Shaman isn't just about 'evolve' shenanigans in the playhearthstone Murder at Castle Nathria expansion, as our legendary card reveal shows. Meet The Stonewright…
It's fair to say that, throughout Hearthstone's eight-year lifespan, the Shaman hero power has mostly sucked Magnataur balls. Sure, it was briefly strong during the midrange meta back when Thing From Below, Tuskarr Totemic and Thunder Bluff Valiant were legal, but that only goes to show how much power creep is required to make Totemic Call not terrible.
The Stonewright is a 4-Mana Shaman Legendary minion, with decent 5/4 stats, and text that reads:"Battlecry: For the rest of the game, your Totems have +2 Attack." Not a tricky card to understand, then. She obviously slots into the kind of Totem deck that has historically looked to go wide on board and then ends the game with a burst of buffed damage via Bloodlust.
The Stonewright's Battlecry will synergise nicely with cards like Brann Bronzebeard, Brilliant Macaw and Bolner Hammerbeak.Note also that because The Stonewright's effect is a Battlecry it means she'll synergise nicely with cards like Brann Bronzebeard, Brilliant Macaw and Bolner Hammerbeak, all of which will enable extra procs of the permanent +2 buff.
My one concern is that, looking at the current card pool, there really aren't a ton of cards besides Bloodlust which care about Totems being on board. Presumably, others are still to come that fit the archetype, and given that The Stonewright will be sticking around for multiple expansions, every new Totem support card should only boost her power.
Let me know what you think of The Stonewright in the comments. I'm going with 'solid, if somewhat unspectacular.' Most Shaman decks these days don't want to spend two Mana on summoning a Totem, so her chances really are going to hinge on there being a couple of other Totem generating/juicing cards in the set.
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