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I accept it's probably better than getting 2 new and unsynergistic decks each expansion like they did in the years of the Raven and Dragon, but it feels like it has turned the very meaning of a class on its head. To me, a class is a basic toolkit applied to different decks/archetypes.

For example, rogue has the basic toolkit of high tempo, great single target removal and card draw/generation, which all heavily influence how their various archetypes play but aren't actually what those decks are doing per se. Decks focused on deathrattles, SI:7, secret, poisons, garrote, burgle etc. are all trying to do something fundamentally different and using rogue's core strengths as the support. In other words rogue's basic toolkit is the foundation to the archetype's house.

Meanwhile paladin game-plans in Standard are mostly trying to do the same thing. They look distinct on paper - librams, divine shields, silver hand recruits - but they all revolve around summoning minions and having them be buffed into significance. So they're all using paladin's basic toolkit in essentially the same way, which has the unfortunate side effect that they are directly competing with each other. I.e. why would you play minion buff deck X when minion buff deck Y does the same thing better?

It wouldn't be fair if I didn't acknowledge the existence of secret and big minion pally, especially as the former was a major meta player in the Barrens. Unfortunately big minion pally suffers from intra-class competition as most of the buff decks build their own big minions anyway, so what should be distinct is once again quite similar.

All this amounts to 'paladin' feeling like a deck rather than a class, which is a shame.

I really hope Curse of Agony won't end up as a Garrote 2.0

I totally agree with you.

I feel like Paladin finally has an identity, a I prefer it to be this way rather than being pushed in different (and unsynergistic) directions each expansion.

Librams, however, have always been very dominant: introducing them at the begin of a Year was probably a mistake, but still.

I also missed Shaman (no Murlocs this time), but yeah, I'm pretty proud of this article and how things turned out.

Thanks!

And don't forget to play Arena until 2 losses.

Assuming the patch isn't going to drop until about 1 PM EST, yes?

DEMON HUNTERS OPEN until 20/02/22

"...is it time to say it once again? Are you prepared? The Legions are now open! The demon hunters are being called once again! Sharpen your twin blades and bring your wild decks! Pick a legion of your time frame and join the battles for the Demon Hunter's Class Master throne!

• LEGION A (open 3/4) 12:00
• LEGION B (CLOSED 4/4) 16:00
• LEGION C (open 1/4) 20:00
• LEGION D (open 4/4) 23:00

WARRIOR NEWS: It was the most possible scenario so it was expected... Zoltan is now the new Warrior Class Master! What was unexpected was Docw0w forfeiting the game by not attending! It is a shame to see a Class Master lose their throne in such dishonored way! We tried to contact him in time but we failed to reach out and find him! Zoltan is now 3 steps away of becoming the first tournament's Dynasty! 7 out of 10 classes are under his name and only three to go!

DRUID NEWS: It was Zoltan against Mini Ninja for the title of the challenger for the druid throne! Who won? Zol... nope! Mini Ninja was awarded the victory after Zoltan came down with a cold and couldn't attend the confrontation! First of all we would like to apologize for a misinformation, as Mini Ninja is not a Canadian player but a player from Denmark. We would also like to inform our players that they can contact us as early as possible when and if there is an issue and they cannot attend their finals matches as we can try and reschedule for a time that will suit them the best! Other than that, congratulation to Mini Ninja and best of luck on confronting Quirky Ostrich on the Druid Throne this Sunday! 

ROGUE NEWS: The Rogue finals are also up for this Sunday 20/02/22 and our finalists are here! Nurs from Serbia striving hard to become a challenger in almost every class round, Wels from Czech Republic who is also the Shaman Class Master, Roberto from Poland who just made his first entry to finals ever!!! And Xll from Ukraine, maybe the newest entry to the tournament! Ukraine continues to lead the Class Master with the most participants and with Zoltan claiming 7 classes, everything looks like it will continue to be the capital of the tournament next season!

...But do you maybe remember, who is sitting currently on the Rogue throne? You know the name, you guessed it right, it is Zoltan! Whoever becomes the challenger this Sunday will have to face the terror for becoming the next Rogue Class Master!

So, who's gonna be the challenger for the rogues? Imagine in a wild twist of events we see Roberto against Zoltan, facing total obliteration! Ha ha, calm down, we have faith in our underdogs! ...Or maybe Wels, claiming his second class throne!

Will Quirky Ostrich attend the defending of his druid throne against Mini Ninja or will he forfeit his throne like Docw0w did for the Warriors? 

All these and much more next Sunday at the Hearthstone Class Master Tournament! Until then, we interview our Shaman Class Master Wels and we are to post his interview here, as we also did with Zoltan! We love you, stay optimistic <3"

Going back and reviewing, your only incorrect predictions are for DH and Frenzy for Warrior, so well done on the rest of the predictions, fortuneteller Avalon, Madame Lazul would be proud

I like it. Seems very good and is pretty diverse. This will see play in different druid lists even tough i think ramp/guff Druid will be the perfect place.

Ok card but not sure that this will see play over other cards ... 

Decent removal - but im not sure where this could fit in ... Dragon Priest maybe but not sure - could also work in ramp Druid but i do not see this working anywhere else ... 

This will be dangerous - druid can ramp pretty quick and not only play this but also buff it up etc ... 

Good Card.

Quest Hunter support ! 

This could be a sleeper card ! Looks relatively weak at first but this could snowball pretty hard ! I like it ! 

Reload for Hunter !  But not sure if face hunter would want to play this - i see this working in Quest Hunter tough !

Well.... seems not that good at first but if you can set this up with 0 Mana Spells this could get out of hand ... i could see this working even tough my first thoughts are the exact opposite :) 

I kinda like it ... even tough the art is kinda pixely ... 

Not sure about this one ... it's too bad to see play in Big Spell Mage and im not sure enough it would fit in other archetypes like Hero Power Mage ... overall i think this will not see much play. 

Looks like a fun / meme card and right now i guess thats all it is ... could work with Iceblood Tower but that's it ... 

Decent enough to see play ! 

Wow - this card will be very dangerous and will sureley be played in almost every paladin list. 

Looks decent enough to see play and wasn't there another new Paladin Minion (1/5 i think that profits from buffs) that would benefit greatly from that ?

Well this will defenitely see play! Either in Quest Priest, Deathrattle Priest or maybe even some Control Lists. I think this card will be very annoying if not silenced - at least has lots of potential to do so :)