Its a long shot, but its very likely the one trump card you need in an elemental midrange deck.
Such a shame that there's so many elementals you'll likely never get the ones you want but for a chance at getting something like Kalimos, Primal Lord, or something along that vein, its worth playing this card anyway. Its not even badly stated, and comes at an acceptable mana cost.
Assuming that midrange elemental is not cack, this card will see play.
Tempowise, this card is excellent. You get two minions for the price of 3 mana, and both are likely to be pretty decent stats.
However, consistency is the main buggering thing. 3 mana cards aren't exactly very common, and if you miss out on the conditions, this card is just a brick in hand. In fact, its viability is very specifically being played on turn 3. Outside of that its quite shit, doing very little, and very inconsistent at that.
It looks great, practically Plot Twist on a stick.
But the question of course remains. Why'd you want a plot twist on a stick to begin with?
Plot twist itself was never played until the quest made it mandatory. In a way, we can already see what the win rate of this card would be, its going to be comparable to finley, and even then its mostly down to the 1 mana cost of the card. This card allows you to reroll for a card you may need but at 3 mana makes it nearly impossible to do anything after that.
Id say, just play finley. And after finley rotates, Id still avoid this card unless Im playing highlander specifically, and have a particular tin-foil ailment of my draws constantly screwing me.
Cant for the life of me understand why this is a deathrattle. It would just be a decent card had it been a battlecry. Now, instead of a board wipe you're only threatening to unleash one, as well as giving your opponent the initiative of either silencing this or buffing their board beyond its reach.
Of course, if elementals are seeing play then this one gets in by sole virtue of it being support. But Id feel you can easily remove this and improve your win rate regardless.
The condition is fair, and the effect is alright, but you'll never put this in your deck just because youre running 4 drops, and this card itself is hardly an ideal card in standard competitive. Even in aggro decks, you'll never play enough 4 drops to justify its inclusion.
Team5 really dont learn from past mistakes do they? Or is this perhaps we can assume one of the design team's partner being a rogue main. Because let's be real here, this is a rogue card in all but name.
So what can rogue do with this? Well, practically everything what Mailbox Dancer used to do except without the courtesy of at very least granting your opponent a coin as well. Just play this, Shadowstep and get a bunch of coins, then destroy your opponent with either draka or a massive unfair ghost on turn 3.
The conditions paltry. 2 mana cards aren't exactly rare nor difficult to play so even a casual deck builder will usually end up with at very least 4 of those in the deck, never mind seriously building around this.
I can also see druid and warrior playing this, but its likely just gonna be mostly in rogue.
The only good thing about this card is that its a 1 mana 2/2, something of a rarity nowadays.
At least the worthless snake oil is 0 mana, so rogues would love it. I look forward to everyone having yet more conversations as to what constitute as a spell because this card's entire virtue is indeed that 0 mana 'spell' that discounts yogg and triggers Prison Breaker among other things.
One more thing which I only recently discovered. The snake oil actually does 0 damage, which means spell damage does affect it. Perhaps in mage then, or in some crazy OTK yet to be established.
So you think with the poisonous tag you'd at least make it a 1/5 then. Well, team5 saw your common sense and raise you an absolute shit by making this an unplayable card at 5/1, with a monstrous attack stat that effectively does fuck all.
I suppose it does play the flavor. Rager cards are usually godawful so this card is at very least fulfilling the traditions.
Just another brewmaster, as though anyone is asking for more.
Yes, there is the buff so youre not wasting your time entirely, and Bog Slosher did see play for what its worth, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this card. Playing something, then bouncing it just to buff it isn't exactly what anyone would say as efficient.
It does have a unique combo with Azerite Chain Gang, so if you play that on 5 and your opponent doenst clear it you get three more 4/5 taunts for 6 mana, which is at least a winning play. But once that gets sus out it'll likely never happen again in competitive.
It'll see play because its doing what it says on the label and your opponent has to clear it or they risk doubling your value.
Whether it'll ever be as good as Peasant is more hard to say, because the whole point of peasant is against half the classes in hearthstone they wouldn't usually have answer, and the other half would likely need to coin to handle it.
This card however, doesnt boast any of the advantages of peasant but at very least it'll draw you a card. I suppose it balances out.
You play this card, your opponent then chooses what to sack and then both are back to square one. Youve just wasted a turn and 2 mana, and your opponent just sac a minion he probably doesnt care about.
Doesnt even prevent battlecries. So what is the point of this card other than as filler, or more likely as an inevitable achievement to grind out.
Possibly the most powerful neutral that has been revealed so far aside from Kingpin Pud
Basically speaking you not only now has access to strong neutral healing, this card can also deal face damage, and by its tradeable tag it can never be stuck in hand so its quickdraw is very nearly always relevant.
In rogue, this is just ten mana deal 12 with shadowstep, and its likely in that deck that this card becomes most relevant.
But I feel in this instance I can say with certainty that this card would never see play unless there's like an influx of tens of cheap beasts and a massive draw option associated with beasts.
Because essentially, most of the good beasts often already have rush and this card doesnt even have good stats for its cost. So you plunk this wabbit down on 2 and then it gets value traded and you cry. If you needed a two mana card that grants rush consistently, just play Castle Kennels which also gives out +2 damage.
If youre playing this at all its because you love bunnies. An admirable quality but nevertheless during fights it'll grant you nary a word but a nose twitch while you're bleeding from your nose.
But it'll still see play because of Kingpin Pud. Really what else is there to say? 4/4 for 3 is no longer as good as it was during GvG when Ogre Brute was introduced and in fact is a mere slap to the face for the one playing it. But clearly team5 didnt feel comfortable enough to raise this to a 4/5 which would have made this card true quality.
100% gonna see play because its basically Bad Luck Albatross in a meta that's gonna have highlander decks in it.
Only downside though? The drawn albatrosses costs 1 mana to play whereas the snake oil doesnt. So its sole purpose is to deflate highlander decks and nothing else. Might even be worse if played against rogue.
Of all the ogre gang cards this is easily the best one.
Basically there's little to no downside. 3 damage will be served one way or another, although admitably its annoying to face tank some damage, but its still going to do what its says on the label, as opposed to the other ogre gang cards.
Will it see play? Well of course it would, because Im 100% certain Kingpin Pud would so this card gets the nod by sheer association.
So, you play this with a smile and your opponent immediately value trades it, takes two damage that doesnt kill anything, and counters your smile with an even bigger smirk
No, you dont want that to happen to you. Not that it would anyway, because this card would never see play unless there's some way to grant this forever stealth, and even then it'll still be only slightly shinier crap.
Its a long shot, but its very likely the one trump card you need in an elemental midrange deck.
Such a shame that there's so many elementals you'll likely never get the ones you want but for a chance at getting something like Kalimos, Primal Lord, or something along that vein, its worth playing this card anyway. Its not even badly stated, and comes at an acceptable mana cost.
Assuming that midrange elemental is not cack, this card will see play.
Tempowise, this card is excellent. You get two minions for the price of 3 mana, and both are likely to be pretty decent stats.
However, consistency is the main buggering thing. 3 mana cards aren't exactly very common, and if you miss out on the conditions, this card is just a brick in hand. In fact, its viability is very specifically being played on turn 3. Outside of that its quite shit, doing very little, and very inconsistent at that.
It looks great, practically Plot Twist on a stick.
But the question of course remains. Why'd you want a plot twist on a stick to begin with?
Plot twist itself was never played until the quest made it mandatory. In a way, we can already see what the win rate of this card would be, its going to be comparable to finley, and even then its mostly down to the 1 mana cost of the card. This card allows you to reroll for a card you may need but at 3 mana makes it nearly impossible to do anything after that.
Id say, just play finley. And after finley rotates, Id still avoid this card unless Im playing highlander specifically, and have a particular tin-foil ailment of my draws constantly screwing me.
Its a poor card, even in an elemental deck.
Cant for the life of me understand why this is a deathrattle. It would just be a decent card had it been a battlecry. Now, instead of a board wipe you're only threatening to unleash one, as well as giving your opponent the initiative of either silencing this or buffing their board beyond its reach.
Of course, if elementals are seeing play then this one gets in by sole virtue of it being support. But Id feel you can easily remove this and improve your win rate regardless.
Its probably never going to see competitive play.
The condition is fair, and the effect is alright, but you'll never put this in your deck just because youre running 4 drops, and this card itself is hardly an ideal card in standard competitive. Even in aggro decks, you'll never play enough 4 drops to justify its inclusion.
Team5 really dont learn from past mistakes do they? Or is this perhaps we can assume one of the design team's partner being a rogue main. Because let's be real here, this is a rogue card in all but name.
So what can rogue do with this? Well, practically everything what Mailbox Dancer used to do except without the courtesy of at very least granting your opponent a coin as well. Just play this, Shadowstep and get a bunch of coins, then destroy your opponent with either draka or a massive unfair ghost on turn 3.
The conditions paltry. 2 mana cards aren't exactly rare nor difficult to play so even a casual deck builder will usually end up with at very least 4 of those in the deck, never mind seriously building around this.
I can also see druid and warrior playing this, but its likely just gonna be mostly in rogue.
Its a flavor thing. Snake oil is popularly sold as a (fake) panacea that's a rather popular trope in western films.
As for its function, its a 0 mana spell that does nothing and can be traded for a card.
The only good thing about this card is that its a 1 mana 2/2, something of a rarity nowadays.
At least the worthless snake oil is 0 mana, so rogues would love it. I look forward to everyone having yet more conversations as to what constitute as a spell because this card's entire virtue is indeed that 0 mana 'spell' that discounts yogg and triggers Prison Breaker among other things.
One more thing which I only recently discovered. The snake oil actually does 0 damage, which means spell damage does affect it. Perhaps in mage then, or in some crazy OTK yet to be established.
A pointless card for ragers yet again.
So you think with the poisonous tag you'd at least make it a 1/5 then. Well, team5 saw your common sense and raise you an absolute shit by making this an unplayable card at 5/1, with a monstrous attack stat that effectively does fuck all.
I suppose it does play the flavor. Rager cards are usually godawful so this card is at very least fulfilling the traditions.
Just another brewmaster, as though anyone is asking for more.
Yes, there is the buff so youre not wasting your time entirely, and Bog Slosher did see play for what its worth, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this card. Playing something, then bouncing it just to buff it isn't exactly what anyone would say as efficient.
It does have a unique combo with Azerite Chain Gang, so if you play that on 5 and your opponent doenst clear it you get three more 4/5 taunts for 6 mana, which is at least a winning play. But once that gets sus out it'll likely never happen again in competitive.
It'll see play because its doing what it says on the label and your opponent has to clear it or they risk doubling your value.
Whether it'll ever be as good as Peasant is more hard to say, because the whole point of peasant is against half the classes in hearthstone they wouldn't usually have answer, and the other half would likely need to coin to handle it.
This card however, doesnt boast any of the advantages of peasant but at very least it'll draw you a card. I suppose it balances out.
Its just a shit card in the same vein as Gankster
You play this card, your opponent then chooses what to sack and then both are back to square one. Youve just wasted a turn and 2 mana, and your opponent just sac a minion he probably doesnt care about.
Doesnt even prevent battlecries. So what is the point of this card other than as filler, or more likely as an inevitable achievement to grind out.
Poor, but that's hardly fair to the card because its entirely here as fodder for Flint Firearm
You'll never see this as an inclusion into decks, but at very least as a quickdraw card it isnt 100% completely shit.
Flavorful but worthless.
You'll never rely on this card to do the works of disruption and even worse still it has an even chance of screwing you over.
Aside from an incoming shit achievement that's very nearly bound to happen, it'll never see any play.
Possibly the most powerful neutral that has been revealed so far aside from Kingpin Pud
Basically speaking you not only now has access to strong neutral healing, this card can also deal face damage, and by its tradeable tag it can never be stuck in hand so its quickdraw is very nearly always relevant.
In rogue, this is just ten mana deal 12 with shadowstep, and its likely in that deck that this card becomes most relevant.
You can never write off cards like these.
But I feel in this instance I can say with certainty that this card would never see play unless there's like an influx of tens of cheap beasts and a massive draw option associated with beasts.
Because essentially, most of the good beasts often already have rush and this card doesnt even have good stats for its cost. So you plunk this wabbit down on 2 and then it gets value traded and you cry. If you needed a two mana card that grants rush consistently, just play Castle Kennels which also gives out +2 damage.
If youre playing this at all its because you love bunnies. An admirable quality but nevertheless during fights it'll grant you nary a word but a nose twitch while you're bleeding from your nose.
The card is trash.
But it'll still see play because of Kingpin Pud. Really what else is there to say? 4/4 for 3 is no longer as good as it was during GvG when Ogre Brute was introduced and in fact is a mere slap to the face for the one playing it. But clearly team5 didnt feel comfortable enough to raise this to a 4/5 which would have made this card true quality.
100% gonna see play because its basically Bad Luck Albatross in a meta that's gonna have highlander decks in it.
Only downside though? The drawn albatrosses costs 1 mana to play whereas the snake oil doesnt. So its sole purpose is to deflate highlander decks and nothing else. Might even be worse if played against rogue.
Of all the ogre gang cards this is easily the best one.
Basically there's little to no downside. 3 damage will be served one way or another, although admitably its annoying to face tank some damage, but its still going to do what its says on the label, as opposed to the other ogre gang cards.
Will it see play? Well of course it would, because Im 100% certain Kingpin Pud would so this card gets the nod by sheer association.
Remember Augmented Porcupine? No, me neither.
So, you play this with a smile and your opponent immediately value trades it, takes two damage that doesnt kill anything, and counters your smile with an even bigger smirk
No, you dont want that to happen to you. Not that it would anyway, because this card would never see play unless there's some way to grant this forever stealth, and even then it'll still be only slightly shinier crap.