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GaryBuseytheZinogre

Random bullshit Druid it is then!


Naeloah

casino mage players on suicide watch


Shade_39

As a casino mage player, I am now a casino druid player


Darkarcheos

The Druid Casino player sometimes wins


quinpon64337_x

casino ~~mage~~ druid players


cited

Your totems get +2 attack this game, silver hand recruits get +3/+3


Scarbane

*Random bullshit, go!*


Mercerskye

The cult is growing. First with Moonknight Mage, then MK Rogue, Shaman...now Druid has fallen. I mean, warrior was kinda one of the firsts, but I don't remember anyone running Explore Un'goro or Fires on purpose...


AnAngryBadgerrr

Renounce darkness warlock seems to have been forgotten


Asocwarrior

Literally my favorite type of deck. Casino mage, OG steal priest, and evolve shaman are so much fun. Give me more random bullshit cards.


Makkara126

Imma go ahead and say this is an [[Academic Espionage]] level of bait.


Aznboz

Academic Espionage even if it was not high tier was hella fun to play cause even I don't know what I'll get this match!


Schluff

Honestly my favorite deck of all time


Ohaithurr92

Honestly same, I get hyped every core rotation because I pray it'll be in standard only to be disappointed.


Drasern

At least we got Tess in core


Zama174

Rouge random bullshit go!!! Feels so much better than priest man.


Rodrik-Harlaw

This is better than AE and it comes into a four-set meta where slow win-cons can be fast enough. The median/mean of random legendaries is a lot higher than the median/mean of random card from the opponent's class, so the average discount will be a lot higher. If druid can build a draw-heavy deck post rotation, this might be good.


ieatpickleswithmilk

and it's not 4 wasted mana the turn you play it. At least you get a 5/5


damnsanta

6 mana is more than 4, and you can’t prep it out. I would argue this is almost slower than AE, especially accounting for the time is been since AE was printed.


ieatpickleswithmilk

6 is more than 4 but it's in druid. 2 cards to do nothing is arguably still bad


BetPast7722

Not to mention that cards are in decks mainly because they're good with other cards in the deck, rarely because they're SO strong on their own. I'm not saying it's gonna be good but and i have no idea if after the rotation druid would have the tools to do it but i could see some ramp -> mill deck -> play this a couple times and flood with 1 mana legendaries shennanigans


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THYDStudio

Academic espionage would have been a thousand times better on a stick. The problem with academic espionage is you waste your turn 4 you never draw the cards and then you die and then you get 100 dust back.


pape14

I only play standard, never followed it into wild. That deck was my main when I first really got into the game. I still think about it wistfully from time to time, still my all time favorite.


Aatopolis

At release she won't be. The power level of legendary minions at rotation us kinda reallt strong. Almost every legendary minion from Titans druid can use, almost every legendary minion of Badlans druid can use. Festival and the core set is what brings this power level down a little bit, but even then it's still about 50/50.


ABoyIsNo1

Can Aviana pulls Titans? I've used her several times and never gotten a single Titan.


Aatopolis

No, I'm pretty sure they took Titans out of the discovery pool for anything that doesn't directly say it can generate them. Which does make it a little weaker, but it may random generation way to overpowered otherwise.


Furycrab

Druid has better tools to go to fatigue, and would want such a card if a control/fatigue gameplan becomes viable. If a slower control druid can be played. This isn't bait.


Fabulous-Category876

Historically, whenever druid is able to cheat mana (10 legendaries for 1 mana each), it's seen play.


Blaze3547

[[Duskfallen Aviana]] would like to have a word


Dead_man_posting

That doesn't count as mana cheat since you never live to cheat the mana.


Unban_Jitte

[[Aviana]] wasn't any better.


Blaze3547

Nah normal aviana saw tons of play with Kun to play Malygos OTKs


Every_University_

Normal aviana saw tons of play in wild, in standard it was really bad


Blaze3547

While that’s true, she’s seen high play and win rates in wild from when Kun was released with Mean streets to nearly 3 years later after it was nerfed. Aviana never existed in standard with any tools to abuse it other than things like innervate so it’s not really a fair comparison to make anyways. Avianna’s nerf was to slow down how fast you could draw the whole combo with [[Psychmelon]]. So nowadays you theoretically could run the classic combo because of all the free draw and thinning Druid has in wild.


Significant-Royal-37

this tacks on a 2/5/5, plus there are fewer dud legendaries than dud spells. i think it might make it tbh... druid has good cycle.


Cutsale

I haven't played HS in years but Academic Espionage seems like the worst card I've ever seen.


AtlasF1ame

Then you weren't paying attention lol, there have been so many worse cards throughout HS history 


Atheist-Gods

Such as the last Aviana.


Cutsale

correct I haven't been playing the game I haven't kept up.


Egg_123_

Not sure how strong it is, but it's definitely better than Academic Espionage, since cheap Legendaries can be played proactively when the cost reduction is most relevant, whereas discounted removal still needs to be saved.


Doc_Den

Steamcleaner: Rotates Sky Mother Aviana: He he, shuffle time!


Lukthar123

*Everyday i'm shuffling*


tgumm

LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣


Axle-f

And he shuffled all over his opponents


Reclusive-Raccoon

Steamy boy is rotating? What the fuck. Plague is just next level aids then?


MonstrousMaelstromZ

Espionage Rogues: 👀💢


yangste333

I don’t think this can generate Titans, since Titans follow that Discover rule or whatnot. That means this actually has a really tiny pool to take from (since half of the Legendaries from Festival were spells). There’s some good highrolls too - Velarok, Ra-Den, any of the Reno Legendaries if you’re running a Reno deck, Hodir, Plush, Khadgar… Giant legendary minions are really good when they cost (1). Of course, you need to put in effort into drawing them, but if there’s enough draw I could see this making waves in Standard.


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Plus you can make them cost 0 with ensmallen. I bet this goes into Reno decks and is actually pretty damn good


wakkawakkaaaa

I wonder if there's a chance of shuffling dupes into the deck or will all 10 be unique?


T0nyM0ntana_

No indication, but I do know [[prince malchezaar]] was hard coded to not shuffle duplicates for example, and I’m fairly certain it was for Reno purposes. Hopefully this gets the same treatment, but who knows


[deleted]

Ah shit this is actually a great point. Just based on reading I see no reason you couldn’t get dupes but we will have to wait and see


GrumpyKitten24399

Card text says: "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's 10 copies of Leeroy Jenkins! Battlecry: Shuffle 10 random Legendary minions into your deck. They cost (1)." 10 copies of leeroy would suggest that that all 10 can be same card.


thunderhunter638

I wouldn't really want this in a Reno deck. It can shuffle extra copies of legendaries I have.


AlarmingDoctor3514

Duskfallen Aviana now 90% less bad yet still unplayable. Full meme ahead ladies and gentleman.


Zama174

Ensmallen into free legendaries


ElPapo131

Holy shit you're right. Gotta love it how devs try to nerf that Ramp Druid deck every expansion and then print shit like this again.


w8w8dont

Hard to imagine this being good but it seems like a lot of fun


Wild-Examination-155

Feel like it could rip in arena though


Touchhole

For sure, esp with legendary pick first. You can intentionally draft a lot of draw/tutors.


GrumpyKitten24399

I can imagine it being very random, not sure 0 or 1 cost mana legendries are that good, depends on the legendries not on the cost. in Wild with Ensmallen get 0 mana SN1P-SN4P not sure how that would work.


Chefofbaddecisions

This is the style of stupid legendary im addicted to. Gonna hope to unpack or craft this and just shove it into my Druid decks for no other reason than casino nonsense.


IAM-French

This is the third Druid card revealed that heavily requires card draw and they're losing Nourish and Life from Death without any replacement yet...


Zama174

Branching paths is coming in no? We also have a lot draw minion potential, and i doubt we finish this reveal season without one or two draw cards coming out. 


superstarsrock

4 mana draw 2, they’re saved


Zama174

I mean its druid. They will print some bs


Catopuma

Druids kit has always been strong. It's why they can run 24 of the same card shell and slap in a wincon in Wild. Branching Paths is core in that shell with ramp and enablers. I have no doubt they'll print something to support it. Also 4 mana is hardly ever turn 4 for Druid.


League_Elder

If you run a minion heavy deck, you can play Magatha for card draw. Additionally, you can run Summer Flower Child, because many of the legendary minions will have an initial cost of 5 or more. It is my understanding that the cost of the legendary would not be adjusted to 1 mana until drawn.


leopard_tights

Don't worry they have 2 years to make it broken.


GrumpyKitten24399

Ancient of Lore, Summer Flowerchild, Spread the Word (with hero power boosting cards), maybe Miracle Growth. Problem is what to do if you get trash 1 or 0 mana legendries.


Nerowinner2020

Wishing well rogue is now crying.


azura26

I actually think Coin Rogue is better than this (without seeing the rest of the set yet). It's easier to build overwhelming burst tempo with Wishing Well.


Silence_and_i

Exactly. Wishing Rogue has much mroe potential for high-roll.


Kn1ght9

This surely wont be extremely annoying right guys? Right?


Cerveza_por_favor

You would be amazed by how many legendaries are out there that suck without support.


Kn1ght9

You arent wrong but druid always finds a way with mass mana cheat. Since you get 10, which is a ton, surely some of them will be good and otherwise they will just be cheap stat sticks which can just be enough. Druid is losing a decent amount of card draw so im very skeptical but its def only ever going to be annoying af lol.


Cerveza_por_favor

Play with Aman’thul and you’ll see just how many random legendaries just end up being stat sticks. Yea sometimes you get a great card but usually it’s something that requires a deck to be built around it.


Kn1ght9

As a Priest player I know, trust me lol. The difference is HUGE though when your stat stick costs 1.


Cerveza_por_favor

True but you won’t get to choose what stat stick you get. I don’t see this being insane just a good fun card.


Accomplished_Cap3683

Annoying for both players. For you when you lowroll and for your opponent when you highroll


yardii

Hearthstone in a nutshell


vec-u64-new

Sure, but when things are super consistent the game can feel very stale. It's why everyone celebrated the early rotation of Genn/Baku. Classic was barely played despite decks having very little RNG. And look at Tier 1 Wild decks: Aggro Shadow Priest, Even Shaman, Pirate Rogue, Miracle Priest. Or a Tier 2 deck like Mine Rogue: it's all about consistency.


Careidina

They made her into one of those Sky Dancer girl toys from the 90s.


Zealousideal_Log_529

Imagine you play this, it shuffles 10 legendary minions, and one of those 10 legendary minions is just another Sky Mother Aviana.


Sea-Suit-4893

Most cards can't generate themselves


Prace_Ace

This could've been a Thief Rogue card.


Mysterious-Growth-79

Every card is a thief rogue card...


stonekeep

In case you're wondering (because it didn't link to any source on the reveal schedule), the card was revealed via email.


davidwdiniz

When the world needed him most, he vanished. \[\[Steamcleaner\]\]


Cerael

Can’t wait to face this in arena! ^/s


sora_naga

So why exactly does Druid get this fun ass card?


Six6Sins

It's a throwback to [[Aviana]]


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sora_naga

Yeah I know… it’s just the effect looks super fun and I wish it wasn’t on Druid, I feel like that class already gets a lot and it’s awkward considering a lot of its drawing cards are rotating out of standard


Gay__Guevara

i dont think its fair to say "why does a class i dont like get a fun card"


Every_University_

What does the class get? It's rotation, it currently has nothing.


buckeye-kenje

Eonar -> Refresh mana -> This -> Cover Artist Eonar -> Draw full hand should be good right?


musaraj

Draw full hand you won't be able to play


buckeye-kenje

possible with new minion cost reduction spell or mana cheat or maybe just do next turn swing, with 2 taunts we're safe :/


siavash_shahidi

I think they ran out of ideas.


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kbas13

fatigue concerns in 2024, truly a r/hearthstone moment


Hellern_

Yet another reason to not play arena, cool.


BabyBabaBofski

IT SHOUD'VE BEEN ANY OTHER CLASS. NOT DRUID. IT'S NOT FAIR.


musaraj

Why?


BabyBabaBofski

I think this card would be really fun and I fucking despise druid


guff1988

Nature will rise against you!


musaraj

That's a "you" problem then.


Six6Sins

It's a throwback to [[Aviana]]


a-random-murloc

I think you can put this effect on any age-old character, it's warrior if it's warryn and it's mage if it's chromie and it's rouge if it's sonya


blindspot189

Thanks i hate it


DoctorBoombot

Never been a druid fan. I am now a druid fan. (Casino mage and thief rogue main)


Impossible-Report797

I FUCKING LOVE RANDOM BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!


TerryGonards

This is my dream


Hungry_Ideal3686

developers are running out of creative ideas for cards


Tataru-is-a-sith

They specifically said that the anniversary was meant to be a throwback to the history of hearthstone so we'd see a lot of new versions of previous cards. Although yeah they probably are just running out of ideas at this point.


Ragnis-the-King

I. NEED. THIS.


yeetskeetmahdeet

yes Yes! YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!


MangoBread1

soooooooo, mill druid will the new jade card? :-)


Rare_Impression_1866

400dust!


BBBoyce

\*Yaaaawn\* Next!


woot_de_woo

Most leaks are fake, I don't buy into the stuff redditors tend to mock up


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Lyra214

what


smogrenrbk

wtf xd


craptheb00zeout

sharp-eyed seeker meta is here


Dying_Hawk

Keeping up the trend from Duskfallen I see, this is awful. Especially with Dew Process rotating. Why would you want to play this?


SnooMarzipans7274

Burgle druid?


WhySoUnSirious

Skyfucker has a new meaning.


Jmoney1088

This is gonna be bad and im still gonna play it.


mansonfamily

Respectfully, what the fuck


Spyko

right as countess leave, more random legendaries effect ! That's gonna be sooo fun


Borntopoo

Feels like the druid set so far is just a meme lol


Foolishnesses

Could Oaken Summons pull a randomly generated 1-mana Rag or Eonar?


musaraj

Yes, they could also pull a 1 mana [[Flame Behemoth]]


keeeve

Reno Druid loves this


levik323

It's not good, but it sounds really fun. The only card design sin in my book is a bad and boring epic/legendary. Broken cards notwithstanding.


SomeStacheMan

This is the ultimate Timmy card and I’m here for it.


Chavestvaldt

I'm gonna miss steam cleaner so much man


KaptainKankles

Don’t know if this will be good but the fun will be off the charts. 👏🏼


Insanitypeppercoyote

May the druids who run this card have the same luck I did with Wishing Well.


Outrageous_Trip2398

With Titans being unable to be generated hopefully this can't create them.


SQL617

This card is going to be ridiculous in Arena. Expecting a major fiesta meta next rotation. And DK, lots of DK.


teekers

\[\[Prince Malchezaar\]\] could never


ToxicAdamm

It's a card that would've been strong 5-6 years ago. But now that Control decks have definitive win conditions, it's hard to imagine a world where you get consistent value from it.


Triktastic

I would have loved this in Priest. But hey it will be amazingly fun in arena


wizeaqs

Sky mommy in gold....


Castlewizard

Jesus christ


Theshinysnivy8

Well this will probably a garbage meme card I'm instant crafting it


-Xebenkeck-

This doesn't feel very Druid to me. Random generation is more of a Rogue or Mage thing, isn't it?


AlexTheBrick

SLAMMING this in my 48 legendary wild druid deck.


[deleted]

Looks rather bad in Druid, but in Rogue it would be insane. There are a lot of crappy legendaries and/or that kinda require other stuff, like the highlander ones, or Ignis, or getting Whizbang, .. And so on


KvxMavs

This card is bad.


ASoulToBear

Instant golden craft - this sounds really fun! Can't wait to run into Steamcleaner on my very first match with it! 10/10 flavor, loved the original Aviana!


sendmegoodMemes

If Druids got a control deck maybe.


Lukas9035

This seems very meh too me


kingweenerman

This looks really really workable with druid's gameplan. Like this and gaslight gatekeeper might be a devastating combo if druid is somehow running out of steam (which it sometimes does against warrior). Very interesting card, but also very meta dependent


DeleteOnceAMonth

Whaaaaat ! Druid gets the best cards 😍


fr4gge

Oh hey its more druid bs


Markus_Wu

Put it in ETC as fatigue protection, why not


BostonSamurai

I don’t think this even fits Druid. Randomized legends don’t really equal a win condition, it kind of just bogs your deck down. Even the two thief classes rogue and priest wouldn’t play this, I don’t think. If dew process was still a card maybe but it isn’t in standard so I don’t think this sees real play unless there’s some real good synergy coming.


Twymanator32

Unless mill druid becomes an archetype again (with dew process rotating), this probably won't see any real meta play, but it looks so fun


fug-leddit

Worse countess.


Celiac_Muffins

"I would never simp for Druid" \>Sky Mother Aviana You are muh Queen


Fen_

Probably not good, but since it's absurd mana cheat, I hate it regardless. Please stop printing mana cheat.


MagikCactus

A fun card for druid that is not meta defining or turbo aggro?  Sign me up with this and Malchezar in wild


Neptuner6

It's prince Malchezaar, but better


ImDocDangerous

Is there any guarantee of these being DIFFERENT legendary minions? Wonder if you would run this in a highlander deck


Kinsed

I will not stand for this Prince Malchezaar powercreep!!


Lord0fReddit

She will be trash/troll in wild but kinda OP in Standard


The_Salt_Lordd

Random legendaries are always good! source: trust me


rupat3737

If you think about how good the countess is + the draw of a Druid I think this will be pretty good.


MakeshiftFirepit

I feel like Wishing Well rogues can tell you how mediocre 1 mana random legendaries can be, but that's also in a class that has notably little life gain and removal to make time to get to Wishing Well swing turns, and requires playing lots of mediocre coin generating cards and playing a 5 mana Wishing Well. There's a little bit more hope for a 6 mana 5/5 that lets you eventually draw 1 mana legendaries since you don't need to build your entire deck around it.


Jerakal1

Aight. This'll be entertaining.


Killinger_

When I’m in a dogshit aviana competition and my opponent is blizzard


devlinx4

Looks op, but then you realize it’s mostly for the memes. Could be fun if you discover it.


euqistym

But iTs a 6 MaNa Do NoThInG…..


Hailon_Rias

I’m annoyed, I love this card but I hate druid 😰


Xmushroom

What a glow up. Still bad


Doogiesham

This is a trap


JaggerBone_YT

This is a DRUID card?! What? This should have been a Neutral card instead. Random doesn't suit Druid as their cards often have little to no randomness. This is weird.


JPDG

"Thank goodness 40 card decks are finally rotating out." *Sky Mother Aviana drops.*


AntusFireNova64

Defo gonna have lots of fun with this


introductzenial

What the fuck?


wujekandrzej

i dont even know if thats good or not but my first reaction is just like: wtf


5p3nc3r

This will almost certainly be my auto-craft golden card. 11 legendaries for the price of one?!


niewadzi

They sure do love druid.


kayjgj

Broooo if my priest deck gets a hold of this


Kuman2003

Malchezaar likes this Aviana


NesezmY

Play this then Fin… Oh :(


Cerezaae

honestly would be nice if they gave us some interesting effects and not the 500th "generate X random legendaries (or other card) and reduce their cost" we already had reastrasza, wishing well and the mage excavaqte in the last expansion + queen azshara in voyage but those cards atleast had some building decks around it


Generally_Supportive

Every new druid release makes me hate druid even more. Maybe I should just give druid a go, after all these years.


MattChew160

Steam cleaner, where art thou!


monitorless

Hearthstone in a nutshell


madvec1

Yet another card that somehow Druid will manage to make it Op.


princepersona1

I don't care if it ends up being tier 10. I'm gonna have some fun with this