Kenchilada's Comments
Thrall, Deathseer
Will evolving into Steamwheedle Sniper allow you to evolve enemy minions?
Thrall, Deathseer
Yeah, having the requirement of owning both legendaries to play an archetype that might not even be good isn’t very good… at least, it wouldn’t allow f2ps to have as much fun as they did in this aggro meta. Maybe next aggro meta will have more legendaries than Patches.
Defile
It should work with imp gang boss, violet teacher, possessed villager, etc. if it also “worked” for dreadsteed. And violet teacher makes a token before the spell is cast, making for some good synergy
Tomb Lurker
Yep, the whole one 5 mana 5/3 in the game atm. But a couple don’t see play, anyways.
Phantom Freebooter
The same thing was said about small-time buccaneer and that card was meta-shattering
Mindbreaker
The reason earth shock doesn’t see play is because devolve does the same effect to an entire board. Yes, it can screw you over as well (flamewreathed faceless) but that’s just shaman for you
Phantom Freebooter
And bloodsail, not blood d’ail. Autocorrect makes me look illiterate
Phantom Freebooter
If the decks are complaining about pirate warrior, why would they give it a better turn 4 play than Naga Corsair? At rare quality?
I understand that the tribe didn’t get any cards in Un’Goro, but damn, if you curve with fiery war axe -> Blood d’ail cultist/upgrade, that’s a 4 mana 7/4 pirate with no downsides.
Don’t think we needed this, Blizz.
Archbishop Benedictus
But it only happens if your name has X’s on the side of it or Blazeit at the end
Archbishop Benedictus
Midrange died with Jade rogue in Gadgetzan, the only applicable midrange decks are quest warrior and Jade Druid, but they’re written off as control decks just because they’re great against other control decks and only sometimes beat aggro. Kinda saddened about that because midrange and Control are my favorite archetypes, aggro is just too braindead
Gnomeferatu
Mana crystal destruction would have to be high-costed or understatted, otherwise aggro could use it to limit their opponent’s answers.
Gnomeferatu
I feel like if warlock gets some form of healing or mitigation it will be amazing again. Defile just seems like a somehow better version of maelstrom portal that clears aggro instead of making a 1-drop. I hope more cards like Defile are printed so that warlock can be that hard-decision, long term control deck again.
Hadronox
Druid of the Claw and Shellshifter transform into their taunts instead of gaining stats. If you have an Ancient of War sapped, playing it again will activate the choose one.
Playing a sapped Druid of the Claw, however, will not trigger the choose one as it already transformed.
It doesn’t say transform on Druid of the Claw which is pretty stupid, considering the other cards (Ancient of War) have the same text with different effects.
Overall here’s my review:
Druid: 1/5
Druid should be put into Hall of Fame
Defile
I think you two are over complicating this a bit, it’s going to be great against two of the most oppressive decks in the meta and that’s what control warlock needs. Also Kara khazam + defile = flamestrike, for the memes.
Warrior doesn’t need this… it wouldn’t be run in control, meaning the entire addition of the card would just give them an extra swing with a 4 damage war axe or arcanite reaper in pirate warrior, great idea ?