Template:Embrace the Shadow strategy

See Auchenai Soulpriest#Strategy for general strategy for this card's effect.

Embrace the Shadow has advantages and disadvantages compared to Auchenai Soulpriest. For decks seeking to maximise their damage-dealing copies of both cards can be included in a deck, giving a very good chance of one being available when needed.

The main advantage of Embrace the Shadow is that at 2 mana it is cheaper than the 4 mana Auchenai Soulpriest, making it easier to fit into combos. The downsides are that it doesn't provide a useful minion, and that it only lasts one turn. However, the latter point can actually be desirable to allow a priest to resume healing the next turn: playing Auchenai Soulpriest on most boards (especially against a deck like Freeze Mage) has the risk of the priest becoming 'stuck' in damage-dealing mode, preventing them from healing at all, and inhibiting the use of cards like Holy Nova.

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