I can hear Mark's "Alright, deck intro time" from afar.

Not even can be this disruption or swaping enemy attack with the own minions. But this can be used as a kind of stat-doubling/windfury-effect for one turn like: you have two minions on board that can go face than the one with the higher attack goes face than you use Voljin to swap the stats from the minion that attacked to the other that can still attack to have possibly two big hits in one turn (maybe even lethal). And thats just a niche strategy that came to my mind and there are many uses for this, very flexible card.

@bazookaward3859

17 күн бұрын

save me typing thanks

@rltt379

17 күн бұрын

that's just a potential +7, but probably just +3 for 3mana with a condition. so worse crackle ig?

@rltt379

17 күн бұрын

so the only real usecase I see is really just swapping with opponent and the rest is very situational but better than nothing. Maybe usable with zarimi, but that feels kinda slow now

@barcster2003

17 күн бұрын

​​​@@rltt379I think it has options depending. There's some situations where you are happy to have a minion swap stats. Also the way it's worded you do not have to swap with voljin

@rltt379

17 күн бұрын

@@barcster2003 have you seen the windfury spell in a game? It's 2mana and better for dmg if a minion sticks. We can only hope the 3 3 body is enough to make it playble, maybe a silence priest? It's a stretch though. You'll usually face aggro so control might not even play it at all. So maybe aggro priest? Also a strech, but maybe it'll be possible with hunter cards. I guess the main thing is the tourist tag which I'm only looking at what the card does in hand and idk about that

OG Vol'jin swapped stats, but only health... and only with him

That art of the original Voljin vs the other ones is like comparing a hyper realist pencil drawn portrait to a kindergarten finger painting.

Zeddy has fallen from his pedestal… he is a priest main now!

so pumped for all the different deck combos!

It's a combo enabler and a solid control card at least

I think it needs to be said. In standard any tourist is good just because you would probably be happy if you borrow even a single a card that way. We have seen with Renathal that dead cards are fine nowadays since your hand is never empty 'cause you aren't playing every card in your hand. But just in case you need to play something, this card is kinda better than a spider tank

I'm wondering what warrior cards will be like this time

priest is getting very pog cards this expansion, back to back to zarimi and raza. hype

Priest is getting some love with these new cards.

Agree, looks scary

Don't even necessarily need Inner Fire... super-buff the health of a minion, switch the stats with a Stonetusk Boar, then Topsy-Turvy.

@redwood1542

17 күн бұрын

don't even need charge, just need something to stick :(

@InternetGravedigger

17 күн бұрын

@@redwood1542 Yeah, but cheap Charge is easier to work in.

"Always 100% accurate... except when they are not"!

I'm digging the self-deprecatimg humor and self-awareness. 5/5 reviewer!

Since you brought it up, Vol'jin in bgs only swaps attack for a turn now. Unfortunately there was too many abusable lines that limited design. That being said, he's really broken with his buddy rn.

Priest finna be lit yall

This + king monke would be nutty lol

I would love if we could do a full tourist deck with all of the tourist

Voljin looks crazy good

This card will only be played for the tourist text, this is a highly situational effect that more often than not is gonna slightly buff one of your minions, later in the game most decks have ways to deal with this effect or just don't really care

Chillin' with Hearthstone...

Zeddy! What are you doing? Giving 5 stars to a conditional card, which punishes the opponent who plays a big minion.

Priest legendary cards have been pretty good for a while now. Ama'thul was obviously much better than Raden, but Raden isn't bad just not suited for the current meta. Pip has found her niche. Raza has broken combo potential. Elise, like Ra-den, is more of a product of the meta than anything. The bigger problem for Priest are that their cards are control in a meta where control doesn't mean anything. Heck even with this set most of their cards would be A tier in other classes. Warlock would live the cards that Priest got. Soulburner Varia would have been a great Deathknight card. Narain in paladin with order in the court would be insane. However I will say that Vol'jin feels like a priest card that will work in Priest unlike a lot of the other cards. Oh and wild shadowrpiest will love the upgrades.

That's just the Battlegrounds hero power 😅🤣

love it!

Vol'jin Egg Priest?

Zeddy maining Priest now? 😮

This whole set feels like if you play big minions you are getting wrecked

This card to me it's only good in Zarimi Priest... very easy to get lethal with it as long your opponent has something bigger than your stuff.

Just noticed that the origami animals are all better volgins

Ok so i wouldnt say best, but i wouldnt say worse. I just need a minion with a good battlecry but crappy stats or that priest's soulbound ashtongue

That's a really powerful card, it could do some broken combos in Wild with Charge minions. And for tomorrow's upcoming Hunter cards I predict there won't be any Secrets because they would too predictable in Priest.

zeddy the salty priest main ;)

Never been to a video this early in my life. But yeah priest is looking insane this set. Love to see it

Reno Priest wasnt annoying enough apparently

I think voljin can be good if it cant target self then its not that crazy.

Its based on world of Warcraft. There is something to be said of recognizability and IP.

Swapping stats can be insane. 5/5 this will push a new deck into the meta

3 mana is so cheap, is impossible for Chillin' Voljin to not be good with that effect, plus is the Tourist card for priest

@barcster2003

17 күн бұрын

I think its good as long if voljin can be a swap target.

Thank you ☕

thank you ☕

Seems its gonna be the best expansion ever...

Uau, very strong

I'm not quite as high on Vol'jin as Zeddy.

@MrRichman668

17 күн бұрын

but look at mana cost, 3 mana is VERY cheap for this kind of effect.

@markos50100

17 күн бұрын

People forget that the hunter tourist part of the card is like renathal. It gives deckbuilding a twist, like putting cards from a different class. The effect is practically extra.

@gman963

17 күн бұрын

@@markos50100 I still don't really understand the tourist mechanic. Does it affect your deck building or is it a battlecry mechanic?

@markos50100

17 күн бұрын

@gman963 it's a deckbuilding mechanic like renathal

@tarille1043

17 күн бұрын

@@gman963 The tourist mechanic is as such: When you put a Tourist in your deck, you can then also put in cards from the class that the Tourist is visiting into your deck too (I.e. Vol'jin being a "Hunter Tourist" allows Priest to put in Hunter cards) The caveat is you can only put in off-class cards from THIS expansion (Including the eventual mini-set) and cannot put in that class' Tourist. Vol'jin is not a great card. But it is necessary to include into your deck if you want to play Hunter cards from this expansion in your Priest decks (Whether on not you want to do this, we'll see with the Hunter card reveals tomorrow)

priest class= 5/5 srandard/wild

Reminds me of origami cards… but cheaper

Oh yay more cards that punish you for playing minions.

Skip 1:23

I've been saying it for years, WoW has like a million characters and they keep bringing back the same characters over and over again as new cards

This card has 0 synergy with anything priest is doing which is just so Priest, isn’t it?

@barcster2003

17 күн бұрын

I think it depends on if voljin can target itself. It makes removing a minion pretty good with those deal 3 damage cards.

Vol'jins effect seems kind of mid to be honest. Doesnt do all that much in a game where stat swapping is just not that good anymore.

MAKE ZEDDY GO BAROQUE

I honestly cannot see this seeing any play at all outside of accessing Hunter cards. Swapping stats is such a clunky effect, it requires you have 2 targets to swap (So unlike the Origami cards it's not a removal enabler itself you'd need another minion in play to utilize it) and you have to be able to capitalize on the stat swap in some way. Sure, maybe you can activate a Deckhand by swapping a handbuffed giant Paladin minion and hit face for a ton... But what's your plan against every other deck that doesn't make massive minions? At best I can see you maybe swapping stats with a 1 mana 1/1 you play (Such as something copied from Puppet Theatre or your Mini Clay Matriarch) where the card is basically just a crappy Tarim... As far as Inner Fire Priest goes in Wild? You must be joking right? Inner Fire Priest uses Wave of Apathy + Pint Sized Potion to steal an enemy minion to effectively have Charge (It can also be used on a Taunt minion to stop it being in the way to boot). Which is way better than doing something like Stonetusk Boar + Vol'jin.

@burgerandy2729

17 күн бұрын

Doesn’t say “other” so Vol can be a pseudo version on the miniaturize legendary Paladin has. Unless I’m misinterpreting the self targeting.

@tarille1043

17 күн бұрын

@@burgerandy2729 Battlecry minions cannot target themselves.

@barcster2003

17 күн бұрын

​@tarille1043 if that's the case then Voljin is not as good as I thought.

Priest mains lol

Priest got some VERY good cards. Any more priest mains here or just me?

It seems like every card nowadays punishes big/late game minions. No reason to play them anymore

that's not a powerful effect , mimiron does it for 1 mana

‘Heckin love priest!’

@JayS1622

17 күн бұрын

Go play in traffic

Definitely overrating for this but it is absolutely a situational 4 star card.

Honestly, priest might be top tier this next expansion

@sng9x

17 күн бұрын

Priest competitiveness always depends on the meta because it is more a reactive class. But at least the class wont be unplayable for sure, likely Tier 2 at least.

Yeah I prefer more fresh ideas from Blizzard !!!

3 mana makes this rlly good card for both tempo and late game play. Its mana cost would be 5+ if it were released >5 yrs ago…

disapointed its hunter tourist, yuck

It is kinda inner fire charge combo. Very boring.

I want to smoke what he is having . Vol jin looks so bad

@barcster2003

17 күн бұрын

I think it depends on if it can target self. If yes it's good if no then it's got a problem of needing a minion on board.

easy

Very original card design. Man, priest got nothing this set. Its for DH.

This card is hot garbage. 5-Stars KEKW

I hate priest already and this new expansion isn't helping

so bored of the same characters coming back over and over, can we have some more new things

@bogdanstan5792

17 күн бұрын

Dude, I feel the same way, we need something new, I am sick of so many reiterations of old cards.

@mirkogiovannigullo8439

17 күн бұрын

The same characters isn't a problem. The problem is the lack of creativity for the effects. Reno appears four times and had four differents effects.

@Mattsson951

17 күн бұрын

Reprints happen its just a natural part of card games same as powercreep

@vaultseeker117

17 күн бұрын

There is a super obvious reason why they are redoing characters and it only takes a second to figure it out This year is the 10 year anniversary

@jaydodsworth6316

17 күн бұрын

​@vaultseeker117 they have been doing this for years not just this anniversary year

Blâme WOW for its inability to create new cool characters which in turn limits HS ...

@tarille1043

17 күн бұрын

Hearthstone is capable of making original characters though. Reno, Elise, Finley, Rafaam, Guff, Tamsin, Rokara, Cariel, Bru'kan, Kurtrus, Xyrella, Varden, Scabbs and Faelin were all original to Hearthstone (Reno, Elise and Finley later were implemented into WoW) and were given stories via Solo Adventures. They aren't limited by WoW. They're limited by their own inability to create cool characters.

@jami.j2044

17 күн бұрын

Who says the need to copy characters from WoW? They can make original ones as long as the fit in the world. They only limiters are the amount of races and creatures in WoW. The heartstone team can come up with an interesing personality on their own. They dont need WoW for that.

@laurents4015

17 күн бұрын

@@tarille1043 Well, I didn't imply HS doesn't have its own chars but WOW's downfall in that regard certainly doesn't help...

@laurents4015

17 күн бұрын

@@jami.j2044 Well because to most people HS will always be the Warcraft/WOW inspired TCG and there only are so many cool chars in these games and with HS being 10YO it's hard to make new chars that are cool and unique to it, while respecting the general theme...

Anything except stupid control priest cards that trap you in a 30 minute game and don’t let you play your cards

@Chimeraeateverything

17 күн бұрын

this card is not for control, it’s for combo/otk which priest currently doesn’t have in standard. Every priest card released this expansion is garbage besides the other legendary. Looks unfortunate

no shot you made an 8 minute vid for 1 card lol

Another trash card. Why no "cast 30 mana worth of spells", like broken mage?

@HDGaminTutorials

17 күн бұрын

Do you even play the game? Nobody is playing mage cause it's bad

I have to say I absolutely loathe how this greedy dev team just murders archetypes every expansion for the sake of being forced to buy/win more packs.

overrated

Nah it's probably going to be a garbage 0 star card. Either that or there's going to be a degenerate otk with it

This card is a joke, 5/5 garbage for standard. All the cards are made for DH without a doubt...apart from this one just "exists" and all I hear is wild wild wild... What are these cards? 2nd gen warlock cards in 2024 priest that hurt even more on top of not getting a single heal oriented mechanic to balance this trash mechanic. Meanwhile warlock cards and synergies are off the charts and heal more than priest. Sometimes I'm just wondering while playing against them where's the downside to these powerfull effects, even printing neutral cards like "sludge" mechanic with the only sludge oriented card/legendary EXCLUSIVE FOR THEM, on top of now getting again the only card that can remove plagues and bombs from your deck with announce darkness..... But I digress.... What will hurt even more until this trash expansion gets rotated out is the fact that these mediocre cards will be as an option for discover mechanic... Rip priest