Oh my.

Love the flavor! Can’t wait to see the effect animation.

Playing a minion counts as summoning it.

The quest rewards are upgraded hero powers.

Right. But the reason this card is good is because you get the 1 mana effect for free at the cost of 1 fewer total stats.

And it literally is a class-specific Stonehill Defender effect. It’s the same card text.

“Goldshire Footman with one more attack…”

Don’t you mean Frostwolf Grunt? 😛

People have been trying to make a value rogue deck work since WotOG, and it’s never panned out. I don’t see this being the card that changes that. 2/5

Yes, I will build a deck with this and Puzzle-Box. No, I will not win a single game. Yes, I’ll have a great time.

This is true 😛

Aww. Medivh’s Valet, all grown up.

It has worked, back in The Grand Tournament. Witch Doctor, Thunderbluff Valiant, and Primal Fusion were the core of a totem shaman deck. Not saying this card will successfully push a similar archetype, just providing perspective.

This effect is applicable in situations that don’t involve you sacrificing cards to activate it. It can be used for value, perhaps on a deathrattle, after trading or surviving a Warpath.

Yowza. How the hell is this a common? 4.5/5

Star Aligner was the backbone of what was arguable the strongest deck ever to see play in this game, prior to the Aviana nerf. It’s worth keeping that in mind.

My instinct is to side with you here. However, this *could* be an indication that we’ll see reborn after SoU, just like we saw rush and echo after Witchwood.

That said, I’m now curious about what the printing of both Witch’s Brew and Sn1p-Sn4p says about the future of echo.

Wonderful flavor, interesting effect. Pushes quest and Lucentbark druid decks. Happy that this card will be in the game. 4/5.

Yikes, dude. Calm down.

They don’t count. You don’t cast the spells from puzzle-box — the puzzle-box does. Similarly, it wouldn’t trigger Open the Waygate, Flamewaker, Auctioneer, etc.

Excellent work as always, Tharid! I always enjoy your lore pieces. Keep it up!