Mounted Raptor

Mounted Raptor is a common druid minion card, from the League of Explorers set.

Strategy
Like Harvest Golem this is a "sticky" minion that retains some field presence after it dies. Can be fairly strong in a Beast, combo, or token druid deck.

It can be considered a more aggressive version of Harvest Golem, being a 3/2 instead of a 2/3. Its main problem is the unpredictability of the minion it summons with its Deathrattle, which can be any collectible 1-cost minion from any class. In the best case, you can get an Injured Kvaldir at full health, or a Flame Imp without receiving damage to your hero. In the worst case, you can get an undercosted 1/1 that is nearly useless without its Battlecry or in-hand effect, such as Elven Archer, Forbidden Ancient, or Shifter Zerus.

Possible summons
The below table lists all 1-cost collectible minions in Wild format, representing the range of possible minions summoned by Mounted Raptor's Deathrattle.

Lore
The concept of this card is that the Raptor is ridden by a 1-cost minion, who upon the Raptor's defeat will leap off and join the battle.

Trivia

 * The flavour text "Clever girl!" is a quotation from the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, that has since become a meme in its own right.
 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "War of the Elements" series, for the card Savage Raptor.

Patch changes

 * Added.