New Neutral Minion - Evasive Drakonid

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A new Common Neutral Minion, Evasive Drakonid, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    A new Common Neutral Minion, Evasive Drakonid, has been revealed!

    Evasive Drakonid Card Image

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  • iWatchUSleep's Avatar
    1095 819 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    At least it's a dragon, I guess?

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  • SLima's Avatar
    The Undying 560 415 Posts Joined 08/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Dragon Taunt Warrior! I'm definitely going to give it a shot!

    "True mastery takes dedication."

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  • Darkone's Avatar
    The Undying 555 24 Posts Joined 06/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Untargetable taunts can be tricky to answer.

    If Shadows could cast Light

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  • Painkiller1724's Avatar
    200 132 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
    Quote From Darkone

    Untargetable taunts can be tricky to answer.

    Goodbye Sogoth

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  • masterquintus's Avatar
    Squirtle 70 4 Posts Joined 11/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Imagine getting powercreeped by a common card LMAO

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1469 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Poor War Golem.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2628 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    At first, I misread it as "Elusive Drakonid", which would've been perfect with the effect.

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  • drfelip's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 365 289 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Also good in a Dragon Paladin deck alongside Dragon Speaker and Glowstone Technician!

    The pleasure is mine.

    My last standard decks: nothing special right now.

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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    430 614 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    It's a card I think you're happy to see generated from other effects. You'd have to be a fairly dedicated dragon deck to want this. But it's a really fine card.

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  • scuac's Avatar
    385 167 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I wish they would have called this "Elusive Drakonid", the cries for having this as a keyword would have been deafening.

    A puzzle box? What does it say? ... Yogi-Saffron something... sure, let's open it, what is the worst that could happen?

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  • Ethardoth's Avatar
    Harpy Lieutenant 435 389 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Would be nice to Emeriss this one in Dragon Hunter.

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  • Joda's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1020 150 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Now this is a really cool card! Annoying, fat, common and a dragon. One of my favourites already.

    Never netdeck, craft Whizbang instead!

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  • ArcanisDF's Avatar
    660 214 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    really strong and solid card. taunt with (elusive) is always good

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  • mayhern's Avatar
    Wizard 355 294 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Amazing card! Heavy taunt that can't be targeted by spells!

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  • forcemajeure's Avatar
    410 230 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Not easy to remove.  With all the big new creatures, could we see the return of Big Game Hunter?

    Start date: 5/16/14     Current gold: 16,410      Current dust: 17,200    Play wins: 10,786   Legendary from crafting: 26

    Cash spent: $125.00  Lifetime gold: 177,110   Dust reserves: 62,985  Arena Wins: 907  Legendary from packs: 127

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  • ArngrimUndying's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 520 626 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Another 5-star card here - just great all around. Friendship ended with Wyrmguard, new best friend here for basically ANY Dragon deck.

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  • xreflex98's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 125 96 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Pack filler :(.

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1700 2774 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Not necessarily run in the deck itself, but I see this card being dropped a lot via discover effects. Heavily considering putting it in my Fire Plume's Heart deck.

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  • johnyDI's Avatar
    Island 210 172 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Talking as a degenerate who play aggro overload evolve shaman, I can clearly say that I would have a hard time dealing with this card, without either loosing my board, or wasting a bloodlust (and also loosing half my board). 

    Now, people won't include this in their decks, but they will search for it with the new expansion keyword "discover a dragon". And all the rogues, shamans, mages, warriors, druids and other spell removal classes will have hard time with it.

    So overall, a great card to discover

     

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  • Nere's Avatar
    120 67 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This is some serious powercreep and a slap in the face to some older cards. However, I think it is okish, not too bad. Taunt that can´t be targeted can help you a lot in a clutch.

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I've always wanted a good Soggoth, another decent dragon to get from discover effects.

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago
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  • DelkoHS's Avatar
    Child of Galakrond 485 481 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Strong for a "random" Dragon kind of thing, but I don't think people will effectively run this in their deck. Artwork kinda reminds me of the Blackrock Mountain adventure.

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  • Hedwyn's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 325 161 Posts Joined 07/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Good target from discover, and CAN be a little annoying to deal, but I don't think there's room for this in any dragon deck.

    I'm sorry for my bad english :)

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Maybe taunt warrior can make it better than just good with Armagedilloand other buffs?

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  • TheOdinson's Avatar
    515 153 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Giant untargetable taunt with a relevant minion type? This seems awesome in every way. It might be too slow to be good in standard if aggro is everywhere but otherwise it seems great.

    To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Dragonspeaker it once and it's Super-Soggoth.

    Warrior can get it even higher.

    Yeah, i wouldn't count this out, Untargetable is a HUGE roadblock for many classes. Hell, even if this gets silenced you still have a 7/7.

    just for reference, how does Rogue deal with this as a 10/10? Gotta run that Leeroy in there. Mage can't Poly it and Crowd Roaster doesn't do the job.

    Ironically enough Druid probably has the best way of getting past this efficiently through Oasis Surger and Loti.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • troY's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 250 271 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Describing this card in one word: "meh", not bad per se, but meh

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Good, solid card. Always playable, but there will probably be A LOT of crazy strong cards at the higher mana spots so we'll see how many decks that actuallt will include this.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I honestly think this card is playable. The best time to drop him is when the total attack value of enemy minions is equal to or less than six. The seven attack means that it will likely kill whatever it trades into, so if your opponent can't kill it right away, chances are they won't bother punching it at all. So if you can drop this on just the right board, and have it survive a turn, it will not be hard to keep him alive to possibly hit your opponent's face once or twice more. 

    And if the perfect time to play him never arises, then you just hold him in your hand and enjoy the benefits of all your dragon synergy cards. A dragon doesn't have to consistently played, it just has to be consistently drawn for it to be worth it.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I can't wait to summon with Woecleaver and Deathwing in Wild.

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  • 8Nikano's Avatar
    155 144 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Pretty bad, but if you discover it, it can be tricky

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  • Narfi's Avatar
    175 148 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    It’s fine but not exciting. Maybe some dragon decks will use it to smooth out their curve. It will definitely go on the board due to Discover cards.

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    A filler card most likely a high value pick in arena..don't see potential in this card for standard..

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3342 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    B-I-N-G-O!!!
    Powercreep, here it is : Diagonal Bingo!
    And the reveal season is just starting :P

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

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  • Svintusevich's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 185 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Evasive Drakonid looks good for decks which can buff him somehow. It might fit in warrior Galakrond deck or dragon paladin if those archetypes will exist. Anyway it's a nice card to try at the expansion start.

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  • PipoHs's Avatar
    Vampire 220 142 Posts Joined 11/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    really strong in arena, i don´t know if it would be useful in constructed

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Well it annoys me mainly because I crafted Soggoth a little while ago for my taunt Druid, but this seems decent enough. Soggoth was a difficult card to deal with most of the time and this will probably be the same

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Mercynary9's Avatar
    355 239 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Big minions with cool abilities are awesome, even it sucks to add it in constructed deck, I would atleast able to get it from the discover effect. From the discover pool, it's gonna be a top-tier card to get picked, and bonus point if your having good time to reach till turn 7, that's a huge assurance to outtempo your opponent.

    But... since it's a common rarity, I think there will be more powerful dragons than this one. Blizzard wants to get our cash into the epic cards.

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  • ssaabbuu's Avatar
    225 210 Posts Joined 08/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Very nice minion to keep you safe and possibly clearing some board from your opponent when they remove this guy.

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  • Freforos's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 330 320 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This card is like a nightmare for control decks that heavily rely on spells.

    Versus other decks i don't see it very good, because 7 mana it means that it comes maybe too late.

    Still the fact that you can discover this when facing control decks is a good thing by itself.

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  • vprr's Avatar
    Face Collector 560 209 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    A deceptively powerful card, Soggoth the Slitherer did see fringe play and this card is simply better.

    I feel this card will work best in Paladin. Dragon Speaker and Dragonrider Talritha will really love to hit this guy, and if either of them do it will be a absolute pain for so many decks to deal with.

    Looks like an arena pack filler, but I genuinely see this card being played.

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  • Juan73908's Avatar
    Magma Rager 290 157 Posts Joined 11/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Really good, will help dragon decks get to the late game. Better than similar cards from the past that I enjoyed playing. 5 stars

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  • IlBelTia's Avatar
    Wizard 440 333 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Cool, but it probably won't see much play outside arena.

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  • FuriousBeagle's Avatar
    105 31 Posts Joined 12/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    İts a better soggoth big shaman and paladin will run this.

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  • padoru's Avatar
    Explorer of Outland 180 154 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    like the other one, i think this card is only played through discover, not actually included in your decklist

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    It's not a super flashy card, but it's a solid taunt. This card can be a nice addition in the right deck and meta, and the dragon tag add some extra value

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Since its neutral I think this will mostly see play through the new lackey that diacovers dragons.

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  • ExtraDeathX's Avatar
    Eldritch Horror 295 35 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    this weirdly looks like a strong card. looks hard to kill on a taunt minion.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Bundle enough stats and keywords and a card will be good. Maybe this is playable, it's certainly a good card to pull from a random effect.

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  • Farfelee's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 400 151 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    A nice card to try out in a taunt/dragon warrior deck, but other than that, I don't think you'll want to run this card in your deck.

    More dragons? Yes please!

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  • b4timert's Avatar
    165 151 Posts Joined 11/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    wont put it in a deck but good from random effects

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  • Mahobear8's Avatar
    355 284 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Seems sufficiently difficult to deal with.  May be run with some mana cheating cards

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Not worth a deck slot, but OK when generated, like most dragons. Nice to see an evasive Taunt though.

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    815 721 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    so better soggoth which isn't saying much it's like improving garbage but it will still be garbage just nicer garbage I could see this being run a bit but not too much fairly balanced which is nice

    Self proclaimed good at battlegrounds

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This is certainly not the best dragon, but it may find a spot in a heavy dragon deck. Also a solid arena card, which is strictly better than Boulderfist Ogre.

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  • magikman's Avatar
    285 152 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    A very vanilla card. The combination of Taunt and “can’t be targeted” (seriously, why is Evasive/Elusive not a keyword yet?) is potentially a very strong roadblock. I’d be a bit more optimistic about this card if we didn’t get Dragonmaw Poacher in literally the same expansion. The 4 mana 8/8 with Rush will murder Evasive Drakonid and survive with 1 health, and leave your opponent with 3 to 4 mana to play something else.

    Jaina is best waifu. Always.

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  • Doublebuttered's Avatar
    145 140 Posts Joined 12/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Slightly better Soggoth I guess

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I'd say it's definitely THE Arena card of this xpac. Big Body, Taunt and save from Removal (which is game winning in most games).

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  • CuakOn's Avatar
    1070 296 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    The only deck that can include this card is Taunt Warrior. It can also find a place in Paladin Duel decks or Big Shaman but I don't think it'll see a lot of play. If you get it from a discover effect that's another story.

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  • leitong's Avatar
    220 147 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Super good in arena, but may not see play on ladder being too slow.

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  • Torgal's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 1000 293 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Poor Soggoth the Slitherer, power creep hit him very hard in shape of this common dragon. Combination of big stats, taunt, untargetable and dragon can push him even to constructed play. In arena it's of course nuts. 

    Fun and interactive game.

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  • TheWanderer's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 200 157 Posts Joined 09/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    ...did you see where they almost put "Evasive" in the card name but then backed down? We need a keyword for this!

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