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Saviors of Uldum Card Reviews #6 - Embalming Ritual, Shadow of Death, Siamat, King Phaoris, Wretched Reclaimer, Activate the Obelisk, Bazaar Burglary and More!
Thanks for the great reviews as always!
Dune Sculptor
Cyclone Mage doesn’t need the extra Cards and I’m not sure it’ll care to pivot from it’s current Giant-focused gameplan.
Octosari
A great hand refill for Aggro or some Midrange decks. Actually opens up some fun counterplay too, since normally your transform/silence effects are wasted on those decks. Only bad thing I could say is that T8 might be a while for aggro decks to wait for, but Shudderwock works fine in Murwock shaman for instance.
Swarm of Locusts
Super good with the quest (obvs), Hyena, Timber Wolf… but otherwise I like Unleash the Beast better.
Desert Hare
Microtech controller is better for now. You need to be able to exploit this via Beast Tag, Evolution*, or uhh Barista Lynchen*. I’m not seeing it.
(* onstream they mentioned the tokens that spawn will be 3 mana and have the same battlecry).
Vessina
Even just turning your Voltaic Burst sparks into 3/1s is pretty dope. I like it.
Mogu Fleshshaper
If you’re a token deck, the rush and 3/4 stats aren’t really what you’re looking for. There’s not a lot of Evolve cards in standard to exploit the mana drop, either.
Sandstorm Elemental
I suspect there will be enough 1/1s and Reborn minions where this will be relevant. We clearly have a fair bit of Overload synergy, too.
Phalanx Commander
“Bloodlust” for Taunt Warrior? Not sure if there’s one right now, but there might be another class that can make a board of sticky taunts that will appreciate this as a finisher.
Blatant Decoy
You want to use this in a Big deck, but then why not just cheat out/play the Big minion you want to cheat out/play in the first place? Might have combo potential down the line but looks eh right now.
Body Wrapper
Control decks aren’t that hard up for extra copies of a specific minion, and combo decks will have a hard time finding their clutch card consistently. There might be some specific deck/meta that could make it work, though. Might be ok with the Shaman Quest?
Kobold Sandtrooper
Even if you have Deathrattle or reborn hijinx to work with, this just doesn’t seem like it’d ever do enough to see constructed play.
Armored Goon
Really good if you have Sulthraze as a follow-up, Supercollider/Weapons Project seems good too. I can see non-mech Control Warriors trying this out.
Naga Sand Witch
Makes sense for them to toss some love to Big Spell Mage. I dunno what your win condition is supposed to be, though. I guess hitting Power of Creation and Pyroblast might be good enough, if you have Alexstraza in the deck too.
Hyena Alpha
Not far off from Emerald Spellstone. Hunter has an easy time sticking secrets, too, with Rat Trap and Snake Trap. Just the boost Secret Hunter needed!
Ramkahen Wildtamer
At first I thought it was so cool as a 3/4/3 that draws a card, with an upside if you can work in handbuffs. Then I thought it’s still not as good as Master’s Call. THEN I thought there actually is a lot of possibility for evil things with some combination of this, Dire Frenzy, Hunting Party, and Scarlet Webweaver. Not unthinkable to wind up with a whole handful of 0-mana 5/8 Tundra Rhinos.
History Buff
Seems roughly playable with something like Halazzi or just a Zoolock/Murloc sorta build. If you can bump up Leeroy it’ll be an extra strong finisher.
Garden Gnome
Not sure it’s right for Token Druid- you usually only run 1 copy of Forest’s aid and and Overflow may or may not make it into the deck, making this too inconsistent. A slower Druid build might be interested just because Malfurion has no real removal spells and you need to use minions instead. But isn’t that what taunts are for?
Ancestral Guardian
Ehh I feel this is too easy to ping away, but there’s enough situations where it’ll absorb some of your opponent’s resources and heal you for 4 I guess.
No Dragon Speaker or Cathedral Gargoyle?