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Hot Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon is a 1 Mana Cost Common Neutral Minion card from the Descent of Dragons set!

Card Text

At the start of your turn, gain +1 Health.

Flavor Text

The Gadgetzan Pilgrim's Bounty parade is missing a float this year.

Type
Minion
Rarity
Common
Set
Descent of Dragons
Class
Neutral
Cost
1
Attack
1
Health
2
Minion Type
Mech
Mechanics
Buff Minion
Artist
Ivan Fomin
Collectible
Yes
Rating
3.4/5 (412 votes)

7 Comments

  1. imnomada

    Good arena card

  2. sm1ng

    combo priest?

  3. EksSkellybur

    It's a Delayed Dire Mole but as a Mech. It's an inverted Micro-bot. Boy is this card good if it can survive once, which is still pretty possible since even a 1 Mana 1/2 at the beginning of the game is pretty tough to beat. 4 Stars, I'm Pretty Optimistic. Maybe this is what Zilliax wanted this entire time but couldn't find out what body he wanted.

  4. Lluadian

    This is also a really nice card to use as a base for a magnetize since it has a the ability to keep gaining health longer stays alive.

  5. joeydungee

    The art and inconspicuous nature remind me a lot of ornithopter from magic the gathering.

  6. Jed

    Definitely a solid “it has stats” 1 drop, since it will usually be a 1/3 by the time it matters

  7. Omnitarian

    This seems good? To answer it as a 1-drop your opponent needs to
    1) Be on play and play a 2/1 or Flame Imp or w/e, not very common unless you're a Murloc deck. Or: play any minion and have a hero power that can ping- common for Rogue, less so Mage and Druid
    2) Be on coin and spend a cheap removal spell (or have a 0-mana removal like Zap, Pounce, or Backstab).

    It sounds like a lot of answers but honestly having your 1 drop bait out the coin or a cheap removal is still pretty good. More often than not as a T1 play this will be a 1/1/3, that keeps getting health, AND has a tribal tag. And if quests and slow Galakrond plays are common, the benefit of snowballing early might get even better.

    One downside is that this is worse outside of T1 than a simple 1/3, but given the number of body-centric neutral 1 drops are rotating soon (Crystalizer and Saronite Taskmaster), we'll need this one way or another.

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