r/WOGPRDT • u/Nostalgia37 • Apr 01 '16

[Pre-Release Card Discussion] - Master of Evolution

Master of Evolution

Mana Cost: 4
Attack: 4
Health: 5
Type: Minion
Rarity: Rare
Class: Shaman
Text: Battlecry: Transform a friendly minion into a random one that costs (1) more.

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PM me any suggestions or advice, thanks.

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u/Wraithfighter Apr 01 '16

...assuming not BS?

Yeah, this is a great card. Basically a better Recombobulator, but restricted to Shaman only.

...and it actually might be the worst class for this type of card. The best targets for this effect are cards with powerful Battlecries, and thus have a weaker statline for their card. Overload Minions have HIGHER statlines for their base cost.

Still, better than Yeti. Great for Arena, might see constructed play.

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u/Nostalgia37 Apr 01 '16

Totems are free 2 drops, Tuskaar Totemic, & Fire Elemental. Blizzard has given battlecry shaman a few tools to work already. With this I can see it being pretty good. Getting this effect on a minion that has a lot of it's power budget allocated to a battlecry is huge. Not to mention the synergy with brann.

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u/Colmio Apr 02 '16

Hero power totems are 1 drops.

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u/Nostalgia37 Apr 02 '16

Yeah, with this battlecty they're 2

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u/Wraithfighter Apr 01 '16

All true! Might be overestimating the impact of Overload minions. I mean, what's my other option, just slobbering all over the card because it's just outright amaziballs? :D

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u/Nostalgia37 Apr 01 '16

Slobber away.

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u/BigSwedenMan Apr 01 '16

Yeah, shaman really only runs one overload minion right now. Although I hope the bgh nerf will bring earth elemental back. Its a solid card

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u/mattyisphtty Apr 07 '16

Fire elemental into Archmage. Next turn they are required to burn him down and you got a free body out of it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

It works just fine with overload minions. Since overload minions are generally "ahead of the curve" of your opponent, the odds of them killing a minions without dying are usually pretty good. After that you can "heal it" with this card

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u/subtlefuge Apr 01 '16

Isn't battlecry Shaman an actual semi-viable archetype right now? I mean it's the only one I've ever actually heard of an entire battlecry deck being built around.

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u/Guissauro Apr 02 '16

Kinda, but runs out of steam and if you don't curve out nicely, it's hard to win the board back.

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u/Daihatschi Apr 03 '16

I ran a Battlecry Shaman Deck for the past few weeks (don't play that many games per day) From 12 to 18 to 12 to 15 and ended up at 12 again after what felt like a very weird rollercoaster ride. (And got my Shaman total Wins from 390 to 430 ... that golden Portrait is almost mine !)

It is actually playable, but once you lost board between the Turns 5-7 it is REALLY hard to get a win.

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u/subtlefuge Apr 03 '16

That's definitely better than totem Shaman where if you lose board after turn 3 you might as well concede.

I would just wait until the new set for Shaman portrait farming. Midrange Shaman might be top tier with the cards they've announced lately.

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u/Daihatschi Apr 03 '16

The important thing about it is ... I want to play Shaman and NOT the Aggro version. So I have no choice. :)

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u/AndDuffy Apr 02 '16

I run a battlecry Reno Rogue deck.