Varian, King of Stormwind

18 Comments

1. Axiom11154 July 21, 2021

   I just hope they do some kind of special interaction if you play this as Anduin priest

2. SupHypUlt July 21, 2021

   Tempo and value at the same time. Like

3. TallJake26 July 21, 2021

   An 8 mana 7/7 rush, taunt and divine shield AND draw 3 is inarguably good. Only issue is, a lot of heavy decks don't run all of those keywords.

   Divine shield in particular is very good on Varian, but most decks don't have any divine shield minions and it's hard to justify tossing out some perfectly good cards to make room for divine shield minions just so you can fit Varian in.

   I think Varian is sorta good, but not good enough to see much play. 2/5

   1. fitslavek July 21, 2021

      It's going to be really good in wild where you play zilliax in almost every deck

      1. Mtheyow July 21, 2021

         This might make big highlander warrior work! Usually though this big draw cards aren't that good: think of Curator or Countess Ashmore... Yes, this has rush, DS and taunt, but even then it's not that big game changing effect one would imagine. 3 stars for me, maybe 4 if the meta shifts to tempo/midrange

         1. TallJake26 July 21, 2021

            I agree. Even Siamat wasn't really that busted.

4. Irish Seadog July 21, 2021

   This would be so much ch better if Zilliax was still in rotation. As it is, I'll check what options are available and do a proper prediction later.

5. DanzTheDeadly July 21, 2021

   This card is obviously for paladin or warrior. Not anyone else.
   3 stars

6. Jourreson July 21, 2021

   8 mana corpsetaker :v
   Anyway my favourite lore character back, hello again, king!
   We need meta defining divine shield minion and its auto ainclude core card :3

7. EksSkellybur July 21, 2021

   If you are wondering why this card feels familiar, is because we had a card like this for Knights of the Frozen Throne: Crosptaker, which I think was with Lifesteal, Windfury, Divine Shield and Taunt. This that idea, but more focused towards Zilliaxs. ANd in that case, I think they tried Lifesteal, before they realized that was probably way to broken and just stick with drawing 3 cards to gain Zilliax Status.

   Regardless, I think that we shouldn't mess with Varian either. Yes, it's more stylized towards Control, but that still hasn't stopped anyone from trying it out. 5 Stars.

8. WingedCastaway July 21, 2021

   A neutral? This is a shame. Varian should be a Warrior card.

   1. WingedCastaway July 21, 2021

      Plus I actually wanted Varian as a HERO, for such an important character this should be an obvious choice, while I like Katrana Prestor I'm quite disappointed they still haven't made him into a hero. He feels like a natural alternative to Garrosh.

9. generalflagada July 21, 2021

   My question is how do we gain the DS in warrior, rush & taunt are easy
   But for DS there is only the corrupt mech 3/2 DS isn’t it?

   For pala it’s rush that is a little bit harder to get, or you just stick broom & you call it done

   1. Fontaneli42 July 21, 2021

      There is Taelon Fordring that has ds and taunt, plus is a neutral card. Warriors doesn't run it usually, but who knows.

      1. generalflagada July 22, 2021

         You are absolutely right, I completely forgot about taelon fordring

10. Sunbox July 21, 2021

    This is how you make a legendary. Although this card would be even better 3-4 years ago. Nowadays considering the powercreep and the general rhythm of the game this probably won't be played much. Considering this, 2.5/5 at best.

11. Junehearth July 21, 2021

    as F2P, I always felt the urge to craft Siamat. somewhat nice but not necessary. This is giving a similar vibe

12. Sidus July 21, 2021

    People ran whack one ofs for corpsetaker (like the 2/5 windfury hozen or whatever) so running like a Durigible or something in addition to Taelin isn't THAT unreasonable.

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