Animal Companion is still a card run in Hunter because it provides over-statted minions for the cost; this does the same, but a little better, so I expect to see this played everywhere.
This card feels a lot like Imprisoned Antaen and Priestess of Fury to me: obviously strong and weird that it was printed in its current state. Maybe I'm off, but the fact that this can kill minions by sucking away health, prevent lethal by taking away 7 damage, be cheated out by multiple different cards, AND has great stats for the cost with an upside seems like an obviously overpowered card to me.
The fact that it is 9 mana is holding it back from being busted, but it seems like it is good enough that it's mana cost is irrelevant.
I don't think this is going to be desirable in either class because of the forced minion attacks. Both classes have weapons that are much more desirable for the current play-styles of each class, and this weapon's effect doesn't seem good enough to create its own archetype (unlike Stormhammer).
Obviously, this is very strong with Ace Hunter Kreen, but that combo isn't going to happen every time you attack with this weapon (and it might kill Kreen).
The comparison to Azure Drake is obvious, but I think this is probably worse than Drake because card draw is generally better than card generation in Hearthstone.
Looking forward to testing this one out in various spell damage decks since the archetype is seeing a lot of support this expansion.
Everyone is losing their mind over this, but I think we are going to have to see it in action before we know for sure.
I initially thought this was going to be super strong (and I'm excited to try out some ideas with it), but, after learning about the "shuffling after the ordering ruins the ordering" part of the card, I less confident in its strenght.
I'm think this will be a really strong card in Even Warlock (which I'm totally going to be trying out), and I'm excited to see what ideas the community comes up with to push the limits of this card.
I'm most excited with the fact that Team 5 is pushing new and never-before-seen ideas into Hearthstone.
I'm excited for this card because I like the Cyclone Mage style of decks; however, I know wild is not looking forward to another good tool for Wild Quest Mage.
I'm not sure this card will be good, but I'm excited to see if it finds a niche in a standard Cyclone Mage.
I thought this was going to be strong upon first release, then I saw other cards from the set and was not so impressed, then I saw it in action and changed my mind again...
I think this will be good in the right situations, but not an obvious power house of the set.
This card seems ridiculously good both when played from hand or when cheated out via something like Guardian Animals. I expect this to see a solid amount of experimentation since you can almost always guarantee the card draw.
The pros have tested it, and it's a nightmare... Yay! There are so many openers that make this good since Druid has so many low cost spells and buff spells.
Since the copies have Spellburst, this card is going to be a nightmare.
I don't think Priest will run this on its own, but this might make Cobalt Spellkin worth including in some dragon-oriented lists just for the chance of getting some of these.
Maybe the discount pushes the archetype just enough to make it playable in standard?
Yikes!
Can't wait to take 2 damage to face turn 1.
Animal Companion is still a card run in Hunter because it provides over-statted minions for the cost; this does the same, but a little better, so I expect to see this played everywhere.
This card feels a lot like Imprisoned Antaen and Priestess of Fury to me: obviously strong and weird that it was printed in its current state. Maybe I'm off, but the fact that this can kill minions by sucking away health, prevent lethal by taking away 7 damage, be cheated out by multiple different cards, AND has great stats for the cost with an upside seems like an obviously overpowered card to me.
The fact that it is 9 mana is holding it back from being busted, but it seems like it is good enough that it's mana cost is irrelevant.
I don't think this is going to be desirable in either class because of the forced minion attacks. Both classes have weapons that are much more desirable for the current play-styles of each class, and this weapon's effect doesn't seem good enough to create its own archetype (unlike Stormhammer).
Obviously, this is very strong with Ace Hunter Kreen, but that combo isn't going to happen every time you attack with this weapon (and it might kill Kreen).
Seems very strong to me combining Equality, Whirlwind, and a 3/2 into a single card.
I expect this will see play in standard and wild for quite some time unless it gets nerfed.
This is ok, but I'm not sure it's good enough to enable an entire archetype in 2020. Maybe it is viable with Guardian Animals, but I'm not sure...
The card has great flavor, but I don't know if it will make the cut in today's meta.
The comparison to Azure Drake is obvious, but I think this is probably worse than Drake because card draw is generally better than card generation in Hearthstone.
Looking forward to testing this one out in various spell damage decks since the archetype is seeing a lot of support this expansion.
With the dearth of silence effects in standard, I think this card is going to be help bring together the Big Warrior archetype.
I'm not excited for that archetype to thrive, but I think it will be a competitive deck in this meta.
I initially think I overreacted to this card, and after seeing the rest of the expansion, I suspect this will be swept under the rug.
This should be great at enabling fun and wild combos, but I'm not sure it will be a staple anywhere in the meta.
Just like Magic Carpet, the card is good, but probably only fits a niche here and there in the meta.
Everyone is losing their mind over this, but I think we are going to have to see it in action before we know for sure.
I initially thought this was going to be super strong (and I'm excited to try out some ideas with it), but, after learning about the "shuffling after the ordering ruins the ordering" part of the card, I less confident in its strenght.
I'm think this will be a really strong card in Even Warlock (which I'm totally going to be trying out), and I'm excited to see what ideas the community comes up with to push the limits of this card.
I'm most excited with the fact that Team 5 is pushing new and never-before-seen ideas into Hearthstone.
I want this card to be good, and I want some kind of Rapid Fire Hunter to make this strong, but I don't think it's actually going to be good.
It's a cool idea with a cool flavor, but I suspect a weak card overall.
I suspect this will be run in most Hunter lists; it feels reminiscent of Spider Bomb which was also very strong for Hunter.
It will probably make the cut in Highlander, and it might even enable some kind of spell-oriented Hunter thanks to Rapid Fire and Professor Slate.
Seems good...? Worse than execute without the combo, but ridiculous with the combo???
I suspect this will see a lot of play, especially in control Warrior.
I'm excited for this card because I like the Cyclone Mage style of decks; however, I know wild is not looking forward to another good tool for Wild Quest Mage.
I'm not sure this card will be good, but I'm excited to see if it finds a niche in a standard Cyclone Mage.
Seems very strong to me just because rush minions are generally overpowered in the first place.
Very few minions will be undesirable, but discover allows us to weed them out. PLUS there is a discount on the next rush minion played?!
I expect this to be fairly common in Warrior.
I thought this was going to be strong upon first release, then I saw other cards from the set and was not so impressed, then I saw it in action and changed my mind again...
I think this will be good in the right situations, but not an obvious power house of the set.
This card seems ridiculously good both when played from hand or when cheated out via something like Guardian Animals. I expect this to see a solid amount of experimentation since you can almost always guarantee the card draw.
The pros have tested it, and it's a nightmare... Yay! There are so many openers that make this good since Druid has so many low cost spells and buff spells.
Since the copies have Spellburst, this card is going to be a nightmare.
Not going to be surprised if it gets nerfed.
Worse than Draconic Lackey. TRASH!
JK JK
I don't think Priest will run this on its own, but this might make Cobalt Spellkin worth including in some dragon-oriented lists just for the chance of getting some of these.
Maybe the discount pushes the archetype just enough to make it playable in standard?
This is a hard one to call...
Great arena card. Great discover card. Probably never going to be put in a list in constructed. Not much else to say about this one.
Very excited for this card because I love totem support since they have been so useless for so long!
I really wish this didn't have overload, but I guess that is what it costs to summon 4 mediocre totems as a deathrattle. Oh well...