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Play Dead

Play Dead

Play Dead is a 1 Mana Cost Common Hunter Spell card from the Placeholder set!

Card Text

Trigger a friendly minion's Deathrattle.

Flavor Text

He's a very literal dog.

Type
Spell
Rarity
Common
Set
Placeholder
Class
Hunter
Cost
1
Minion Type
Mechanics
Deathrattle
Artist
Peter Stapleton
Collectible
Yes

23 Comments

  1. Goldenpantss

    Best artwork of the set so far.

    1. HAKATAPAWA

      I like it too but it's at the top because Most of the artworks in this expension suck.

  2. D00mnoodle

    This card looks like alot of value for one mana but not enough to justify a card slot i think. If hunter would have more access to card draw this might get played but since that's not the case i think this falls under the same category as binding heal and iron hide. Despite the potential it has i rate it a 2/5 since the card is not bad, its just not good enough i think.

    1. PC

      Exactly. Good value, but not good enough to justify a slot. If it was summon a 1/1 and trigger DR, it becomes playable.

  3. Meh

    And the quest priest gets a 9 mana deathrattle, ok.
    Ffs, hunter was strong enough.

    1. CarnivoreApple

      Hunter is pretty bad atm.
      U trollin?

      1. David

        And yet it's almost all I play against in ranked! Wtf?

        1. Alexx

          what kind of ranked are you playing? lmao "almost all i play against".

          1. Roberto

            rank 24.....it's really hard to get past that

    2. Ertje

      The perfect card to copy from a hunter deck as a priest. turn 10 you get a 4/8 with battle cry destroy a minion.

      probably won't happen that often

  4. SwoleLorx

    It's trash. Feign death was 2 mana trigger All deathrattles and there was way better deathrattle minions in play. It never saw standard.

    1. HunterGod

      Ehhh I don't know about that.

      I definitely see your point, but you have to consider the possibility of summoning 2 2/2 Hyenas or a 4/5 or drawing a card for 1 Mana.

      That's still pretty good imo

      1. SwoleLord

        But not enough value for how hunter already has a lot of 1 drops and still no card draw :/

  5. Maverick Zero

    When a card goes from a legendary (princess huhuran), to a rare (terrorscale stalker), and finally, to a 1 mana common spell, you know for a fact, blizzard f***ed up somewhere

    1. Some Dude

      this card is easier to combo with

  6. Altsz

    Its art alone worth three stars.

    1. Adwalls

      And the name another star, the effect another. Good card and fun desing

  7. Organis

    Wow, 5 dust.

    Nah, I'll play it in a gimmick N'zoth DK Control Hunter deck against the Inkeeper for four months.

    Y'all have fun with the actually good classes.

  8. 2468Evan

    ayyy, the new key card for my wild sylvannas deck

  9. imaloony

    I'm actually optimistic about this card. Looking at hunter Deathrattles, it has access to:

    - Deal 1 damage to a random enemy (< 1 mana)
    - Summon a 3/2 (2 mana)
    - Summon two 2/2 hyenas (3 mana)
    - Summon two 1/1 spiders (1 mana)
    - Give a random minion in your hand +2/+2 (1 mana? Ish? Less? I dunno, let's skip this one)
    - Shuffle a 4/3 Raptor into your deck (probably <1 mana)
    - Summon 1/1 equal to this minion's attack (usually 2, so 1 mana)
    - Summon a random beast that died this game (<1 mana - 6 mana, realistically)

    And noteworthy neutral deathrattles include:

    - Draw a card (1.5 mana)
    - Summon a 2/2 slime (1 mana)
    - Summon a 5/5 (4 mana)
    - Summon a 4/5 (3-4 mana)
    - Deal 5 damage to your hero (50 mana best effect NA)

    I also think there are some sick Moat Lurker plays you can make with this thing. (Hit with Highmane, Moat Lurker Highmane, get two 2/2s, Play Dead Moat Lurker, get Highmane back and get another Highmane when Moat Lurker dies. It even curves out).

    Will Deathrattle Hunter become a thing? Maybe... but probably not. That being said, it doesn't appear to be difficult to get value from this thing, so it does have potential in my book.

  10. RV

    Really, this doesn't seem like a bad card: Play Grandmother on 2 mana, and on 3 you can play Play Dead and throw out a Razormaw for Adapt on the 1/1. That's a pretty sweet tempo play, way better than just playing Terrorscale.

    The problem is, you're going to have to sacrifice Hunter's Mark for it. If your Midrange doesn't run Hunter's Mark, you can probably squeeze it in, but that depends on your deck.

    I wouldn't underestimate this card, especially if Hunters get better Deathrattles. Maybe the cheap mana cost will be enough to make it good.

  11. Lares

    Why has it same rating with Terrorscale Stalker? Last one is better, but we never saw this card in ranked.
    Play Dead have so little value as for one card in any ranked deck.

  12. Peter

    For 1 mana, this card can do anything.
    It can draw a card (Bloodmage/Loot Hoarder)
    It can summon tokens (Every single Hunter Deathrattle)
    It can even clear a board (Exploding Bloatbat)
    For 1 mana, it bring alot of versatility to to the table.
    8/10. really nice design, and AWESOME artwork

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