That's some great information to share! You're 100% correct in that you do not want a ton of these packs. They are a super awesome way to bootstrap that collection though if you've been gone a while and I'm happy to see Hearthstone is finally committing to making it easier to get back into the game.
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Also, how about adding a button to the right side of each realm name so we can join faster (without having to actually open its page)?
New Hunter Spell - Patchwork Pals
Great card to fill the hand and have some agency in playing the companions when more suited.
New Neutral Minion - Li'Na, Shop Manager
May be extremely OP! But probably will be trash...
Rumble minions
Sorry, Gnomelia, S.A.F.E. Pilot
Turn 3 OTK!
I built a nearly identical list yesterday and I must say, all but one game I drew one of the two minions right before playing Switcheroo.
New Neutral Minion - Joymancer Jepetto
Excellent card! 5 stars!
New Druid Spell - Sparkling Phial
If this was in hunter it would be 5 star. In druid, we'll have to see how this Spell Damage Druid works out.
New Neutral Minion - Card Grader
Filler for spell mage.
New Neutral Minion - Sweetened Snowflurry
May be good in Frost DK.
Catch-up Packs Return to Hearthstone for Whizbang's Workshop, With a Twist
That's some great information to share! You're 100% correct in that you do not want a ton of these packs. They are a super awesome way to bootstrap that collection though if you've been gone a while and I'm happy to see Hearthstone is finally committing to making it easier to get back into the game.
New Paladin Spell - Fancy Packaging
An extra +1/+1 for the minion stipulating divine shield a must,
this doesn't seem that great, but then you start to remember,
paladin now has windfury in its back pocket and the health feels safer...
New Druid Minion - Wind-Up Sapling
A mini Inner Bloom that you can instead Trade,
Druid has tons of draw so it will readily have this back,
but the refresh also makes this good in token swarms,
Beast of Both Worlds ;D
New Paladin Weapon - Painter's Virtue
Glad they didn't put this at 3 attack,
instead it retains lifesteal to make the 3 turn segment less arduous,
and the amount of buffs you get off the already 12 dmg steal is stupedous!
New Demon Hunter Spell - Red Card
You might think of it as a poor man's sap,
but this is a good tool to setup combo on your own minion,
say your full combo has a hefty minion, you can slice the price over 2 turns now!
DAMN! Lets hope I get this lucky during opening day
I hope you get this lucky too, that's incredible!
New Demon Hunter Weapon - Umpire's Grasp
Pretty weak weapon overall.
You're paying an extra mana for draw + discount,
but you're not getting it until you break the weapon which might mean throwing it face instead.
New Shaman Spell - Pop-Up Book
Arcane Shot attached to Mirror Entity?
Might as well have tacked some armor or lifesteal to it 🙄
New Druid Spell - Ensmallen
First time I think I've seen a total self debuff spell that wasn't made for silence archetypes.
Could be an easy exchange when getting lots of draw.
New Priest Minion - Careless Crafter
3 hero powers for 0 mana on a stick?!?
Sign me up, Anduin!
New Priest Spell - Fly Off the Shelves
I don't like these kind of cards because they offer near 0 power when randomly generated.
Would have been better to have worked like Dragon's Breath (higher damage maybe)
New Rogue Minion - Bargain Bin Buccaneer
Reminds me of that 4 mana reborn mummy Warrior always ran
This has a Combo stipulation, but will have just the same value for 1 less mana.
New Priest Minion - Raza the Resealed
WAY more balanced than Raza the Unchained,
just hope they don't offer hero power discounts to priest as well 🙄
We don't need a repeat of machine gun priest...
New Demon Hunter Minion - Ci'Cigi
I'm guessing this is another card of the set themed in "nostalgia"
Gonna be funny seeing the short term memory lapses upon discovery.
Fun way to re-educate your player base on older staples.
New Death Knight Spell - Threads of Despair
This is someone nightmare fuel for some Bronies,
but they might be into this card, who knows how they think 😅
New Death Knight Minion - Rainbow Seamstress
It wasn't until I saw the community's reaction to this card,
that I learned respectively was such a high brow term...