I don’t know what you’re seeing, but this is clearly a control card. Its stats per mana cost makes it nothing good in anything but control.

Sure the body’s great, but light bomb literally did this to all minions at the same mana cost… I just don’t think it will make the cut into a meta archetype.

Yeah this is just straight up good. It HAS to be traded or aoe due to the elusive tag. And the reborn really works for a taunt druid in wild.

I assure you, I don’t play resurrect priest to make sure others don’t have fun. That would be petty. I have fun playing the deck (I have always leaned toward control type decks) and I like to climb ladder.

It also shouldn’t be the community’s responsibility to make sure you have fun 🙂

I admit that against aggro it requires little to no strategy, but when you face control or value you have to be strategic with resources; making sure you have enough to maintain control. I feel like i felt the same as you when odd paladin was in standard… but at that time it was all apart of the meta. Everyone has their likes and dislikes. Its all subjective.

And I’m guessing the worst is hearing “wow” over and over again? lol

Its aggravating to the players whose only method in climbing is through aggressive decks. I love playing this deck and I find I have the hardest time going up against decks with much more late game value. Aggro decks are a breeze and are usually the shortest games because they just concede. I think a deck like this is necessary for a healthy meta that is not dominated by aggro only.

I don’t know why this card makes me wish for a spell-only priest archetype… I feel like that is territory that hasn’t been explored in that class as of yet. The card itself is ok.

I really hope you’re joking about gnomeferatu. That card is never consistent enough to be anti-combo.

Dirty Rat, Deathlord and this are much better cards for breaking combos.

A random spell at the beginning of your turn is actually decent. It allows the player to recover from its detriments or build off of its buffs. I mean the battlecry in itself makes the card worth it. Its a better plague of death. Any control deck outside of wild (because lets face it Jaina is vital for control in wild) will run this in the deck.

Do we know if buffs to Selfless Hero in battlegrounds apply to the rest of the modes? Its not a meta changer, but I would imagine they’d like to code it similarly across the board?

November 2019 was a pretty awful sample to take. Shamanstone alongside battlegrounds opening would skew the stats. I just wish they’d do this for wild :-/

Yeah lets not be ableist ok? If your goal is to win and climb, why wouldn’t you play shaman? Its a strong (and daresay fun) deck to play right now. It DEFINITELY needs to be nerfed, but saying stuff like yours makes you come off as a bratty child.

If Priest Galakrond’s hp would have been “add a random priest spell to your hand” I think it would have been an actually viable control archetype. Random priest minions have always been bad and will continue to be bad forevermore.

Galakrond and Elementalist are balanced. I think the shaman shell they run in highlights their strengths really well, but doesn’t “break” them. I feel like the serious problem is Dragon’s Pack. There is no point in the game where 2 (or 4) 5/6 with taunt are easy to deal with. Also I have a strong feeling Faceless Corrupter will be nerfed. That card is making its way into every single powerful deck.

It changes literally every week.

You’re right. Turn 4 8/8 is totally reasonable. What was I thinking.

Giants have high mana cost for a reason (usually 10+). You’ll learn why come this expansion.

Wow this is bonkers. Playing this on turn 4 presents a serious problem for your opponent. The stats are great but its the spell damage that makes it, especially for shaman.

Cube w/o the body or destroying proc. It might be good, but not in the cube format as we know it.

its not just good in a dragon deck. 5m 5/5 draw 1 is ridiculous. Bonfire elemental had a conditional. This does not.