I like to see changes to duels, have been enjoying the the format way more lately. I would still hope they would let you add any card in the game so you can try them here or remove the build limitation since it has prevented friends who did not have many cards to enjoy this.
A little bit of a learning curve as I haven't played a Pain/Patron Warrior in a long LONG time, but after a few games full of misplays I'm starting to get it down. Very fun deck! A while back I made a deck I called WATL Team Champs (World Axe Throwing League) and was a meme variation of Pain Warrior that used the ol' Axe Flinger to just cleave the opponent open like an overused wooden target.
It was surprisingly not as bad as you might think! But with To the Front! being a card now, it could work again! It's essentially like the ETC combo but more meme!
Welcome back, old friend. The effect is pretty much strictly worse than Armor Vendor, at least as far as the decks that would run this card are concerned, but the body does a much better job at contesting those pesky Irondeep Troggs.
Flashback to Eye Beam before it got nerfed, but at least this doesn't have Lifesteal. The Naga in DH aren't necessarily terrible, so I could see that archetype becoming a real thing and this would fit right in. Could be a nice time.
Arcanite Reaper, but better. Is aggro Demon Hunter a thing? Probably not, so I don't see how this makes the cut in anything in Demon Hunter. We'll see, though. Because this is an absolute basher of a weapon.
Is good card for Naga Druid, if that's a thing. Real good synergy with the 1-Drop, since it's so cheap you can play it whenever and get this activated. Lotta fours, too. Lotta fours.
Well the good news is that there aren't a whole lot of Druid spells that Cost 6 or more, so the odds that Druid can play this as a "free" 5/5 are a lot lower than they might otherwise have been. That being said, we know that Blizzard will eventually print more big spells for Druid, so I guess we gotta watch out.
So this is kind of an ass-backwards Umbral Owl. Instead of casting spells until you can play a cheap 4/4 with Rush, you play a cheap 4/4 with Rush and then cast spells to wake it up. Might could be good in slower Druid decks. It is a Naga, so that's something. Not sure what, but it's something.
This card was good in one very specific, very weird meta that was full of 1-Attack minions and board clears were scarce. This wasn't even good enough when Lackeys were everywhere. I don't have high hopes for this card succeeding today.
EDIT: thinking about it, it's actually insane how perfect this card was back in The Witchwood. It hit Odd and Even Paladin, Even Shaman, Spreading Plague, Voidlord's Deathrattle, and a non-zero number of Odd Rogue minions. What a perfect storm of potential board swings.
I like him. You get two 3 Attack Rushers, and then they die to give you 4 3/1 bodies. And, if your opponent can't kill him, then you can potentially fill the board with 3/1 bodies. Maybe the 7 mana cost is a bit too expensive, but we have ways of working around that. Also, I can't wait to do some Dire Frenzy capital-S Stuff with this Beast.
So nice of them to replace Professor Slate with something that is probably not going to see a lot of play. It's just the tiniest bit inflexible, and a lot harder to justify putting in any deck, even Questline. We'll see, because it does have Naga and Raj synergies, but my guess is that it's just a little bit too clunky.
B-B-B-Big Beasts! Get some. I like weapons with Dredge, and oh boy is this exactly what it was that I just said. 'Poon it up, Rexxar. Get some big beasts to the top of your deck.
It's a Questline card, and now Hunter doesn't have to run Crushclaw Enforcer to tutor Raj (plus, they get a spell). Should be good. I can imagine any Raj Hunter deck putting in at least a copy of this.
Hey, it's a Mech Mage card! Blizzard has been pretty weird with their support for Mech Mage (no Snowchugger in Core? For shame, Blizzard!) this cycle, but at least they end the Voyage cards with what is honestly a pretty nice card for Mech synergy decks that just want to machine gun with Mecha-Shark. But I really don't see how this makes my no-Mechs Big Spell Mage deck better.
Just give these things Echo, it makes no sense. A very good cheap heal for your Face, and also for your minions. I'm not sure how much it sees play, but it might could make Control Paladin a thing. Remember, they did get some Dragons and Kazakusan exists.
Heh. It sounds like bubblebutt. It's like Enhance-o-Mechano, except it gives two buffs and it also doesn't try to waste anyone's time with windfury. Should be pretty good as a curve play for Mech Paladin, as if we needed more reasons to make sure we killed all of Paladin's minions.
This is like Purify if Purify was actually good (on a related note, why no Purify in Core, Blizz?). Should be strong with 4 Mana 7/7. It could even do work with the Hermit, since that combo is fairly cheap and could come down early enough to answer the board. I mean, it could make Silence Priest at least an OK deck.
Ah, there it is. The payoff for spell vomit Radiant Elemental Handmaiden Lyra Valishj degenerate Priest decks. The very large minion that they can play after playing a bunch of spells, drawing with Handmaiden, getting more mana with Valishj and playing more spells. What are the odds Priest can make a big one turn 5 or earlier? Good? Pretty good?
Good zero Cost spell for Spell Priest decks and, honestly, it might just be good in any Priest deck that runs a lot of spells. Just play it whenever. you want a 3 Cost Lightbomb? How about a 6 Cost Whirlpool? Seems pretty powerful, to me. Maybe Priest has enough stuff that they could make a Kazakusan deck. That's what all the kids are doing these days, right?
Hearthstone players: Hey Blizzard, we really hate mana cheat. It makes the game less fun and usually creates meta games where one or more nerfs are needed to bring gameplay to a more healthy level. Please don't do any more cards with ridiculous mana cheat, OK?
Yeah, OK, Blizzard we get that you want Pirate Rogue to be good. This is insane. A 4/3 Weapon for 3? And it Dredges, and buffs, a relevant minion? The only time it isn't good is if you somehow haven't filled your deck with enough Pirates. Why wouldn't you? Run every Pirate. Go next door, ask Warrior if you can borrow some of his Pirates. Just type in "Pirates" and keep clicking until it won't let you click any more.
All Hearthstone Duels Updates for Patch 23.0 - The League of Explorers, Hero Selection Expands, Retired Heroic Runs, Treasures, & More
I like to see changes to duels, have been enjoying the the format way more lately.
I would still hope they would let you add any card in the game so you can try them here or remove the build limitation since it has prevented friends who did not have many cards to enjoy this.
Patron Warrior
A little bit of a learning curve as I haven't played a Pain/Patron Warrior in a long LONG time, but after a few games full of misplays I'm starting to get it down. Very fun deck! A while back I made a deck I called WATL Team Champs (World Axe Throwing League) and was a meme variation of Pain Warrior that used the ol' Axe Flinger to just cleave the opponent open like an overused wooden target.
It was surprisingly not as bad as you might think! But with To the Front! being a card now, it could work again! It's essentially like the ETC combo but more meme!
Kobold Geomancer
Surprised this made it back into the Core set when Rainbow Glowscale was just revealed.
New Neutral Minion - Mistress of Mixtures
Welcome back, old friend. The effect is pretty much strictly worse than Armor Vendor, at least as far as the decks that would run this card are concerned, but the body does a much better job at contesting those pesky Irondeep Troggs.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Predation
Flashback to Eye Beam before it got nerfed, but at least this doesn't have Lifesteal. The Naga in DH aren't necessarily terrible, so I could see that archetype becoming a real thing and this would fit right in. Could be a nice time.
New Demon Hunter Weapon - Bone Glaive
Arcanite Reaper, but better. Is aggro Demon Hunter a thing? Probably not, so I don't see how this makes the cut in anything in Demon Hunter. We'll see, though. Because this is an absolute basher of a weapon.
New Druid Spell - Seaweed Strike
Is good card for Naga Druid, if that's a thing. Real good synergy with the 1-Drop, since it's so cheap you can play it whenever and get this activated. Lotta fours, too. Lotta fours.
New Druid Minion - Green-Thumb Gardener
Well the good news is that there aren't a whole lot of Druid spells that Cost 6 or more, so the odds that Druid can play this as a "free" 5/5 are a lot lower than they might otherwise have been. That being said, we know that Blizzard will eventually print more big spells for Druid, so I guess we gotta watch out.
New Druid Minion - Dozing Kelpkeeper
So this is kind of an ass-backwards Umbral Owl. Instead of casting spells until you can play a cheap 4/4 with Rush, you play a cheap 4/4 with Rush and then cast spells to wake it up. Might could be good in slower Druid decks. It is a Naga, so that's something. Not sure what, but it's something.
New Neutral Minion - Mossy Horror
This card was good in one very specific, very weird meta that was full of 1-Attack minions and board clears were scarce. This wasn't even good enough when Lackeys were everywhere. I don't have high hopes for this card succeeding today.
EDIT: thinking about it, it's actually insane how perfect this card was back in The Witchwood. It hit Odd and Even Paladin, Even Shaman, Spreading Plague, Voidlord's Deathrattle, and a non-zero number of Odd Rogue minions. What a perfect storm of potential board swings.
New Hunter Minion - Hydralodon
I like him. You get two 3 Attack Rushers, and then they die to give you 4 3/1 bodies. And, if your opponent can't kill him, then you can potentially fill the board with 3/1 bodies. Maybe the 7 mana cost is a bit too expensive, but we have ways of working around that. Also, I can't wait to do some Dire Frenzy capital-S Stuff with this Beast.
New Hunter Spell - Urchin Spines
So nice of them to replace Professor Slate with something that is probably not going to see a lot of play. It's just the tiniest bit inflexible, and a lot harder to justify putting in any deck, even Questline. We'll see, because it does have Naga and Raj synergies, but my guess is that it's just a little bit too clunky.
New Hunter Weapon - Harpoon Gun
B-B-B-Big Beasts! Get some. I like weapons with Dredge, and oh boy is this exactly what it was that I just said. 'Poon it up, Rexxar. Get some big beasts to the top of your deck.
New Hunter Spell - Conch's Call
It's a Questline card, and now Hunter doesn't have to run Crushclaw Enforcer to tutor Raj (plus, they get a spell). Should be good. I can imagine any Raj Hunter deck putting in at least a copy of this.
New Mage Spell - Seafloor Gateway
Hey, it's a Mech Mage card! Blizzard has been pretty weird with their support for Mech Mage (no Snowchugger in Core? For shame, Blizzard!) this cycle, but at least they end the Voyage cards with what is honestly a pretty nice card for Mech synergy decks that just want to machine gun with Mecha-Shark. But I really don't see how this makes my no-Mechs Big Spell Mage deck better.
New Paladin Spell - Holy Maki Roll
Just give these things Echo, it makes no sense. A very good cheap heal for your Face, and also for your minions. I'm not sure how much it sees play, but it might could make Control Paladin a thing. Remember, they did get some Dragons and Kazakusan exists.
New Paladin Minion - Bubblebot
Heh. It sounds like bubblebutt. It's like Enhance-o-Mechano, except it gives two buffs and it also doesn't try to waste anyone's time with windfury. Should be pretty good as a curve play for Mech Paladin, as if we needed more reasons to make sure we killed all of Paladin's minions.
1 Day 1 Deck for every class
Mage:
Standard · Aggro Mage · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Paladin:
Standard · Mech Paladin · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Warrior:
Standard · Pirate Warrior · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Warlock:
Standard · Zoolock · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Rogue:
Standard · Pirate Rogue · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Hunter:
Standard · Face Hunter · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Shaman:
Standard · Freeze Shaman · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Priest:
Standard · Reno Priest · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Druid:
Standard · Beast Druid · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
Demon Hunter:
Standard · Fel Demon Hunter · by Pele · 4 years, 5 months ago
New Priest Spell - Whispers of the Deep
This is like Purify if Purify was actually good (on a related note, why no Purify in Core, Blizz?). Should be strong with 4 Mana 7/7. It could even do work with the Hermit, since that combo is fairly cheap and could come down early enough to answer the board. I mean, it could make Silence Priest at least an OK deck.
New Priest Minion - Queensguard
Ah, there it is. The payoff for spell vomit Radiant Elemental Handmaiden Lyra Valishj degenerate Priest decks. The very large minion that they can play after playing a bunch of spells, drawing with Handmaiden, getting more mana with Valishj and playing more spells. What are the odds Priest can make a big one turn 5 or earlier? Good? Pretty good?
New Priest Spell - Illuminate
Good zero Cost spell for Spell Priest decks and, honestly, it might just be good in any Priest deck that runs a lot of spells. Just play it whenever. you want a 3 Cost Lightbomb? How about a 6 Cost Whirlpool? Seems pretty powerful, to me. Maybe Priest has enough stuff that they could make a Kazakusan deck. That's what all the kids are doing these days, right?
New Rogue Minion - Swiftscale Trickster
And yet Prep does not allow playing 8 cost cards on turn 3-4.
New Rogue Minion - Swiftscale Trickster
Hearthstone players: Hey Blizzard, we really hate mana cheat. It makes the game less fun and usually creates meta games where one or more nerfs are needed to bring gameplay to a more healthy level. Please don't do any more cards with ridiculous mana cheat, OK?
Blizzard: lol wut
New Neutral Minion - Humongous Razorleaf
Don't worry, Audrey! It's the Year of the Hydra, and Priest just got another way to activate you! You still might see play one day!
JK, you won't.
New Rogue Weapon - Swordfish
Yeah, OK, Blizzard we get that you want Pirate Rogue to be good. This is insane. A 4/3 Weapon for 3? And it Dredges, and buffs, a relevant minion? The only time it isn't good is if you somehow haven't filled your deck with enough Pirates. Why wouldn't you? Run every Pirate. Go next door, ask Warrior if you can borrow some of his Pirates. Just type in "Pirates" and keep clicking until it won't let you click any more.