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TopicHearthstone Topic: Back to School Edition
metroid composite
07/30/20 3:17:53 AM
#5:


So...quietly in the final reveal stream were a bunch of draw cards and hero power cards that look likely to impact wild.

Tour Guide 1 mana 1/1
Battlecry: Your next Hero Power costs (0).

This card looks playable enough in standard, but gets very interesting in wild. Odd decks are an obvious application (Odd Paladin, Odd Rogue, maybe Odd Hunter. 1 mana make three 1/1s or equip a 2/2 dagger seem really good). But the card also, works well in various combo decks, like quest shaman into double shudderwock battlecries, and Uther of the Ebon Blade combos.

Also worth noting, this effect has been done twice before, once at 3 mana (Fencing coach, a 2/2) and once at two mana (water boy, a 2/1). This card is worded like fencing coach--which means you can save the 0 cost hero power for next turn (unlike water boy).

Obviously there's combo applications to saving a 0 mana hero power. But even just smoothing out your mana curve seems good. Like...let's say you are in Odd Paladin, it's turn 4, and you have a super awkward hand with 5 drops. You can hero power first, and then play this, saving a 0 mana hero power to play alongside your 5 drop (instead of playing this before the hero power and just ending up floating mana).

But wait, there's also ...

Manafeeder Panthara (2 mana 2/3)
Battlecry: If you've used your hero power this turn, draw a card.

Seems solid in Even Decks. Solid, mind you, not necessarily a must-run. But a 2 drop that's good enough to include.

And also just a draw card that looks more than strong enough in wild--really surprise this is getting printed...

Voracious Reader (2 mana 1/3)
At the end of your turn, draw until you have 3 cards.

So...Jeeves is back, and costs 2 mana and is one-sided now. o_O

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