A Murloc could soon become the star of Hearthstone .
In Hearthstone, the release of a new mini-set is coming soon. A total of 35 new cards will accompany the “Caverns of Time” expansion, which adds some spice to the Barrens set, even though Blizzard has only shown a handful of cards so far. A Murloc could cause many decks to be blown apart: Mutanus the Devourer.
What kind of card is this? Mutanus the Devourer is one of three new legendary minions coming with the mini-set. He has weak stats of 4/4 with a mana cost of 7. However, his Battlecry makes him quite a powerful card:
Devours a minion in your opponent’s hand and gains its stats.
Thus, Mutanus not only robs the opponent of a potentially powerful card, but also feeds on its stats, thereby buffing himself.
Mutanus threatens many decks: Mutanus poses a huge threat to all decks that particularly rely on the use of a single minion.
Two examples:
- Warlocks use the demon “Tickatus”, which burns the top 5 cards of the enemy player’s deck in their currently most popular build. If this card is already destroyed by Mutanus beforehand, the core of this deck is history. Also, follow-up effects, such as N’Zoth, lose their impact drastically and can basically force the opponent to concede.
- The same goes for decks that rely on the current C’Thun, which needs to be painstakingly assembled from 4 spells before it moves to the deck and then to the hand. C’Thun can deal 30 damage and potentially decide the game alone. However, not if a hungry Murloc devours it from the hand first.
A bit of randomness remains: Clearly, Mutanus is not a cure-all against decks that rely on strong minions. After all, there is still a certain element of chance since Mutanus only devours one minion from the enemy’s hand. If you hit the wrong timing or just have bad luck, the Murloc might only catch a small 1/1 minion and thus fizzle out completely.
However, the mere existence of Mutanus could lead many players to worry about their big combos. At the same time, it provides an incentive to include Mutanus in various decks to have the chance to eliminate particularly big threats while also absorbing the stats of the respective minion.
The potential of the card is certainly great.
What is your first impression of Mutanus? A simple gimmick or a good chance to become a “meta-breaker”?
