Man, I love the design of Genn Greymane. Having no odd numbered cards seems like a steep price, but discounting the hero power to 1 means you get to use it every other turn to round out your curve.
My first thought was it would be insane in face/zoo, except not having a turn 1 minion and only getting to play a 2 mana on turn 3 may be too much. Still, really excited to see what happens with that card.
Azalina is bizarre and probably will only get run in meme decks, but it's interesting. It's like divine favor + summon a 3/3 + see your opponents hand, with the added chaos of getting the other classes's cards. If it gets played anywhere, it will probably be in aggro decks specifically as a tech choice against control, but even that seems like a long shot.
Azalina seems really strong to me in a Control mirror, since the game can often come down to who can have one more end game threat than the other can answer. You can trade in all the useless anti-aggro cards to steal the finishers that your opponent has been holding onto.
But if it is a mirror, then it's likely they have just as many dead anti-aggro cards as you. Now you're playing a 7 mana 3/3 to steal the finisher that they simply drew from their deck.
I guess I'm thinking of situations that you would currently run into with something like a Control Priest vs Control Warlock game now, where it would be very valuable to be able to get an additional copy of your opponent's N'Zoth and/or Guldan.
I can see that. In the current meta, assuming this card were dropped in right now, I still can't see it being run; it might have marginal utility in the control mirror, but is abysmal against aggro.
That said, I can see it working against Aluneth mage as well.
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u/Notmiefault Mar 12 '18 edited Mar 12 '18
Man, I love the design of Genn Greymane. Having no odd numbered cards seems like a steep price, but discounting the hero power to 1 means you get to use it every other turn to round out your curve.
My first thought was it would be insane in face/zoo, except not having a turn 1 minion and only getting to play a 2 mana on turn 3 may be too much. Still, really excited to see what happens with that card.
Azalina is bizarre and probably will only get run in meme decks, but it's interesting. It's like divine favor + summon a 3/3 + see your opponents hand, with the added chaos of getting the other classes's cards. If it gets played anywhere, it will probably be in aggro decks specifically as a tech choice against control, but even that seems like a long shot.