I’m going to give the most comprehensive reasoning I can as to why the card’s effect is incongruent with the effect described on the card, so bear with me.
“Fire your Hero Power at all enemies.” Taken literally, you would expect it to fire “at all enemies” since that’s what it says it does, however, I just got beaten by a mage deck that used Finley to get the hunter hero power. They then used Reckless Apprentice (a card I knew they had in hand btw) to fire their hero power once FOR every enemy. The hunter Hero Power is already capable of firing at an enemy through other card effects. Why would it not fire “at all enemies” when the card text literally says that that’s what it will do? I lost a game for having basic reading comprehension. Why do other cards that describe firing at an enemy work as described, but this one instead does something entirely different?
If your answer to that question would be “Because it tries to fire at an enemy, but it can’t, so it fires at the enemy hero instead.” then you’re missing the point. The card text SAYS that that’s what it will do. Imagine if you played Steamwheedle Sniper and when you targeted an enemy with your hero power, it instead went for the enemy’s face. I mean sure, you can target minions with it like the card text says you can, but the hunter Hero Power can’t be fired at enemy minions, so of course it would go face anyway. The card’s working exactly as described - it doesn’t say that it will fire at the targeted minion, it just that it CAN target that minion. That’s what’s happening with Reckless Apprentice here. Sure, the text says that the Hero Power WILL fire at all enemies, but the hero power CAN’T hit enemies, so of course it goes face eight times. THEN WHY DOES THE CARD SAY THAT IT WILL FIRE AT ALL ENEMIES?
That does seem like quite the oversight. I think you hit the mark. Hit the mark.
I would love to see the deck in question played.
Do you have HSR?
Funny interaction if true.
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It makes me wonder, because I use reckless in two of my decks, and it does not work this way for me.
I’m curious if the Hunter HP interaction is the culprit here.
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It is. Rexxars HP fires for each enemy, but it can only go face.
Only 2 (3 if you include Priest) hero powers in the game, Mage and Hunter, work with Reckless Apprentice. One of them has a face only condition.
Would be interesting to see if Anduins heal 2 hits all enemies… .
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Reckless apprentice works with all hero powers. If you have rogue hero power it equips a new dagger for each enemy.
This is not very useful but you can do it.
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Read the hero power of hunter.
Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
It does not say deal 2 damage.
So, when you fire your hero power at a minion, you are firing a “deal 2 damage to the enemy hero” at it.
The hero power text shouldn’t just magically change and do something different than what it says.
When the hero power changes through other means, it’s doing so by taking away the “at enemy hero” text.
That part of the text is not going away with reckless.
It’s working exactly as it is worded.
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There was an old trick Shaman could do in standard against Mage (and vice-versa) where if you took their Apprentice with Theotar and had Bru’kan active with his Fire Invocation ready, you could Reckless and pummel the enemy hero for 6 damage +6 for every unit on their board.
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It does. That’s what it’s supposed to do.
If you have Reno hero power and it’s deal 2 refresh 2 crystal you could play reckless for 4 be at zero mana and then gain 2 mana for every enemy back up to ten.
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Not a good explanation, and the op is aware it’s the Hero Power. There’s no reason for the Hero Power text to take precedent over the minion’s, especially when it is minithat change the Hero Power text in other situations. Seems like an arbitrary ruling.
yes, there is. First in, first out. the HP is there from the start, so it takes priority.
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Hunter hero power will only target minions with this card if it has an effect in play that makes the hero power targetable.
Apprentice literally does that. The difference between “Can now target” and “Fire at all enemies” is arbitry. If it did work that way, it should only fire once at the Hero. It makes no sense that it targets the Hero multiple times.
It makes perfect sense. Hunters HP targets the enemy HERO.
Apprentice fires at all enemy characters.
You not understanding this is far more concerning than the interaction…
It works exactly as it should!
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if you use the paladin dk, and the opponent has at least 3 minions, you win if you press the button
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Sounds like the Hunter hero Power in this combo is essentially homing bullets, akin to the ones depicted in The Fifth Element. You lock in your target and no matter where you point your gun the bullets will find their target. So while you fired the weapon at the other enemies, the ammo doesnt care as their not programed to just hit what they are pointed at. They are programmed to hit the enemy hero.
https://youtu.be/LyhR1THflUU?t=22
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Except they can hit other targets, and just like cards that do it, so should this one. It literally says to fire at all enemies. Why shouldn’t it override it when other cards can?
Was the hero power made into a targetable version of the power? or is it the original vanilla flavor of the hero power? If its meant to automatically make it targetable then what happens if a warrior hero power is fired at all enemies? Does each of those enemies suddenly each get 2 armor for themselves? Or does the hero power fire at each enemy but still does what its supposed to do and give the warrior hero power having player gain all those armor gains for each time it was fired at the enemies?
hey whoa, dont be giving blizzard ideas!
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