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Gavinmad

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No. Turn 2 totem is still a garbage play, and midrange/controlly shaman is still too heavily reliant on an RNG board clear. It won't be as bad as it is now because of the deathrattle minions rotating out, but it's still not going to be very good.
 

Ravishing

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It's a really good card even without taunt it would be nice, but having taunt makes it super good. Maybe Ill get golden shaman now.
 

The Ancient_sl

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Honestly, not bad, but probably useless as anything other than aggro shaman (and maybe not even that without crackle and lava shock) struggles to find relevance.
Lava shock is BRM. Aggro shaman isn't going anywhere.

I think it's very wrong to call this a very good card. Totems are a shit use of mana, you are spending two mana to gain one later.

I guess if it counts golem and tuskarr it could be enough to make totem shaman viable. Worth a try at least.
 

Mures

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Not sure if tuskarr will count towards reducing its cost. I think we have other interactions where dudes summoning dudes doesn't count towards x, its just not popping in my head right now what it is though.
 

Gavinmad

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Summon is any totem hitting the battlefield. If Tuskarr didn't work, hero power wouldn't work either.
 

Ravishing

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Some options:

1: 1drop or pass
2: Totem Golem or Hero power
3: Coin --> Tuskarr or just Tuskarr
4: Thing from Below

Or you can:

1: 1drop or pass
2: Totem Golem or Hero power
3: Flametongue
4: Thing from Below

Beyond those, it can still become a free 5/5 with taunt later in the game which is very very strong, especially in control shaman where you can instantly protect a big minion. Possibly putting out 13/13 or more worth of stats on 8-10 mana.
 

Mures

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Summon is any totem hitting the battlefield. If Tuskarr didn't work, hero power wouldn't work either.
Not necessarily, you're not the one summoning it, its a battlecry and its put into play. Just remembered one of the interactions I was thinking of, buzzard/razorfin hunter. The razorfin hunter summoning the 1/1 beast does not draw you a card, both cards say anytime YOU summon.
 

Ravishing

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i think it should work and if razorfen doesnt draw then that's a bug. Doesn't Ram Wrangler beasts draw cards with Buzzard? Also Snake trap does for sure.
 

Gavinmad

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Snake trap is a spell that you played though. and I would guess ram wrangler doesn't trigger the buzzard draw.
 

Famm

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Seems right that it wouldn't work unfortunately. They should add more totem minions like the golem. Like a one drop, but no fucking overload!
 

Ravishing

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Blizzard confirms it will work with Tuskarr and even with totems that come from Deathrattles (shredder).

Quote from Blizzard

Please tell me this effect procs off shaman hero power as well and not just summon from hand?
Thing from Below procs off hero powers and any played or summoned totems (like those summoned from Tuskarr Totemic).(source)

Does it work like Frost Giant (in deck) or Knight of the Wild (in hand)? The wording would suggest the former.
It works like Frost Giant. The reduction happens in hand or in deck.(source)

How about piloted shredder? those count as well?
Any totems summoned from destroyed Piloted Shredders would count as well.(source)
 

Mures

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Really retarded they keep changing their stance on different interactions, its not the first time they've done this.

Just tested it against innkeeper and that is how they interact now. Now that I think about it I believe they may have changed it when they nerfed buzzard.
 

Deathwing

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Been thinking the expac has been too controlly so far, that card(if true) quite satisfies the midrange focus I wanted.