Midrange Druid was tried multiple times and they all failed. Dire Frostwolf shows a more tempo approach, which I believe might actually give Beast Druid the chance to shine.
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This landmark is probably one of the weaker ones, along side Snowfall Graveyard. If aggro DH wanted extra attack, they play other proactive cards than 2 mana Sow the Soil
Well this will be an auto-include in big Demon DH, that's for sure. 3/8 taunt is pretty good stall at 4 mana and demands hard removal or it'll take a few minions to get through. With all the draw DH has, it's fairly consistent that you'll get a big demon in your hand to activate the effect.
So ideally you'd want to transform into a Pit Lord or Ancient Void Hound big demon and this legendary will sure find a way into the big demon DH but it's got anti-synergy with the new Proving Grounds though. Hoping we get at least one more big demon with a flashy effect this can transform into.
There's a notable absence of good deathrattles to follow up with this card, but at the moment there's Infiltrator Lilian and maybe Loan Shark, the latter of which is likely the card people want to take advantage of. We've already seen previously the infamous shark rogue, and though garrote has been nerfed, if you can get the coins out consistently enough it might just get another chance.
But there's no mistake - this is an excellent card.
Perhaps this guy is paired with Tamsin's Phylactery in a deathrattle deck of sorts? We've seen these "destroy a friendly minion" effects before in warlock like Grim Rally and EVIL Genius so maybe this guy will be good in a zoolock
Its hard to immediately see where this card is going, because its ever only cheating one mana...
I think it is better described as cheating the amount of mana of the thing summoned, minus the mana value of the minion destroyed. That is not always 1. If you destroy Burning Blade Acolyte for example, the value of the 1/1 is a tiny amount of the 5 mana spent playing it, and you would realistically be cheating at least 6-1=5 mana overall.
The awkwardness in that situation though is it relies on waiting 'til turn 8 or hoping the opponent doesn't kill the 1/1. If they do, you're not going to want to use the battlecry on the 5/8, and if they kill that too you're nowhere.
To me its basically a deathrattle trigger the same way as Terrorscale Stalker was, except the deathrattle minion dies.
Play Nerubian Egg on 2, play this on three and get maybe 10/10 worth of stats on board. Not bad at all. But probably too inconsistent to ever be meta. Because outside of this combo, this card doesn't really offer much else. In the same mana slot, I'd much rather just play Revenant Rascal or even plain Kabal Outfitter, which at very least can exist outside of the egg combo.
Unless of course, there's plenty more eggs coming forward.
Edit: After some thought this card could potentially break the meta. Goldshire Gnoll into this. Or Anetheron. Basically anything that cheats mana gets better with this around.
It has a duo problem of first being a reliable board clear, and second a strong enough buff card that justify a card slot in the deck.
Unfortunately, its not reliable, needing a target to do the job, which means in control matchups there's a small chance you'll end up buffing an enemy minion in effort to take down maybe one or two targets. And as a buff card, its kinda predicated on your opponent playing lots of dudes for this to be good at all. Even so, what's all that health going to do when Inner Fire's gone from standard?
Its likely more impactful coming out of a discover, of which its situational use may be exploited from time to time. But as a card in the deck? Perhaps only as ammo for Psyfiend is about as good as it gets.
The point of the weapon is presumably to both keep up with tempo and not lose face damage. But not only does this require the use of attack buffs, its also dependent on your opponent - which means it can be played around.
There's also the problem that its kinda a middling weapon. Its not as reliable as Trueaim Crescent, or as powerful as something like Felsteel Executioner. Hell, its even competing with Dreadlord's Bite in aggro decks.
I wouldn't write it out completely, but it has a huge mountain to climb past its competitors.
Probably deathrattle strats? Being able to essentially trigger a deathrattle and summon another minion is kinda strong I guess.
Its hard to immediately see where this card is going, because its ever only cheating one mana, so it hardly ever going to be the same as Possessed Lackey or any other 'recruit' card. The only other thing I can think of is chaining charge minions, so your leeroy will always chain into a mr. smite, but obviously in standard there's not many charges about.
This is more venting than anything, sorry — but standard is terribly unfun to play at the moment, in my personal opinion, unless you want to play one of 3 broken decks. Bummer, hopefully the expansion changes that.
Popsicooler is a New Hearthstone Card Revealed by Avelline for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Well it could combo with that new rouge rush deathrattle copier but otherwise it is kinda dinky
Popsicooler is a New Hearthstone Card Revealed by Avelline for Fractured in Alterac Valley
I mean its cute....but what deck would ever want a card your opponent can so easily play around?
Hearthstone Hotfixes for November 19 - Mercenaries Limited to 25 Turns, Aranna Battlegrounds Armor Fix, Rush Minions No Longer Break Rules
did they fix blink fox bug task 7? copying the last skill from round 1
New Druid Minion - Dire Frostwolf
Midrange Druid was tried multiple times and they all failed. Dire Frostwolf shows a more tempo approach, which I believe might actually give Beast Druid the chance to shine.
New Druid Minion - Frostsaber Matriarch
🐛In the dungeon I go deeper🐛in set reviews I was a sleeper🐛when minions die I get cheaper🐛You guessed it right🐛I'm corridor creeper🐛
Druid already has a couple of cheap beasts to summon. Also, Frostwolf Kennels.
New Neutral Minion - Popsicooler
A new Epic Neutral Minion, Popsicooler, has been revealed!
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Hearthstone Hotfixes for November 19 - Mercenaries Limited to 25 Turns, Aranna Battlegrounds Armor Fix, Rush Minions No Longer Break Rules
Note that the turn limit should only count for pvp. That's atleast what the dev said on discord whenever he mentioned it a few days ago.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Field of Strife
This landmark is probably one of the weaker ones, along side Snowfall Graveyard. If aggro DH wanted extra attack, they play other proactive cards than 2 mana Sow the Soil
New Demon Hunter Minion - Warden of Chains
Well this will be an auto-include in big Demon DH, that's for sure. 3/8 taunt is pretty good stall at 4 mana and demands hard removal or it'll take a few minions to get through. With all the draw DH has, it's fairly consistent that you'll get a big demon in your hand to activate the effect.
New Demon Hunter Minion - Caria Felsoul
So ideally you'd want to transform into a Pit Lord or Ancient Void Hound big demon and this legendary will sure find a way into the big demon DH but it's got anti-synergy with the new Proving Grounds though. Hoping we get at least one more big demon with a flashy effect this can transform into.
New Demon Hunter Minion - Caria Felsoul
Outside of Illidari Inquisitor and maybe Pit Commander, what cards does this really want to copy? Not that Caria Felsoul is a terrible card (anything that can bring a third Illidari Inquisitor has potential to see play), but she just feels boring.
New Rogue Minion - Forsaken Lieutenant
There's a notable absence of good deathrattles to follow up with this card, but at the moment there's Infiltrator Lilian and maybe Loan Shark, the latter of which is likely the card people want to take advantage of. We've already seen previously the infamous shark rogue, and though garrote has been nerfed, if you can get the coins out consistently enough it might just get another chance.
But there's no mistake - this is an excellent card.
New Warlock Minion - Sacrificial Summoner
Perhaps this guy is paired with Tamsin's Phylactery in a deathrattle deck of sorts? We've seen these "destroy a friendly minion" effects before in warlock like Grim Rally and EVIL Genius so maybe this guy will be good in a zoolock
Dreadprison Glaive is a New Demon Hunter Weapon Revealed by 奶粉 for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Now we know it's name, I guess the jewel is the 'dreadprison' (=prison of a dread lord?).
Sacrificial Summoner is a New Warlock Card Revealed by Blizzard for Fractured in Alterac Valley
I think it is better described as cheating the amount of mana of the thing summoned, minus the mana value of the minion destroyed. That is not always 1. If you destroy Burning Blade Acolyte for example, the value of the 1/1 is a tiny amount of the 5 mana spent playing it, and you would realistically be cheating at least 6-1=5 mana overall.
The awkwardness in that situation though is it relies on waiting 'til turn 8 or hoping the opponent doesn't kill the 1/1. If they do, you're not going to want to use the battlecry on the 5/8, and if they kill that too you're nowhere.
New Warlock Minion - Sacrificial Summoner
To me its basically a deathrattle trigger the same way as Terrorscale Stalker was, except the deathrattle minion dies.
Play Nerubian Egg on 2, play this on three and get maybe 10/10 worth of stats on board. Not bad at all. But probably too inconsistent to ever be meta. Because outside of this combo, this card doesn't really offer much else. In the same mana slot, I'd much rather just play Revenant Rascal or even plain Kabal Outfitter, which at very least can exist outside of the egg combo.
Unless of course, there's plenty more eggs coming forward.
Edit: After some thought this card could potentially break the meta. Goldshire Gnoll into this. Or Anetheron. Basically anything that cheats mana gets better with this around.
New Priest Spell - Shadow Word: Devour
It has a duo problem of first being a reliable board clear, and second a strong enough buff card that justify a card slot in the deck.
Unfortunately, its not reliable, needing a target to do the job, which means in control matchups there's a small chance you'll end up buffing an enemy minion in effort to take down maybe one or two targets. And as a buff card, its kinda predicated on your opponent playing lots of dudes for this to be good at all. Even so, what's all that health going to do when Inner Fire's gone from standard?
Its likely more impactful coming out of a discover, of which its situational use may be exploited from time to time. But as a card in the deck? Perhaps only as ammo for Psyfiend is about as good as it gets.
New Demon Hunter Weapon - Dreadprison Glaive
The point of the weapon is presumably to both keep up with tempo and not lose face damage. But not only does this require the use of attack buffs, its also dependent on your opponent - which means it can be played around.
There's also the problem that its kinda a middling weapon. Its not as reliable as Trueaim Crescent, or as powerful as something like Felsteel Executioner. Hell, its even competing with Dreadlord's Bite in aggro decks.
I wouldn't write it out completely, but it has a huge mountain to climb past its competitors.
Sacrificial Summoner is a New Warlock Card Revealed by Blizzard for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Probably deathrattle strats? Being able to essentially trigger a deathrattle and summon another minion is kinda strong I guess.
Its hard to immediately see where this card is going, because its ever only cheating one mana, so it hardly ever going to be the same as Possessed Lackey or any other 'recruit' card. The only other thing I can think of is chaining charge minions, so your leeroy will always chain into a mr. smite, but obviously in standard there's not many charges about.
Fresh Hearthstone Decks with New Legendaries Vanndar and Drek'Thar - Show Your Allegiance!
Awesome, timely idea for an article topic. Thanks for the fun lists to try out!
Fresh Hearthstone Decks with New Legendaries Vanndar and Drek'Thar - Show Your Allegiance!
This is more venting than anything, sorry — but standard is terribly unfun to play at the moment, in my personal opinion, unless you want to play one of 3 broken decks. Bummer, hopefully the expansion changes that.
New Warlock Minion - Sacrificial Summoner
excellent Deathrattle support. I cannot wait to abuse it
Sacrificial Summoner
excellent Deathrattle support. I cannot wait to abuse it
New Warlock Spell - Tamsin's Phylactery
This gives me hives. Control Warlock just got a little more intimidating. Add that its an EVEN card makes it more scary for Wild players
Tamsin's Phylactery
This gives me hives. Control Warlock just got a little more intimidating. Add that its an EVEN card makes it more scary for Wild players