Only a bit below Vanilla stats. Lifesteal seems to fit with the healing theme in some of the other Paladin Dragons so far. And it’s the Paladin’s explorer so it creates a new dragon. Overall, it seems pretty solid.
Also, it’s going to be nice with buffs from Talritha and/or Dragonspeaker if you can land those.
Dragon Healadin intensifies
The funny thing is that once upon a time people would have gone nuts over a Netherspite Historian with an extra point of attack, Lifesteal, a relevant creature type, and no condition to boot. Now it just seems like it’ll be filler in whatever Dragon Paladin deck crops up (if anything crops up) :/.
Idk maybe I’m underselling it but compared to a lot of the stuff we’ve seen so far this looks kind of lackluster mebe?
Doesn’t win the game pre-mulligan.
1 star card.
Really though… The 2/3 conditionless value AND lifesteal for 3 is already good, but Paladin also will now have at least three cards that buff Dragons in your hand. Giving a Lifesteal minion +3/+3 is a pretty big deal.
Hey, that’s my line! Reported!
Reported for reporting!
And also, I can’t believe I forgot to mention the most important thing about this card in my initial post:
It’s adorable.
I really like this card as someone who still uses Historian in Wild. In addition when building your Dragon Paladin decks (I know it is my day 1 deck… that or Control Warlock with the new legend) it counts as 1.5 Dragons in my accounting method.
4 out of 5 card imho.
The adorable minion is now a 2/3,up from being the traditional 1/1.
That’s some hefty powercreep right there.
I think that this is a step above filler. While it’s not a card that wins games on its own, it is a very good support for a lot of the other dragon cards that Paladin has gotten, and I think it will play well into the handbuff direction that they seem to be going for the class’s dragon decks. So, I would say that it’s more a strong workhorse in a Dragon Paladin deck rather than just filler that you might include to round out such a deck.
With this and the rest of the things we’ve seen so far, Dragon Paladin is one of the top decks I’m looking forward to building after the expansion comes out.
I’d say the best exploring dragon there is…all lifesteal minions are very meh statted, but here you replace it with a card. Neat and cute…and I want what I know for christmas now.
Mooooooom, I want a pet dragon!
The lifesteal seems completely gratuitous for an early game minion.
I wonder what that’s about, maybe plays well with the Glass Knight?
Good thing Paladin has 2x Dragonspeaker and now Dragonrider Talritha to not only give it +3/+3, but it discovers another Dragon to pass Talritha’s buff/Deathrattle to.
V A L U E
It should have taunt, though.
How could anyone not attempt to hug this little scaly adorable ball to death?
Well I just updated my dragon pally theory craft deck haha. I cannot wait for the new expac
Give it Pharoah’s Blessing. Boom, taunt.
I’d rather use Spikeridged Steed.
A tiny dragon riding atop a mighty, but friendly and trusty dinosaur.
But that would require playing Wild.
But it’s adorable and the image cures cancer and depression.
There’s nothing untrue about that statement.
What if… we give the adorable dino-riding Dragon, Pharoah’s Blessing?
Much cute. Very glow.
Wow!