If discolock lives again (or is it unlives?), the Walking Dead will be front and center of the archetype. It's basically a defensive Silverware Golem but with 1 more stat and taunt. The power creep is real.
So basically you have 2 turns to benefit from this effect, your current turn after playing Timewarden, then your next turn. This is good with the 2/1 Whelps with rush or even Daring Drake. Unfortunately, dragon paladin will be a short lived archetype till the Standard rotation next year so doubt we'll be seeing much of this guy.
Most dragons are also very big, with 13 dragons alone costing 6 or more mana (in Standard). You'd probably not be playing this dragon on curve and would want to be more greedy and wait till turns 7 or 8. Might be too slow then.
Very easy condition to meet and having a 4 mana 5/5 rush is good tempo. There is the Scaleworm comparison but this dragon is better coz 1) it's a dragon instead of a beast. 2) it has inherent rush so if the requirement isn't met, it's still a 4/4 with rush that can do something the turn it's played. Ofc though it'll only see play if the whole dragon Paladin archetype is resurrected from the grave. 😏
Considering the dragon pool is very good atm (but may get worse after the next Standard Rotation) this should see play in different archetypes. Most beneficial would be dragon paladin and as we've seen in the Wronchi video, getting a 5/5 dragon with Taunt and Divine Shield after playing Timewarden is very good.
If this effect was printed for any other class, it's probably be broken as we've seen in warlock with Bloodscent Vilefin. There's not that many big minions in paladin atm that are too scary. This minion also has some anti synergy with Anachronos. I guess adding it to a pure paladin and dropping The Countess or Ragnaros, Lightlord would be a decent play, not bonkers, but decent.
Incredible 1 drop, especially in the early game. I'm keen to try out Rise to the Occasion again but honestly, an aggro non-quest paladin would probably be good as well.
Luckily there was no new paladin card that "turned damage into healing".
Wow now that's a buff spell if there was ever one. The downside is negligible, especially in aggro paladin. Play this spell on a Silver Hand Recruit and you can kill a 4 drop and still have the 4/4 recruit. Or just go face as aggro usually does. This spell will definitely see play, not only in aggro though, coz it's that good.
I'd honestly say this card can be played without the Manathirst coz I'd imagine it'd be played in an aggro Paladin or *maybe* Rise to the Occasion. The lifesteal isn't really that important as you only getting 3 health in return. I'd also imagine this spell would be used just to get rid of minions so your minions can go face.
It's not a bad card, just fair in this day and age of HS.
This dragon could easily slot into multiple archetypes, Control, Pure and (hopefully) a new Kazakusan dragon paladin. Great stall if you need it and Paladin hasn't really had access to transform effects to get rid of annoying deathrattles, so this dragon will be able to fill that roll... for 2 turns.
I also like the Opponent mind games: Should I play more minions now and risk my other minions getting destroyed when they return to the board? Or should I be greedy and play no minions for 2 turns? Guess it depends on the type of deck your opponent is playing but I'm sure more cases, something will die coz the board will be too full.
Think of it like The Amazing Reno's *Poof!* but the minions return to the board after 2 turns. Afaik, no deathrattles will trigger and minions will retrain buffs when returning to the board. If you don't have enough board space though... bye bye minions.
Now ofc you would want to discard this card instead of playing it, much like Hand of Gul'dan. This card will see play if discolock lives again in Standard.
I feel this card would only really work if all your minions had rush or if they survived last turn and you can run them into a big minion on your opponent's side. Lots of ifs if I'm being honest 😅
I'm hoping Shaman get more support for this Deathrattle archetype and these are not the only synergistic cards for the set. If so, this archetype won't take off.
Well this epic will and can only be played in one archetype. The undead minion tribe won't benefit Shaman that much outside this expansion and I'll keep coming back to The Scourge which I'm assuming will summon random undead from any class right? Ofc one of the worst undead to summon ofc and it'll be useless to most other classes if randomly generated.
Will only see play if this Deathrattle Shaman is viable.
It is possible to make a new token based deck with Clownfish and Gorloc Ravager to tutor and discount Rotgill to 1 mana. Then just add some sticky minions, hope your opponent doesn't clear your board each turn and bam!
How viable this will be depends on how strong every other class will be, especially DK. I don't think this archetype will be toxic or OP though, my guess, it'll be a tier 2-3 archetype at best.
If discolock lives again (or is it unlives?), the Walking Dead will be front and center of the archetype. It's basically a defensive Silverware Golem but with 1 more stat and taunt. The power creep is real.
So basically you have 2 turns to benefit from this effect, your current turn after playing Timewarden, then your next turn. This is good with the 2/1 Whelps with rush or even Daring Drake. Unfortunately, dragon paladin will be a short lived archetype till the Standard rotation next year so doubt we'll be seeing much of this guy.
Most dragons are also very big, with 13 dragons alone costing 6 or more mana (in Standard). You'd probably not be playing this dragon on curve and would want to be more greedy and wait till turns 7 or 8. Might be too slow then.
Very easy condition to meet and having a 4 mana 5/5 rush is good tempo. There is the Scaleworm comparison but this dragon is better coz 1) it's a dragon instead of a beast. 2) it has inherent rush so if the requirement isn't met, it's still a 4/4 with rush that can do something the turn it's played. Ofc though it'll only see play if the whole dragon Paladin archetype is resurrected from the grave. 😏
Considering the dragon pool is very good atm (but may get worse after the next Standard Rotation) this should see play in different archetypes. Most beneficial would be dragon paladin and as we've seen in the Wronchi video, getting a 5/5 dragon with Taunt and Divine Shield after playing Timewarden is very good.
If this effect was printed for any other class, it's probably be broken as we've seen in warlock with Bloodscent Vilefin. There's not that many big minions in paladin atm that are too scary. This minion also has some anti synergy with Anachronos. I guess adding it to a pure paladin and dropping The Countess or Ragnaros, Lightlord would be a decent play, not bonkers, but decent.
Incredible 1 drop, especially in the early game. I'm keen to try out Rise to the Occasion again but honestly, an aggro non-quest paladin would probably be good as well.
Luckily there was no new paladin card that "turned damage into healing".
Wow now that's a buff spell if there was ever one. The downside is negligible, especially in aggro paladin. Play this spell on a Silver Hand Recruit and you can kill a 4 drop and still have the 4/4 recruit. Or just go face as aggro usually does. This spell will definitely see play, not only in aggro though, coz it's that good.
I'd honestly say this card can be played without the Manathirst coz I'd imagine it'd be played in an aggro Paladin or *maybe* Rise to the Occasion. The lifesteal isn't really that important as you only getting 3 health in return. I'd also imagine this spell would be used just to get rid of minions so your minions can go face.
It's not a bad card, just fair in this day and age of HS.
What I did for my county's currency is I divide the number of Runestones by the asking Price and see which package has the lowest result.
For eg: (Prices below are in ZAR)
500 Runestones / R74.99 = R6.66 per 1 Runestone
1000 Runestones / R149.99 = R6.66 per 1 Runestone
1500 Runestones / R219.99 = R6.81 per 1 Runestone
2000 Runestones / R289.99 = R6.89 per 1 Runestone
5000 Runestones / R749.99 = R6.66 per 1 Runestone
8000 Runestones / R1199.99 = R6.66 per 1 Runestone
From this, I can deduce that the 1500 and 2000 Runestone bundles are the most expensive and should be avoided.
I would also recommend only buying Runestones on mobile as the Google play store pricing remains static in your local currency.
Damn that card art looks siiiiick!
This dragon could easily slot into multiple archetypes, Control, Pure and (hopefully) a new Kazakusan dragon paladin. Great stall if you need it and Paladin hasn't really had access to transform effects to get rid of annoying deathrattles, so this dragon will be able to fill that roll... for 2 turns.
I also like the Opponent mind games: Should I play more minions now and risk my other minions getting destroyed when they return to the board? Or should I be greedy and play no minions for 2 turns? Guess it depends on the type of deck your opponent is playing but I'm sure more cases, something will die coz the board will be too full.
Dragon Paladin was first introduced in Rise of Shadows which was April 2019 - 3 years ago. I was excited for it then and I'm excited about it now.
Think of it like The Amazing Reno's *Poof!* but the minions return to the board after 2 turns. Afaik, no deathrattles will trigger and minions will retrain buffs when returning to the board. If you don't have enough board space though... bye bye minions.
Since when could Gnolls use Shadow magic? 😶🌫️
Now ofc you would want to discard this card instead of playing it, much like Hand of Gul'dan. This card will see play if discolock lives again in Standard.
As for wild... well that's another story...
We finally got our Walking Dead reference!
Flavor text is on point too
It's definitely a sticky minion but I wouldn't play this guy against a priest in wild. Imagine a Potion of Madness on this 😱
Will be more annoying to remove in arena so highly unlikely it'll see play in constructed.
I feel this card would only really work if all your minions had rush or if they survived last turn and you can run them into a big minion on your opponent's side. Lots of ifs if I'm being honest 😅
I'm hoping Shaman get more support for this Deathrattle archetype and these are not the only synergistic cards for the set. If so, this archetype won't take off.
Well this epic will and can only be played in one archetype. The undead minion tribe won't benefit Shaman that much outside this expansion and I'll keep coming back to The Scourge which I'm assuming will summon random undead from any class right? Ofc one of the worst undead to summon ofc and it'll be useless to most other classes if randomly generated.
Will only see play if this Deathrattle Shaman is viable.
If Snap wins the award, that will look very good for Second dinner as their first game
It is possible to make a new token based deck with Clownfish and Gorloc Ravager to tutor and discount Rotgill to 1 mana. Then just add some sticky minions, hope your opponent doesn't clear your board each turn and bam!
How viable this will be depends on how strong every other class will be, especially DK. I don't think this archetype will be toxic or OP though, my guess, it'll be a tier 2-3 archetype at best.
The cost to have blue colored cards = -5 damage from each minion and Deathrattle.
Guess it's a fair price for merging a 2 card combo into 1