Hydrologist

Hydrologist Card

Hydrologist is a 2 Mana Cost Common Paladin Minion Murloc card from the Journey to Un'Goro set!

Card Text

Battlecry: Discover and cast a Secret.

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Murloc hydrologists are pretty rare. Most murloc undergrads pick computer science.

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33 Comments

  1. Sunbox
    March 5, 2024 at 8:23 AM

    With the buff now it’s pretty solid, it provides good defense or reliable draws often.

  2. DumbEndumber
    March 23, 2017 at 11:34 AM

    I’m really not sure where Blizzard is heading with these slower value-based discover murlocs. Murloc decks are intristically based around sticking win-more cards on the board and exploiting their self-buffing to rush down the enemy. A 2mana 2/2 is not really going to fit in murloc deck – it’s too weak in an aggor, and too unreliable to be played with Finja. Also, I don’t think paladin secrets are the best in the game, I just don’t think discovering one would add that much value. Overall this card would just feel much better in mage.

    On the other hand, what happens of you copy it with Priest for instance? would you get paladin secrets offered?

  3. Sober667
    March 22, 2017 at 1:06 PM

    Huh Im wondering what if Shaman gets it from Megafin? it can discover ANY secret or none?

  4. Titanium1257
    March 22, 2017 at 11:39 AM

    Interesting card. Could discover dispatch kodo and you can coin that out or just play the card on turn three. Then you could maybe go infinite. 🙂

    • Spirit
      March 22, 2017 at 1:52 PM

      Getaway Kodo* 😉

      dispatch one is the hunter card .D

      • Titanium1257
        March 24, 2017 at 3:49 AM

        Oops XD Thank you for clearing that up i didn’t notice that. You get dispatch kodo from Informant, not the murloc.

  5. Blux
    March 22, 2017 at 10:46 AM

    So when will hunter get his 2-Drop secret finding card?

    • Intelligent Player
      March 22, 2017 at 5:20 PM

      Hopefully never.
      Maybe if it’s a 2 mana 0/1 it would be okay.

    • Zenanii
      April 3, 2017 at 2:32 PM

      They already did, but then naxx rotated out of standard.

  6. jeniok
    March 22, 2017 at 10:17 AM

    i wild it will return the old secret paly .

    will be great

  7. Kalo
    March 22, 2017 at 9:48 AM

    What happens if you steal it with a class that doesn’t have secrets (for example you Cabal it) and then return it to your hand? It simply whiffs?

    • yamum
      March 23, 2017 at 3:51 AM

      i think you can just discover secrets from any class then.

    • Sober667
      March 23, 2017 at 8:05 AM

      U can get it From shaman quest and ods are over 50% if i calculate corectly

  8. JolkiPalki
    March 22, 2017 at 9:47 AM

    If a shaman gets this through megafin, what secrets he gets to discover?

  9. Spirit
    March 22, 2017 at 9:23 AM

    Is this the first (young?) female murloc in Hearthstone?

  10. SirHeckerstein
    March 22, 2017 at 8:59 AM

    Would be better if it wasn’t a Murloc

    • Spirit
      March 22, 2017 at 9:21 AM

      with murloc tag she can get buffs and value

    • Kalo
      March 22, 2017 at 9:46 AM

      How the hell is removing a tag good for a card? Last time I checked hungry crab wasn’t being run.

      • ShoM
        March 22, 2017 at 1:13 PM

        Because every murloc card is inherently worse (kinda) for having the murloc tag unless it’s good when summoned by finja. Because this card is a murloc, you cant play it in a deck that plays the finja package

        • Kalo
          March 23, 2017 at 6:44 AM

          well, this card is not understatted at all, but the Finja argument is valid

        • Spirit
          March 23, 2017 at 7:54 AM

          But you have multiple advantages like Curator sinergy, Buffs from other murlocs, receive no damage from corrupted seer etc etc

  11. nnm
    March 22, 2017 at 8:53 AM

    Only paladins secret’s?

    • A-Deg
      March 22, 2017 at 9:25 AM

      Probably, Discover gives you either neutral or class-matching (with some exceptions).

      Its effect has no tribal synergy, so who cares if it is a Murloc or not? Doesn’t make the card worse.

  12. Likefia
    March 22, 2017 at 8:51 AM

    this card is balanced, which means it will never be played in rank

  13. Abdicate
    March 22, 2017 at 8:40 AM

    It’s about time paladin received a decent two-drop after shielded minibot! It has honestly been so hard to play a two drop in paladin lately.

  14. Rubenluthman
    March 22, 2017 at 8:12 AM

    Can it discover non-Paladin secrets?

    • Evident - Author
      March 22, 2017 at 8:27 AM

      Nope!

    • TacoRocco
      March 22, 2017 at 8:32 AM

      I would imagine no. The Discover mechanic always Discovers cards from the same class as you unless it states otherwise. For example, Jeweled Scarab let’s you Discover a 3-cost card, but you cannot be given the option of a card that is not Neutral or for your class whereas Kabal Courier says “Discover a Priest, Mage, or Warlock card”, therefore you would be given options from those 3 classes regardless of your class.

    • Xander Raidon
      March 22, 2017 at 8:32 AM

      Pretty sure it can. But you must be a mage for that to happen.