ODD DH hero power with a side of Raza the Chained. This effect seems insane, and i bet that Felfire Deadeye will be nerfed pretty quickly. Because Felfire Deadeye + Expendable Performers seems broken, even if performers rotates next expansion. Actually, i'm certain Felfire Deadeye + ANY DH card that summons things with rush is super strong. What a powerhouse of a her card. I guess they really wanted to give DH a strong wincondition that's not lifesteal OTK.
Flanking Maneuver? That's a "interesting maneuver". Really good for BIG DH, and refreshes Kurtrus, Demon-Renders hero power twice AND it could remove a big taunt minion when facing a BIG deck.
Mini-Savage Roar on a premium 2 drop, thats super strong. Will 100% see play in aggro druid decks.
In wild obviously aggro druid will probably run it. Now Patches the Pirate and its pirate friends worth 5/5+ stats on turn 1 will have +1 attack on turn 2.
Seems like some good removal, and the wyverns are probably beasts, so you can cheat out Frostsaber Matriarch faster. Seems like a interesting card to me, that might see play.
Good for the BIG Hunter archetype, and works with deathrattles. Maybe Vanndar Stormpike can help get it out earlier? And depending if the mana discount to 4 mana influences Guardian Animals, BIG Hunter might be pretty good. And you can ress it with Jewel of N'Zoth and Revive Pet.
Very solid minion, little bit of mana cheat but the best thing about it is that it's a 1 mana 2/2. Which means mage can contest the board early game AND get their BIG spell mage stuff setup. Seems very solid to me.
PING MAGE BACK ON THE MENU! I'm very excited about this! Amplified Snowflurry can even be good after you Magister Dawngrasp, because the hero power will still deal damage! Very solid minion!
Well I for one have had a lot of fun with SI drawing Lilian or Ticket Master, then playing the weapon and making the opponent cry that the Forsaken Lilians and teddies never end :P The thought that SI was designed specifically for Loan Shark is exactly what I was referring to when I said "People who only ever play meta decks might not notice it...": YOU may have only played it that way, but any "trigger a deathrattle" effect is as open-ended as the number of compatible deathrattles is.
Edit: I re-read what you wrote and think I got the wrong end of the stick here. Sorry for implying you're a filthy net-decker :P
Regarding SI's interaction with Counterfeit Blade: it won't draw the weapon because the weapon gives itself a deathrattle as part of its battlecry, but isn't actually a deathrattle card naturally. I suspect Loan Shark decks didn't use both because you end up with way more coins than you need (I certainly did). SI does whiff with Necrium Blade though, so maybe that's what you were thinking of?
4 mana draw 4 tutored cards... Big spell mage Will be a funny archetype for sure.
It gives copies of the spells, so you can technically double the amount of BIG spells if you cast Arcane Brilliance twice. And it's a arcane spell, so Magister Dawngrasp can repeat it. (Good if you still have big spells in your deck.) Yeah Big spell mage will be a very fun archetype!
INSANE card. The only problem BIG spell mage had, was lack of spells and Arcane Brilliance solves it. AND it can increase the amount of [Hearthstone Card (Puzzle boz of yogg-saron) Not Found] and Rune of the Archmages in Wild, so i'm giving it a 5/5 star. :D
Oh and you can repeat it with Magister Dawngrasp, if you have big spells left in your deck. This seems good.
Amazing for BIG paladin. Will 100% see play in that deck, and maybe you could try dig for Vanndar Stormpike with Vitality Surge. Getting a guaranteed Vanndar Stormpike on turn 4, or turn 3 with coin is super strong and Vitality Surge can help with that.
And in wild i feel like some kind of slower paladin might use this, together with Shirvallah, the Tiger for the 25 health heal lol.
Well, we finally got all the frost spells we wanted for freeze shaman. Just wait till it becomes a Tier 1 deck, then everyone who returns to HS from a year long break will be like...errr wtf happened to HS?!
"Hold the Bridge, Push the ridge" dang now i got the expansion reveal song stuck in my head again. which isn't that bad of a thing lol.
This seems like a good control tool for paladin, it can keep your minions alive, give them livesteal for 1 turn, AND trigger a handbuff if you have Prismatic Jewel Kit equiped. Seems solid.
Very good control tool for paladin. Seems really good, in basicly any kind of slower paladin deck. I feel like Paladin might be THE best control class next expansion.
New Shaman Spell - Glaciate
Why is it bad? You play 8 mana minion for 6 mana and get a freeze stack. Even without freeze u couldn't make action with him first turn, and you have nice 8-mana drops - Mo'arg Forgefiend, Plagued Protodrake, Abominable Lieutenant, Arcane Devourer.
New Demon Hunter Hero - Kurtrus, Demon-Render
ODD DH hero power with a side of Raza the Chained. This effect seems insane, and i bet that Felfire Deadeye will be nerfed pretty quickly. Because Felfire Deadeye + Expendable Performers seems broken, even if performers rotates next expansion. Actually, i'm certain Felfire Deadeye + ANY DH card that summons things with rush is super strong. What a powerhouse of a her card. I guess they really wanted to give DH a strong wincondition that's not lifesteal OTK.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Flanking Maneuver
Flanking Maneuver? That's a "interesting maneuver". Really good for BIG DH, and refreshes Kurtrus, Demon-Renders hero power twice AND it could remove a big taunt minion when facing a BIG deck.
New Demon Hunter Minion - Battleworn Vanguard
Amazing minion for Token DH. Will see play because of Kurtrus, Demon-Render, and will probably be Animated Broomstickd later into the game.
New Druid Minion - Clawfury Adept
Mini-Savage Roar on a premium 2 drop, thats super strong. Will 100% see play in aggro druid decks.
In wild obviously aggro druid will probably run it. Now Patches the Pirate and its pirate friends worth 5/5+ stats on turn 1 will have +1 attack on turn 2.
New Druid Spell - Heart of the Wild
Strong buff for beast based token druid decks. But that's it.
New Mage Spell - Arcane Brilliance
Oh, look! A Juicy Psychmelon brother!
New Druid Minion - Pathmaker
Step 1: Celestial Alignment.
Step 2: Nourish for the mana option.
Step 3: Pathmaker for the draw 3 cards.
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Rank 1 legend.
Okay it's probably not THAT good, but still pretty good. Especially if you Nourish for 0 during your Celestial Alignment turn thanks to Pride Seeker.
New Druid Minion - Pride Seeker
4 mana Nourish seems good, and in Celestial Alignment druid you can play this before Celestial Alignment AND play Nourish immediately, considering it will cost 0 mana. Which will help you ramp faster, or cheat out Lady Anacondra immediately. Pride Seeker seems really good.
New Druid Minion - Wing Commander Mulverick
Seems like some good removal, and the wyverns are probably beasts, so you can cheat out Frostsaber Matriarch faster. Seems like a interesting card to me, that might see play.
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I'm pretty sure everyone who has been gone since Darkmoon Faire will be saying that anyway :P
Kobold Taskmaster
Correct, Armor Scrap is a 1-mana neutral spell (with no spell school).
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New Hunter Minion - Mountain Bear
Good for the BIG Hunter archetype, and works with deathrattles. Maybe Vanndar Stormpike can help get it out earlier? And depending if the mana discount to 4 mana influences Guardian Animals, BIG Hunter might be pretty good. And you can ress it with Jewel of N'Zoth and Revive Pet.
New Hunter Minion - Stormpike Battle Ram
Seems good for some combo stuff, and cheating out big minions. Seems decent to me.
New Mage Minion - Shivering Sorceress
Very solid minion, little bit of mana cheat but the best thing about it is that it's a 1 mana 2/2. Which means mage can contest the board early game AND get their BIG spell mage stuff setup. Seems very solid to me.
New Mage Minion - Amplified Snowflurry
PING MAGE BACK ON THE MENU! I'm very excited about this! Amplified Snowflurry can even be good after you Magister Dawngrasp, because the hero power will still deal damage! Very solid minion!
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Well I for one have had a lot of fun with SI drawing Lilian or Ticket Master, then playing the weapon and making the opponent cry that the Forsaken Lilians and teddies never end :P The thought that SI was designed specifically for Loan Shark is exactly what I was referring to when I said "People who only ever play meta decks might not notice it...": YOU may have only played it that way, but any "trigger a deathrattle" effect is as open-ended as the number of compatible deathrattles is.
Edit: I re-read what you wrote and think I got the wrong end of the stick here. Sorry for implying you're a filthy net-decker :P
Regarding SI's interaction with Counterfeit Blade: it won't draw the weapon because the weapon gives itself a deathrattle as part of its battlecry, but isn't actually a deathrattle card naturally. I suspect Loan Shark decks didn't use both because you end up with way more coins than you need (I certainly did). SI does whiff with Necrium Blade though, so maybe that's what you were thinking of?
New Mage Spell - Arcane Brilliance
It gives copies of the spells, so you can technically double the amount of BIG spells if you cast Arcane Brilliance twice. And it's a arcane spell, so Magister Dawngrasp can repeat it. (Good if you still have big spells in your deck.) Yeah Big spell mage will be a very fun archetype!
New Mage Spell - Arcane Brilliance
INSANE card. The only problem BIG spell mage had, was lack of spells and Arcane Brilliance solves it. AND it can increase the amount of [Hearthstone Card (Puzzle boz of yogg-saron) Not Found] and Rune of the Archmages in Wild, so i'm giving it a 5/5 star. :D
Oh and you can repeat it with Magister Dawngrasp, if you have big spells left in your deck. This seems good.
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Cavalry Horn
I called the big paladin support. I guess the two nickels from those two 8 mana paladin minions aren't for nothing.
New Paladin Spell - Vitality Surge
Amazing for BIG paladin. Will 100% see play in that deck, and maybe you could try dig for Vanndar Stormpike with Vitality Surge. Getting a guaranteed Vanndar Stormpike on turn 4, or turn 3 with coin is super strong and Vitality Surge can help with that.
And in wild i feel like some kind of slower paladin might use this, together with Shirvallah, the Tiger for the 25 health heal lol.
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Well, we finally got all the frost spells we wanted for freeze shaman. Just wait till it becomes a Tier 1 deck, then everyone who returns to HS from a year long break will be like...errr wtf happened to HS?!
New Paladin Spell - Hold the Bridge
"Hold the Bridge, Push the ridge" dang now i got the expansion reveal song stuck in my head again. which isn't that bad of a thing lol.
This seems like a good control tool for paladin, it can keep your minions alive, give them livesteal for 1 turn, AND trigger a handbuff if you have Prismatic Jewel Kit equiped. Seems solid.
New Paladin Weapon - Cavalry Horn
BIG paladin will probably use it, but it feels really akward alongside Lightforged Cariel. Not sure if it actually sees play because of that.
New Paladin Spell - Protect the Innocent
Very good control tool for paladin. Seems really good, in basicly any kind of slower paladin deck. I feel like Paladin might be THE best control class next expansion.