Hearthstone's new version, Search for the Sunken City, unveils a new keyword, Mega +X, which summons X when summoned. Two related cards have been announced, so let's take a look.
Korak is a giant turtle, so when its appendage turtle shell is not broken, it is invincible, can be exchanged with enemy retinues, or can ignore the opponent's spells. Korak's shell has no swap ability, but can greatly slow down the opponent's attack rhythm and help Korak block the attack frequency of a minion.
Purely from the perspective of card strength, Corac has both attack and defense, and the intensity is very high. After the fight, the opponent needs to deal at least two damages to solve the Klark body, regardless of whether they use a minion or a spell, and if they can't solve it, they will face the Krak's face damage or solve the field. Even if the opponent can be solved, it will waste a lot of damage, coupled with the 8 points of armor given by the dead language, it is likely to help us survive.
There are 4 appendages of The Hillagh, and they can grow continuously, but the actual strength may not be as strong as the Klark, after all, the individuals are too poor in stature, and it is easy to eat an AOE and die. However, the upper limit of The Hillage is very high, if the body cannot be solved, nor can it completely annihilate the appendages, the small vine foot may grow into a reduced version of Ragnaros, and the damage may be more than enough.
Both of these new cards look good, but there are still 3 questions to be answered by the designers before we can further determine the overall strength of the Giant Companion.
Question 1: Can giant effects be triggered by effects such as mutations?
The trigger condition for giant keywords is to summon, not to play, does it mean that the giant minions are mutated, decayed, summoned from the deck, resurrected... Can you summon appendages? If so, cards with similar effects could become version darlings, and our understanding of the strength of the various fee followers could also be a big shuffle.
Question 2: What happens to the Giant Entourage when there is not enough space?
In the case of Shelag, the Giant Companion may have multiple appendages, what if it were a kag? Is it like some cards that can't be used without meeting the conditions? Or how much can be summoned? Or destroy excess appendages? If the answer is destruction, will that trigger the Dead Word?
Question 3: Are the giant minions bound to the appendages?
I had the impression that Marcelidon could only awaken by destroying the three retinues he had summoned, or he would never have. In other words, in Hearthstone, there is actually a mechanism for binding between the minions and the retinues to make judgments. So, will the giant minion body and appendages be bound? If not bound, we can resurrect a bunch of corac shells and make kolak immune.
The above is my personal opinion and question about the two "giant" new cards, I wonder when the Hearthstone designers will be able to interpret the mechanism of the new card?