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It sounds interesting until you consider that youve got to play this specifically on 4 or chances are good it'll never end up doing anything.

Because theres no world where you hold on to excavate just so you can get this beast out earlier than the impossible 8 turns of wait. All I can say is that it'll be interesting in wild where its possible to give this charge, but in standard its just an inconsistent big boi that's praying hard to be relevant in the game.

Probably shit.

Firstly, unless the goal of the game is to specifically draw an elemental and get two copies of it, you'll never play this card. Not to mention that this is a turn 6 card that has neither rush or taunt means you're asking to die 90% of the time.

I'll give it some respect because in standard there's still neptulon who can and will sometimes just win you the game. But aside from that there's just nothing I can think of. Maybe halving rag's cost for a combo? But really, I feel its gonna be so niche its probably just never played if Im honest.

Probably broken as hell, and I dont mean for highlander, I mean it for all decks thats not aggro.

This card not only removes all minions, its removes uninteractables like portals, meaning you can no longer rely on rheastrasza's nest or sargeras' portals for the late game. And then to add further insult to injury, it also more or less prevents many combos for a turn, because team5 thought it'll be funny if they cap the opponent's knee one further.

So, why can you play this in all decks? Well, thats because unlike other highlander cards this card is not only expensive, its a reactive card thats specifically designed to beat control. And hearthstone nowadays tend to draw fast anyway. You can conceivably just play a few dupes of important cards and put this in your deck and 70% of the time at turn 8 this would activate naturally. Not that you always need it on turn 8 anyway, but any card that practically sweeps the board, and gives you a superior hp would be respected.

And now, why I think it'll be nerfed:

Simply answer, because of druid. Remember the currently defunct ramp druid where they just draw a ton of cards and then outvalue you in the late game, whilst protecting their board with yogg? Well, this is the new yogg now and you can just draw most of your decks quickly, ramp up and then play this card to sustain yourself past board pressure.

Not saying it'll definitely happen, but the fact that it could means it'll be reworked at some point.

Reno, Lone Ranger apparently also removes all immune, and uninteractables like portals etc.

Ive a suspicious feeling like its gonna get reworked at some point, because at present moment Im not really sure its gonna see play exclusively in highlander only. Looks really like you can just play this card in practically all decks, because at the rate of draw in hearthstone nowadays, and the fact that you'll likely only play this at the very end means theres a good chance you would have already drawn all your dupes anyway.

Funnily enough, its best application is in druid. You can already draw fast enough to invalidate the condition, and ramping invalidates the supposed cost. Shades of Kazakusan and yogg, probably gonna get nerfed at some point because of this.

I don't really get why they didn't save the expansion announcement until today. Sure, they would have to release the expansion a couple weeks later, but the HS side of the Blizzcon would have been a lot more exciting. Plus announcing a expansion without releasing a cinematic at the same time just feels weird.

Oh hell yeah, that would be a fun break from ladder to try out my collection

This was actually the deep dive panel. The Ow2 What's Next Panel is scheduled for tommorow 9:30 pm CET.

How much do these catch-up packs cost?

Yeah, a sign that his nipples're so hard they could scratch glass.

So you get one catchup pack that translate up to 50 cards? Is that how it is?

Theorectically then if youre behind on the collection, then its better just to get a catchup pack than ordinary packs from singular expansion.

Wonder what the pricing would be on these packs and whether you can use gold for it.

This will be total chaos in a Tess Rogue deck. Since you are now a neutral hero she will recast all of your rogue cards as well.

Also, ten bucks says we're getting a neutral Quest next year. It's the only card type that hasn't had a neutral legendary rep yet.