Spreadsheet: Card Draw
Category: Single Champion Removal (A-Tier)
Internal Category Tier: B-Tier
Tier 7
Solid single target removal for limited. When played on-turn, it gives a slight advantage, particularly helpful against aggressive, burn-heavy opponents. That advantage can also be gained on turn 1, unlike No Escape, so it can effectively function as removal for your blitzing 0-cost champion against Master Zos, etc. Further, since my playstyle generally isn’t trying to burn my opponent out, the off-turn downside is practically non-existent in most drafts. Sure they gain 5 health, but they can’t (directly) affect the board with that.
Constructed almost never wants single target removal, unless it has a major upside that can be gained off-turn (Erase/Drain Essence) or a massive body attached (Kong/Sea Titan). Single target removal is just too unimpactful by itself for an entire turn’s gold in constructed. That being said, it is an Evil Draw 2 which has value—due to the power of their Ally effects and cards like Zannos Corpse Lord, Unquenchable Thirst, and even Herald of Scara. I think I experimented with this a bit, and it was okay enough that I don’t rule it out as a constructed possibility.