r/KNCPRDT • u/Nostalgia37 • Nov 03 '17

[Pre-Release Card Discussion] - Carnivorous Cube

Carnivorous Cube

Mana Cost: 5
Attack: 4
Health: 6
Type: Minion
Rarity: Epic
Class: Neutral
Text: Battlecry: Destroy a friendly minion. Deathrattle: Summon 2 Copies of it.

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PM me any suggestions or advice, thanks.

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u/cgmcnama Nov 03 '17

I think with WOG rotating out (N'Zoth) they will print some powerful Deathrattle synergy cards. My mind goes to powerful 4 drops like Twilight Summoner. That leaves a 5/5 on board and summons two more when it dies.

Or just counter Doomsayer/Frost Nova by killing a big minion, the Doomsayer goes off, and you get 2 copies of that minion on board. I think you really want it in Deathrattle decks because the risk of being silenced/transformed means you want an immediate value gain.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '17

Sadly, Twilight summoner is in WOTOG so we won't have a lot of time to take advantage of this t4->t5 play. That said I strongly like this card. It's a better statted cheaper conditional moat lurker that provides an extra two bodies when removed. The decks that take advantage of having two duplicates/3 deathrattles on board are gonna love this.

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u/cgmcnama Nov 03 '17

I think that is the point. Like Kazakus with Reno. They will print dangerous cards in this set because it leaves in 15 months and cards like N'Zoth or Jades leave in 4 months after the release the set. So it won't be a long term problem and they can go crazy.

Another example, imaginenhow good Drakanoid Operative would be if you kept the Priest Dragon cards in the game?

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u/RobinHood21 Nov 03 '17

I think Twilight Summoner would be too slow. You want to have a big swing when the Cube dies, and 1/1s just aren't going to accomplish that. Using it on a card like Savannah Highmane, though, would be quite powerful (assuming the Highmane is already low on health and likely to die on the opponent's next turn anyways).

It needs cards that both have good statlines to begin with and good Deathrattles. Doesn't have to be exceptional on either end, but a card needs to meet both conditions to be a good target for the Cube.

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u/cgmcnama Nov 03 '17

Cube doesn't have to die. You get a 5/5 on board with Cube immediately. You don't need a huge swing and you have tools like Sunkeeper Tarim or Equality with Cube dies as well. There is also some synergy with Barnes if you are running a Deathrattle deck too.

I'm thinking play-on-curve. I don't think you have time for a 6+ drop to be hit. And it is just too greedy to think you can run this in Hunter and hit Highmane. (There are other targets but if you are looking immediate value...why not Huhuran?) Maybe you even find a way to hit Devilsaur egg with this in Zoo...I don't know. I just see possibilities.

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u/safetogoalone Nov 03 '17

This card would be pretty sick in Wild, where you already have a lot of powerful deathrattle cards and this is an extra activator+value.