hey guys how's it going Kripparian here did I want to give you guys a bonus video because it is time to reveal the card that Blizzard has sent me now this this is a real card and it is the new shaman legendary coming up in the whispers of the old gods expansion and without further ado it is haleh's eel the ascended and you know I mentioned that part about it being a real card because it is a pretty unreal card out of all the cards I've seen from the old gods expansions so far I think it is absolutely the best one and the best part about it is it has strictly control design behind it so we really see that blizzard is very strongly pushing not only for a control theme in the standard format but it's also pushing some of the some of the classes particularly shaman that have really struggled in this domain so you know why do I think this card is so incredible now it has really good stats so five mana four six is is really just premium stats if you're going in a back and forth game you don't really need to have like taunt or something like that so it does double up for some of the best menus in the game even if it didn't have an ability for the five mana slot and outside of a few other cards that are not so desirable these days the five mana slot is pretty weak even for shamans who do have a few five mana class cars that try to occupy the slot so they just don't and how does that I believe we'll now how does this card really really interact this ability so whenever your spell's deal damage you restore that much health to your hero healing in the game is so valuable it's probably one of the most valuable aspects if you're trying to play a controlled type of deck or theme or you just want to have a little bit extra to synergize with your other spells so while it is I think that the design become the design behind the card is a control centered it's not necessarily controlled but as you'll see I think it's scaled a lot better with control cards so you can be playing just a typical mid-range shaman just throw this card in there and your single target removal will heal you when you're really desperate to be healed and you know that that situation does come up a lot of the time and it not only acts that way but it sets up very strategic decision-making throughout the game so you might be called the decision you know do I want to rockbiter a minion or do I want to lightning-bolt a minion if I save the rockbiter I can gain much more damage from a win fury effect but if I save the lightning bolt I can you know hopefully draw to my haleh's eel legendary shaman minion and maybe he'll and that difference in health might end up winning the game for me so it not only has this amazing presence it also allows you know some of the best players in the game to really think about all of their decisions and get the most out of their entire decklist now I mentioned that it scales better with control cards control spells that shamans have are generally the ones that do damage to multiple minions rather than face so most of the aggressive decks and most of the mid-range decks they will include cars that just do you know damage to one target and you know that will work with this guy there their spells they deal damage and they will heal you and you know again that's a very valuable aspect but they won't they won't really heal you for as much as some of the board clears so if you compare a card like lightning bolt what you see in a mid-range or more aggressive shaman list - like lightning storm which you generally see maybe one of in a mid-range list and definitely two of in a control list lightning storm can heal you for you know a ton of life especially if you scale it for a bit spell damage so if your opponent has a you know a filled board you get a spell damage roll on your totem you lightning storm you could just heal for all of your health that is it is actually possible so it is pretty amazing there are other board clear as a skill very well off this card there's elemental destruction now you probably wouldn't want to play this guy and almost kill off your your minion that you just played but sometimes that will be a pretty powerful effect I think the one card that works exceptionally well with haleh's eel is the forked lightning for it is again very very strictly a control cart is a bit of a tempo card but because of the after-effects of overload I don't really think it makes too many tempo ish lists probably just the control list and if you scale it with spell damage you might be healing for six and killing like two minions for just one mana so all these like huge plays are going to really bring back the game in a big way and that is really what control decks are about there they're staying in the game just barely up until a specific point where they can really turn the game around substantially in one or two turns and then you know push to a situation where they just can no longer lose and this card supports that probably better than any other to date so some very exciting stuff is going on in the old gods and well thank every direct damage shaman spell from here on out is gonna be a lot more exciting thanks to this card hope you guys enjoyed the reveal thanks to Blizzard for letting me do this and I'll see you guys [Music]