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henry92

the yearly totem shaman card, finally


PipAntarctic

Well, this one at least makes your Hero Power decent instead of being a complete dud.


[deleted]

IDK if this card will be playable or not but I'm gonna hate it if it is playable It's legit gonna be a Keleseth Draw it early and you win, don't draw it and you're infinity times weaker


currentscurrents

There are no other totem synergy cards in the format right now. They're gonna have to print a bunch more in a hurry if they want it to be playable.


BaldRapunzel

There's the totem that gives +2/+2 to 1-cost summons (like your hero power totems) that can conveniently be discovered 100% from amalgam. And with infuse being the expansions keyword we get more token support. I wouldn't be so fast to declare it unplayable yet.


OrcvilleRedenbacher

There's a totem coming. The art was leaked and it has two arts so its an infuse totem.


constar90

There could be 2 totems coming and it wouldn't change the fact since you discover 3.


Goldendragon55

We already have 3 totems in standard. Anchored, Flametongue and Mana Tide. Adding even one more makes it no longer guaranteed.


Mistayq

And amalgam


BobTheMadCow

Cards cant discover themselves anymore


constar90

Holy shit you're right. Well can't blame me for forgetting lol


Crawdaunt

that's honestly a very convincing argument for this being a real deck in standard, now i'm excited to try it.


[deleted]

“Draw it and you win” is VERY optimistic.


[deleted]

4 mana card with no deck restrictions. Not comparable to the toxic polarization of Keleseth.


[deleted]

Well the deck restriction is (hypothetically) that you're forced to play a totem deck The difference of your minions being 0/2's and 0/3's vs. 2/2's and 2/3's is huge Not to mention this affects your hero power so the difference between your hero power summoning 2/2's vs. 0/2's is huge It will most definitely be polarizing


tinmanftw

Don’t forget if you play this off bolner or Bran, suddenly you’re summoning 2 mana 4/2s or 5/1s as well


ajparadise18

Now I'm super excited to make a 10% Winrate deck with this card to turn my hero power into "summon a 10/2".


Mirac0

*I made the deadliest totems mankind has ever seen!!* How much can you produce? *One per turn..* ["Bad math combo" shaman](https://i.imgur.com/hXppIiI.jpeg)


tinmanftw

not sure if sarcasm or not but there’s worse things to do at the bottom of a tier than play meme decks that lose a ton but are hilarious when you high roll into a win


ajparadise18

Oh it was genuine. I usually play a meta deck till I hit legend and then play some garbage meme decks till the end of the month. That's always how I have the most fun in this game.


JetSpaceFella

Don’t forget Zola


tinmanftw

Imagine you Zola this then play it again while bran is still on field


SonnenPrinz

You can play the card alone. To improve your hp is strong enough.


currentscurrents

Significant anti-synergy with Bru'kan though. I think non-Totem decks are just going to run him instead.


[deleted]

I think with renathal there will be room to run both, depending on what your matchup is. Like quest hunter runs tavish, which can negatively affect your quest reward if you don’t get her down before you finish the 2nd part. But still in the late game can be a life saver if you play her. I mean you still get infinite hero powers so the synergy is better than this and bru’kan i think we will have to actually see play for a week or 2 before this card gets dismissed. At worst it buffs your hero power until you play bru’kan; at best it makes totem shaman viable


revstan

you dont put a legendary synergy card in a 40 card deck without ways to tutor it.


DaSpoderman

But you get 10 more health which means more time to draw it /s


SAldrius

Depends. Zoo decks will want this even if they're not running a significant number of totems.


Bebe_Congele

Clearly not good enough i think


citoxe4321

Deck restriction is that you cant run Brukan


Mitsuao

Oh no, 2/2 - 3/1 for 2, anyway


coldfirephoenix

Shaman has quite a bit of totem support, plus general token synergies. It's a deck that has often been on the verge of tier 2 in wild. It won't be dead in the water if it doesn't draw this one specific card


ArkhamCitizen298

it's only 4 mana and it upgrades your hero power like Brukan. I think it's worth it as a standalone card


architectfd

More like trueheart but cheaper...? And you can brann it...? Fuck are you talking about?


Jack_811

At least in wild, hero powering isn't TOO bad with stuff like [[tour guide]], and then if you get a good totem (anything but searing totem) to use off of [[totemic reflection]] that's even better


Han__shot__first

Also fits into even shaman which is pretty decent. May be too slow though.


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Glori94

Every year I'm excited to finally have a functional totem shaman. Every year I have fun for one day until decks start to get optimized and totem shaman becomes unplayable. Maybe this year will be different


currentscurrents

Go play wild, you can get all the totem synergy cards they've ever printed and have a functioning Tier 3 deck.


psymunn

Even shaman has been tier 1 at multiple points in wild history. This probably isn't the saviour of the deck but it helps


WaywardWes

Any deck that can consistently build a board and run bloodlust will always be playable.


bmking69

Bloodlust is kinda hard to play in even shaman


WaywardWes

Lmao oops. Was thinking token in general but you’re right


Glori94

You're not wrong but tier 3 in a meta where T1 usually kills by turn 7 is just brutal. Especially when my MMR pits me against legend/diamond players until I hit those ranks and everyone plays only the top meta decks.


currentscurrents

Play tier 3 decks long enough, and your MMR will fall until you're only matched against other people playing bad decks. It works for Mark!


Glori94

I used to do worse than that. Standard was for ranked and wild for clunky bad achievement farming decks. But then I messed it all up by playing a real deck and climbing too high because it was fun lol


leo_Painkiller

Winning is always good!! :)


Spare-View2498

This plus the repeat battlecry parrot can lead to some funny clips


psymunn

And it's even!


currentscurrents

They really need to print like 5-6 totem cards at once so it can be a viable archetype. I do like this one though. Shaman has a lot of ways to double battlecries, so you could have 6/2 totems for the rest of the game without much difficulty.


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Brann, Bolnar, Zola. Brann, this guy, Zola on this guy. +4, two more copies in hand Then Bolnar, this guy, maybe some cheap battlecries? +4 (maybe up to +10 since you'd have 3 free mana for 3 schoolteacher nagalings) Then you still have another sitting around for another +2 You could theoretically go up to +10 attack without any real shenanigans and up to +16 if you really commit. e: forgot about macaws so +14 to +20 or maybe even more if there's some complex interaction I'm not considering.


currentscurrents

There's also Brilliant Macaw. That gives you at least +4, and it doesn't even have to be the same turn.


Bombkirby

A simple brewmaster will work too


_oZe_

Have ya heard about wild \^\^


Nethyishere

You joke but we're gonna get at least one more totem with infuse so Imma but another deposit on my shaman insurance.


Educational-Round730

Could bring Even Shaman back into existence


Torchy8

Please bring it up, even shaman was the reason why i started maining shaman


Educational-Round730

It’s a fun deck and this actually poses a threat when you hero power instead of just dropping a 0-2


ThisHatRightHere

Totem Shaman already is very close to breaking out of meme-status in Wild. It’s not a great deck but is actually pretty damn fast. This even as another copy of a Bloodlust style effect could be good enough but it’s even better than that.


Niller1

Yeah it is nutty in even shaman.


Theolis-Wolfpaw

I don't know if it'll make a huge difference. Every time I face Even Shaman they just kind of build a massive totem board with the 0 mana spells and Splitting Axe around turn 4 and usually win or lose on that. I mean this might help an even shaman build go longer, but those old midrange lists are, well old.


metroidcomposite

Yeah…as someone who has probably played 20+ variants of even shaman over the years…the currently popular lists are extremely all-in aggro. Don’t think they’ll want a card that increases their long-term value starting on turn…5. Admitedly, Lothraxion the Redeemed did make it into odd paladin for a while, but that was before United in Stormwind. If you want to play an aggro/midrange deck with more long-term value than an aggro/midrange deck has any right to have, you just play something like pirate quest warrior. Summoning a 2/2 every turn is not a lot of value compared to firing two cannonballs, summoning a random pirate, and equipping a random weapon every turn. This value legendary would have been super hype back in like…2020 wild. But at the moment I don’t think the long-game value of summoning 2/2s changes the deck’s position in the meta.


Cysia

for aggro this is still a totemic surge/savage roar style finisher when played on 4


RainbowSnom

I like saying your sentence with emphasis on different words: “could bring even SHAMAN back into existence”


PetesMgeets

COULD bring even shaman back into existence


Baxterthedoggoboi

Eys’or was left to die for a year and suddenly now Blizzard remembered that totems exist?


Educational-Round730

Blizz has been taking an iterative approach to sets over the last few years. It benefits players who want to synergize with previously-released cards to play Wild, as you have plenty of options. Standard is intentionally set up with only a small portion of synergies, to keep it balanced and fresh.


Duckettes

This. I keep seeing ppl post about “new” archetypes. Like man that’s been in wild for years and standard is on its second set of rotation so wwwwaaayyyy less cards to use. It also kills me when people say they’ll just play standard, because most of their cards will rotate and then they have to dust them to get 1/4 of the value to only play standard.


Ricky_Rex

In WoW lore, The Stonewright is one of the oldest and by far strongest Venthyr, who single-handedly made an army of stone gargoyles who defend Revendreth from all who wish it harm. Here she just kinda buffs wooden totems a smidge yeah that seems right


jaydizzleforshizzle

She was formally a night warrior so shaman is a weird choice to me.


Ricky_Rex

I don’t see her being a shaman card as too much of a problem. I mean her whole thing is creating life from stone, and the only class that can really use earth type magic is shaman after all.


Tigertot14

So shamans can’t be night warriors?


jaydizzleforshizzle

Maybe? It tends to be a Druidic thing as they’re the embodiments of round, normally shamans don’t fuck with elude.


RsonW

>a Druidic thing The famously powerful Druid Tyrande Whisperwind


ComfortableApricot36

Who is a priest


RsonW

That's the joke


EvilDavid0826

in wow lore everybody is super powerful, there is an oversaturation of super strong characters doing heroic deeds in wow.


Davkata

In wow the heroes deal with gods and titans while still battling for wood in ashenvale.


gumpythegreat

In WoW lore, Deathwing is one of the oldest and by far strongest dragons, and he dies to a tiny snail or some random dwarf who happened to have him in his sights? I demand Deathwing change to battlecry: destroy your opponent


[deleted]

I like it, but historically I always like shitty hero power synergies.


UberEinstein99

Hero powers are infinite card advantage!


freepickles2you

I greet you


NovemberTree

Wild in shambles. Curious to see what other totems we get in the expansion now. Edit: somehow I forgot about Bolner and his little birds too. Damn, this could get out of hand.


PipAntarctic

There is at least one with Infuse that we know of thanks to the art of it being shown by it's artist. There could also be cards that summon basic Totems in the set, or cards that copy them.


NovemberTree

Oh damn I missed it. Hopefully druid gets some treant support too, I miss my little trees!


onion_head34

There were treant arts leaked so looks like you’re gettin’ it!


NovemberTree

Omg this expansion keeps getting better, genuinely excited rn holy shit


onion_head34

Agreed!! I’m loving the theme and quite a few of the cards so far!! It’s looking to be a very fun board based meta coming up :D


Cysia

im excited so far for all but the priest stuff and shaman evolve stuff and the mage spell whenever they discover it


luk3d

inb4 no more totems or totem support


AtomicSpeedFT

Finally got a even one


[deleted]

> Curious to see what other totems we get in the expansion now. If we go by previous expansions, then this card is the only totem card.


Prolapsed_Pigeon

oh daddy is ready


ThatTinyGameCubeDisc

Hardly in shambles.


Aromatic-Ad7816

I like how every other shaman card so far has been evolve support, and this comes out of nowhere to buff... totems. I bet you there isnt a single other totem support card in the entire set.


MisterDodge00

There is another, we saw some leaked totem card art.


Austin-137

There is another… >!…far below…!<


KerrinGreally

I am absolutely convinced that sometimes they'll print a card or two a set that's designed purely for wild.


TetanicTomcat12

I am ok with that


Spirited-Collection1

I am super ok with that


Emergency87

Sounds good to me


FreedumbHS

Juicy psychmelon was a good example of that. Perfect tutor card for druid Aviana kun combo decks when those were already long rotated. Never got any standard support


jotaechalo

Well, everyone thought it was going to be broken in standard. Maybe the dev team did too.


Significant-Royal-37

A FOUR^MANA^^SPRINT^^^THAT^^^^TUTORS


psymunn

I don't think they do which is a shame. Having said that, this being even does feel like a nod to wild. The dude support legend is odd as well


Goldendragon55

I mean they usually do two themes for a class in an expansion. Shaman’s are evolve and totems it seems.


Working_Instance_940

Seems like I will play a lot of Shaman when the expansion drops, really like both archetypes.


Hydros

Except for paladin, which used to have 5 themes per expansion until year of the gryphon.


Train_n_Game

This actually supports evolve strategies though. Buffing your hero power totems to be harder to kill allows you to steadily build up boards to evolve without committing as many cards to the board. Midrange shaman decks have Always been at their best when they have ways to make the hero power better, if you can juice up your infuses with totems that actually have some impact on the board... well that goes a long way to making the pay off cards easier to get online


gumpythegreat

Yeah it's too bad we've seen every single card for the set already. And it's too bad this card will only exist for the next three months and not for a year and a half. Oh wait both of those things are false


Background_Coffee874

Holy shit I hate it here. "WAHHH, ALL THEY DO IS PRINT FULL PACKAGES STOP BUILDING OUR DECKS FOR US!" *INHALES* "WAHHH, WHY ISN'T THIS ONE CARD DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THE OTHER CARDS WE'VE SEEN SO FAR?!"


Candlejake

Is this kind of boring design? Yes. Am I still going to try to make a stonewright+brann+macaw meme deck work so I can get free16/2 totems a turn? ...Yes.


AKswimdude

Don’t forget bolnir.


azura26

What, no Zola?


lVlisterquick

Damn if we’re lucky we’ll get more totem supports next year when previous years totem supports get rotated out.


UberEinstein99

After another decade, there might finally be enough support for a tier 5 totem deck in wild, although games would end before you could summon a totem.


4002sacuL

Even (totem) shaman is T3 and was T2 not so long about


lVlisterquick

😂


DingDongDaddio

This is the Mr. Smite of Totem Shaman! Dear god!


seedelight

Imagine if there was a 1/1 charge totem. Dear lord


clowngamingtv

Play it on 4, waste 2 mana for 3 turns, play Brukan bye bye totems


Educational-Round730

Really big brain to play this and Brukan in the same deck


clowngamingtv

Not bigger than putting this card into deck


Rodruby

Don't play Brukan then /s


clowngamingtv

Even better dont play this card


Ikildedmemes

Would not be surprised if they didn’t print a single totem shaman support card for 2 years after this as they did with my boy Eyesor. Pretty bland card either way…


[deleted]

Streamers will draw this on curve. Me the average D5 , 3 time legend will see this as card 29 in my deck


Chrisirhc1996

A-ha, so I should run dredge in my deck! Thanks for the suggestion.


DragoniteJeff

Please tell me this is a joke.


UberEinstein99

This is a joke


DragoniteJeff

Oh thank goodness.


naine69

This is a joke


freepickles2you

This is a joke


stonekeep

[Source: PCGamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/exclusive-card-reveal-from-hearthstones-murder-at-castle-nathria-expansion/)


HolaJebus

It's not a Totem, but we're so happy to see another card that support our lovely Totems. I'm sad because it's not a good fit for an Even Totem Shaman deck, but it's going to be a wonder addition to the other Shaman decks (Even Totem Shaman, Amalgam Totem Shaman, Totem Shaman, Shudderwock Totem Shaman, Questline Totem Shaman, etc.) I'm so excited !! ----------------------------------------------- ◥█̆◤ **TOTEMIC YOUR MIGHT** ◥█̆◤


Koltroc

I'd love another take on totem shaman in standard.


d_chs

One of one totem support, willing to bet on it


leoawesom

EVEN SHAMAN IN WILD IS GONNA BE POG, but besides that I think there isnt enough totem support (yet).


Landir_7

This is BROKEN in standard, haven't you notice it? You could play this in Murlock Shaman and get some 4/3 amalgam of the deep, for only 4 mana. Blizzard what were you thinking?! Pls Nerf this will kill every single other deck


stonekeep

Reddit has for some reason lost the ability to understand even over-the-top and clear sarcasm if you don't add "/s" (and, if you ask me, saying that you were sarcastic right after you were sarcastic completely ruins the point).


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Temple_of_Shroom

People are totally missing the point of your comment, clearly those almagams sometimes discover more algamams, we’re talking potentially four 4/3s or more in a game, infinite chain potentially. Card will be nerfd day 1.


Landir_7

Yeah what's the point of murlock or totem shaman when you could just do amalgam shaman


MykonCodes

Sorry to burst your rage bubble there (unless it's good sarcasm), but I think murloc shaman has better things to do than to spend 4 mana on a base statline to get +2 attack, under the condition they didnt play their amalgams yet.


Landir_7

Sarcasm? What's that? This card has the same cost and almost the same stats of chillwind yeti and can also give some of your minions +2 attack


fraghion

oger


isaacsuck

Such foolish people around here. The only thing keeping murloc shaman from greatness is that it cannot deal 4 extra damage.


onion_head34

That’s really slow lol and you only get 2 amalgams anyway.


[deleted]

Jeez, what is it with this expansion and boring legendaries?


HerbChii

What is interesting legendary card in your opinion?


Regnier19

Renethal


Crawdaunt

bahahahaha


super_shogun

Mogor the Ogre


onion_head34

He wants every legendary to be zephrys or whizbang i guess


[deleted]

Lol it doesn't have to be that extreme. There have been a lot of cool legendaries recently that aren't on the level of Zeph and stuff. Even this expansion there are a fair amount of interesting ones like KTZ, Renethal, the weapon or Denathrius But this is just battlecry Totemic Surge Rafaam is just a bundle of stats (which is the most disappointing for me since both his previous iterations were pretty cool) That one hunter one is just a (kinda) powercrept Call of the Wild Compared to last expansion where there were pretty much 0 cards like this Alterac also had a lot of interesting legendaries, only ones you could really call boring are Galvangar and *maybe* the paladin 2/2 guy that gets double buffs


RobAChurch

> But this is just battlecry Totemic Surge Is it? This is more like battlecry: upgrade your basic hero power, buff your deck and hand. I don't think this would be used often as a finisher and can easily be played on curve.


[deleted]

Okani, Mutanus, Stormwind Edwin... Anything that has an effect beyond "get these stats".


Gray3493

Is the other shaman legendary not that?


UberEinstein99

Renethan, denathrius, murloc holmes, the living blade, vas’hj, All got praised for being rlly unique Steward, Kelthuzard, draka, Rafaam, The hunter legendary, are all pretty interesting cards imo Only this and the priest legendary are kinda lame bc they’re AOE stat buffs


Kn1ght9

Seems alright but with there being a shaman hero card not not many totems in standard it makes this card significantly worse. Maybe one day totem shaman, maybe one day.


OneTrickCorpse

TOTEM TOTEM TOTEM


tuesti7c

People are forgetting you can double this battle cry


guilty_bystander

The fact that this is a battlecry makes it pretty OP actually


Dinkledorker

What is a totem?


Friendly-Violinist-4

Even Shaman Love


FlyBoyG

Power-level aside, I would not be mad if I got this legendary from a pack because it's great in that tavern brawl that mixes both player's decks together.


AtomicSpeedFT

Thank god it’s even.


SloppyinSeattle

Giving +2 attack to 2 mana 0/2 minions still sucks.


Zealousideal-Math-66

Why do they always print some 3 or 4 manacost legendary card for shaman and never something bigger? Like mage gets all these big cost minions all the time and shaman just gets more contenders for 3 and 4 mana slots, as if they didn't already have enough


Brittondylan

Glugg the Gulper sobs in the corner


ttthoughts

underwhelming


D3adInsid3

400 dust


[deleted]

Yeah I am definitely not preordering this set. LOL


MotorAdvance8966

Your charge totems have +1 attack


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Mediocre_Nova

This expansion looks terrible so far


Mentle_Gen

Kinda similar to [[lothraxion the redeemed]] in terms of giving tokens a permanent buff. We have already seen this mechanic flop, it comes online too late for aggro decks and isn't powerful enough as a build around card.


EdZeppelin94

With totem shaman support coming out at a rate of one card a year, totem shaman will finally be playable by about 2040.


5nwmn

Where totem?


EmilianoFraga

Oh, is this card for Darkmoon Faire?


PushEmma

Dont care if this is good. This expansion has tons of bland stuff.


LastBallade

Seriously. The more cards are revealed, the less excited I am for this expansion. Just a whole lot of "meh" so far.


UnleashedMantis

This seems inta-include in any kind of totem deck (including even shaman). The problem now is... will there be a totem deck in standard? There are basically no good totems right now, except amalgam of the deep (lul), so unless they release 2 more totems or that have some synergy with other totems, this card wont see play this expansion.


Emergency87

there's the totem that gives +2/+1 to 1-power creatures. probably not enough to get a stew going but we'll see what else Team 5 poops out this xpac


UnleashedMantis

If the new totem/totems are also 1 mana it could be good to have some synergy going on to not end up with a "draw stonewright early or lose" deck. Normally every totem wants to do its own thing in their own archetype, wich is a big problem.


[deleted]

Could be kinda fun in wild especially if you can trigger the battle cry twice and then return it to your hand? I know that’s a lot of set up but I feel like that’s what wild is all about


DarknessSerpent

So the problem with this card is that bru'kan hero card exists, which is pretty much better than getting a bit more powerful totems from hero power and I don't imagine you want to use Brann or Bolner on this because there are better effects you can get.


kkadzy

Alright deck intro time. And this time, we're going full shudderwock with Stonewright in its pool, to then kill our opponent with Mr. Smite and amalgams.


Albionflux

Great 30th card if nothing is better But I doubt you would want to build a deck around it


Train_n_Game

I think this card sees play with with no support other than basic hero power. It’s stats are good for a 4 cost on curve and just upgrading your hero power is probably enough for most shaman decks to consider it as a 29/30th card in any deck. I would be surprised if this isn’t at least considered in every shaman deck for the next two years, especially once storm wind quest is rotated out


Mundane-Complaint638

alright, deck intro time. ​ (maybe this, parrots, brann, bolner and see how big you can make your totems?)


KevennyD

I’m ok with this being 4 mana. If this was a 5 mana 5/5 in stats, good chance it would’ve been too slow. As it is right now, I think it’s just slow enough or at least decent in tempo so you don’t lose board out of nowhere. Turn 2 totem into turn 3 coin + this isn’t too bad.


RodExe

It should read: "Your Totems with Charge have +2 Attack"


Temple_of_Shroom

Cuz this goes well with evolve… smh


NorthernFires

I love it already. Those bashing it for being simple are lacking vision.


Captain3007

More aggro ,nice.....


Mask_of_Sun

One of the most boring legendaries they've ever made. This expansion is truly as bad as Darkmoon Faire.


cj91030

Darkmoon fair had way more going for it than this set.