Hearthstone
Nithogg
Card Stats
- Class Shaman
- Expansion Descent of Dragons
- Rarity Legendary
- Cost 6
- Attack 5
- Health 5
Card Text
Battlecry: Summon two 0/3 Eggs. Next turn they hatch into 4/4 Drakes with Rush.
Flavor Text
Not to be confused with Nithogger.
Keywords
Battlecry - Does something when you play it from your hand.
Rush - Can attack minions immediately.
Nithogg Sounds
Play VO_DRG_224_Male_Dragon_Play_03
Play Nithogg_Play_Stinger
Attack VO_DRG_224_Male_Dragon_Attack_01
Death VO_DRG_224_Male_Dragon_Death_01
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While it looks disappointing it might just be a lot better than people give it credit for.
Dragon Shaman has LIghtning Breath, which is probably the strongest early board clear in the game (apart from Duskbreaker maybe).
If this comes down on an empty board you're almost guaranteed hatched eggs (unless your opponent plays a heavy rush deck).
Hell, even if you're behind this at least summons two soft taunts, so that's worth something.
At the end of the day it'll show up from Draconic Lackey from time to time, so don't count it out.
Quite disappointed in this one. I was expecting some cool lightning-themed effect for the Shaman dragon, not eggs. It's not an awful card itself, but it pales in comparison to so many of the other cards we have seen that I don't think it will find a place in the upcoming meta.
Pretty bad. I would call it below average in arena too, since you need to be ahead on the board for it to work and at that point there are much better win more cards than this.
6 mana 5/5 is acceptable in most circumstances, the battlecry is where this guy gets weird.
0/3 is easy to kill late game, but then you're forcing your opponent to remove something that will remove your board next turn.
and with Shudderwock this guy will give him additional bodies on the board, with the Quest even more so
I think it's a sleeper hit
I'm not convinced this goes into just any Shaman deck: you'd have to be ahead on board to have a decent chance of the eggs hatching. One egg hatching is still worth it, but if neither hatches you fall behind further on board.
But I agree that with quest it could be a different matter, since your opponent would have a hard time dealing with 4 eggs. Except with AoE of course, but if you force out AoE with a single card, that's good for a Quest Shaman.
Meh, kind of slow... by the time this hits the opponent should be able to handle two 0/3s, but you are at least left with with the original drop (could think of it as a delayed charge in that way).. Might see play in dragon decks.
A card for a Dragon Shaman deck. It acts like a taunt. If your opponent can't kill the eggs you have two 4/4. But I think most of the times the eggs wont hatch because hey will be killed. Right now I don't see this card being played at all.
They are dragons and even have rush. What do you want more? You could say the opponent can destroy the eggs but really, can he destroy both the eggs and the dragon? Shaman got the control tools in this meta so this card is good 4/5
Quest Control/Value Shaman will be a Tier 1 Deck, mark my words.
Summon 4 4/4 its not bad
its kinda like he summons two 0/3 with taunt
it's a good card for that much of status, if it gonna see play it's really the question, with evolve shaman coming back to only wild, they will need some suport, for new decks, but quest shaman will stay strong and this card will fit perfectly on that deck.
Pretty good, but slower tempo play.
And not to mention that your opponent can 'hatch' it for you, or steal it via mind control tech. Its only on the margins, but so much stats on one card cannot be easily ignored.
Its a dragon, and that's probably the most valuable thing on this stick.