This card is insanely powerful. The effect resembles that of Inkmaster Solia, but instead of going highlander, you need dragons.
Inkmaster Solia did not see a whole lot of play since you could only run one big version of each spell, it cost 1 more mana and you only had the one Inkmaster Solia.
A Weasel Tunneler with good aggresive stats that has the ability to ruin some of your opponents futur draws. It's a nice aggro minion and can also be used with some deathrattle synergy. This card can even deny some highlander decks as a bonus.
Reminds me of Blazecaller which was a great card. 2 less mana, - 1/1 in stats and a more managable condition for the battlecry. This card is very powerful.
Playing this card with your hero power is a nice turn 10 play that puts a lot of stats on the board. This is also a late game dragon that can help make a dragon Warlock deck with Nether Breath and Crazed Netherwing. I like this card since it has a pseudo taunt effect. Unless your opponent has lethal, they can't really afford to simply go face while this card is around since it will fill your board with a bunch of 6/6 dragons.
Unlike Rogue, Warrior doesn't have any class pirates and I don't see them being able to make a strong enough pirate deck that justifies running Ancharrr.
When Warrior gets better (or any) pirates, this card should see play. You can still use this to tutor out a Captain Greenskin or a Dread Corsair in a Hack the System deck or something similar, but those decks are not strong enough for now.
I moslty see this having potential in a hunter deck.
You can reduce its cost to 0 with Scarlet Webweaver than copy it with Ramkahen Wildtamer and Hunting Party. After that, you use Tundra Rhino to OTK your opoonent. With 3 Dread Ravens (3 minions with 9 attack, so 27 damage) and the Tundra Rhino (2 attack), you can deal 29 damage + 2 if you can use your hero power. So you don't need to copy too many Dread Ravens to make this work.
You could also use this as a solid 3 mana 3/4 beast and try to buff it with Dire Frenzy, but it does compete against Animal Companion and Diving Gryphon for that 3 mana minion slot.
It's a card with good stats, combo potential and the beast tag, I like it.
3 mana deal 2 damage to all enemy minions is good and priest might not even care about the dragon synergy if they are playing a slow control deck without running a whole lot of early game minions.
Kobold Stickyfinger is better than those two cards if you are aiming at stealing a high value weapon to use for your own or counter your opponents plan, but It's a little too late for this card to shine in standard.
If this card was around the time of baku and gen paladins with their Vinecleavers or Silver Swords it could of been playable. Same for other weapons that used to see more play such as Supercollider, Spectral Cutlass and of course the infamous Kingsbane.
For the pirate tag, I don't think pirate decks would want to run this card since the stats are not good enough without the battlecry activating and it doesn't synergize with your weapons or pirates which is usually the point of a pirate deck.
If we get a new expansion with high value legendary weapons, this card might see play, but for now I prefer running Harrison Jones for the potential card draw.
While this card has a fun effect, I don't think you will want to transform cards in your deck into random legendary minions (in a competitive deck). Even if you might have some synergies like getting cards from another class for Rogue, generating cards for a big Princess Talanji play or something else, you won't want to lose a card in your constructed deck for a random one.
Hunter does have a lot of strong rush cards, but not so many good rush minions that can be drawn unlike warrior with Town Crier. The better rush minions that do see play in hunter decks are Springpaw and Zilliax, though Diving Gryphon is good on its own and should be considered as a good rush minion for Hunter.
Even if such a deck doesn't work, the card is still great. It has beast synergy, it draws itself or another important rush minion, it helps the sidequest Clear the Way and it is a decent 4 damage removal for 3 mana.
Has synergy with Rush, Dragons and Galakrond decks.
This card by itself, without the crazy invoked effect, is still rather good since it's a 3 mana 3/2 rush that is also a dragon and Rabid Worgen did see some fair amount of play.
However, if you are able to activate its invoked effect, it becomes insane. It turns into 3 3/2 rush dragons which is far superior than Restless Mummy for 1 less mana and can be dublicated with cards such as Dragon Breeder or Barista Lynchen. Imagine drawing this with Galakrond, the Unbreakables battlecry.
We now have to wait and see how good the other invoke cards are.
This card is better than Dragon Soul since you can draw it with Sandbinder, mage is better at generating spells and it already fits rather well in cyclone mage.
The question would be if creating a bunch of 5/5 tokens on one turn is effective or not. Flamewaker was effective in cyclone mage since you ended up destroying your opponents board, dealing a large amount of damage to their face and the payout was immediate. This card has the potential of building a large board of minions, but since you are playing a deck that mostly runs spells, your opponent should have enough removal to deal with those 5/5 elementals like with a Brawl and you have to wait a turn before being able to attack.
Its a nice card to try out in a cyclone mage deck, but not one that should see much competitive play.
It's nice to see that they are printing more hinghlander cards unlike in Mean Streets of Gadgetzan where they just stopped supporting it after its release (for standard).
For the card itself, the effect is very powerful with a good amount of high cost minions in the list of dragon cards. Even some of the smaller dragons have some potential like the explorer dragons.
While the effect is quite powerful, it's also one of the most RNG cards that i've seen in awhile. Dragonqueen Alexstrasza can even create a copy of itself which can make it quite frustrating when you'll end up with two Faerie Dragons instead.
Either way, a fun and powerful card that I am eager to try out.
While this card seems like an auto include in dragon decks, it does compete against Firetree Witchdoctor which is another auto include card in dragon decks since the 2 mana slot is usually free.
The effect of Dragon Breeder is one that dragon decks love since you always want to be holding a dragon and it is always good even in the late game being able to copy a big dragon, yet you might end up not wanting to play this on curve without being able to use its strong battlecry unlike Firetree Witchdoctor which could hurt greedy players in the early game and for now we don't have any 1-2 mana dragons except for Faerie Dragon.
The card is still great, I just wonder if people will be running both Firetree Witchdoctor and Dragon Breeder or just one of the two for those upcoming dragon decks.
A very powerful card that I believe will be used a lot. The effect itself can easily be compared to Vilespine Slayer that costs 1 more and doesn't have the combo requirement. But the card just seems to have a deeper level of possibilities being able to counter some combo decks like Shirvallah, the Tiger, decks that can copy minions like rogue with Togwaggle's Scheme and much more.
Can fit in most aggressive warlock decks like zoolock and it can fit in slower decks like handlock. This just looks like a great card that also introduces a new mechanic that allows you to exceed the 10 cards in hand limit. Personally I am more excited to try this card out in handlock while also using the other new card Abyssal Summoner.
I don't see the fact that the deathrattle being a secret really matters. Your opponent should always consider it being the worst outcome possible. I do see it working in a deathrattle rogue deck while using Necrium Blade.
Either way, I learned to never underestimate egg cards and I do see this having some potential especially if it has the chance of getting a 12/12 as a deathrattle on turn 5.
So obviously you would want to play this card in a deck that holds a lot of cards in hand. A handlock deck would be the best way to utilize this effect or you could try a Supreme Archaeology deck for fun. While the effect is strong, I feel like it would be better to run Khartut Defender for that 6 mana minion slot since you will need the healing. Either way, this card can be a huge tempo swing getting you a massive taunt minion.
This card looks pretty strong to me. It can work on either a control deck running lots of removal and Time Out! or a aggro/midrange deck that is able to get the early board control. This card is great on turn 2 and amazing if you coin it out on turn 1. It will force your opponent to maybe waste a spell on your face or make them use their hero power giving you control for the turn to come. You don't have to activate this card immediately, just having it around might force your opponent to go face instead of getting a value trade on one of your minions. While I like this card alot, it's mostly a sidequest that you want in the early game unlike Learn Draconic which can be activated at anytime and the effect is still quite strong. This card needs support to be able to activate in the mid to late game, it's doable but is a 3/6 taunt worth it after turn 5?
1 mana deal 2 damage has always been good enough to see some play and this can also discover another spell. It easily fits in the dragon mage package with Azure Explorer, Dragoncaster, Firetree Witchdoctor, Kalecgos and Malygos, Aspect of Magic.
This card is insanely powerful. The effect resembles that of Inkmaster Solia, but instead of going highlander, you need dragons.
Inkmaster Solia did not see a whole lot of play since you could only run one big version of each spell, it cost 1 more mana and you only had the one Inkmaster Solia.
You can run two Dragoncasters in your deck, same for the big spells and dragon mage has quite a few spell generating cards such as Arcane Breath, Firetree Witchdoctor, Azure Explorer, Kalecgos and Malygos, Aspect of Magic that should allow you to get some big spells to use with your Dragoncasters.
A Weasel Tunneler with good aggresive stats that has the ability to ruin some of your opponents futur draws. It's a nice aggro minion and can also be used with some deathrattle synergy. This card can even deny some highlander decks as a bonus.
Fear the Albatross!
Reminds me of Blazecaller which was a great card. 2 less mana, - 1/1 in stats and a more managable condition for the battlecry. This card is very powerful.
Playing this card with your hero power is a nice turn 10 play that puts a lot of stats on the board. This is also a late game dragon that can help make a dragon Warlock deck with Nether Breath and Crazed Netherwing. I like this card since it has a pseudo taunt effect. Unless your opponent has lethal, they can't really afford to simply go face while this card is around since it will fill your board with a bunch of 6/6 dragons.
This card just doesn't have the synergy it needs for standard. These are all the standard pirates (Neutral and Warrior):
Southsea Deckhand, Bloodsail Corsair, Sharkfin Fan, Bloodsail Raider, Southsea Captain, Ticket Scalper, Dread Corsair, Kobold Stickyfinger and Captain Greenskin.
Unlike Rogue, Warrior doesn't have any class pirates and I don't see them being able to make a strong enough pirate deck that justifies running Ancharrr.
When Warrior gets better (or any) pirates, this card should see play. You can still use this to tutor out a Captain Greenskin or a Dread Corsair in a Hack the System deck or something similar, but those decks are not strong enough for now.
I moslty see this having potential in a hunter deck.
You can reduce its cost to 0 with Scarlet Webweaver than copy it with Ramkahen Wildtamer and Hunting Party. After that, you use Tundra Rhino to OTK your opoonent. With 3 Dread Ravens (3 minions with 9 attack, so 27 damage) and the Tundra Rhino (2 attack), you can deal 29 damage + 2 if you can use your hero power. So you don't need to copy too many Dread Ravens to make this work.
You could also use this as a solid 3 mana 3/4 beast and try to buff it with Dire Frenzy, but it does compete against Animal Companion and Diving Gryphon for that 3 mana minion slot.
It's a card with good stats, combo potential and the beast tag, I like it.
Priests strandard AOE spells are Plague of Death, Mass Hysteria, Holy Nova and Holy Ripple so I see this being a nice fit for Priests AOE arsenal.
3 mana deal 2 damage to all enemy minions is good and priest might not even care about the dragon synergy if they are playing a slow control deck without running a whole lot of early game minions.
This card competes against Acidic Swamp Ooze and Harrison Jones. Acidic Swamp Ooze is better for the early game and has good vanilla stats while Harrison Jones has ok stats and can give you a large amount of card draw.
Kobold Stickyfinger is better than those two cards if you are aiming at stealing a high value weapon to use for your own or counter your opponents plan, but It's a little too late for this card to shine in standard.
If this card was around the time of baku and gen paladins with their Vinecleavers or Silver Swords it could of been playable. Same for other weapons that used to see more play such as Supercollider, Spectral Cutlass and of course the infamous Kingsbane.
For the pirate tag, I don't think pirate decks would want to run this card since the stats are not good enough without the battlecry activating and it doesn't synergize with your weapons or pirates which is usually the point of a pirate deck.
If we get a new expansion with high value legendary weapons, this card might see play, but for now I prefer running Harrison Jones for the potential card draw.
While this card has a fun effect, I don't think you will want to transform cards in your deck into random legendary minions (in a competitive deck). Even if you might have some synergies like getting cards from another class for Rogue, generating cards for a big Princess Talanji play or something else, you won't want to lose a card in your constructed deck for a random one.
OR this might be our savior from Bomb and Corrupted Blood!
5/5
Hunter does have a lot of strong rush cards, but not so many good rush minions that can be drawn unlike warrior with Town Crier. The better rush minions that do see play in hunter decks are Springpaw and Zilliax, though Diving Gryphon is good on its own and should be considered as a good rush minion for Hunter.
This could see play in a big beast hunter deck that is running Diving Gryphon and Master's Call to draw your big rush beasts such as Amani War Bear and Oondasta.
Even if such a deck doesn't work, the card is still great. It has beast synergy, it draws itself or another important rush minion, it helps the sidequest Clear the Way and it is a decent 4 damage removal for 3 mana.
Has synergy with Rush, Dragons and Galakrond decks.
This card by itself, without the crazy invoked effect, is still rather good since it's a 3 mana 3/2 rush that is also a dragon and Rabid Worgen did see some fair amount of play.
However, if you are able to activate its invoked effect, it becomes insane. It turns into 3 3/2 rush dragons which is far superior than Restless Mummy for 1 less mana and can be dublicated with cards such as Dragon Breeder or Barista Lynchen. Imagine drawing this with Galakrond, the Unbreakables battlecry.
We now have to wait and see how good the other invoke cards are.
This card is better than Dragon Soul since you can draw it with Sandbinder, mage is better at generating spells and it already fits rather well in cyclone mage.
The question would be if creating a bunch of 5/5 tokens on one turn is effective or not. Flamewaker was effective in cyclone mage since you ended up destroying your opponents board, dealing a large amount of damage to their face and the payout was immediate. This card has the potential of building a large board of minions, but since you are playing a deck that mostly runs spells, your opponent should have enough removal to deal with those 5/5 elementals like with a Brawl and you have to wait a turn before being able to attack.
Its a nice card to try out in a cyclone mage deck, but not one that should see much competitive play.
It's nice to see that they are printing more hinghlander cards unlike in Mean Streets of Gadgetzan where they just stopped supporting it after its release (for standard).
For the card itself, the effect is very powerful with a good amount of high cost minions in the list of dragon cards. Even some of the smaller dragons have some potential like the explorer dragons.
While the effect is quite powerful, it's also one of the most RNG cards that i've seen in awhile. Dragonqueen Alexstrasza can even create a copy of itself which can make it quite frustrating when you'll end up with two Faerie Dragons instead.
Either way, a fun and powerful card that I am eager to try out.
While this card seems like an auto include in dragon decks, it does compete against Firetree Witchdoctor which is another auto include card in dragon decks since the 2 mana slot is usually free.
The effect of Dragon Breeder is one that dragon decks love since you always want to be holding a dragon and it is always good even in the late game being able to copy a big dragon, yet you might end up not wanting to play this on curve without being able to use its strong battlecry unlike Firetree Witchdoctor which could hurt greedy players in the early game and for now we don't have any 1-2 mana dragons except for Faerie Dragon.
The card is still great, I just wonder if people will be running both Firetree Witchdoctor and Dragon Breeder or just one of the two for those upcoming dragon decks.
A very powerful card that I believe will be used a lot. The effect itself can easily be compared to Vilespine Slayer that costs 1 more and doesn't have the combo requirement. But the card just seems to have a deeper level of possibilities being able to counter some combo decks like Shirvallah, the Tiger, decks that can copy minions like rogue with Togwaggle's Scheme and much more.
Can fit in most aggressive warlock decks like zoolock and it can fit in slower decks like handlock. This just looks like a great card that also introduces a new mechanic that allows you to exceed the 10 cards in hand limit. Personally I am more excited to try this card out in handlock while also using the other new card Abyssal Summoner.
I don't see the fact that the deathrattle being a secret really matters. Your opponent should always consider it being the worst outcome possible. I do see it working in a deathrattle rogue deck while using Necrium Blade.
Dragons usually have large stats with dragons like Deathwing, Ysera, Malygos, Alexstrasza, Nozdormu, Onyxia, Waxadred, Evasive Drakonid and Twin Tyrant (while considering you are going for a Rogue deck).
You might get a few bad options such as Twilight Drake, Brightwing, Marsh Drake, Faerie Dragon and Dragonmaw Scorcher, but since you are using discover you should be able to get a good Dragon most of the time.
Either way, I learned to never underestimate egg cards and I do see this having some potential especially if it has the chance of getting a 12/12 as a deathrattle on turn 5.
So obviously you would want to play this card in a deck that holds a lot of cards in hand. A handlock deck would be the best way to utilize this effect or you could try a Supreme Archaeology deck for fun. While the effect is strong, I feel like it would be better to run Khartut Defender for that 6 mana minion slot since you will need the healing. Either way, this card can be a huge tempo swing getting you a massive taunt minion.
This card with Valdris Felgorge should make a fun new handlock. Maybe this is how dragon warlock will work, with dragons like Twilight Drake, Crazed Netherwing and the spell Nether Breath that end up making a new type of handlock.
This card looks pretty strong to me. It can work on either a control deck running lots of removal and Time Out! or a aggro/midrange deck that is able to get the early board control. This card is great on turn 2 and amazing if you coin it out on turn 1. It will force your opponent to maybe waste a spell on your face or make them use their hero power giving you control for the turn to come. You don't have to activate this card immediately, just having it around might force your opponent to go face instead of getting a value trade on one of your minions. While I like this card alot, it's mostly a sidequest that you want in the early game unlike Learn Draconic which can be activated at anytime and the effect is still quite strong. This card needs support to be able to activate in the mid to late game, it's doable but is a 3/6 taunt worth it after turn 5?