Druid of the Scythe
Druid of the Scythe is a 3 Mana Cost Common Druid Minion card from The Witchwood set!
Card Text
Choose One - Transform
into a 4/2 with Rush;
or a 2/4 with Taunt.
Flavor Text
She's a scythe for sore eyes.
- Type
- Minion
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- The Witchwood
- Class
- Druid
- Cost
- 3
- Attack
- 2
- Health
- 2
- Minion Type
- Mechanics
- Choose One, Rush, Taunt, Transform
- Artist
- Luke Mancini
- Collectible
- Yes
Card Review & Interactions
Neither 2/4 Taunt for 3, nor a 4/2 Rush for 3 would be good enough to put into your deck. Of course, the main advantage of those “Druid of the X” cards are the flexibility. The fact that you can pack two completely different cards into one and play the form that fits the current situation is good. But in order for that to work, both forms need to be at least above average, a card that COULD be playable by themselves.
Let’s start with the Taunt form. 2/4 Taunt for 3 is obviously just bad. We had a card like that and it has seen exactly zero play, simply because 2/4 are weak stats and Taunt doesn’t do much to improve them. You might want to play this only if you’re desperate. The fact that lots of early game minions have 3 health right now doesn’t help – with mostly 2/2’s and 3/2’s dominating the early game, it would be better. But as it is right now, it would often get cleared without your opponent having to sacrifice any minion, and you’d need to clean-up after.
Then, the 4/2 Rush form. This one is better, but it’s still a bit underwhelming. It’s like a Huffer (from Animal Companion) on demand, but Huffer is so strong, because it can go face. Remember how bad is it to get Huffer on 3 when you play against an Aggro deck with some small minions on the board already. With just 2 health, you can rarely trade it into something and make it survive. Even if you clear a 1-drop, your opponent can just ping it or trade some 1/1 into it. A card like Righteous Protector just blocks it completely – you end up trading 1 for 1 with a 1-drop, a terrible scenario.
4 damage to a minion is a bit like Shadow Bolt. It’s better, because it can still survive after trading into a 1 Attack minion, but it’s worse, because it can’t bypass Taunts. Shadow Bolt is not an amazing card, just like this one. For one more mana, you get Swipe, which not only can go face, but also deals 1 AoE damage to anything other than your main target.
Yes, the flexibility adds a few points, but I still think that overall it’s below average. I don’t think it will see play. Maybe in a Spiteful Druid, which obviously can’t run cheap spells to not ruin his synergies.
Card rating: 3/10
58 Comments
Syrea
Always huffer. 5/5
8)
KLGamet
or a bad Leokk-Misha lol
Phil
Can’t hit face FeelsBadMan
SwoleLord
Please no Druid rush pls lol
nickname23
Druid OP...........next expansion!
hasha
why op?
nickname23
Edit: Kappa
mrB
That Troll x)
Reeveff7
Always huffer come true, but why no face lol lol
zeldaplays
Obviously just an Arena card. 2.5/5
Lucasato
Oh,so much ugly and weak dudes here...TAUNT MODE!!! Oh,now have a big handsome guy with 4 health there! RUSH MODE!!!
lul
If this was 2/5 5/2 instead of 2/4 4/2 this would be much better buff it blizzard for Quest Druid.
Rancuk
Those stats would be insane, 5 damage to a minion for 3 mana seems ok, but having a 2/5 with taunt is definitely too much for a common card
Bladeofsteel
Ice rager is sad, if only he could scare people, but alas, he is a friendly rager who throws sick parties, and no one understands him.
Loreance
Well, Tar creeper is a neutral.
Bladeofsteel
But ice rager is 2/5. Clearly better than tar creeper who's only a 1/5, kappa.
Jirwin
theres a 2 mana 1/5 taunt in druid which saw alot of play and isnt as good as a 2/4 BUT the 1 mana probs makes it alot worse
Piterno
It would also powercreep on druid the flame in wild if it was 5/2 rush or 2/5 taunt. (Over 5/2 or 2/5)
Zachary
I mean that’s probably why it’s not
Bladeofsteel
4/4 Rush with taunt with fendral, and odd costed for the Baku druid, kappa.
Killer Lord
fendral does go to wild though, so not in standard
Some Dude
Fandral wont even work with Baku......u thinking of Genn
Piterno
Druid of the scythe won't even work with Genn... You thinking or neither in a deck that runs both fandral and this
Bladeofsteel
Two separate statements hence the comma and I wasn't even serious about it hence the kappa.
Arcarii
I can just imagine the designers of Hearthstone. One of them coming in and announcing "Hey guys! I've got this great idea for a choose one card" and the art guys sighing as they try to figure out the Fandral Staghelm version of it.
SwoleLord
You sir are a card
Ashes
Arcane golem..
Nightfall
arcane golem was good because it had CHARGE, this has RUSH. the 2 are incomparable, because this one is for trading, arcane golem was for finishing the opponent
Jirwin
I think the flexibility almost makes up for the lack of face damage
Nightfall
I am not saying it's a bad card, but it doesn't have the same purpose as arcane golem. this card will never replace arcane golem in any way, matter or form because it can't go face, but that doesn't make it a bad card. it could work in another type of deck, probably a slower one.
SaturnRebirth
This card is honestly horrible why is not 2/5 5/2. Unplayable standard card pure hypebeast reveal bait.
Piterno
It it was 3 Mana 5/2 rush or 3 Mana 2/5 taunt it would powercreep in wild on the druid of the flame (3 Mana 5/2 or 3 Mana 2/5).
I thin
Piterno
Ugh, posting from phone is such a pain. My thumb skimmed the submit comment button.
Anyway, I think the real question to ask it, why not a 2 Mana 2/4 taunt or 2 Mana 4/2 rush?
Soup And Salad
This is a really rather fair card and will be great in arena. Both modes the card can take are probably worth about three mana, and neither mode is obviously better than the other as is typically the case for these Choose One minions.
I can see this being part of Aggro Druid if that sticks around after it loses Mark of the Lotus, Enchanted Raven, and Mark of Y'Shaarj. Granted, its probably too fair to be a major card in constructed even with Druid losing the Jade package.
lul
Just stop giving excuses, the card is a waste of printer ink period. Hypebeast trash card. There is no AGGRO druid going into next expansion look at the cards... So you play this card with fandral rotating.. why? You play this card turn 3 it does nothing so you wasted 3 mana then you do what turn 4? Game might be over because you played this card for no reason turn 3. For standard this was a hypebeast reveal card be honest. Blizzard should just admit the card was a misprint change it to 2 5 5 2 stats.
WildRage
Waste of...printer ink? What Hearthstone are you playing?
lul
Yea waste of printer ink, waste of a computer wasting its time doing animations for the card, I dont care what you call it. Whatever nonsense is said the facts here are this card was 1, a HYPEBEAST, 2 a disappointment, 3 its not good. Its not going into aggro, its not going into midrange, not going into quest druid, fandral is rotating. So without this being 2 and 5 numbered stats what druid deck will this card help?
Really
So blizzard should only ever print meta defining cards? Anything that isn’t used in meta decks should just be wiped? Let’s just give each class a premade deck list and cut out deck creator entirely.
Jirwin
some people like playing around with cards like this, in a world where druids care about beasts i think this could see play and theres 2 more sets to provide synergy for it, dont get salty about a card when you havent seen its support or potential. just be patient
Jonathan
“Whatever nonsense I said.” Indeed, you said a lot of nonsense.
SkywardStryk
This guy doesn’t know how the game works apparently. Not every card has to win you the game.
Tamerlein
There is an aggro druid already. Spiteful druid is tier two. I guarantee this goes into those decks.
WildRage
It's not the greatest 3-drop Druid could ever have but it does have the flexibility of a "Choose One" card. It can be a good turn 3 Taunt that probably takes two small minions against an Aggro deck, or a turn-3 Rush card that trades a minion you really don't want on the board.
I don't think it's horrible...and I can't think of an early-game Druid minion that can just Rush out and trade, which is probably what this card would be doing the most.
I'll give it an honest 6/10 I wouldn't be surprised to see this guy in a Druid deck.
Blimey
This could fit in a Spiteful Summoner druid - early game minion that can be either removal or taunt seems playable.
Other than that it's just a typical decent card, and decent is not good enough in constructed.
Kondrias
Decent is only acceptable in a deck when alot is decent to have a few good to push advantage to win. Where as other decks, can have okay plays for a great card set up. (Hero cards among other things)
Jirwin
Anyone know when you can stop prepurchasing the set?
Piterno
I think the eleventh
Jirwin
Leeroy will be nerfed to have rush
Kappa
Jonathan
No. He won’t.
localwizard
*whoosh!*
Bladeofsteel
They already made swift messenger for that, leeroy will just go to hall of fame for being too similar kappa.
Threather
Well they gotta fill the packs with something.
Its not a bad card but if you compare it to Druid of the Flame, doubt this one will see much play either, Its basically 3 mana deal 4 damage to a minion and we all know theres better card for that ;)
Piterno
You can see this as a worse animal companion, only a 4/2 rush and 2/4 taunt. You can also see it as a worse shadowbolt, since it can't bypass taunts. It's also worse than quite a few 3 Mana taunts. I know, blizzard thinks that choose one's flexibility is worth a lot, but if this cost 2 or cost 1 more and +2/+2 it would be decent
SavioKing
You are describing Druid of the claw
Banana
This is a better druid of the flame. Taunt is better than +1 health because it's going to take 2 attacks regardless to kill. Rush is better than +1 attack in almost all situations outside of going face.
This will see play in any druid deck that tries to control the board.
GlosuuLang
Yet another Flexible Druid card. 4/5 in Arena, 2.5/5 in Constructed (you probably have stronger 3 drops).
Thrombin
One thing to consider is that, assuming this works like the other Druid transforms, the alternate forms are likely to have the beast tag. For whatever that synergy is worth!
Andrew
People underestimate this card.
I play since beta and I have to say, this card is broken.
NEW WRATH!
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