LorereaderPoCho's Comments
Bone Wraith
I disagree, I think if Shieldmasta had deathrattle summon a 2-1 with taunt it would get played all the time, and this is almost that card. The only question is if the 3 power on Sludge Belcher was worth the extra mana, because it would often kill 3 toughness creatures forced to attack it while this will let them live.
Shadow of Death
I understand, it wouldn’t work on Pogos because it doesn’t trigger any battlecries. My point was that this type of card leads to a longer type of Rogue game if you want to get value of drawing the 3 copies. And if you are doing a longer type of Rogue game, you would be better served doing the Pogo bunnies route. Basically this card and others could lead to a strong Rogue late game deck, but I still don’t think that deck would be better than Pogo bunnies for a late game Rogue deck. IMO pogo bunnies can outlast any other deck so it’s the ultimate outlast deck, so if you’re playing Rogue any other type of late game than Pogo bunnies would be inferior, though maybe more consistent.
Shadow of Death
4 mana, requires a good minion on board, no immediate impact. It’s cool but I still think Pogo Bunnies are the most unbeatable late game if you want to go that route. No deck can beat unlimited Pogo Bunnies if you can survive long enough to cast them. There is no outlasting Pogo Bunnies.
Conjured Mirage
This is a really interesting design but I have my doubts that it will see play. It’s kind of like at best a Frost Blast, or whatever that 3 mana card that freezes everyone, that you can use more than once. So outside of some other combo or synergies… But of course the frost blast is just best case scenario because frost guarantees to stop an aggro board for a turn, whereas this can be removed and then you take damage. 2 Stars, but cool design hopefully they will bring back on a better card.
Mortuary Machine
I think this may be worse than a card like Hydra or Reaver. I think these cards are best at top end of aggressive decks. But the problem with this is that it makes a taunt minion or something like Zilliax, a good card against you, even stronger. Whereas losing life or cards from your deck doesn’t hurt an aggro deck as much, giving Zilliax or something reborn could ruin your aggro plan. So 2 stars from me.
Pharaoh Cat
It’s a great card, and it’s a cat. It’s especially good when Rogue gets nice one drops because they want combo enablers. 5 stars.
Bone Wraith
Didn’t seem very good at first, then I remembered Sludge Belcher. This is a whole mana cheaper, for one less offense and a token with one less health. This will definitely see play, 4 out of 5.
Pharaoh's Blessing
No one has mentioned that this is some much needed support for the awesome Tiger Spirit! I’ve been waiting for more Paladin cards that encourage making Tiger Tokens, don’t sleep on em they’ll pounce!
Although not quite Zilliax prolific I think we’ll see a lot of this neutral legendary. Also I like that it’s a Djinn.