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Witchwood Imp

Witchwood Imp

Witchwood Imp is a 1 Mana Cost Common Warlock Minion card from The Witchwood set!

Card Text

Stealth
Deathrattle: Give a random
friendly minion +2 Health.

Flavor Text

This wood imp. Stop asking!

Type
Minion
Rarity
Common
Set
The Witchwood
Class
Warlock
Cost
1
Attack
1
Health
1
Minion Type
Demon
Mechanics
Deathrattle, Stealth
Artist
Kerem Beyit
Collectible
Yes

Card Review & Interactions

It's a pretty average card. Not great, but not bad. 1/1 for 1 will rarely kill something, but because it has Stealth, you will most likely be able to dictate how the trade goes. For example, on Turn 2, you can buff it with Demonfire or even Dire Wolf Alpha and potentially get some nice tempo by clearing a 1-drop.

+2 health on a random minion is a solid effect for a 1-drop, but nothing exciting. The stat-line and the effect are similar to Zealous Initiate from WoG, but this one is clearly stronger thanks to its extra advantages.

What's going on for this card is Stealth + Demon tag. For example, if Bloodfury Potion didn't rotate out, it might make sense to play it, as you could nearly guarantee a Demon going into Turn 3. It's better than Blood Imp in that manner, as you actually want to reveal it and attack with it (unlike Blood Imp, which you often prefer to keep Stealthed).

In the end, I feel like it's okay. Zoo will have to fill some gaps, and this might be one of the ways to do that, since no new busted 1-drops will be available.

Card rating: 5/10

8 Comments

  1. GlosuuLang

    USeful for Zoo? I mean, Warlock already has very good 1-drops: Flame Imp, Librarian and Voidwalker. Also, this is a Demon, and very underwhelming to resurrect with Gul'Dan. So I think it will be cut from Zoo, just like Possessed Villager was powercrept away. 2/5 stars.

    1. Anon

      I think I'd rather have the other stealthed Imp :/

      1. GlosuuLang

        I don't know which of those is better, to be honest. They're not bad cards, it's just that Warlock has other, more aggressive options. In Arena I'd probably also go for Blood Imp, since AOEs are also not that common. But having 1 attack can make the difference in many situations.

  2. EksSkellybur

    It's a Pretty nice Card.

    Being able to choose when you want your +2 Health.
    I see this as Blood Imp 2.0, for me.

    1. Syrea

      blood imp is way better than this

  3. yyuo

    this is just a card for auto fill warlock pool from this expansion. plus 4 mana spell imp x4 . totaly crap. nobody will play

  4. MockRock

    In a different class I could see this seeing play, but Warlock already has much better 1-drops.

  5. Soup And Salad

    Blood Imp tends to be better and this would be a rather poor thing to revive off of Bloodreaver.

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