Mojko wrote:
Don't forget that cheaper cards tend to have a better strength/cost ratio then middle expensive cards. Also note, that Battle rager is a good combo with Warchief. I don't think Battle rager is inferior card to those you mentioned.
Barbarian keyword effect has now a bonus feature btw, so it can fairly compete with Beast.
As I said before, maybe Battle Rager is useful as Barbarian deck card. I don't have any Barbarian decks, so I can't say that.
I'm saying that it isn't effective in Frenzy deck. Damage cards in Frenzy deck supposed to be cheap, to be fast and to have good damage/cost ratio or special properties. There is no place in Frenzy deck for uncommon which costs 16 recruits, has much worse damage/cost ratio than other Frenzy cards have and doesn't have any benefits. As jbryant3 said, now Battle Rager is only a platform to play other Frenzies.