Spreadsheet: 0-Cost Cards
Category: Blitz Champion (A-Tier)
Internal Category Tier: D-Tier
Spreadsheet: 0-Cost Cards
Category: Ambush Champion (B-Tier)
Internal Category Tier: C-Tier
Tier 5
0-cost Blitzing 5/5, not bad. 0-cost ambush 5/5, a bit better (Demon token cannibalization). Reverting to a 4/4 at end of turn is not ideal because it trades with other demon tokens and gets cleared by Pyrosaur/Ascendant Pyromancer though.
This card gets significantly better when combined with other Evil champions, especially 0-cost Evil champions like Zombie tokens. For one thing, it breaks the symmetry of token trades. If you both have zombie tokens, for instance after a Zombie Apoc, Wake the Dead, etc., yours survive in what would otherwise be a 1-for-1 trade. Further, since this effect isn’t tied to a champion like Champion of the Wicked, your opponent can’t remove the +1/+1 buff this turn; however, it can’t carry over into future turns.
In constructed, this is potentially a solid card with token creators (Eager Necromancer) and/or 1-cost token blitz enablers (The Risen/Demonic Rising). Even just this + Infest is 15/15 worth of blitz which makes this a more flexible punisher than Champion of the Wicked. Whether or not this will earn/keep a spot in midrange-combo Evil is yet to be determined.