Well, worst case scenario, Shaman's drawing ability is definitely over. Even something silly like Novice Engineer can become serious hand refill in the late game. Personally, as someone who likes the idea of control Shaman, I see Bolner Hammerbeak as the reason not to be forced to run elementals or reduce myself to Nature spells for card draw when playing Shaman.
That plus the massive downside of not being able to hit face.
This is clearly a control weapon and control decks don't usually want to hit face regardless, so not going face is not so much a massive downside as it is a slight inconvenience.
That being said, since this weapon is going towards board control, it's more of a "Your hero has a pseudo Divine Shield while attacking", which isn't great when compared to, for example, generating two murlocs.
Necrium Blade was pretty balanced until it became almost broken thanks to Necrium Apothecary. [Hearthstone Card (Counterfeit Dagger) Not Found], since it only looks at Deathrattles already triggered when it enters play and can't trigger on the same turn (unless you spend more mana on a different weapon), looks like a much more healthy Necrium Blade. I really like the design, even if the big value deathrattles aren't on T4.
Very splashable card, can definitely see Demonic Assault as the 29th and 30th card in virtually any warlock deck. The 6 Health Taunt works for control, the 3 damage is ok reach for more aggressive lists and the 2 minions can synergize with a lot of zoo board buffs.
This is 3 cards into one, and even if all 3 cards are mediocre, the combined effect can be very useful (see Sludge Belcher before he was power creeped to death).
I actually see this card and Troublemaker as more different than some people think. Sure, they do similar things, but Lothar isn't so much about getting more stats on board and pinging for 3 as he is more of a balanced Illidari Inquisitor for control Warrior, having pseudo Windfury after the turn he's played. And since we're talking about control Warrior, the "attack an random minion" can be read as "attack the leftover small minion".
Like I said, he's a balanced version of Illidari Inquisitor, he doesn't represent immediate 8 damage when played nor 16 damage after that, but the scaling can still get out of control fast. If anything, I'd rather have Lothar's text on Illidari Inquisitor and something more unique as a legendary effect for him.
Any midrange deck that didn't have a draw engine will love this. As far as I'm concerned, if Voracious Reader was something like this, I wouldn't have been pissed off at the card in the first place.
Cornelius Roame is basically a better Genzo, the Shark as a neutral draw engine. And although it's worse than the aforementioned Voracious Reader in aggro decks (even if those decks don't use Voracious Reader at all), it fits way better as a midrange option, both for the beefy body and the soft taunt.
Effect is pretty good, however, Varian, King of Stormwind is far from an auto-include. Not only that, there's also the issue that adding non-synergistic minions to a deck just because of a battlecry might not be the most advisable thing to do (which is especially true for Divine Shielded minions, which exist in smaller numbers). So, the full scope of Varian, King of Stormwind's battlecry is more useful in classes like Paladin, where all 3 keywords exist in relative abundance, and even a possible lack of Rush is compensated by Animated Broomstick, a card that is already very splashable in minion based decks, like Paladin's).
I don't see Overdraft as much of a overload synergy as it is card draw/burst for Shamans to not use the Elemental package (like in a spell damage Shaman deck).
Whether those archetypes can outshine Elemental Shaman, that's a different story.
After seeing the deathrattle pool, there are some big bombs available, like Plagued Protodrake, Burning Blade Acolyte or even Scrapyard Colossus (through Palm Reading discounts) for big stats, Taelan Fordring for draw or even some tech options like Showstopper, a card option that can be slept on but when considering how HS runs on buffs or effects these days, mass silence can be game winning.
But regardless, this is another flexible card, which means it will always have the potential to squeeze itself into decks.
Without Tradeable, this card would be borderline terrible. But because of the keyword, it transforms a slow and clunky card into something quite decent. Just goes to show how powerful flexibility is. And it has the bonus of synergizing with Sheldras Moontree.
Current Druid builds don't need this card as they have better options. So, the only way I believe Park Panther can see play is if Beast Druid (or some other sort of midrange Druid) becomes a thing.
Not so hard to highroll with Lorekeeper Polkelt around. But still, even pulling off mediocre cards like Overgrowth at that mana state can be useful as those cards become transform from dead draws to deck thinners.
This card is strange. On one hand, the buffing component makes Kodo Mount a win more card. On the other, it's a +4/+2 Rush, meaning Kodo Mount is more suitably used as a comeback option. I'm guessing the rather modest statline Kodo Mount gives is mainly because of Solar Eclipse, but still, the seemingly anti-synergy this card has with itself makes it less reliable as a removal option.
So, technically, with enough copies and by trading them one at a time, you can have an endless supply of The Rat Kings. That being said, it doesn't have Trample, so he feels way too fair.
The way to progress the questline is boring and the reward is moronic. No amount of Wronchi animations can fix the stupidity that is this card. And I thought the Pyroblast option from Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate was terrible design.
Looking at the current Fel spells in DH, aside from random board control shenanigans like Chaos Nova or Immolation Aura which just don't see play these days, there's just Fury (Rank 1) and Chaos Strike as the best card targets, making Jace Darkweaver just a worse Illidari Inquisitor as far as finishers go.
I can expect some extra Fel support and I can actually expect said Fel support to be rather underwhelming as to not make this card way too broken.
Well, worst case scenario, Shaman's drawing ability is definitely over. Even something silly like Novice Engineer can become serious hand refill in the late game. Personally, as someone who likes the idea of control Shaman, I see Bolner Hammerbeak as the reason not to be forced to run elementals or reduce myself to Nature spells for card draw when playing Shaman.
This is clearly a control weapon and control decks don't usually want to hit face regardless, so not going face is not so much a massive downside as it is a slight inconvenience.
That being said, since this weapon is going towards board control, it's more of a "Your hero has a pseudo Divine Shield while attacking", which isn't great when compared to, for example, generating two murlocs.
Necrium Blade was pretty balanced until it became almost broken thanks to Necrium Apothecary. [Hearthstone Card (Counterfeit Dagger) Not Found], since it only looks at Deathrattles already triggered when it enters play and can't trigger on the same turn (unless you spend more mana on a different weapon), looks like a much more healthy Necrium Blade. I really like the design, even if the big value deathrattles aren't on T4.
This is some Corporate Mundo level of S T O N K S in action.
Very splashable card, can definitely see Demonic Assault as the 29th and 30th card in virtually any warlock deck. The 6 Health Taunt works for control, the 3 damage is ok reach for more aggressive lists and the 2 minions can synergize with a lot of zoo board buffs.
This is 3 cards into one, and even if all 3 cards are mediocre, the combined effect can be very useful (see Sludge Belcher before he was power creeped to death).
I actually see this card and Troublemaker as more different than some people think. Sure, they do similar things, but Lothar isn't so much about getting more stats on board and pinging for 3 as he is more of a balanced Illidari Inquisitor for control Warrior, having pseudo Windfury after the turn he's played. And since we're talking about control Warrior, the "attack an random minion" can be read as "attack the leftover small minion".
Like I said, he's a balanced version of Illidari Inquisitor, he doesn't represent immediate 8 damage when played nor 16 damage after that, but the scaling can still get out of control fast. If anything, I'd rather have Lothar's text on Illidari Inquisitor and something more unique as a legendary effect for him.
"If the face plays Taunt, me pay 1 mana to kill it and still go face", some dude playing Pirate Warrior that teched this for some reason.
Any midrange deck that didn't have a draw engine will love this. As far as I'm concerned, if Voracious Reader was something like this, I wouldn't have been pissed off at the card in the first place.
Cornelius Roame is basically a better Genzo, the Shark as a neutral draw engine. And although it's worse than the aforementioned Voracious Reader in aggro decks (even if those decks don't use Voracious Reader at all), it fits way better as a midrange option, both for the beefy body and the soft taunt.
Effect is pretty good, however, Varian, King of Stormwind is far from an auto-include. Not only that, there's also the issue that adding non-synergistic minions to a deck just because of a battlecry might not be the most advisable thing to do (which is especially true for Divine Shielded minions, which exist in smaller numbers). So, the full scope of Varian, King of Stormwind's battlecry is more useful in classes like Paladin, where all 3 keywords exist in relative abundance, and even a possible lack of Rush is compensated by Animated Broomstick, a card that is already very splashable in minion based decks, like Paladin's).
I don't see Overdraft as much of a overload synergy as it is card draw/burst for Shamans to not use the Elemental package (like in a spell damage Shaman deck).
Whether those archetypes can outshine Elemental Shaman, that's a different story.
After seeing the deathrattle pool, there are some big bombs available, like Plagued Protodrake, Burning Blade Acolyte or even Scrapyard Colossus (through Palm Reading discounts) for big stats, Taelan Fordring for draw or even some tech options like Showstopper, a card option that can be slept on but when considering how HS runs on buffs or effects these days, mass silence can be game winning.
But regardless, this is another flexible card, which means it will always have the potential to squeeze itself into decks.
Without Tradeable, this card would be borderline terrible. But because of the keyword, it transforms a slow and clunky card into something quite decent. Just goes to show how powerful flexibility is. And it has the bonus of synergizing with Sheldras Moontree.
Current Druid builds don't need this card as they have better options. So, the only way I believe Park Panther can see play is if Beast Druid (or some other sort of midrange Druid) becomes a thing.
Not so hard to highroll with Lorekeeper Polkelt around. But still, even pulling off mediocre cards like Overgrowth at that mana state can be useful as those cards become transform from dead draws to deck thinners.
The one guy who gave this card 1 star was probably the guy with no life that died to Sword of a Thousand Truths.
This card is strange. On one hand, the buffing component makes Kodo Mount a win more card. On the other, it's a +4/+2 Rush, meaning Kodo Mount is more suitably used as a comeback option. I'm guessing the rather modest statline Kodo Mount gives is mainly because of Solar Eclipse, but still, the seemingly anti-synergy this card has with itself makes it less reliable as a removal option.
So, technically, with enough copies and by trading them one at a time, you can have an endless supply of The Rat Kings. That being said, it doesn't have Trample, so he feels way too fair.
I love the design of this card, a decent-to-good win more card without being immediatly broken. Also, the rats look adorable yet terrifying.
The way to progress the questline is boring and the reward is moronic. No amount of Wronchi animations can fix the stupidity that is this card. And I thought the Pyroblast option from Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate was terrible design.