Bomb Squad

Bomb Squad Card

Bomb Squad is a 5 Mana Cost Rare Neutral Minion card from the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan set!

Card Text

Battlecry: Deal 5 damage to an enemy minion. Deathrattle: Deal 5 damage to your hero.

Flavor Text

Please don't explode! Please don't explode! Please don't explode!

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25 Comments

  1. Dave
    November 29, 2016 at 8:19 PM

    Firelands Portal nerf

  2. Bro
    November 21, 2016 at 11:46 PM

    Its a 5/1 weapon that avoids taunt and gives you a 2/2 body. This WILL be played in some decks, bomblobber is rng and only does 4 damage. The difference between 5 and 4 is Thaurrisan, Sylvanas, Highmane, 5/5 totem taunt guy, and a bunch of other cards that are played regularly. Considering that half the classes have some way to heal or have a reno deck…

  3. Organis
    November 19, 2016 at 5:14 PM

    There’s a lot going on in this card, so let’s break it down.

    The 2/2 body is worth about 1 mana (Arguably more, but note that most 1/2s and 2/1s nowadays have powerful effects worth at least a stat point). Thus, you are basically paying 4 mana to deal 5 damage to a minion, but you need to wait until turn 5 or have the coin to do so. Additionally, as said, you need to target a minion, thus making the effect far worse as you cannot finish the enemy hero with it. And on top of all that, the 2/2 body does 5 damage to yourself when it dies.

    My conclusion is that this card is bad despite having the flexibility of being a neutral card and providing removal to classes who lack it. At 4 mana this card would have made a bit more sense, as you would be essentially be paying 3 mana (delayed to turn 4 or coin) to deal 5 damage on a restriction to only minions, with an additional downside once the body of the minion dies.

    That said, having these three downsides (a sort of delayed use, minion-exclusive, self-damaging deathrattle) just to be able to deal 5 damage for 3 mana in a neutral card might not be worth it either. Thus, pricing the same effects at 4 mana (again, I’m taking into account the 2/2 body) means that this card…is bad. It’s just bad.

    • Organis
      November 19, 2016 at 5:17 PM

      …It is quite cute, though…

  4. Captain Falcon
    November 17, 2016 at 9:21 PM

    This makes purify tier one kappa

  5. OinarLeBonker
    November 17, 2016 at 3:31 PM

    Control Warriors that can easily take the 5 damage if needed?

  6. Starfinguer
    November 17, 2016 at 4:39 AM

    5 good things: counter silvanas, nerf RNG, buff dirty rat, can be used to kill youself , and has a extremely cute art Im gonna craft 9 golden versions of this card

  7. Falkenar
    November 17, 2016 at 1:59 AM

    ” it counters the shit out of Sylvanas ” but you cannot risk 5 dmg from a your card… at least not for this value.

    • Kellun
      November 19, 2016 at 4:58 AM

      But sylvanas takes the minion, so your opponent takes 5dmg, and resummons it with n’zoth if he plays it. Against anything that’s not sylvanas, it’s pretty mediocre/bad

  8. Bling
    November 17, 2016 at 12:08 AM

    Hey sorry to post something unrelated but your backstreet leper page is broken Evident! I went to go check it out but only the page loads with no card or comments there.

  9. Jeiokb
    November 16, 2016 at 11:25 PM

    Actually this card is cinda problematic.
    If you have evolve when you play this- it’s ok. When it counters Sylvanas- it’s ok. But what if you didn’t draw evolve, have this in Hand And face some aggro sh::?
    Gg?

    • Spirit
      November 17, 2016 at 5:30 AM

      You are probably going to play it into a reno archetype so you can often heal you back.

  10. Anonymous
    November 16, 2016 at 4:18 PM

    Priest might be the best class for this with healing and silences. Not a great card, but purify doesn’t make a great deck so it might fit right in. 🙂

  11. Lennon255
    November 16, 2016 at 3:08 PM

    Well I mean, it counters the shit out of Sylvanas and it’s good in evolve decks. That’s about it for this card.

  12. Spirit
    November 16, 2016 at 11:36 AM

    Oh yes, an other great card for evolve decks!

  13. Kellun
    November 16, 2016 at 11:11 AM

    Nice nerf on firelands portal 😀

    • Anonymous
      November 16, 2016 at 12:13 PM

      Same thought hereXD

  14. MERUEM
    November 16, 2016 at 11:09 AM

    A sylvanas counter !

    • No
      November 16, 2016 at 11:32 AM

      No

      • Yes
        November 16, 2016 at 12:54 PM

        Yes!

        • Maybe
          November 16, 2016 at 3:02 PM

          maybe?

          • this conversation is ridiculous
            November 16, 2016 at 11:07 PM

            sylvanas steals a 5 mana 2/2 deal 5 dmg to your opponent face seems good.

    • David Cruz Conesa
      November 16, 2016 at 2:20 PM

      You are the most optimistic guy i ve seen. Looking the good side of the thinks. Bravo