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It is absolutely amazing to me how Blizz likes to treat their longtime players so badly.  If a person has collected all Classsic legendaries then they should get the Diamond Ragnaros.  They should not have to "do it again".  Its ridiculous.  Just for ONE diamond card!!!  Seriously?

Captain Farron, The Leviathan, Brightsteel Formation, Commander Ledros,  Tianna Crownguard, one of those cards don't belong in list of viable 8+ mana followers.

Other than that I agree your opinion on what make an expensive follower work.

As mentioned by a couple of others, this will snap-replace Shunpo in Ashe Noxus lists, especially ones that have Marauders. 

This guy could be extremely impactful. He's strictly better than Citrus Courier in any case where Reputation has been triggered. And by turn 6, reputation has usually been triggered.

Arrel didn't need this card to start crying, she was junk from day one.

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This look like a worse The Ruination to me.

It's a one-sided Ruination that very likely wins the game on the spot if it resolves.

I'm legit terrified that this card is being added to the game. Previously, Freljord only had damaged based board wipes. Now they have a "kill spell" board wipe, without needing SI to get Ruination, AND it doesn't require losing your own board as well. AND it obliterates, meaning any Last Breath abilities don't trigger. AND it doesn't just wipe the enemy board clean - it leaves it clogged up with landmarks, which is very relevant for anything that summons extra units.

This is very ominous, folks. Especially when you start thinking about Targon's Peak, for example - which usually runs with Freljord and Targon, leaving them no Ruination to put in there (which is why they use Skies Descend) - but this is even better than Skies Descend and is castable without absolutely needing the cost reduction.

Trades into a chump blocker, and gives you one reputation stack. Reputation decks probably want this. 3/5

Arrel the Tracker is crying in the corner.

At 8 mana, this is no Tianna Crownguard. At 6 mana, this is better than Citrus Courier, the reliability of not having to trigger Plunder more than makes up for the lack of the heal effect.

Demacia may have the best Rally effects, but Freljord and Noxus are the regions that best take advantage of rally effects, which is why you see some Ashe Noxus lists running Shunpo or even Katarina.

This guy looks like he could be good for Ashe + Noxus or Noxus + Shurima reputation decks. 4/5

The only other units with the Tech tribe are Heim turrets, so if you summon a tough turret then Adaptatron gains Tough. If you then summon a Fearsome turret, Adaptatron gains Fearsome and the turret gains Tough. If you then summon a Quick Attack turret, Adaptatron gains Quick Attack and the turret gains Tough and Fearsome, and so on.

The big keyword here is Tough, an army of turrets with Quick Attack and Overwhelm and Fearsome are not so scary if they get killed at fast speed by Withering Wail or Ice Shard.

The stats on this are good enough at holding the line vs. aggro that I think Heim decks will want this guy. 3/5

He pops up now and then in big priest, that's still a solid deck.

I've had all the cards at one time or another but DE the useless ones. I doubt it remembers I had them and I'm certainly not crafting them again!

This looks pretty clunky by itself, but the power level of Iterative Improvement is such that you need no other support cards to turn this into a game-ending threat, and Iterative Improvement is perfectly good if you don't draw Chirean Sumpworker. Not quite as broken as pre-nerf Burblefish because this costs 2 mana instead of 0, but this is looking like a Piltover powerhouse. 4/5

Big effect, big price tag. This gets countered by The Ruination, but almost no one is playing The Ruination because Deny and Rite of Negation exist. LoR has proved that 8+ mana followers are viable: Captain Farron, The Leviathan, Brightsteel Formation, Commander Ledros, Tianna Crownguard. These followers are good because despite their hefty price tag, they are imminent, game-ending threats. Expensive followers that don't represent imminent, game-ending pressure are bad, Freljord has a bunch of them: Uzgar the Ancient, The Tuskraider, She Who Wanders.

Cithria 4 has this game-ending threat, so I think she'll be competitively viable. 3/5

Awesome portraits all of em. Love having the options. Allows me to make a deck stand out more in my list with a different portrait plus the new emote lines are always fun.

Rexxar and Gul'dan are top pics for me. Since I picked Rex last time and they released another one this pass I'll probably do Gul'dan.  I do agree with Judgement Paladin the helm is kind of a thing. Maybe a reskin later with the helm on? 

Add the Giants that cost 1 less for each spell you've cast too. Mage has given me some problems. Pen flinger is so ughh but you might want to add it too or as replacement for Prizeys

Just dawned on me to add the new Fording legendary to get better Tess pulls

Well,  I have all legendaries from Classic plus golden Rag. So that means if I reclaim Diamond Rag, thus,the golden is a spare one. That’s free 3200 dust?

Not impressed by this card. The creature itself looks slightly weaker than a Grizzled Ranger, with the upside that it can cost less mana, and the downside that you can't play this in a deck that actually wants Scout units (Quinn + MF), you can only play this in a dedicated Elites deck.

Elites don't really want Scouts or have great ways to take advantage of them. Besides, Elites tend to run out of steam pretty fast, the have little card draw and drawing this late when you're running on fumes is terrible, you really don't want to pay full cost for this, but it may be the only choice you have if you're low on cards. Needs more support to see play. 2/5

Am I the only one that would be interested in a Duels mode just like the original Dungeon Run, without the initial deckbuilding? The fact that you can netdeck even here is the main reason I never play it.

I'm not an expert on Thresh/Nasus so I don't know if this is a good fit for that style of deck. The versatility is nice, but the 1 mana cost is a big deal when compared to the 0 mana cost of Ravenous Butcher. My guess is that this doesn't make the cut. 2/5

I think this could be quite good. There's a ton of use cases for it.

Control decks can pair it up with It That Stares on the following turn for a one-sided, full board obliteration.

Board-centric decks can use it to clear the enemy board of blockers before going in for the kill, especially if you cast this on a turn where your enemy has the attack token, then attack on the following turn, hopefully multiple times due to rally effects from Demacia or Noxus.

The big, glaring weakness is that this gets punished very hard by Deny and Rite of Negation, two of the most powerful and ubiquitous cards which have almost completely eliminated other big spells like The Ruination and The Harrowing from the meta. Maybe this will see play in a meta where counterspells aren't quite so dominant. 3/5

Well stuff for free is always good.

Now with all those skins I only need the "random" skin as we have random cardback.

Who would win? One Demacian girl or a Space Dragon?

I agree, you're not punished too much for buffing a minion you intend to sell later - especially when the HP costs 0

Whoooah, that N'zoth synergy didn't come to my mind, great catch!

I doubt it will make much of a difference but it's super interesting for sure

Maybe a hint and preparation for a card coming up next xpac...? Or why else would they bother..?