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Reno Dragon Big Spell Mage

Double article week with Midrange and Aggro Discard Warlocks.

Fun version of Questline Hunter.

This is a poll about which deck will be in next week’s Wildest of Wednesdays article. The deck with the highest score after 3 days will be the winner. Each of the following decks have cards from the Onyxia’s Lair miniset.

Probably ran out of neutral legendary slots. There's usually two neutrals and two class legendaries. I guess they weigh up the pro and cons and decided that both kazakusan and onyxia needed to be neutrals, and leeroy being a class card just doesn't feel right.

Looking at the standard dragons, just 4 of them are cheaper than 6 mana. Brightwing, Circus Amalgam, Onyxian Warder and Crimson Hothead. The majority are huge costed dragons like Deathwing the Destroyer, Sleepy Dragon or Runaway Blackwing.

The dragon pool it's really ok for a random summon, just remember how good was Dream Portal. And that card lets you to discover them!

Most interesting cards of this set to me;

Kazakusan, Curse of Agony, Bracing Cold, Dragonbane Shot, Mi'da, Pure Light, Razorglaive Sentinel, Gear Grubber

To be honest, this midset looks weaker and less interesting than the last 3. Maybe its because its so close to the rotation, and this set is trying to pre-empt it. It just feels a bit - unexciting to me, for the lack of a better term.

Kazakusan is probably the most flavorful card this set. He definitely sticks to the "most interesting card mechanics" like the previous Kazakus cards. Also glad to see they've toned down the mana cheating a bit (taking Cora's comment about Bracing Cold into consideration).

Overall super hyped for this mini-set, heavily biased though - dragons are always awesome!

Isn't it basically offensive version of Spreading plague for Warlock. You get -2 hp and - taunt for +3 atk that attacks this turn.

It'll only be 45 dragons 😜15 of them being legendary. It'll be fine...

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i am pretty sure it copy actual weapon dmg not base dmg 

Right, but my point is the +10 isn't considered weapon dmg because it is applied directly to your hero and leaves the weapon unchanged. You can test it currently with something like Heroic Strike, which Bloodsail Corsair's battlecry completely ignores.

Don't transform effects normally 'heal' anyway, as damage doesn't carry over? 

i am pretty sure it copy actual weapon dmg not base dmg 

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have weapon : 2x Hit It Very Hard + 2x To the Front! + Mr. Smite for 2 mana + 2x Bloodsail Raider

10 mana - charge 22 + 22 + 6 (not counts weapon base dmg so raiders gain even more depends on what weapon you have and you can face trade big taunt)

I'm pretty sure Bloodsail Raider won't see the +10 attack buffs since these apply to the hero directly, not the weapon.

Probably plenty of people trying out priest and druid to make Kazakusan work.

I can see ramp druid doing better from this midset, maybe a comeback from quest hunter and control priest as well.

Seems weak.

You don't get to pick the discover when case from Iceblood Tower right? That's a lot of potential to whiff even on the best case scenario. Only silver lining is there are a lot of big dragons so chances to get a pile of stats on board is are good.

have weapon : 2x Hit It Very Hard + 2x To the Front! + Mr. Smite for 2 mana + 2x Bloodsail Raider

10 mana - charge 22 + 22 + 6 (not counts weapon base dmg so raiders gain even more depends on what weapon you have and you can face trade big taunt)

have weapon : 2x Hit It Very Hard + 2x To the Front! + Mr. Smite for 2 mana + 2x Bloodsail Raider

10 mana - charge 22 + 22 + 6 (not counts weapon base dmg so raiders gain even more depends on what weapon you have and you can face trade big taunt)

I have 1 weekly quest left. After completing it, I will reach level 313 (mostly by farming Mercenaries, no bots involved).

After tomorrow's patch we can finally complete all the Alterac XP achievements. Timingwise it is nice because it coincides with the introduction of the new Onyxia Lair's mini-set XP achievements. Hopefully no new bugs will surface related to these achievements otherwise I will riot (i.e. complain) again.

Almost time to collect some more free XP, so have lots of fun everyone! 😄

There will be any meta evolution after the miniset launch? I don't see major changes coming ...

Some dragons experiments ... but I cannot imagine major evolution ... Any feeling?

WoW fanboys will be happy with the naming.

I haven't read the book but I'm guessing Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth is the source of inspiration.

• Demon Hunter - Nothing's to change the class, but Razorglaive Sentinel could be relevant in the future, as it's Stargazer Luna on steroids.
• Druid - I don't think these cards add anything to current Druid archetypes that make the class stand on its feet. MAYBE Boomkin in a more aggro Druid deck, but most aggro tools they have are token based, and Untapped Potential is too risky.
• Hunter - Absolutely Dragonbane Shot in QL Hunter. Even-costed, but gives you a damaging spells that can refill itself akin to nerfed Rapid Fire. Furious Howl is some card draw, and Pet Collector... I am not sure if she fits Wild.
• Mage - Drakefire Amulet is lowkey my guilty pleasure as one of the most meta-changing cards from this mini-set in Wild. With Dragoncaster, you can get a massive tempo swing of stats on board on turn 6, and while that is also when Snowfall Guardian comes online, Living Dragonbreath exists too. Then slap in Battleground Battlemaster and there you go. Rest is filler.
• Paladin - Some OK tools for Aggro Paladin. Stormwind Avenger has the most potential, as she's sticky and scales with buffs on her, so she may help you push damage.
• Priest - A tutor, Duskbreaker 2.0 and a new minion for Big/Quest/Reno Priest. Not bad, but we'll see if they can bring alternatives to Priest in Wild.
• Rogue - Trash. MAYBE Tooth of Nefarian in fringe burn decks, since it can target face.
• Shaman - They can already halt any board-based aggression with current cards at their disposal, but perhaps Bracing Cold in Big Shaman and Don't Stand in the Fire! in QL Shaman.
• Warlock - Another class that won't benefit from new cards, maybe aside from Renolock and sometimes Evenlock with Impfestation as a control tool.
• Warrior - Shoulder Check should be interesting, maybe even in PIrate Warrior for some oomph or better trading?
• Neutral - Raid Boss Onyxia is too slow, but makes Amulet's pool better thanks to her having Rush. Kazakusan is also in a weird spot in Wild, but it's a dazzling card to play and experiment with in Reno decks and DMH Warrior. Rest is irrelevant.

Raid Boss Onyxia isn't really a finisher but more a value/board control minion. Decks like Guff Ramp Druid and Control Priest will use her to stall the end game and wipe out big threats. She is susceptible to hard removal like Shadow Word: Death but with all the Rush, she's a very proactive legendary. Also another thing to note is random 10-cost summon effect like with Primordial Protector, she'll just be an 8/8 with rush, no immune