It can almost go straight into a boar deck because like 22 of the cards are already shadow/holy, I’m trying to imagine a scenario where you play palm reading on turn 3 to discover a holy spell. If the opponent doesn’t play aggro anyway I don’t think they can win because you destroy their mana crystals before they hit into their win con. Realizing this would pollute your rez pool though, the body ironically makes it a more awkward card.
I think you’re inadvertently proving the point that I didn’t make obvious. That point is that this minion would have to have a deck that’s reliable to have this minion and see proper play. That sort of deck would be Miracle priest, but it most certainly would not be an average priest deck. Other classes will get the sort of effect this minion gives without the hard requirements.
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This is around turn 6 or later after playing the 5/5 that pulls a holy and shadow after a deathrattle. Even though its strong and the support is there to make it pretty consistent agro is probably going to kill the Priest before this helps.
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yea the warder is actually looking really good. probably will see play in any dragon-type deck.
Edit: the overall powerlevel of the miniset so far seems to be kinda fair?
it´s on the one hand great to see, but on the other i´m not sure what their gameplan is going forward, as if they donßt finally address most of the UiS nonsense no fair card will see play for another year.
I miss Dragon Priest.
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Why would facehunter be hosed? I mean, because against priest, yeah it’s not a good matchup. But at least my particular facehunter doesn’t play for board really at all, it’s all about dealing damage to face. This card won’t really do anything against face hunter (at least against my version of it). But yeah priest matchup is pretty tough as is.
I feel this is a worse Duskbreaker, but still a very strong card. Priest (Quest Priest in particular) feels weak at the 4-mana slot and this is a nice fit.
People said Quest Mage would be too hard to get all 3 spell types consistently, yet it proved very effective.
Even though your entire deck isn’t spells, there is enough discover to get a holy and shadow spell in your hand consistently by turn 4.
It’s completely different because the effect is only good if it’s dropped on curve.
Yeah but you can already play a duskbreaker with 80% consistency in a dragon priest deck for only -1/1 less stat and much more reliability. And then watch it completely whiff on 3/4 → 3/1s, 4/5s → 4/2s, 0 mana 8/8s → 8/5s. And then just die anyways.
This card already exists, duskbreaker was a decent card and i used it for years past it rotated out in dragon raza midrange combos, but dragon raza hasn’t been consistent once the legacy dragon power level started to be outdone by 1 mana draw 4s and 0 mana 8/8s that return to hand twice and start in hand refreshable 3 damage machine guns from quest hunter.
This card does half of soul rend, with twice the conditions for a 4/4 body. is a body nice? yes. Do you want your aoe to whiff half the time for a two card requirement +1/1 statline that fails if you spend even a single card of either tribe, and can’t trigger if you draw one spell school twice (Like quest priest?)? No.
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I agree I doubt its gonna get played, I just think people are underestimating how easy it is to have a holy and shadow spell by turn 4
This card much like the other cards revealed seems really uninspired and boring. It makes Smite, Arbor Up, and Lightning Bloom look exciting in comparison even though those are just as uninspired.
Yet another board clear for the wild priest arsenal… What a joke.
Maybe a very spell heavy deathrattle priest that runs this and the 3/4 that deals 2 damage for each spell?
I guess… it’s usable in miracle priest… But the only way miracle priest wins is in the name.
No, I was thinking of thrive in the shadows, which only tutors one spell. My bad.
I mean, 18 cards in the big priest deck are one of the two… the odds you don’t have both in hand on turn four are really, really small.
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But then it would be horrible in big priest for the same reason why I established you couldn’t use it in boar priest, you don’t want to pull this from your deck so you can’t have weak minions in there.
But you’re not playing this card in big priest because then it wouldn’t be big priest.
This again proves my point. This isn’t a card that sees much play because of the double condition, a condition only a few decks will have consistently.
I don’t even think it sees play in Miracle priest either, because then it corrupts the raise dead pool and kills the drek’thar build as well.
This card needs a spell heavy deck to play consistently on turn 4.
It won’t see play in Miracle priest because it corrupts the rez pool and ruins the drekthar build.
It won’t see play in big priest because it stops big priest from being big priest.
It won’t see play in shadow priest because it needs holy spells.
What’s left? Quest priest. Quest priest would need a shadow and holy spell in hand on 4, meaning they can’t use their holy or shadow spell on turn 2 and 3 if it’s the only one they have to advance quest… it’s basically a very clunky card that doesn’t fit any current priest build well.
So who’s gonna build a priest deck filled with shadow and holy spells just for this 3 card combo effect needed on turn 4?
So that means this is not a good consistent turn 4 card. That means this is a turn 6+ card.
That makes this a decent consistent late game card and a terribly inconsistent early game card.
The effect that you get for the consistent late game isn’t really worth it compared to other late game card effects.
Sure it will be great when it pops off on 4, but it’s not going to be consistent enough to matter.
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The requirements for this card seem too onerous for it to be effective.
Well…
Fast builds of ping mage can actually have already PLAYED two spell schools by turn 4.
So if i would guess in a normal deck you would just run discover cards because priest has tons of both spells and you’re Very unlikely to not draw one School naturally.
But if anything i kinda have the same feeling as you with deep breath.
Both board clears are underwhelming in a way or another.