My Priest opponet’s board: 1/2 Beaming Sidekick and 2/7 Amet
My Hunter turn 5: nothing on board for me - play Zephrys for 2 mana; get offered: SI:7, Brightwing, Animal Companion.
No Shadow Word: Pain, no Silence, no Earth Shock or anything good. I think there is an issue with Zephrys the Great.
Zephrys doesn’t read ability text, so as far as he knows, Amet is just a vanilla 2/7 minion, which is no big threat.
Zephrys reads ability text, otherwise he wouldn’t give silence against other creatures; developers just forgot to add a script for Amet
As far as I know, Zephrys gives silence for minions with keywords, such as Taunt, Divine Shield, etc. But not card text.
Official word to that effect:
https://twitter.com/Celestalon/status/1156634915896774658
https://twitter.com/Celestalon/status/1160250573767110656
Also from the forums:
Especially this part:
As a rule, we don’t plan to teach Zephrys about individual card mechanics and interactions. However, we’ve made a one-time exception
Edit: If you want to learn more about what we know Zephrys will or will not do, have a look at a page like this one:
https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Zephrys_the_Great
No he doesn’t.
He knows about keywords e.g. Taunt.