I think at most we’ll see the card go up to 3 mana 2/2 with the same effect.
I could also get behind nerfing it to a 1 mana 1/1 with changed text to minions-only **if** the control hunter archetype had more support. Alternatively, changing it to 5 mana spell that has the text “Summon 2 2/1 shocksplitters with rush”, and they’d trigger the minions-only text on-summon as mentioned. Here you’re looking at a 5 mana to deal roughly 4 attack to 2 minions immediately, and 4 damage that can only immediately go to minions as well. 5 mana deal 12 across the board feels pretty balanced in the current meta.
I don’t think the latter will be the change they make though, since at this point it’s not a buff/nerf, it’s a complete change to the card (which I don’t think we’ve seen before).
I’m of the opinion that it doesn’t need a nerf.
I think at most we’ll see the card go up to 3 mana 2/2 with the same effect.
I could also get behind nerfing it to a 1 mana 1/1 with changed text to minions-only **if** the control hunter archetype had more support. Alternatively, changing it to 5 mana spell that has the text “Summon 2 2/1 shocksplitters with rush”, and they’d trigger the minions-only text on-summon as mentioned. Here you’re looking at a 5 mana to deal roughly 4 attack to 2 minions immediately, and 4 damage that can only immediately go to minions as well. 5 mana deal 12 across the board feels pretty balanced in the current meta.
I don’t think the latter will be the change they make though, since at this point it’s not a buff/nerf, it’s a complete change to the card (which I don’t think we’ve seen before).