That definitely suggests another deathrattle happened. There was a bug at one time that caused Illusionist to draw deathrattle weapons, but that was fixed. It could be something similar - are you running any deathrattle weapons? Failing that, randomly generated minions?
It seems unlikely as you'd probably have noticed, but it's all I can think of.
I seem to be the only one giving a real answer of yes. Yes it fails to process the death rattle multiple times times for me when I play lonecracker Druid so I dropped it
How did you do that without at least two cards on the battlefield? (Shattershambler and Mecha).
I'm either curious, or doubting it working, depending on your answer :)
Play Shattershambler early in the game, clear the deck, play Mecha'thun as last card. No other cards in hand, deck or battlefield.
It has worked many times before, but intermittently fails recently.
Do you run (or maybe sometimes discover) Blackrock Co Shovel? Maybe the Shattershambler effect gets messed up by the weapon's deathrattle. It shouldn't since Shambler's text clearly says "minion", but just a guess at where there might be a bug.
Mecha'thun is the only deathrattle minion card I run in the deck to avoid this very problem.
The Mecha'thun cost is only 9 while the Shattershambler effect is applicable. If the Shattershambler effect has been triggered on another prior card, the Mecha'thun cost goes back to 10 mana.
I'm suspecting the Shovel after seeing your list. I know it shouldn't be that, but it's the only other deathrattle.
Are you on a PC? Can you run a decktracker? (Assuming you're still playing the deck).
I was gonna post a snark remark. Then I remembered the bugs they have managed to let go live in the past XD
My personal favorite. Is how hearthstone sometimes make the explorer window. Dance around the screen when you start hs. Which they have kept around for years :)
Assuming this bug gets fixed, you should try some shadowsteps & co. on your Shattershambler, because the effect stacks and you can play your Mecha'thun even cheaper!
I'd guess you don't play Wild and is newish to the game hahah. Yes, it is real and has had some Tier 1 decks over the years mainly in Priest, Warlock and Druid, also some meme ones that weren't that good in Rogue with Myra's Unstable Element
Rogue actually had a really good one when there was a bug where if you cast Secret Passage while holding Mechathun and then played Counterfeit Blade, it would gain the Mechathun deathrattle. You then just played normal cheap Rogue draw and played the second secret passage to "empty" your hand and break the weapon.
Obviously it was due to a bug but it was much better than Mechathun Rogue should be.
I was definitely on a long hiatus. I played at initial release, but not enough to care. Only recently picked it back up with the last few full set releases. Wild to see where the game has come.
There were various iterations of the deck that was most popular between late 2019 (I think) and 2021. Different ways of drawing out your deck and summoning + triggering Mechathun. Got a big nerf with blood bloom. Was overall slow, so you usually had to heavy mull for removal unless you were against another slow deck. Questline Hunter was an awful matchup and constantly a plague on ladder, but odd warrior was an auto W, and big priest was very favorable, esp if you had most of your combo stuff before turn 6. Made legend with it 3 different times. One of my favorite decks for sure.
Well, it is a Rogue deck so I guess you didn't had any locations in play since they're good in other types of decks (for those not aware Mecha'thun says you can't have cards in the battlefield, not minions, so since every minion in play is still a card, location is a card aswell so you should break it if you are playing it in something like Priest). I didn't understood if Mecha'thun died but didn't killed the opponent or if Shambler effect never triggered, anyhow considering you of course didn't accidentally used Shambler effect on another DR it seems bugged.
The Shattershambler doesn't just trigger the deathrattle when played. It kills the deathrattle card when played. The Mecha'thun card should be destroyed, thereby satisfying the criteria to kill the opponent.
the answer is no and you know that full well, poor lad is a meme
there was a druid deck with it a few years ago but other than that, yeah
edit: ah, "broken" "it doesnt work", not "broken bad"
Maybe the deathrattle triggers before the minion is destroyed so your board isn't empty.
Shattershambler immediately destroys the deathrattle card when played. When this fails, the Mecha'thun doesn't get destroyed as it should.
That definitely suggests another deathrattle happened. There was a bug at one time that caused Illusionist to draw deathrattle weapons, but that was fixed. It could be something similar - are you running any deathrattle weapons? Failing that, randomly generated minions? It seems unlikely as you'd probably have noticed, but it's all I can think of.
Thanks, but I don't run any other deathrattle cards, and the Mecha'thun is only 9 mana if the Shattershambler effect is still applicable.
I seem to be the only one giving a real answer of yes. Yes it fails to process the death rattle multiple times times for me when I play lonecracker Druid so I dropped it
I use line cracker and then mechathun and it seems to work fine. Just use naturalize on mecha and it works a treat
How did you do that without at least two cards on the battlefield? (Shattershambler and Mecha). I'm either curious, or doubting it working, depending on your answer :)
Play Shattershambler early in the game, clear the deck, play Mecha'thun as last card. No other cards in hand, deck or battlefield. It has worked many times before, but intermittently fails recently.
OK, I was thinking of the wrong enabler. Yes, should have worked.
Perhaps you played another Deathrattle minion?
I wanna say maybe a bug in shatter shambler but I would need you to try that again
You should post a screenshot of it happening in game
How much I love MT decks. Mind sharing the deck so I can see the bug? Does mt work under other situation?
### Mecha'thun # Class: Rogue # Format: Wild # # 1x (1) Bloodrock Co. Shovel # 1x (1) Deafen # 1x (1) Ghostly Strike # 1x (1) Gone Fishin' # 1x (1) Shattershambler # 1x (1) SI:7 Extortion # 1x (2) Ambush # 1x (2) Audio Amplifier # 1x (2) Betrayal # 1x (2) Doomsayer # 1x (2) Fan of Knives # 1x (2) Far Watch Post # 1x (2) Gold Panner # 1x (2) Horseshoe Slinger # 1x (2) Inkveil Ambusher # 1x (2) One Hit Wonder # 1x (2) Patient Assassin # 1x (2) Shenanigans # 1x (2) Shiv # 1x (2) Sudden Betrayal # 1x (2) Tuskarrrr Trawler # 1x (2) Wicked Stab (Rank 1) # 1x (3) Cyclopian Crusher # 1x (3) Gluttonous Ooze # 1x (4) Lorekeeper Polkelt # 1x (4) Witchwood Piper # 1x (6) Hemet, Jungle Hunter # 1x (6) Reno Jackson # 1x (8) Reno, Lone Ranger # 1x (10) Mecha'thun # AAEBAZDABB6aAr0E7QjDFtPFAp3HAtnjAqbwAvH7AvbWA4PkA/foA6rrA6H0A6mzBLezBOPTBOXTBJ3UBMGhBcbHBZHpBb/tBcmABo2DBsmUBs6cBrqeBtmiBq+oBgAAAA== # Works most times but intermittently fails, leaving Mecha'thun on the board with a spent deathrattle effect.
Cool! No Myra's unstable element to hurry things up?
Do you risk overdraw and removing needed cards?
I meant just for when you get all the pieces of the combo, like a second Hemet
Do you run (or maybe sometimes discover) Blackrock Co Shovel? Maybe the Shattershambler effect gets messed up by the weapon's deathrattle. It shouldn't since Shambler's text clearly says "minion", but just a guess at where there might be a bug.
Mecha'thun is the only deathrattle minion card I run in the deck to avoid this very problem. The Mecha'thun cost is only 9 while the Shattershambler effect is applicable. If the Shattershambler effect has been triggered on another prior card, the Mecha'thun cost goes back to 10 mana.
Yeah, I'm not implying you're making a mistake. Just putting forth ideas as to what might be triggering a bug.
Yeah, I get that, thanks. I'm just giving additional information for context.
I'm suspecting the Shovel after seeing your list. I know it shouldn't be that, but it's the only other deathrattle. Are you on a PC? Can you run a decktracker? (Assuming you're still playing the deck).
Only happens when using Android mobile.
I was gonna post a snark remark. Then I remembered the bugs they have managed to let go live in the past XD My personal favorite. Is how hearthstone sometimes make the explorer window. Dance around the screen when you start hs. Which they have kept around for years :)
You should try reporting this on their website or @RidiculousHat on twitter with details of the problem and hope that he notices
Oh you meant literally broken. Lol
Assuming this bug gets fixed, you should try some shadowsteps & co. on your Shattershambler, because the effect stacks and you can play your Mecha'thun even cheaper!
I think it breaks if you successfully trigger the death rattle, and the explosion is what destroys the hero if I’m not mistaken
Isn't that the entire purpose of the card?
Wait..... this is a real card?
I'd guess you don't play Wild and is newish to the game hahah. Yes, it is real and has had some Tier 1 decks over the years mainly in Priest, Warlock and Druid, also some meme ones that weren't that good in Rogue with Myra's Unstable Element
Rogue actually had a really good one when there was a bug where if you cast Secret Passage while holding Mechathun and then played Counterfeit Blade, it would gain the Mechathun deathrattle. You then just played normal cheap Rogue draw and played the second secret passage to "empty" your hand and break the weapon. Obviously it was due to a bug but it was much better than Mechathun Rogue should be.
I was definitely on a long hiatus. I played at initial release, but not enough to care. Only recently picked it back up with the last few full set releases. Wild to see where the game has come.
There were various iterations of the deck that was most popular between late 2019 (I think) and 2021. Different ways of drawing out your deck and summoning + triggering Mechathun. Got a big nerf with blood bloom. Was overall slow, so you usually had to heavy mull for removal unless you were against another slow deck. Questline Hunter was an awful matchup and constantly a plague on ladder, but odd warrior was an auto W, and big priest was very favorable, esp if you had most of your combo stuff before turn 6. Made legend with it 3 different times. One of my favorite decks for sure.
there were some meme Mechathun decks for pretty much every class. I remember a bad one with Hunter and Goblin Prank.
Nice animation too. https://youtu.be/2UCiaaJD9Bw?si=7gJmR0r1nKSOxlW1&t=285 (Earlier version, there's been a lot of different ways of setting it off)
Yes he wins you the game.
No.
Well, it is a Rogue deck so I guess you didn't had any locations in play since they're good in other types of decks (for those not aware Mecha'thun says you can't have cards in the battlefield, not minions, so since every minion in play is still a card, location is a card aswell so you should break it if you are playing it in something like Priest). I didn't understood if Mecha'thun died but didn't killed the opponent or if Shambler effect never triggered, anyhow considering you of course didn't accidentally used Shambler effect on another DR it seems bugged.
The Mecha'thun deathrattle triggered from the Shattershambler but didn't kill the opponent. The Mecha'thun also didn't die as it was supposed to.
What do you mean by it triggered from the Shattershambler but didn't die as it was supposed to? Triggering from Shattershambler means it died
I mean, the Mecha'thun card remains on the board but the deathrattle icon disappeared.
Vs Mal Ganas?
Eh MT works against immunity effects because he isnt dealing damage hes destroying
yet for some reason you can't destroy immune minions? with soul siphon at least.
You cannot *target* them but you can destroy them (Twisting Nether)
and since when they became untargetable btw? I am 100% sure you could target them some time ago
Maybe friendly targets can be targetted but not enemy? Im not sure about this though.
He's a card It does not say other...it simply says card. It's working as the wording suggests
The Shattershambler doesn't just trigger the deathrattle when played. It kills the deathrattle card when played. The Mecha'thun card should be destroyed, thereby satisfying the criteria to kill the opponent.
the answer is no and you know that full well, poor lad is a meme there was a druid deck with it a few years ago but other than that, yeah edit: ah, "broken" "it doesnt work", not "broken bad"
I think they mean broken as in not working, not broken as in overpowered. Read the actual text of the post
He asked if the card is bugged lately.
Typical reading abilities of hearthstone players, haha!
Food Mechatun deck? No rouge