In post 2449, popsofctown wrote:Hungry Dragon is not a great arena card. The best case scenario is that your opponent gets Elvish Archer, it attacks your Hungry Dragon, and you have a 4 mana 5/5, which is usually just as good as a 4 mana 4/5 and often as good as a 4 mana 3/5. Then there are lots of scenarios that are worse than that, including your Webspinner example.
I would take, for example, Refreshment Vendor over it.
But that is not the best case scenario.
1. You have an Enrage (especially Raging Worgen) minion on the board. -> 4 mana 5/6 with an upside
2. You were going to clear the board with Consecration/Holy Nova etc. anyways. -> 4 mana 5/6
3. You have MC Tech in hand and your opponent had had only 3 minions. -> 4 mana 5/6 with an insane upside
4. You have Sea Giant in hand. -> 4 mana 5/6 with a minor upside and a minor downside
5. You have Cabal Shadow Priest/Shadowmadness in hand. -> 4 mana 5/6 with an upside
I am sure that there are other insane situations, but it's all I have in my mind right now.
And yes, I know, that Sea Giants and Cabals are pretty damn rare cards in arena. But the first 3 examples are not that rare, I have already triggered a Worgen with it. And I've already stolen something with MC, because I put down Hungry dragon.
So yeah, I would take it over Refresment Vendor for example. but I might be wrong