Here’s the official statement from Zeriyah:
After the release of Goblins vs Gnomes, we kept an eye on the state of game balance as more matches were played with the new cards we introduced to Hearthstone. After careful consideration we have decided to make a balance change to the card Undertaker.
The following balance change will be made in an upcoming patch:
Undertaker now reads: Whenever you summon a minion with Deathrattle, gain +1 Attack.
- Undertaker was frustrating to play against. It often gained both Attack and Health stats significantly above those of other inexpensive minions very early in the game. With this change, we expect Undertaker will still be better than other 1-Mana minions when played in a deck with a Deathrattle theme, but more likely to die in combat against other minions.
The golden version of Undertaker can be disenchanted for its full cost for a limited time once this balance change goes live.
We will continue to make balance changes to Hearthstone when we feel they are necessary in order to increase the variety of cards seen at all levels of play, with the goal of making Hearthstone a more fun and interactive game for everyone.
Really wish they would have changed him to a 1/3 base.
It Will hardly kill Hunter. Undertaker is still viable in face Hunter since value trading was never the brandmark of this specimen.
Mech mage will become more common.
Control warrior* not aggro warrior. LoL
It bothers me how they always nerf aggro and they never nerf control, i feel like fighting against control warrior is 10 times more frustrating than fighting agaist rush hunter. Aggro warrior wins more overall games than rush hunter in higher ranks. Warrior should be nerfed, not undertaker.
Arrrgh! They killed undertaker!!! :c
This is a much needed change. The hunter rush decks were getting annoying. There are a few more cards that need changed, but this is a good start.