Revenge of the Wild

Revenge of the Wild Card

Revenge of the Wild is a 2 Mana Cost Rare Hunter Spell card from the Rastakhan's Rumble set!

Card Text

Summon your Beasts that died this turn.

Flavor Text

My roommates only use Revenge of the Passive Aggressive.

Revenge of the Wild Card Review

The card is pretty insane in some way, but I’m still not sure what kind of way it is. Summoning all of the Beasts that died this turn for just 2 mana is a crazy effect. The thing is, even getting a single minion likeΒ Bearshark or one of yourΒ Animal Companions back is already good tempo play. Getting one of the biggest Beasts is straight up insane.

A thing that a lot of folks are talking about isΒ Flark's Boom-Zooka, but I don’t think that it’s going to work. Any Flark’s deck is still incredibly clunky. You would need to build a deck with only big Beasts in it (no other minions at all), don’t draw them, then play Boom-Zooka and this on Turn 10. In theory, if you get 2xΒ Charged Devilsaur andΒ King Krush, that’s 2x 7/7 + 8/8 on the board, all of which can immediately attack. But that’s a pipe dream – the chance that they will still be in your deck by Turn 10 (assuming the best case scenario of drawing this + Boom-Zooka before T10) is incredibly low.

Recruit Hunter might be a deck to play this in, but it’s not 100% optimal. On the one hand, you do have some big Beasts, but on the other, they often die on your opponent’s turn, not on yours. Unless you can stick a 5/5 Devilsaur and trade it on your turn, the card might be dead until much later into the game. Also, the deck runsΒ Prince Keleseth, but it’s probably the “worst” deck for Keleseth out of all current Keleseth decks, so cutting it wouldn’t be the end of the world. But then again, getting a 2 mana 5/5 in the mid game after you trade your Devilsaur, or getting a 2 manaΒ Witchwood Grizzly /Β Charged Devilsaur later in the game is tempting.

But in the end, the deck I think would want to use this most is some kind of Midrange Hunter, maybe Secret Hunter. Those run quite a lot of Beasts, and like I’ve mentioned, just getting a single 3-drop is worth it, although you would aim for more. For example, it might be a good follow-up to a Spellstone that wasn’t AoE’d. If your opponent has dropped some minions to trade into your 3/3’s, you can trade them off first and then revive with this card.

It also has nice synergy withΒ Unleash the Hounds – you can double it for extra 2 mana assuming you traded all of your Hounds. If you happened to trade another Beast on the same turn, that’s even more value.

Overall, the card has a lot of potential and I would be surprised if it didn’t see any play over its time in Standard. In a Beast-heavy deck, it doesn’t take a lot to get value out of it, and the tempo swing potential is massive after certain turns. The only downside is that it’s a bad card to topdeck if you have no Beast to trade, and that it does nothing when you’re behind on the board and can’t stick a minion, because everything you play dies right away (unless you can combo it with some Charge/Rush minions, that is).

Card rating: 8/10

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58 Comments

  1. Soxaldinho
    December 1, 2018 at 4:16 AM

    Saying it won’t work with Flark is a little naive. If you have deathrattle minions and then pull them with flark, then this would be insane. Turn 10:
    Play Flarks boomzooka, pulls Savannah highmane, arfus and the beast. All attack and die,
    Play revenge of the wild to resummon them,
    Leaves you with a 6/5, a 9/7 3 x 2/2s, a deathknight card in hand having dealt 17 damage.

    If this isn’t tempo then I’m not sure what is!

  2. MrSimoes
    November 29, 2018 at 3:43 AM

    Giggling Inventoresque. I confirmed the 2-3 beasts this plays for two mana all say β€œHello”. Seriously a huge disappointment to see this. Why?

  3. asdasd
    November 28, 2018 at 6:14 AM

    wtf op

  4. Ozzy42
    November 25, 2018 at 8:22 AM

    make sure u keep extra copies of this for the dust value when it gets nerfed!

  5. Kevin :D
    November 22, 2018 at 10:21 PM

    uhhhhhhhhhhh this should be Hunter’s legendary spell

  6. Pindead
    November 22, 2018 at 5:17 PM

    Win more card. Won’t see play. You’re talking about having extra value after having katherina on play. But you have already won the game if you have the time to play katherina. Not very good.

    • Wow
      November 23, 2018 at 1:49 AM

      This in face hunter is busted. He doesn’t lose anymore on turn 6.

    • Wow
      November 23, 2018 at 1:51 AM

      2 mana N’zoth without deathrattles(some of them even have a deathrattle), this card is busted.

  7. Crapcrack
    November 22, 2018 at 5:00 AM

    wtf, broken

  8. For the Alliance and the Light
    November 21, 2018 at 9:21 PM

    Imagine if you recruit a King Krush with Katherna, hit his face, cube it, do this twice, then do play dead, there would be 40 damage to your opponents face. This is just too OP

    • Soup And Salad
      November 24, 2018 at 9:26 AM

      That’s also a five card combo that needs to be begun a turn before in a class that has never had substantial draw.

  9. Marcus
    November 21, 2018 at 5:34 PM

    A strong 2 mana card, decks that run this won’t be able to run Keleseth.

  10. AlanAshh
    November 21, 2018 at 3:54 PM

    Seems like it would be best w unleash the hounds for a board clear

  11. BadBoomBoom
    November 21, 2018 at 1:52 PM

    “We’re nerfing Fiery War Axe cause we think it is too powerfull, and it offers too much for only 2 mana”
    -Said Blizzard
    Like, wtf… it is easily a good 4 mana card. It offers tooooo much it it hits only ONE beast. 2 mana re-unleash the hounds, 2 mana Fuck Randomness Y’ll Shoot The Boomzooka Right At Your Face, 2 mana replay any beast that you probably ALREADY chose to be in your deck… holy fuck, thats meta breaking

    • Soup And Salad
      November 21, 2018 at 10:03 PM

      This will both rotate AND can’t be played on curve. That’s the most important difference between this and War Ax.

  12. Track Sparrow
    November 21, 2018 at 12:20 PM

    There is no way this card is real, do you guys even realise how broken this card is? If its real its going to become the most powerfull card in the entire game

    • Track Sparrow
      November 21, 2018 at 12:23 PM

      Wops misread the effect, my bad. Its not so broken after all

  13. NoobiksCube
    November 21, 2018 at 9:00 AM

    This and the Zooka could make for a very strong swing turn!

  14. Soxaldinho
    November 21, 2018 at 8:01 AM

    ………..not even a legendary, so for 4 mana you can cast it twice (potentially of course). I play a lot of Hunter and was feeling deflated at the power of some of the cards other classes are getting, but this makes me feel sorry for everyone else now. Vive Rexxar

    • Jonnymeerkat
      November 21, 2018 at 11:02 AM

      Sounds like you ride a roller coaster of emotion during reveal season…

  15. Soup And Salad
    November 21, 2018 at 8:00 AM

    Revenge of the Wild is a very efficient card, but this screams win more rather than lose less. If you can use your big beasts to trade up into even bigger minions rather than dealing direct damage to the hero, you were probably going to win anyway.

    It’s good, but it’s good in the same way as Kel’thuzad.

  16. Dustin
    November 21, 2018 at 6:29 AM

    sorry i think everyone is overhyping this card. in most cenarios its a dead card in your hand. if you win with beasts+cubes on board u mostly winning anyway, so no reason to summon back ur minions after trading. maybe im wrong tho,
    2/5 stars

    • Gugus_Patacus
      November 21, 2018 at 8:02 AM

      The only matchup it would actually be super usefull is taunt druid, but how dead is this deck πŸ˜€

  17. Jed
    November 21, 2018 at 6:15 AM

    Yeah this is Gucci fam.
    I see Charged devilsaur trading then coming back then making me kill myself.

    4.5I hate egg hunters/5

  18. GlosuuLang
    November 21, 2018 at 5:59 AM

    This looks broken, but we’ll have to see if it’s a dead card more often than not. Just thinking on dropping Scavenging Hyena + UTH + then this makes my mouth water, and that’s not the best combo out there.

  19. Gco
    November 21, 2018 at 5:45 AM

    Broken with normal beasts, specially deathrate minions, not necessary think in combo. Nerf to 4 mana in one month :p

    • Soup And Salad
      November 21, 2018 at 8:09 AM

      This card is only really playable when you’re ahead already. Obviously, it’s low cost does mean it won’t take that much to get decent value out of it, but you do need your beasts to die on your turn, something that isn’t exactly easy at points.

  20. Nickname23
    November 21, 2018 at 5:40 AM

    Very powerfull combined with Rush, Charge, Deathrattle Minions.
    The scaling within this card seems broken to me. It’s already a decent play if you revive a Bearshark on Turn 4 for only two mana. Midgame could be a Highmane + X for only two mana, lategame a Build a Beast board or something for only two mana. Card looks like a Value + Tempo King to me. 5/5

  21. Ivan
    November 21, 2018 at 5:27 AM

    Absolutely broken. This card its going to get nerf

  22. Moltar
    November 21, 2018 at 4:15 AM

    Wtf this card is so good.

    Even if you don’t build your deck around it is usefull, 2 mana get 1 or 2 average beasts you used to trade is enough to get value. Even if you only use it to get huffer back is good.

  23. Sammy
    November 21, 2018 at 4:08 AM

    No Guy Guys, u dont see the meme potential. U play king Smorc, Coin doomsayer. Next turn they all die, u play revenge of the wild, cube the King, play dead into play dead, terror scale stalker creating 6 9,9 for a total of 54 smorc damage!!!! NEW META

    • Sammy
      November 21, 2018 at 4:10 AM

      OK he’s an 8,8 so 8×6 will only be 48 but still this is hunters new goal in life!!!

    • Trollizzard
      November 21, 2018 at 4:47 AM

      You only get 5 King Crushes tho, since cube and Terrorscale take up 2 spaces on the board πŸ™

      • Tricklas
        November 21, 2018 at 5:46 AM

        Use play dead instead of terrorscale and u get with 2 revenge and playdead 6 Crushes. Most warriors are outrange of 5 KC i am glad we can attack 7 times with it πŸ™‚

    • Zapher12
      November 21, 2018 at 5:26 AM

      In a situation where your King could survive (so he can be killed by doomsayer) until your turn, why would you play doomsayer in the first place? Next turn just hit+cube+play dead+….
      Element of surprise?

      • JakeTheSnake
        November 21, 2018 at 5:47 AM

        Rank 20 comment.

    • Gugus_Patacus
      November 21, 2018 at 8:00 AM

      mmmh revenge of the wild (2) + cube (5) + play dead (1) + play dead (1) + terrorscvale stalker (3) = 12 mana.

  24. Molpot
    November 21, 2018 at 4:07 AM

    2 mana re-summon Oondasta.

    • Sergi
      November 21, 2018 at 4:08 AM

      11 mana combo? If it dies on your opponent turn it doesn’t trigger.

  25. Vincent
    November 21, 2018 at 3:49 AM

    2 mana really?? 10/10

  26. Jansuko
    November 21, 2018 at 3:48 AM

    Yeah no fair, but let’s give rogue some more garbo unplayables. Keep it comin Blizzard lol

  27. Sergi
    November 21, 2018 at 3:48 AM

    Has synergy with the legendary spell but I don’t think is as broken as people say. Really situational.

  28. Freedon
    November 21, 2018 at 3:44 AM

    Maaaad

  29. MrPoison
    November 21, 2018 at 3:20 AM

    Really blizzard? really?

  30. Thraben
    November 21, 2018 at 3:15 AM

    I mean it’s gonna be 10 mana combo on *cough* hunter… But boomzooka + this is pretty damn strong.

    • Kydrol
      November 21, 2018 at 3:19 AM

      Imagine this with the new oondusta legendary. Thats a huge swing when you are behind on board.

  31. Kydrol
    November 21, 2018 at 3:12 AM

    Boomzooka viable!!!

  32. Liam
    November 21, 2018 at 3:08 AM

    Holy Sh*t

  33. Desolasty
    November 21, 2018 at 3:07 AM

    This is insane

  34. Wiedersehen
    November 21, 2018 at 3:06 AM

    Am I a joke to you?