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Expansion spoiler: Painful Pluck (Abyssian)

It looks strong, it can generate 6 creeps for just 3 mana and I suspect more cards to push Intensify will come, so it’s likely an excellent choice for Creep decks

Mammamia, creep is saved! Almost.

Can any native speaker provide a simple interpretation of what the card name is supposed to mean? I can’t get a meaningful interpretation even with a dictionary…

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Pluck is to take/remove something quickly and painful is, well, self-explanatory. So painful pluck is the experience of pain when removing/taking something hence the picture of a thorny rose.

Derp, sorry thanatos :sweat_smile:

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More creep cards, yay! This is probably better than abyssal crawler in creep lists, even though crawler can produce more creep for 1 mana the abundance of pings mean he probably won’t live for long anyway. Bonus points for imitating ooz’s effect without risking your board getting wiped out by a T-Horn.

Looks busted. 2 mana or power creep.

I still don’t like it. In average you only get 3 creep tiles with this card in one match. Even with a good way to draw you might only get 2 copies. This is not good enough for 2 cards. It guarantees damage on minions which makes it similar to ghost lightning, but it doesn’t target generals, which is a huge problem if you are trying to close out a match or need to ping away on an artifact. It also doesn’t profit from other effects like ghost lightning does.

We need to see more creep support before we can draw conclusions, but so far i don’t see it doing much.

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This card also “buffs” Darkspine Elemental. New AoE confirmed? Nice job! :smiley:

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Yummy, another Loreweaver target !

Can’t wait to test :wink:

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so, this, loreweawer, munch, abyssal jugg and cadence

I think there are a couple of things you are underestimating, besides the Intensify support which is coming.

  1. This card generates shadow creep below enemies, hence it also acts as a ping. If you manage to produce 2 or 3 creeps, you also have a mini-AoE, which can be very useful

  2. I’m pretty sure we are seeing more creep cards, possibly with position-related effects. Say, something similar to Nightfiend, but better. Spreading more creeps to support these cards would be important

Also throw some Adjudicators, and I guess, the new spell that will replace Obliterate :wink:

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Doom is the new era of creep…

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nb4 four mana destroy creeps in 4x4 area to deal damage to enemies

anyone else find the yellow frame odd?

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its like someone took some ooz shavings and blended it with a sphere of darkness

if night fiend wasnt rotating out, it would have been a decent aoe effect combo

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I don’t like the “prioritizing” bit, I wish it would either target directly a place controlled by an enemy or a random place :confused: .

Yeah, it makes it look like a gold rare.

Atleast its not as jarring as ygo secret gold rares.

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scary? just gotta wait n see

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