DENATHRIUS IS NUTS!! It's a new C'Thun! New Locations! | Castle Nathria Review #4

[@RegisKillbin]

Hey folks, quick note, Blizzard sent me these cards early because I had some family stuff I had to travel for this week, and it looks like they sent me the already-upgraded version of Denathrius, not the base version. So to clarify, he starts at 5 damage, not 6 damage.

[@bobhihih]

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[@RegisKillbin]

@@bobhihih Yeah, I saw the reveal and knew I had to leave a comment, but waited to publish so I wouldn't abuse my head start with the cards.

[@bobhihih]

@@RegisKillbin oh I see

[@crackedwindowproductions]

And the card art is different

[@SchplatJR]

Does starting with 5 damage change your rating at all? I dont know if 1 base damage would make a difference, but if it’s too strong I can see this being nerfed that way.

[@PLJogging]

Hopefully the lifesteal triggers on Denathrius after the effect has finished rather than after each individual ping.

[@Necrotechian]

no chance! 10 min animation time incoming!

[@UnableToucan]

@@Necrotechian Hell yeah! Give me that shudderwock ptsd!

[@AnimeVampire234]

it will be each individual ping, there have been cards in the past that ping multiple minions to support that, so yeah... this card is gonna be pretty strong. but mind you mutanius still exists so dumping your minions to beef up denathrius' battlecry makes him more likely to be eaten.

[@tristanjanniere7352]

@@AnimeVampire234 let alone ratted out

[@tank_dempsey]

@@UnableToucan wait. This is like the perfect shudderwock card tho

[@norbelarchilla5578]

All I'm seeing is a way for Mark to buff up his new C'Thun with the old defile, everybody get in here combo and then go town

[@bb-im6hf]

hopefuly Defile has a maximum trigger count this time

[@genzo454]

@@bb-im6hf If I remember, I think it had a cap of either 30 or 60 triggers, so it's no longer infinite.

[@myself2noone]

"Everybody! GET IN HERE!"

[@arnowisp6244]

@@genzo454 That's enough to kill everyone. Hehe.

[@robarb]

there's monsters behind you.... spammy 😅

[@KrivitskyM]

One downside of this card is you have to draw it quite early, otherwise it does nothing as a topdeck. But, obviously, Druid can circumvent this problem with Jerry Rig Carpenter-Mine package.

[@christianmarx3249]

that was my idea 😅

[@currently_In_stealth_behind_u]

lifesteal deal 6 damage to all minions isnt nothing

[@christianmarx3249]

@@currently_In_stealth_behind_u but it could be an otk

[@KrivitskyM]

@@currently_In_stealth_behind_u It's not to all minions, it's split between all enemies (so it can even miss the minions and hit face all times).

[@hodauken065]

Yeah and also druid can play him with Brann, because of Guff

[@asmrlefttoright6138]

Sire Denathrius might as well be a Druid class card since going to 10 mana for them is a walk in the park and most of their removal is by creating minions for example Scale of Onyxia. And they can just tutor for him with Capture Coldtooth Mine.

[@nutwit1630]

Honestly just replace Lady Prestor with Sire Denathrius in the existing Renathal Dragon Druid set

[@klok1014]

Yeah, I don't see him working in any other class. He requires more mana to make him do something game changing

[@tobiascibira]

Oh my gods, forgot that scale of Onyxia exists, thats dirty.

[@tank_dempsey]

He could probably work in a token dh and maybe skele mage if that’s good but yeah he’s basically a Druid card

[@theholk]

It plays well in any deck that is even slightly minionbased and generally gets to 10 mana if it hasn't won yet. MEchmage. Mechpaladin. dudepaladin, Murlock, beasthunter... even the DH decks that play around a lot of dying. In from the depth warrior there is a chance to drag it up at 7 mana to couple it with bran, after having onyxia expire fully.

[@eduardo7677]

Druid can pretty easily use it. A single scales of onyxia is already +7 damage, plus druid can easily combo it with a Brann thanks to Guff being absolutely busted

[@LuisGLC31]

Yea thats what I thought... Druids will be using and abusing this to its full extent

[@Xevo234]

Dont forget about allignment, 1 mana 10/10 deal f*uck ton of dmg and heal to full

[@locogato3488]

Sire Denathrius is basically like Reno C'Thun, really powerful card.

[@TheMasterLinkT]

Interestingly Denathrius will become massive if you manage to combine spammy arcanist with hydraladon/wax rager

[@seamuschaos]

waiting for the obligatory "deck intro time" from MarkMcKz

[@UnableToucan]

Cant wait to slot him into my token demon hunter that I made years ago. Basically just summoned as many of those 1/1's with rush as possible

[@arthurroth3147]

One thing I’ve been thinking about is that this infuse stuff might be able to help token demon Hunter, and that token beast Hunter we got in Stormwind with tanning hide and rats.

[@misterbleedinggums]

That one toy maker legendary card in wild, Jepetto something, would be crazy to draw and make Denathrius a 1 mana card. Also I hope there's another cave hydra style beast cleave in this expansion. That alone would make kennels a 4 star card imo

[@crasykengoru6450]

Sire denathrius in skelly mage ? I am slowly getting excited for this expansion

[@dr.dasterdly7357]

That was the first thing I thought of too

[@tank_dempsey]

Hunter location + colossal means a whole board of hydra heads I also think it’s funny people are questioning denathrius’s viability at 10 mana like that isn’t turn 5 for druid

[@fredfoshizzle4891]

One big thing to remember is that when considering whether something would "fit" into a deck is that we're used to thinking about 30 card decks. A card might be not so worth in what we've been using for standard decks but maybe totally worth as an addition in a Renathal deck

[@Da5kone001]

Having 40 cards makes finding it even less likely unless your tutoring it as well

[@fredfoshizzle4891]

@@Da5kone001 true. That's the prove you pay for the extra health. But you have to choose something if you're adding an additional 10 cards

[@benkpeltz]

I've been wondering why they gave locations a one turn cooldown, and just realized it's at least partly a flavour thing: you can't search a Cluedo location two turns in a row. Hopefully that flavour decision doesn't kill a whole new category of cards!

[@Lucasao97]

I honestly havent looked up what token druid cards are in standard right now but if there is a kinda viable token deck you can just do Denathrius token druid and early tutor him with capture goldtooth mine resulting in an insanely fast stacking denathrius to heal back or even finish after an aggressive early game

[@arthurroth3147]

Even just stuff like scale of onyxia and flipper friends could probably do well.

[@thatguy1706]

I kinda wanna try to be toxic with this.... get to 13 mana and drop this with Brann. Or worse, just celestial this out around turn 9 or 10 after a couple board clears. Will feel terrible to play against, but seems like it could be my new favorite finisher.

[@-El.Inexperto]

@@thatguy1706 dont forget shaman with the parrots

[@Arkanon89]

Add guff and brann and you can double it.

[@ageizmtv3497]

@@Arkanon89 the 2nd effect wont be infused will it?

[@Atomikkujp]

This card in Ramp Druid is nasty... Double Scales alone puts this at 20 damage + lifesteal.

[@myouileaf7213]

exactly what i thought.. + brann.. oh man..

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

Castle Kennels is decent with the colossal, making it a little bit more impactful and putting an extra head on board

[@shruikande1004]

Denathrius could be cool in a warlock with the mass of imps you can summon, i will definitely try building that ^^

[@spike9927]

Or dude paladin?

[@kobban63]

Galakrond warlock in wild with the heropower

[@simonlauritzen7036]

Or even in the skeleton mage deck.

[@TheOneAboveAll_1985]

@@simonlauritzen7036 first idea i saw the card, i think mage is really good with all the deathrattle you can summon.

[@gorem8]

@@spike9927 will quest line paladin finally work 😍

[@whitewolf6113]

Omg Denathrius is actually a card I’ll play in every deck for two years I’m so happy

[@strikkmoez]

This expansion is gonna change the game probably more than any of the previous, I think. With locations and Renethal, it seems like it's going to be slightly more strategy-centric all around.

[@JJV7243]

I think infuse is the Healthiest keyword they've printed in a LONG time. Connecting the power of cards to the number of minions you've played (effectively) forces high-minion based board states. This is what makes HS fun.

[@_skud]

@@JJV7243 my first thought as well.

[@teo3066]

If the skeleton mage deck is viable, Denathrius might be a perfect fit

[@thecooldudec3155]

yeah, that's what I was thinking too--those skeleton cards just feel like the perfect fuel for an infuse package

[@crasykengoru6450]

I have a feeling we might see the cup denathrius is holding as its own card as well

[@shogunpug4071]

Could be the same effect minus infinitely infusing

[@jessesutton7985]

Before learning about the cooldown on locations I thought they were pretty good. With them being so crazy slow it seems unlikely most of them make the cut. So far only the shaman one really seems viable. Maybe mage.

[@jessesutton7985]

@@XoIoRouge I think you're underestimating the importance of deck economy. And overestimating how strong making something 3/3 is. Freezing something every other turn isn't bad, but it costs a card and a turn spending 3 mana on it. Like I said, it may be good enough with the bodies attached but I doubt busted. Setting a minion to 3/3 was historically an effect on a 3mana 3/4. This meant if all they had was their big body, now you're winning on board by 1hp. If you're spending 3 later in the game to respond to the first big thing that drops then you're going to need to either already have a board or win the board with the rest of your mana. If you're playing it early and don't have a friend or foe to hit, you've just done nothing on turn 3 tempo wise. Also the almost defining feature of playable big cards is immediate impact. Your opponent may get most of their value out of whatever big drops they throw at you before you have a chance to nerf them. You don't prevent battlecries or deathrattles. Shaman's location only costing 1 means you can fill curves with it and potentially actually make your immediate board better by evolving a battlecry. Then for minimal investment you've got a nice bonus laying in wait to hopefully hit a Vashj or something. Priest's helps in the card economy department by immediately replacing itself in hand, but it still eats a deck slot. It's not just a question of if you like a card or not. Or if an effect is good in a vacuum. It's a question of if its better than the other things you could fill 30 slots with. And/or 40 now I guess. Overall this card type seems tough to figure out in the abstract.

[@jessesutton7985]

@@XoIoRouge I wasn't pointing out battlecries and deathrattles as if to say you could be running things instead that did counter them. I was saying it because you said something to the effect of 'what are they going to do about having their guy turned into a 3/3?'. I also wasn't trying to compare them to eachother even though I am talking about them as a set. You could easily be right that I'm underestimating these things. HS is by no means the TCG I know best, and even then, who am I right? I just saw the rogue location as well. It seems very, very good. Basically two mini Vancleef with stealth for 2mana. Anyways, I only bring it up to say I really think there's going to be at least 1 neutral piece of location tech that everyone is going to be running reigning in the stronger ones. Hopefully they're a fun cycle with a healthy power level. New card types are fun but they often get abandoned if their first run doesn't go well.

[@Chr0nic1er]

I don't remember them all off the top of my head, but I know there are at least a couple of different ways to kill a ton of minions in one turn (infinite except for the hard coded "stop" effects). At least in wild, I don't know standard. This wouldn't be the best one probably, but a grim patron, and a 2 and 1 health gap + a defile = a ton of dead minions by the end. Could totally be a valid combo setup with Sire Denathrius in hand. Of course, then you have to somehow reach 10 mana (as not druid) but still.

[@AhmedRajput1991]

The Kel'thuzad skeletons exploded due to unavailable board space will also trigger the infuse of this card?

[@Dooferification]

I have a feeling people are going to hate sire really quick

[@guillermocalle2184]

If they don't absolutely slaughter Druid on balance changes before this card comes out. Scales of onixia and their ability to tutor him out early will be a problem. And them ramping up fast to 10 mana, or even 13 mana to bran and Sire

[@daa950]

I just want Bolner, Brann, Macaw after that new 10/10 lifesteal.

[@LiliumCruorem]

As a Wild only player I love these new cards. I can’t wait to make a 40 card wombo combo deck with all my faves in there.

[@eggscheese2763]

Apperently everyone forgot that having a 10 mana card in your hand to be able to buffit is very very slow. You cant do anything with it till turn 10, And you also need to draw it to be able to use it. C'thun was good because back then the meta was much slower, and you were able to buff it up while it was in you deck.

[@technomancer4719]

A 10 drop that gets better while it sits in hand longer and you play out other minions? I've solved the case. It was Mutanus who killed the Sire.

[@maddymartin421]

Wild Il'gynoth DH with Denathrius as a finisher would be pretty fun

[@WadeAllen001]

I think the spot for Sire Denathrius is demon hunter. 1 full use of Expendable Performers with Sire Denathrius in hand gets him up to 20. Also, I think locations are a big missed opportunity. Instead of making locations only last a few turns with a usable power that take up a board slot, I think locations would be a lot cooler if they provide a permanent and symmetrical effect, and physically change the board to that new location, until you (or your opponent) play a new location to overwrite the last one played. Imagine something like "Eastern Plaguelands. All minions have deathrattle: deal 1 damage to a random enemy" as a location card. The game starts off on one of the normal random boards as always, like the Stormwind board or the Alterac Valley board or whatever, and then when someone plays Eastern Plaguelands the whole board transforms into a new board art of Eastern Plaguelands, and until someone replaces the location, all minions played gain that deathrattle. So it's symmetrical, but obviously you'd put that card in a token deck so that you can take better advantage of the deathrattle pings than your opponent can. It'll at least last until the end of your turn, and it could last the entire rest of the game, or maybe your opponent replaces the location on their very next turn.

[@aceeightyxxi]

this is exactly what i was thinking

[@santagonewrong]

I'm really liking Denathruis for Dude Quest Paladin. You have a lot of things die while playing into a later game for your upgraded hero power to hopefully turn the tide. You also don't have any really big thing you want to pull, so Taelen can help ensure it gets into your hand early enough to tick up a few times. This gives both a bit of healing to survive long enough to turn that corner into your hero powers, or a bit of extra damage if the hero power isn't proving to be enough to finish the job. It might still not be good, but it looks really fun.

[@HopefulAgnostic]

Problem with Denathrius is that he has to be in hand for the infuse to trigger. Thats a card in hand you can't use until turn 10 that does nothing. Turn 10 will be a huge swing but you have to survive until then as well. I don't think its gonna be that good, bomb in arena but I don't think its gonna see that much play.

[@tank_dempsey]

See in the past yeah. But starting at 40 hp makes it much easier to survive til turn 10

[@HopefulAgnostic]

@@tank_dempsey Ye but with 40 health comes 40 cards, make it 33% more difficult to actually find him when you can infuse him.

[@tank_dempsey]

@@HopefulAgnostic yeah, but play druid and you can just guarantee get him most of the time. I’m only really looking at him as a Druid/dh card, MAYBE skele mage if that’s good

[@marcponzio5330]

I think the new locations would be great for any style Egg deck. You could use either with Narubian Egg, Naval Mine, and others.

[@yurilafontaine-thibeault1250]

I'm curious to know how the Macaw would work with Denathrius ? Would it do the same amount of damage as him or only his base 5 ?

[@hidadsek9671]

Well, I guess we have a new win-con for the Druid deck. With Raid Boss and Scale, we can easily create swarms of whelp to clear the opponent's board and power up Denathrius. Outside of that, I can't see other decks using him since other control decks are spell-based and 10 mana cost is too high for aggro decks like DH or Beast Hunter.

[@michaellatner975]

Honestly i wish the animation for Sire Denathrius would be all at once, instead of 1 blood stream at a time. If it's all at once you don't have to sit there for 10 minutes once you get him to around 17-35 damage

[@kildain3438]

This seems like it could fit nice as the top end of the new Dude Paladin being teased.

[@alexina4567]

I’d love a dude quest paladin with this finisher

[@PendlayRoe]

3:00 Galakrond warlock maybe. Warlock has lots of minion summoning and can control the board with Plague of Flames. Onyxia summons 7 minions and fits a control deck. Same with many Colossal minions.

[@omulnes6109]

Denathrius, in my opinion, will be fun on Token Dudu or Zoo Warlock or on the new Dude Paladin.

[@rawksolid5029]

As someone who plays very casually and deliberately without a lot of high power cards, I look forward to running castle kennels. It means my river crocolisks and razorfen raptors can still be of use when drawn late. Will others use this? Probably not, but I know I will

[@damjanmuskinja9227]

Theres a problem with battlecries in hearthstone where you cant interact with them whatsoever aside from some VERY spefic cases and it makes the game less interactive. This can become a 10 mana deal 30 it doesnt even have to otk if it just plays off 15 damage its still basically a boardwipe a full heal and a pyroblast.

[@kylewood2322]

I think Denathrius isnt going to get as high as you are assuming. He has to be in hand to trigger. C'thun didnt

[@cosmic_pvp]

I wonder if this card will work like the old C'thun in how C'thun says nothing about a limit on the card but once you get to 100 attack on C'thun that is the max amount of damage the card can do from it's battlecry.

[@thecooldudec3155]

I think a good way to evaluate the location cards is to look at them as if they only have 2 activations instead of 3, and consider whether you would still be happy having played that card--because I think in most games you're not going to get to the third trigger. Maybe your opponent is agro and there aren't enough turns, or board states just don't line up right for you to use it, or maybe it sits in hand for a while until you have spare mana because you couldn't give up tempo, and even in games where you do land all three triggers I think it's a safe bet that you aren't getting high value plays out of of every trigger. These cards might literally have 3 durability, but I think that third trigger is in highroll territory. Oh, and also locations lock out one of your board spaces so we also have to be asking ourselves if that's going to be worth it in a minion-focused meta where keywords like infuse are being pushed.

[@markeadie5806]

Will infused cards keep their... infusions? if you return them to hand through Shadowstep or other bounce shenanigans?

[@RammsteinAM]

Interesting, will location cards work on "Can't be targeted by spells or hero powers" minions?

[@juliangaspari1504]

i LOVE the concept and art of this card, making it golden for sure

[@anthonyohler2029]

The token Druid is also notable for denathrius because Druid can search it easily.

[@CaseyRice-kx4cq]

I wonder if a renethal aggro deck with just a couple board clears and healing could use denathrius to some sort of success

[@ZKEUS]

Is Sire Denathrius' sword going to be a card you think? Is its name Remora or something ...?

[@klocalr]

Zoo package like sunscale raptor with sire denathrius and give the raptors rush and other things to control board and stuff?

[@duchailu]

is it just me or is that card kinda OP in the new Ice Skeletons mage archetype ?

[@CaitSith87]

Also thought to include that card in that deck :)

[@RaiXYT]

Thinking i can have these on paladin or warlock, stacking up the infuse and just unload!

[@antjoz1928]

When warlock card?

[@BreadIsDum]

Sire Denathrius in Dude Paladin. With endless Silver Hand Dudes, and the quest, you’ve got a bunch of things to buff up Denathrius’ damage. Hard part is getting to 10 because of this meta

[@IcePhoenixMusician]

Do you think that Denathrius could be a secondary win condition for that mage deathrattle thing they have going?

[@Un0vaGaming]

Castle Kennels does seem very good with Hydrolodon, letting you generate more heads. Not sure if it's good enough eith the other beasts to earn a slot. Actuallynow that I think about it, it let's you attack with non rush beasts you pull with Azharan Saber like the Bear or, once again, hydrolodon heads

[@thecooldudec3155]

oh, that is a neat interaction. I think one tricky thing with kennels is that it competes for a similar space as doggy biscuit, and that card can be traded away if you don't need it whereas kennels in many games could wind up just being a slow, unworthwhile card in hand. I think kennel is a neat card, but I'm not personally holding my breath on it making the cut in constructed.

[@Un0vaGaming]

@@thecooldudec3155 I could see it being a one off since it's targeted unlike Biscuit and the attack boost could be relevant or help push lethal with Krush. But you definitely don't want two in the deck because drawing them both would be really bad.

[@jacksonfogo2]

I think you're ABSURDLY overvaluing Denathrius and undervaluing Castle Kennels Denathrius, while quite powerful, is only active at 10 mana, and while yeah you can infuse him endlessly, you still need a TON of minions to die to make him stronger, and that would probably require you to either play extremely aggro (with him in hand, mind you), or absurdly on curve, also requiring you to always take value trades and hope that your opponent will kill your minions instead of just building a board or ramping for a combo. As a 10 mana, his effect isn't even a board clear kind of situation, like sure you're healing and dealing damage, now you have a 10/10 against 10 mana worth of cards from your opponent, who, most likely, considering you're probably not gonna immediately play him on turn 10 since you'll wait a bit for more infuses since your WHOLE deck is built around this one specific battlecry, will have a way to just deal with it either by using a removal or by just playing taunt minions or something like that. About Castle Kennels, there are MANY ways to implement it into a Beast Hunter mid range-ish kind of deck, I personally think this looks absurd with many Beasts that don't already have Rush, and still, even with Beasts that do already have Rush, it's still +2 Attack, you're still probably going to have a "oh this is now a removal card" for one of your Beasts or just regular cards with Rush that needed those +2 Attack to kill something. Take into consideration something like Savannah Highmane, or and Ironbeak Owl for easy 4 damage, or idk even King Krush if you want a late game, easy 10 damage face. I think there's a lot of potential on this one, also considering it has 3 Durability. Still great video btw!

[@maxt2229]

hope they print a neutral minion that either draws you a card or triggers the location cooldown if you have a location out

[@finn3750]

This card is insane right? Like yeah its 10 mana but not many cards have this good of an insant effect. Always a deal 6 heal 6 with a huge body? How good was alexstraza with a huge deckbuilding restriction?

[@THEWraithKing]

I think the Sire would work great in my demon Hunter deck. I built one based around weapons and dealing a lot of damage quickly with my weapon. I have a lot of minions in there too just to give me a bit more board presents so I do have a lot of minion synergy. If he's just in my hand I think I can make him work whenever I need him late game or just on turn 10. which does happen a lot since I have more of a mid-range build and sometimes my initial wind condition doesn't always pull itself off. Every once in awhile the other wind conditions I have set for an emergency end up pulling off the win. So I think this will work pretty good for demon Hunters, particularly the ones that have a lot of minion synergy like I do. I Imagine some warlocks and paladins running this too because they have a lot of minions that read this really quick, especially paladin.

[@InTheMistByTheHills]

I can't wait to play Denathrius for 1 mana in Druid. Seems kinda good as a 1 mana card

[@kaitoshirogane5563]

Castle Kennels combos with Ozumat, doesn't it? Control Hunter hype?

[@Grimzfield]

Can you still do the endless Grim Patron to summon/kill then you can get Sire Denathrius doing 60+ damage?

[@mushroomduck1345]

2:55, while I do somewhat agree, just because you want to end the game early doesn’t mean it happens in every scenario so it’s still worth it to have a late finisher if the aggressive playstyle doesn’t work. This could be extra noticeable with renathal decks that have a lot more health.

[@Da5kone001]

But in an aggro deck your games might be ending on turn 6-7 on average and drawing this card would slow that down as it takes away from another draw that could actually be useful before turn 10

[@Da5kone001]

I guess tldr most aggro decks have lost if the game gets to turn 10

[@mushroomduck1345]

@@Da5kone001 which is why it’s important to run a backup

[@UnableToucan]

The 2nd scary thing about denathrius is that he himself also has lifesteal. So its basically a heal atleast 16 unless your opponent has removal. That can be buffed to be way better than "just" 16 healing

[@grim_glim]

Is this the third endlessly infuse effect? After Bolvar and the dh 1/1

[@wwe2005]

The biggest downside I see with locations is that they take up 1 board spot which means 1 less minion to attack with for aggressive decks and with decks like big hunter your board can fill up rather fast even as a slower deck and a lot of the locations seem to be there for 4-6 turns.

[@wwe2005]

@@BigFatCock0 based on what we've seen that isn't the case. They have no attack value, they only target 1 minion and it's mostly only a small buff every 2 turns.

[@yaboikiba4302]

Maybe Token Druid with something like Capture Coldtooth Mine to draw Denathrius on command could take full advantage of the infuse shenanigans

[@Klaital1]

Denathrius combos pretty nicely with Raid Boss Onyxia, just her + her tokens bumps Denathrius up to 13 damage battlecry.

[@AnimeVampire234]

warlock: rod, brann, denathrius.can make an OTK deck like this. can just slap in imps and the navel mine. or something like that.

[@brandongay7460]

Why does denathrius text say "amongst" I mean, why does it not say "randomly" like most other cards do?

[@davidspumpkins686]

Would Denathrias be a good top end for a token DH duels deck?

[@melkiah]

Kennels with Ozumat could be an interesting control tool but the current kit is too fast for it be viable in hunter unless there are some gross late game payoffs in the future too good to ignore. Also gives you more comeback options off of revive pet. Still not a great card but there are few "fun" ideas that are possible to make it a fringe include especially with Renathal around.

[@captainrezaria3553]

The term "amongst" makes me think it's going to split the damage, not ping every single enemy for the value, but I'm probably wrong.

[@richardbowen5732]

Castle kennels makes scorpion playable but only on curve. If there’s more poison beasts (basilisk) but that’s it.

[@gorgeouszan]

5 star for Sire? Think you're grossly overvaluing him. Only way his battlecry truly becomes good is if you get him in your hand early to start feeding that infuse. Means the ideal scenario is to try and get a card in hand thats going to be a dead card for 10+ rounds. Thats pretty awful, especially with Mutanus still being a regularly played card on top of it. I can see sire working to a degree in some control decks, mostly paladin; maybe a token Druid or skelly mage if they actually work, but even then I'd bet he isn't going to have much swing impact outside of just being a big threat.

[@tank_dempsey]

Just dodge the mutanus and it’s ez game

[@gorgeouszan]

@@Shero1337 long game is irrelevant. This needs to be in your hand early (where it remains unplayable for a long period of time) and you need to be a minion heavy deck to empower it while its dead in your hand. That is a lot of bad you have to take on and set up required in order to make this card moderately threatening. Its not a matter of long game vs short game its a matter of having to willfully take on card disadvantage and play a deck that can feed this card, which is asking a lot.

[@Alan-fo5kn]

This card could go great as a save card in an aggro deck Or a particularly wide boarded control deck finisher

[@udoheinz7845]

Is token vampire demon hunter going to be a thing?

[@rossflavelle-taylor4288]

I don't remember how infuse works, the card need to be in hand when the minions die, or does the effect still trigger if the card is in your deck.

[@hendrik94317]

Needs to be in hand, historicly that is a big downside and limits infuse to board centric decks that still have a lot of draw.

[@Kvh47]

Maybe I am underrating the value of having multiple uses but to me most locations look very lackluster aswell

[@wallyfarflinger]

Time to crack out my old wild dreadsteed list with rivendare and spiritsinger umbra to power up denathrius quickly.

[@higgins32ify]

Rat Hunter is a deck that can win some games so I'm excited for the new Location! They really neglected the archetype but there are still really good cards and the extra rush will help a lot with keeping up on board.

[@adamkuki3667]

i can already see mark doing a silly combo with defile patron or some other shenanigans to deal as much damage as humanly possible lol

[@masonshucart7055]

Denathrius plus Il'gynoth would we wild.

[@Mechulus]

The old Patron defile trick will feed this to a next turn lethal. Might be fun.

[@klok1014]

Sire Denathrius honestly in my opinion doesn't seem that strong. A 10 mana minion usually doesn't get played in standard unless it has an immediate effect on board. Since you don't want this card in your mulligan, the infuse might not stack much at all. Compared to Onyxia, he only pings a few things randomly with lifesteal. Onyxia can easily deal with most boards and leave behind a threat. Denathrius has potential, but doesn't do the job as effectively. I only see him working on empty boards so his pings and give off a big heal + big damage + big body left on board.

[@myouileaf7213]

bruh.. guff into 2 scale into brann + denathrius it's another win condition card, not just a mere tempo card

[@klok1014]

@@myouileaf7213 I think that there are plenty of other otks that are more effective though. This minion requires there to be less health on board, it's gotta be in hand for a couple of turns along with the infuse being invoked, and for the brann combo, you need discounts. It's kinda hard to pull off I do think tho that if he does work, it's going to be in druid

[@syctheofsymphogear4290]

If i Play it with Shudderwock, and i cast it with for example 10, will Shudderwock also 10 damage or only 6?

[@rkindblom]

Denathrius have a natural check as long as mutanus is in standard I feel.

[@tomaszgruszka3845]

Denathrius will either be a Zilliax, or a finisher in some combo deck

[@Evan_Schaefering]

It is way too expensive to function as Zilliax did.

[@tomaszgruszka3845]

@@Evan_Schaefering By "a Zilliax" I meant it's gonna be a card played in 50% of all decks, because there's no reason not to run it

[@masterdoge7219]

Honestly, I'll just sit here and wait to see how long it'll take for Denathrius be played in Quest Warlock and we'll suffer the wrath of that deck again until it's innevitably crippled once again.

[@tank_dempsey]

Why would you play it in quest warlock tho

[@revlismorningstar825]

Why tho? It makes no sense to put those two together 🤣

[@Crxsh07]

Is this nuts in the new Skeleton Mage?

[@goolabjamun]

I think this goes in token Druid with Guff and tutor highest cost card. Organically try to murder them. Use this to close games if needed.

[@xmikizithelonelywolf6347]

What about khel thusad and spirit of the dead priest deck

[@Shane_Screams]

Would spell damage increase damage output?

[@krystofmares8857]

does Sire Denathrius from Shader wock heal?

[@rileys8475]

Sleeping on Great Hall...thats OP. Sure the deck they are teasing with silver hands I get may or may not work..but to play the Great Hall on turn 6 or even late game.... to hold your opponent from playing a colossal, mutanus, he'll even onixyia ping all the 2/1 wells remaining city tax... and tap Great hall to dwarf her to manage...paladin already has plenty clears as is .. so to be able to manage big boards and late game stuff plus mitigate damage with cariel already...Great Hall makes those decks even better. (I know about the one turn cooldown) even than to manage incoming damage and able to heal up for a turn...to buy time to dwarf a big threat...basically know ones outlasting paladin long game... better get to them before turn 8... if ya can...and just 1 in the deck is worth it. EVERY paladin deck. I say it's minuim 4 star borderline 5....next to the legendary it's obviously 4 star haha.

[@joshlentini9520]

Denathrius starts at 5 damage, the version you are showing is what he looks after the first infuse, the art is diferent aswell

[@unnamedtenno6790]

He already said that in the comments