[Discussion] Upcoming Changes to Paladin of Unaxio and Spirit Warden

[Demnchi]

Taken from JIRA

Paladin of Unaxio: Ability changed to “Ice and Fire damage to friendly allies and your hero” (from “Ice and Fire damage to Paladin of Unaxio and your hero”)

Spirit Warden: Ability changed to “Steadfast. While Spirit Warden is in play, opposing players may not take allies into their hand from their graveyard. 0: Target ally in a graveyard is removed from the game.” (from “While you have 3 or more allies in your graveyard, Spirit Warden has steadfast. 0: Remove target ally in a graveyard from the game.”)

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So what do you guys think about these changes?

[FDL]

OK sideboard material.

[Airact]

Repeating the one thing I don't really like about this:

Spirit Warden's ability seems too specific and too "ok we need to counter this exact thing with this card". It feels patchwerk'y.

I would prefer a bit more simple "cards can't leave graveyards" kind of deal but I wonder if that's a bit too much.


To me the Paladin change seems fine. Yes it reduces the effectiveness of burn and the effectiveness of Furrion. That's fine, you don't have to rely on burn, you have other tools to control things. Also it's not like he's a cheap guy. For 5cc I would expect something neat and I don't feel like this is something too good.

[Jazz]

I personally like the changes, especially the Spirit Warden!

[Badyuyu]

I like the changes. Brings underplayed cards back into the fold. Also a second ally that counters direct damage is nice. Since human allready has sandworm I would have liked the second ally to be shadow but I still like it : )

[Preybird]

Now that Spirit Warden has had it's wording clarified to only mean allies, I'm ok with the changes.

[Helio]

I'm not going to comment on Pally since the other thread has run its course.

But for Spirit I think it is lame unless shadow can stop item loops due to Lily. Rustweevil seems to be the obvious choice but then the text would be too long.

[jonathan strange]

i approve of both changes

[Kylt]

But PoU still cannot remove negative effects on himself like Jasmine charm/poison/ablaze?

[busti]

Spirit warden has the potential to switch the meta, I don't know how it will play out. I don't think paladin will have a huge effect on the meta but will definitely be sideboard material/meta counter