Un’Goro Brochure (Dalaran Brochure)
Both sides of this Brochure offer sources of card draw at a steep cost. Drawing 2 cards for 4 mana is obviously not a good enough effect, but the bonus effect does make things more enticing, with some value added to the fact they alternate between drawing minions and spells.
Un’Goro Brochure is a minion tutor that buffs the two drawn minions by a total amount of 8 stats. If we strictly looked at the value of the bonus effect, we would probably budget it at 1.5 mana, comparing it to Harmonic Metal. This makes the total effect reasonable for 4 mana.
Dalaran Brochure is easier to budget, as it refunds 2 mana through the discount effect on the drawn spells. This isn’t a bad deal either, perhaps slightly more powerful compared to the first form.
The hidden value is the tutor potential, as we can decide what to prioritize drawing and wait for a turn where the best Brochure is available to us. Most decks have minions and spells, so there’s no special requirement to take advantage of the card.
While it’s not a card we would go out of our way to run, we think this is a very likely inclusion in Reno Druid or Reno Warrior.
Score: 3
Handle with Bear
If we play this spell on turn 2, we can play a 4/4 Bear on turn 3 and have another 5/5 Bear ready to drop on turn 4. That’s the absolute best-case scenario for the card, which doesn’t even sound that great.
The worst thing about ‘Handle with Bear’ is how bad it is to draw at the later stages of the game. Once we go past turn 2, it’s very awkward to play. The Bears are rarely going to get big enough to matter and playing them immediately after generating them is a poor usage of mana.
It looks very underwhelming when comparing it to Patchwerk Pals.
Score: 1
Number Cruncher
A flashy card but ultimately one that doesn’t have a single form that we would play as a constructed card. Its versatility is its biggest asset, allowing us to distribute its attack and health according to our trading needs. We can turn this into an 8/1 rusher to kill a Giant, for example, effectively utilizing it as a worse Assassinate.
Our biggest problem with the card is that it has no real synergies with a deck. Its protective keywords can help us stabilize in a generic way, but the numbers don’t stand out. It doesn’t create a real swing turn that can help us get ahead. Even Reno decks are very demanding when it comes to the types of cards that make the cut. If a card doesn’t do anything particularly well, it’s unlikely to perform well.
Score: 1
Final Thoughts: The Brochure could be a solid addition to the Reno decks available to Warrior and Druid, but we don’t see much else here besides half-hearted taunt support. These won’t create a new deck.
