I like the caravan cards. They seem like a nice little nod to the Barrens theme. Strange that Blizzard didn't feel the need to call them out as a part of the expansion specific highlights. Does this mean they will be a theme through the rest of the year with other classes getting theirs in as well?
Casting 0-cost holy spell with this card, in pure paladin, could be good, but i think that we have enough good cards in Pure pala, so we have nothing to switch for this card.
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Beast hunter deck could be fine, but if each time we summon 1 mana less card we quick will be summon 0-cost minion - or maybe 1 mana cost is the lowest cost card that Tavish summon
Expensive. Will depend on being able to activate. Will either see little to no play (my guess), or be activating lethal in a couple of properly constructed decks. I totally see potential in combo Rogue, but that 5 mana cost makes me wonder. Maybe token Druid if you run broom?
New Paladin Minion - Northwatch Commander
Curves super well with Sword of the Fallen and helps an aggressive Secret Paladin keep up in resources.
New Neutral Minion - Primordial Protector
Nice, but we still have high cost mana cards which aren't strong enough.
New Warlock Minion - Apothecary's Caravan
I like the caravan cards. They seem like a nice little nod to the Barrens theme. Strange that Blizzard didn't feel the need to call them out as a part of the expansion specific highlights. Does this mean they will be a theme through the rest of the year with other classes getting theirs in as well?
New Paladin Weapon - Sword of the Fallen
Strong and annoying. Auto-include in secret pala decks - trigger free effect will work always
New Neutral Minion - Oasis Thrasher
This will be a staple of aggro decks. Decent stats and a good chance when played close to curve for extra face damage.
New Neutral Minion - Gold Road Grunt
Frenzy effect seems too niche and difficult to pull off for it to be good. There are better Taunt defensive options.
New Warrior Minion - Stonemaul Anchorman
Feels like a solid card. The card draw isn't guaranteed, but you can at least control your options with it. Looks like it will be decent.
New Paladin Minion - Veteran Warmedic
Casting 0-cost holy spell with this card, in pure paladin, could be good, but i think that we have enough good cards in Pure pala, so we have nothing to switch for this card.
New Demon Hunter Minion - Razorfen Beastmaster
Next DR DH synergy, new meta incoming
New Neutral Minion - Hecklefang Hyena
Might see play in some form of Warlock and/or Priest Zoo deck as a way to enable health change cards.
New Neutral Minion - Death's Head Cultist
Very good at enabling slower decks to survive aggression, very excited for this card.
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Curse of Rafaam?
New Druid Spell - Pride's Fury
On-stream this card was terrifying with Gibberling. Not sure if it actually makes the cut in refined lists though.
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I wasn't sure if it was appropriate to name names. But at least a quarter of streamers from what I saw.
New Warrior Minion - Whirling Combatant
Good as an enrage enabler and small board-clearer. A bit niche, but its very good at what it does.
New Paladin Minion - Cannonmaster Smythe
Nice one, powerfull. Secrets with 1 mana cost will be transform to 3/3 body and still will be secrets. IMHO must have in secret pala
New Demon Hunter Spell - Fury (Rank 1)
Certainly no Twin Slice. Seems pretty weak.
New Mage Spell - Flurry (Rank 1)
Insane, 0 mana and that kind of effect! Think that we see nert to 1 or 2 mana cost
New Mage Spell - Runed Orb
This seems like an auto-include in all Mage decks until rotation. 2 damage is mediocre, but also generating another spell is super powerful.
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Apparently that is precisely what's going on--the Hearthstone twitter account RTed this, saying Varden is non-binary.
https://twitter.com/SinWhoe/status/1372952623301726209
New Hunter Minion - Tavish Stormpike
Beast hunter deck could be fine, but if each time we summon 1 mana less card we quick will be summon 0-cost minion - or maybe 1 mana cost is the lowest cost card that Tavish summon
New Shaman Minion - Earth Revenant
Real good against swarmy decks and a good Taunt body for defending against most forms of aggression.
New Neutral Minion - Barrens Blacksmith
Expensive. Will depend on being able to activate. Will either see little to no play (my guess), or be activating lethal in a couple of properly constructed decks. I totally see potential in combo Rogue, but that 5 mana cost makes me wonder. Maybe token Druid if you run broom?
New Shaman Minion - Tinyfin's Caravan
Drawing cards is pretty good for Murloc decks, but there are so many good 2-cost minions to contest with.
New Hunter Spell - Piercing Shot
Explosive Runes but targetable. Seems pretty strong in some tempo or midrange deck, which Hunter typically pursues.