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My winner of the expansion clearly is Bard.

I didn't expect him to be nearly as powerful as he turned out to be.

As it turns out: getting 3 chimes every turn for free is very good, especially because those get added to the deck before you draw.

That you can hit a chime already on round 1 turning your 2/1 into a 3/2 on turn 1 already is silly and lead to very unfair earlygames based on rng.

In general I feel like the archetype packs a little too much highroll potential and looks pretty op because it combines a potentially broken earlygame with an almost guranteed broken lategame.

The idea behind the Bard package doesn't look too impressive on it's own: its comparable to the frelyordian deckbuff archetype that never has really been a thing.

However there are 2 cards that I consider quite op in this archetype: the 2 mana elusive support and the chime doubler for 6.

The support just is overall extremely strong of a play giving it's an elusive support for 2 that grants +1/+1 to it's supported ally and +1/+1 to an ally in hand being effectively a 1/3 elusive that grows every attack by 1/1.

The chime double however is imo broken because it's a summon effect that can't be interrupted whatsoever and that gurantees a strong lategame while still being a respectable 4/6 +X/+X body for 6.

The fact that a significant doubling effect comes on a summon effect of a 6 mana unit really makes me wonder if the developers were aware that cloning of cards actually is a thing because 1 doubling is very powerful but manageable.

2 doublings Is almost unbeatable and 3... well you can go for the next game at that point and all you need for that is resolving a Go Get It once on it

The truth is nobody knows what the perfect Annie list is.

The one everyone plays only has a 52 percent winrate.

Deep by the way hitting 56 these days which is great.

So there are lot's of opportunities to brew, like plunder could be a thing, use annie to flip sejunai

Or have Darius as a big finisher

Or use her control with ezreal, the Swain version isn't great

put her in spider aggro

don't build around her and just do pirate aggro

Run her in stuns with Yassao

Like I refuse to believe that a card as good as Annie cant do better then 52 percent

In most cases Raid Boss Onyxia is strictly better, HOWEVER in decks like BIG warrior this is a strict upgrade and such a good card.

In standard it will probably see play once Raid Boss Onyxia rotates next year, untill then it will require some support before it can truly rival Raid Boss Onyxia... Unless the meta slows down a lot more.

In wild its a must-unclude in BIG Warrior and BIG Paladin. Maybe even BIG Shaman. After all, when "recruited" its instant removal, and sets up a dangerous board.

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Yep, it's really bad for Big Beast Hunter actually, you really don't want to pull out this guy in most situations, similar to an even worse Hydralodon which floods the board and prevent any following plays. But while Hydralodon is bad to recruit, it's amazing to play and Ozumat is bad in both cases

and hydraln alson only has 2 bad targets for revive pet vs 6 for ozuma

Finally a collosal with collosal +6! Been waiting for a card like this since day 1. And it's.... alright? It seems very good as a reload in aggresive/token decks because it does summon 12/23 of stats, on multiple bodies. So that's really good for decks with lots of board-wide buffs. I think this might see play in some druid decks, because it's removal and a board-swarm card which druid likes. I also think maybe shaman might include this in some token/burn decks just to fill the board, and finish the game the turn after with a Bioluminescent or Bloodlust play. Or just to lure out removal from the other player.

Ozumat might be a bit too slow, but i think it might be a sleeper card which will fit well into a couple decks. After all, a 8 mana 12-23 worth of stats requires the other player to either end the game right away, or to deal with it with everything they got.

Seems like a good disrtuption card for aggresive decks. It's kinda like a mini-Loatheb, as it can block the other player from playing removal. Blademaster Okani might also fulfill the same thing, but Coilfang Constrictor is not a legendary, so you can run 2 copies AND additionally Coilfang Constrictor has better offensive cards, which aggresive decks like a lot more. 

I think this card has a lot of potential is aggresive decks, but slower/control decks will prefer to use Blademaster Okani. Also i'm not sure if a 4 mana 5/4 is fast enough these days, so that's also a risk for this card. Still if it's good enough to make the cut, it will be a very strong and solid card.

Hmm i'm unsure about this card. This Prince Keleseth effect seems decent i guess, but it's only on battlecry minions. But at least its neutrall..... actually... Now that i think about it, Snapdragon actually seems good in very specific aggro decks.... Especially in murloc-decks because a lot of murlocs have battlecries AND it's amazing alongside Twin-fin Fin Twin. Yeah this card actually has a lot of potential.

This seems better then at first sight, if you think about it. It only dies to taking EXACTLY 1 dmg, so most of the time it requires a Mage, Paladin, Rogue and DH to hero power to remove it. And a LOT of 1 mana minions these days have 2 attack, so that also makes Bubbler better. Also its good with silence effects.

I think Bubbler has the potential to be a strong meta card. 

Yep, it's really bad for Big Beast Hunter actually, you really don't want to pull out this guy in most situations, similar to an even worse Hydralodon which floods the board and prevent any following plays. But while Hydralodon is bad to recruit, it's amazing to play and Ozumat is bad in both cases

Yeah, but it’s not like the card is bad: it’s just that it doesn’t see play. The consequences are the same, but there are different starting points here

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This is a poorly-worded card. I can't tell from the text whether or not I get a copy of the card I pick, and I can't tell who won't be able to play the card next turn: me (assuming I do get a copy) or my opponent.

You pick a card in their hand and they cannot play it next turn. It’s not even a discover effect, so you do not get the card. Hope this clears it up for you.

This card is abysmal 

That's the flavor, though. You hit it with a hammer and it bounces back, but if you poke it, it pops.

Snapdragon is an absurd arena card, gg to the balance team.

Because, despite the name, they're Naga pets, basically. I think Sunken Saber is the same creature.

Maybe a little too optimistic, but it's definitely too early to pass judgment.

You could give him Taunt I guess...

You hope. We all hope.

Highlander Hunter has the summons and the discounts to pull this early, and their board clear options are limited, so you've got a really good point.

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I want to remember that, prior to release, evenRaid Boss Onyxia didn’t look too good, but look at the card now.

Moreover, Mini-sets are supposed to shake up the meta: there’s no way they’ll print a bad Neutral Legendary - I just refuse to believe it

Dude previous mini ser they printed Mi’da Pure Light and I only saw that card only once played by a thief rogu

If this card is good it'll be in addition to other cards. The card's pretty bad on its own, so yeah Faelin gets worse.

There was a tweet.
This is the big Mercs patch.
But yes, it should have been in the same announcement.

Why is Snapdragon beast and not dragon?

I feel like Hunter’s Devouring Swarm has some really good synergy with Ozumat, but other than that I agree with you: seems like you’ll need to jump through one too many hoops in order to get value out of it.

Maybe it can see play in Warlock as additional board clear paired with a self-destruct spell? But event in that case you have Gigafin, which takes up less spaces on the board…

I want to remember that, prior to release, evenRaid Boss Onyxia didn’t look too good, but look at the card now.

Moreover, Mini-sets are supposed to shake up the meta: there’s no way they’ll print a bad Neutral Legendary - I just refuse to believe it