Feast and Famine

So, this is a particularly difficult card to analyse because its power level is very high, but it’s in a class which doesn’t really support it in any way. If this was a demon hunter card, it would be crazy powerful: 1 mana for 3 damage right from turn 1 is very good, and once you get to turn 4 (which is still in the early game, mind you) it also heals you. However, Paladin doesn’t have any weapons to use this with: they are mostly bad and/or unplayable because of Cariel. So, the question is: is this card good enough on its own or can it become a part of the midrange paladin package with Cariel as well? On one hand, it’s very good burst, on the other Paladin doesn’t need burst and it hardly benefits from it. All in all, I fear that this card won’t find a place in any paladin deck: Paladin’s strategy is usually much more board based, and you would more gladly play some excellent 1 mana paladin minion than gain 3 attack for one turn.