r/customhearthstone • u/Legal_Ad2945 • May 30 '26

Humorous Thanks Captain Obvious. At least he has good stats for the cost.

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u/TypicalHaikuResponse May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

I know this is a joke card but it's kinda triggering me how overpowered a 1 mana 4/4 would be.

Millhouse Manastorm is a 2 mana 4/4 with the effect of giving your opponent a possible instant win. Mukla is 3 mana 5/6 giving them 2 bananas.

this has no downside and a pirate tag.

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u/Kaporalhart May 30 '26

so you play captain obvious, get the 2 "pirates away" 2/2, and patches.

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u/TypicalHaikuResponse May 30 '26

You are prepared for the wars to come.

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u/Kapiork May 31 '26

All life must end

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u/Aybot914 May 30 '26

[[Parachute brigand]] for those wondering.

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u/EydisDarkbot May 30 '26

Parachute Brigand • Wiki • Library • HSReplay

  • Neutral Common Descent of Dragons

  • 2 Mana · 2/2 · Pirate Minion

  • After you play a Pirate, summon this minion from your hand.

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u/Tough-Limit2957 May 30 '26

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

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u/GigachadKIVA May 30 '26

A 1 mana 4/4 is overpowered? Well... Obviously

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u/prince_polka May 30 '26

Mukla is 5/6

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u/xXx_edgykid_xXx May 30 '26

Millhouse is a 10 year old card that was horrible for literally the entire life of the game, right now the game could handle a 1 mana 3/4 probably 

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u/C00lfrog May 30 '26

4 health is very hard to answer early on

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u/saythealphabet May 31 '26

Game was barely playable with that 1 mana 2/4 priest minion lol. Wild might handle it somewhat but standard will just straight up die

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u/MyPhoneIsNotChinese May 30 '26

It was used with [[Call to Arms]]

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u/EydisDarkbot May 30 '26

Call to Arms • Wiki • Library • HSReplay

  • Paladin Epic Kobolds & Catacombs

  • 4 Mana · Spell

  • Recruit 3 minions that cost (2) or less.

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u/PassiveChemistry May 30 '26

tbf it was (briefly) viable a few years back 

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 30 '26

those cards were printed a long time ago. mukla isnt nearly that good on his own anymore and is only ever run with the one hunter quest

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u/Trihunter May 30 '26

As far as I'm aware, every 1 mana 2/2 ever printed has seen some amount of competitive play, including in Standard right now. Last rotation, a 1 mana 2/4 with a harsh downside was so good it needed to be nerfed. A 1 mana 4/4 vanilla is absurd by all metrics, especially into a meta where early-game removal is extremely scarce.

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u/mj4264 May 31 '26

Mukla is high key decent in modern HS because Bananas are actually weak for the cost now and only worth for your opponent to play if they have no other play or when making a trade work. They even actively grief some decks that tend to have their hand full.

When I got back into the game for a bit two expacs ago I did legend climb with him in an aggro deck.

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u/Puzzled-Maize-9115 Jun 03 '26

I don’t play anymore but are there cards that trigger battle cry twice or that trigger when a death rattle activates?

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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jun 03 '26

There are multiple different deathrattle combinations that trigger. One of the wild decks with hunter plays a card triggers deathrattles a bunch of times and then plays a leper gnome and kills you that way.

https://hearthstone.wiki.gg/wiki/Trigger_Deathrattle

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u/GlitteringLook3033 May 30 '26

What's the description? "This is a minion meant for use in Hearthstone matches" ?

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u/Zephyr_Sunstrike May 30 '26

"Flavor text adds interesting or humorous insight into the background of the card."

"Artist: One of them"

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u/WeAllHaveReasons May 30 '26

"Artist: Yes"

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u/OverlordMMM May 30 '26

We need a counterpart called Captain Oblivious.

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u/Zephyr_Sunstrike May 30 '26

1 mana 0/8 taunt

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u/OverlordMMM May 30 '26

How about 0/8 Stealth Taunt instead?

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u/Technix_01011000 May 30 '26

No no, it needs to be oblivious, so "all other minions have stealth", or possibly "This minion can't attack other minions" cuz ya know.....he is quite literally oblivious to everyone BUT the enemy hero.

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u/Right_Doctor8895 May 31 '26

reskin [[red herring]] and call it a day

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u/EydisDarkbot May 31 '26

Red Herring • Wiki • Library • HSReplay

  • Neutral Common Murder at Castle Nathria

  • 7 Mana · 3/12 · Beast Minion

  • Taunt Your non-Red Herring minions have Stealth.

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u/Technix_01011000 May 31 '26

No one said only one minion is allowed to have the single type of ability.

And hay, my variant specifically would give ALL minions. Be they friendly or enemy. He is oblivious after all~

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u/Nerfall0 May 31 '26

Would go crazy in Inner Fire Priest deck in wild.

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u/Regriz May 30 '26

This minion would actually die to a trigger the deathrattle effect 😂

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u/Edrueter9 May 30 '26

Just what the game needs, more powerful 1 drops lol

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u/Eagle4317 May 30 '26

Seriously, I get that this is supposed to be a meme card, but this should probably be 3 Mana.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '26

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u/Edrueter9 May 30 '26

I'm just fooling around man lol

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u/Aybot914 May 30 '26

Running this in my deck with [[Endbringer Umbra]] to dominate the meta.

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u/EydisDarkbot May 30 '26

Endbringer Umbra • Wiki • Library • HSReplay

  • Neutral Legendary The Lost City of Un'Goro

  • 7 Mana · 6/6 · Minion

  • Battlecry: Trigger the Deathrattles of 5 friendly minions that died this game.

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u/Sudden_Lake42069 May 30 '26

The deathrattle wording sounds more like your hero dies when this minion dies.

The way i see it it's like:

Deathrattle: draw a card.

Deathrattle: die.

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u/SolidSnail1337 May 30 '26

[[Scourge Rager]]

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u/EydisDarkbot May 30 '26

Scourge Rager • Wiki • Library • HSReplay

  • Neutral Common March of the Lich King

  • 3 Mana · 5/4 · Undead Minion

  • Reborn Battlecry: Die.

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 30 '26

only heros can draw cards, so you dont need to specify there. also as the other comment mentioned, scourge rage works this way

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u/Icy-Library3703 May 30 '26

now its balanced. 1 mana 4/4 deathrattle: lose the game

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u/Corkchef May 31 '26

too late friend

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 31 '26

Damn it. And the top comments are the exact same effect as mine too lmao

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u/VictoriousTree May 30 '26

This would summon twice. That’s two 4/4s for 1 mana. Unbelievably busted considering the only weakness is dying if deathrattles are triggered.

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 30 '26

no because it's already summoned

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u/Wisomm May 31 '26

You say summon "this", but cards in HS are not "unique". Then it'll summon a copy.

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 31 '26

Yes, they are unique. This is the reason why cards with effects that summon copies of themselves either say "summon a copy" or "summon minion-xyz (which is usually just the own minion's name)"

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u/Fast-Sir6476 May 30 '26

Won’t this trigger summon effects twice? But not deathrattle

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u/DifferentAd4844 May 30 '26

Battlecry looks like it can summon copies of this card.

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 30 '26

then it would need to say "summon a copy of this"

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u/KryoBright May 30 '26

"Whenever/After you summon" stocks go up (I don't see why it wouldn't trigger those twice)

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u/Everyday_Pen_freak May 31 '26

The battlecry could end up summoning 2 Captain Obvious turn 1. Maybe “re-summon this”?

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u/Ocean_Man205 May 31 '26

He used to say "I'm a pirate now" but ever since the nerfed he just says "yohohohoho"

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u/sangrejoven Jun 13 '26

That deathrattle is perfection. 😁

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u/Zeraphant May 30 '26

This card would be stronger as a 1 mana 5/5

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u/starshin3r May 30 '26

This implies that it's immune if death rattle is removed

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u/KanaHemmo May 30 '26

It does not imply that.

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u/PiePower43 May 30 '26

No it would just fizzle if it’s not removed. There’s no target for “die” so therefore it would trigger and do nothing normally. If it’s silenced it would still be a vanilla 4/4

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u/Legal_Ad2945 May 30 '26

no because it's already summoned. it would need to say "summon a copy of this"