

    Good in Arena. Not as strong as Goody Two-Shields, though.

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

    Seems like a good card, but IMHO not in many decks after rotation and expansion.

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

    The neutral divine shields can be pretty powerful. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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

    Mmmm Rocket Augmerchant's best bud.

    Cool synergy with Divine shield for duels?

    Papa Nurgle wants to share his gifts.

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

    Really nice 3-drop! Played on curve, it's pretty likely to manage a trade, and that means 2 more potential trades.

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

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

    I wouldn't call the card amazing, but I love this use of Frenzy.

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

    Good zoo card

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

    May have a place in Warrior Frenzy deck.

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

    A natural complement to the Frenzy keyword. I like it. 

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

    its okay.  nothing to write home about, not worth the space in the deck. arena/duels potential? 

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

    He can trade most of turn 3-4 minions and keep hitting. Very powerful card

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

    Yeah, I can definitely appreciate how it gets stickier once the frenzy have triggered ; interesting design

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

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  • Tetsuo's Avatar
    Magma Rager 840 638 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Feels like pack filler to me, but that 4-health really makes it tough to kill so it'll probably gain divine shield often. Aggro and midrange decks could use this.

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

    I think this is going to be more arena then constructed

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

    Difficult to remove as seen in the livestream and quite sticky, but hard to see it fitting it anywhere in any constructed deck, not an "unfair" enough neutral with synergy with other pieces

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

    Yeah, i think i agree with you.

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

    With a ping, this becomes Silvermoon Guardian. Great flavor!

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

    oooo boy.... instant 5 stars coz this card will be a pain to remove if you can't do 4 damage to it

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

    Annoying little bug

    -=alfi=-

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

    Annoying effect, you will need to kill him with one shot, and 4 damage at turn 3/4 it's a lto of damage.

    By The Holy Light!

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

    Perfect card to frustrate your opponents

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

    Very annoying one to deal with

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

     

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

    Very good and will stick around most of the time to clear some minions.

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

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

    Annoying card, I love it!

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

    awseome only arena card

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

    Interesting, really sticky if not removed. Great for Arena.

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

    Strong card. Not OP, but definitely strong.

    by frenzy 3 years, 6 months ago
    1 1380 1380 1141 0
    by frenzy 3 years, 10 months ago
    1 1640 1640 1070 0
    3 1440 1440 1961 0
    by frenzy 4 years, 5 months ago
    4 3400 3400 1180 0

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

    Lol. The very point of a divine shield is to prevent attacks, and this one only comes out after one.

    Theoretically played on curve its very difficult to deny this value, but spidertanks aren't exactly hard to get rid of nowadays.

    I can't see this outside of arena. Had it been 2/5 then at very least there's something, but with only 4 health its not going to consistently trigger to ever be viable.

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

    Can turn out to be unexpectedly good. Will depend on the meta how easily this can find those value trades that allow the effect to trigger. Should not be counted out immediately.

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

    Decent minion, upside can be interesting too

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

    Great arena card we have better frenzy cards in constructed so we don't need to run this.

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

    Decent card, will like be played in Arena.

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

    good

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

    There's enough upside to this that it could see some play in a deck that wants to frenzy. 

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

    Probably the top 3 best frenzy card behind samouro and the warrior pirate that draws. We just need to find his place in one deck because like that i cant see wich archetype can use this.

    Murlocs <3

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

    Arena meta breaker

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

    I like the frenzy effect

    Ribbit

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

    Reminds me of Goody Two-Shields but way worse.  Good Arena card tho.

    ♡ u 4ever 2008 - 2022

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  • Inconspicuosaurus's Avatar
    Pirate King 795 228 Posts Joined 03/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good target for buffs. Reminds me of Goody Two-Shields in some ways.

    Might be useful in Zoo because it discourages <4 damage board clears.

    ~ An expertly disguised dinosaur

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

    Nice stat but the opponent will never let this minion alive. So Sunwell Initiate is great with broomstick or when we are in control of the board

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  • Kerrek's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 675 101 Posts Joined 07/27/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Seems fine, but I don't expect this will see much play outside of Arena.

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

    This is just okay to me.

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

    This is so annoying to deal with in the early-mid game, I can see this in some early-game focused deck.

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

    Looks extremelly annoying to deal with, super hard to remove

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

    can be pain to remove

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

    Perhaps the one Frenzy card you don't want to immediatly trigger. You just leave it on the board standing there menacingly if the opponent can't deal 4 at once. That's why it's broken in arena.

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

    This could end up being a very frustrating card. It will be hard to trade one for one if it comes down on curve and then having to deal with a divine shield after that just makes it extra frustrating.

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

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

    I think this card has very high potential, in arena it's absolutely busted.

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

    Sticky boy

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

    good card

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

    I think will see minimal standard play IMO. Pretty decent arena card. 

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

    Will it fit it any deck?

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

    I love the stat-line, and the fact that it should be able to get its frenzy effect more often than not.  It's a pretty good early drop, but it's all about value, not aggro.  I like it!

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

    4 health at 3 mana seem to make this have a good chance of sticking around.  Nice card.

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  • samwisetarly's Avatar
    330 119 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    at this moment I have never been more sad that Blood Knight is leaving Core.

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

    If everything is broken in Arena... Nothing is broken in Arena?

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

    Reminds me of Goody Two-Shields. Really sticky minion that I can see being quite annoying.

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

    Good body, solid Arena card.

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

    Nice, if they can't kill it in one hit, it will take at least three. That's what I call sticky.

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

    Prepare a good shot to kill this one instead of making that shield trigger

    For The HORDE!

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

    Seems like an arena card.

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

    Makes it a bit trickier to trade into, but I don't see this being a powerhouse unless you plan on giving it Rush so you can force the Shield to pop up.

    Welcome to the site!

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

    The shield coming off the first hit makes this real annoying to clear. Seems decent.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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

    Great stats, great effect. A very hard card to remove.

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  • medievaldoge's Avatar
    225 32 Posts Joined 06/06/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Arena

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

    I  like this card, very annoying to remove especially if dropped on curve.

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

    The main issue with Sunwell Initiate is that an initial one mana discount on Silvermoon Guardian is worth triggering the frenzy effect. Also, I just don't see how this synergizes with any class except Paladin, and they already have Goody Two-Shields.

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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