Haven’t tried but isn’t that bad. Just that when you want to dispel you usually want it instant like Shroud. Not instant means harder to dispel what you want.
On the other side can be annoying to play against. It isn’t that easy to kill something 4 health without removal or something of yours dispelled. Unless you play golems 
The main strength of it is if it doesn’t die it can potentially dispel another thing. Heal it with say Ziran BBS and then attack again.
It isn’t an opening gambit so works better than shroud with Keeper.
Revisiting Sunstone Templar: An Underrated Card?
Totally agree on Sunstone Templar, and if you are a Songhai player, there is his older brother, Celestial Phantom, I love it, especially with a IF for a fast cleaning 
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That is the problem with this card. The 2 drop slot is so highly contested by so many other good cards, they should buff it and more it to a diferent slot.
Staple in my Healing Zir’An deck. Really good card, excellent turn 1 as player 1, you see them struggle with the awkwardness when it’s their turn.
Has given me massive value over all my games.
Really underrated imo. Love the card.
Can confirm this. Attack a 9/15 Kolossus with it and get 1 retaliation damage.
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Do you pack other sources of dispel alongside it? And do you bring any other 2-drops?
Thank you for clarifying too.
This card should be an alcanyst, it’d trigger well in alcanyst Lyonar decks and gain value with Owlbeast Sage and Zir’An BBS.
Other dispel? Only 1 Sunbloom. Do also run some straight up removal (Martyrdom).
As 2-drops I have 3 Azure Heralds, 3 Healing Mystics and 2 Lightchasers, and I seem to have only 2 Sunstone Templars now that I check my list… maybe I should make it 3, it serves me well. Could swap it for 1 Azure Herald.
Well I’ll change everything very soon anyways 
i personally think they should make templar lyonar’s only dispel option. with balance changes they’re making it so each faction has a different gimmick. songhai is ignoring the board. vet is the positioning faction, etc. Lyonar is all about minion combat so i think their dispel should be tied to that as well. either that or change sun bloom to dispel all spaces around a friendly minion or something
I enjoy using Sunstone Templar in my Argon Zoo decks. It plus blades makes for a nasty threat. I really wish it was a 3 core unit with taunt.
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i liked it when it had rush instant dispel . oh well
i also wish stormblade could make your minions and general ignore stun aswell as provokes
Tried Tethermancer?
I have, but there are already plenty of cards fighting for the 4 core slot. It really is just a dream of mine.
As nice as it would be to have rush on it again, I don’t think the rush keyword fits in Lyonar.
It was just too abuseable back in the day.
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Rush is definitely way too much and I actually expect the Templar to get better as-is now that Rancour and Vindicator are tearing up the ladder.
So I’ve been running this dude as a 3-of in my main Lyonar heal deck and It’s gotten me to the point where I have got to plagiarize that winged phrase: ‘Turns out it’s preeetty good.’
I love seeing my opponent’s cursor suddenly going still in confusion, then seeing them move the cursor over to check Templar’s ability, clearly thinking ‘what does this thing do again?’ Then I laugh as they agonize over how they can play their Ooz, Young Silithar or Chakri Avatar without just getting it dispelled xD.
At Rank 4 now without trying to actively ladder though; dunno about S-Ranks.
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Copying your idea. Added 2 in my healonar deck.
Feels good to have someone to protect your back from backstabbers. Killing pax and surviving is good. Know that your opponent doesn’t want to buff and go face without removing this friend first.
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As a Buffhai user, I wish you’d never made this post. +1 like.
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Yup that’s exactly my experience with it 
and it stays alive long too, giving you heals
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Surely the internet judiciary will condemn me for this vile e-hate crime against Songhaimanity.
Amen to that!
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