Either way, this card is trash. Tempo priest doesn't need something like this, and the only card that's big for its useless body is Humongous Razorleaf and Arcane Watcher. And I wouldn't pick my nose to play them just so this card can maybe sometimes do something good.
Maybe its because all the other classic cards are now either gone or nerfed so team5 thinks if you control a 5/9 by turn 4 you just automatically win the game.
It looks okay. But its geared for a tempo priest deck that doesn't exist.
Maybe, just maybe there's enough draw options to argue a case for this card. But I simply don't see it happening. Frazzled Freshman still exist and can at least argue that its impossible to remove on turn 1. This one however, can't make that same argument.
My only reaction to this is feeling unnecessarily outraged by their decision to make Nozdormu even worse than he already is for the sake of a joke/meme. Every other Dragon Aspect got better but he got the Boulderfist Ogre treatment: a pile of stats that does absolutely nothing. I'm just going to forget this whole thing and move on.
How did Noz get worse?!
A 7 mana 8/8 >> 9 mana 8/8 with an effect that is irrelevant 90% of the time. Even if a 7 mana 8/8 is still not enough to make it into any competitive decks, it at least feels OK to play now.
On the meme side, he's now an absolute monster that creates a whole new game mode, especially for friendly games where you can both agree to put him into your decks. That alone makes him more worthwhile than most cards can ever hope for. Yes, he could be turned into something functional, but would we really be better off because of it?
Its actually insane. But tempered by the fact that paladin can't really draw, and this card is a dead 2 mana without dudes on board. There's also the fact that cards like Warhorse Trainer and Darkmoon Statue exist which more or less does the same job, so can there be space enough to fit everything into a deck that is wholly reliant on tempo?
But that it actually exist is more than enough to scare the shit out of your opponent, and its still an upgrade to your hp, so its kinda redundant to ask if this will ever see play.
The best part of this card is that its 1 mana. And while you do have to take the initial hit, paladin has never been short of healing so if that hit doesn't kill then this card simply removes the problem for you. And all for one mana.
But with paladin's abysmal draw options, it might simply only ever see niche play, much like Oh My Yogg!. Until there are better draw options, even if its only tutor for secrets, this might just never see the light.
It discovers, it draws, and it cost 2. Is there anything else that needs to be said?
Since most hunter legendaries are beasts, this one can and will draw them if that's the win condition of the deck. And unlike something like Scavenger's Ingenuity, this allows for flexibility in discovers, so you're not necessarily screwed by the wrong card at the wrong time.
But will it be good enough? I can't see why it wouldn't merit some inclusion, if only because hunters cant draw and this cycles itself while providing some tempo.
Its basically a lesser Anubisath Defender. The problem with this card is that its not a taunt, and it does cost a net mana of 1, and if you're low on cards you can't just overflow/nourish into this this.
So whether this will make the cut will entirely be dependent on how easy it is to cheat it out or if druid is drawing so absurdly that not including a 1 mana 3/5 will be considered grounds for being sectioned.
My opinion is that it wont make the cut. But with 3 expansions to go I can easily be proven wrong on this.
No more Altruis the Outcast and in comes this. Perhaps one of the weakest one yet, but not too entirely bad. It has charge, so that has to count for something. The tremendous problem is that there isn't alot of good outcast options at the moment, so is there any reason not run something more efficient like Pen Flinger? Probably not.
The health regen is a nice addition. But even control dhunters wouldn't be able to get this running out more than 3 times per game at best, and I can't imagine anyone saving up outcast cards for this to work.
Mankrik's wife is very far away from him, and he offers almost no directions to her location. There is also no NPC called "Mankrik's Wife", as she is called "Beaten Corpse". This results in almost everyone accepting this quest resorting to asking for her location in Barrens general chat. This becomes extremely annoying, as Horde characters spend large amounts of time in the Barrens, and hearing the same question repeated over and over and over again tends to drive the somewhat more experienced players a tad irritable.
Sorry if this has been said elsewhere, but I wasn't able to find confirmation. Will there be full dust refunds for the original classic dragon aspects that are rotating to wild similar to HoF rotations in the past? As someone who plays mostly Wild, I always look forward to the HoF rotation as a chance to craft all the cards in there gold version for "free".
No, Hall of Fame is not existing anymore. Classic set is rotating as all sets rotate, so no dust refund. Sorry
Its not bad, but not good neither. I think its only significance is to dilute away Illidari Studies, which up until now has been pretty excellent. Because why would anyone put this into a precious card slot (which in dhunters is especially relevant) to place something like this in? Unless aggro dhunter comes along with some overpowered draw option on a stick, this will simply exist as an option from discovers.
Warrior currently lack 6 drop so this one is better than nothing I guess. Obviously a 5/5 in turn 6 doesnt mean anything in today standard, but atleast you can apply pressure your opponent in slow matchup.
Still no where good enough in today power standard. In oder to be playabe and worthy of legendary status , this card shoud has Rush, while Baine has Taunt.
Well 2 more hp is ok but the main selling point of the card, the AOE is just not good enough in today metas. It need to deal 3 damage otherwise this card is just a little better War Golem
There are way too many bad Warrior cards for this to create. Some aren't even strictly bad, but since Warrior has several different archetypes, you're going to get stuff that just doesn't fit your game plan.
Remind you that most of the bad card are not in Warrior core set this time , so... Amazingly, there is almost no "bad spell" in the Warrior core set, 3 weapon are good if you don't have to put it in your deck yourself, and the minions are good also.
As a CW main for 6 year I can assure you every CW deck will run at least 1 copy of this card, 2 if there is no better value generator in the next expansion for the class
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What will happen with our current golden Basic cards? How can we get golden cards for new Core Set?
New Warlock Spell - Ritual of Doom
Its not necessarily hard for zoo to build a decent board out and this does cost 0 mana.
I see this as deathrattle procting potential and nothing else.
New Priest Minion - Shadowed Spirit
Had this been a neutral card it wouldn've seen plenty of play
Unfortunately it has to be priests. So into the bin you go.
Shadowform is now good, but that doesn't mean face priest will ever see the light (or dark) of day
New Priest Spell - Focused Will
Its for silence priest. Or for self flagellation.
Either way, this card is trash. Tempo priest doesn't need something like this, and the only card that's big for its useless body is Humongous Razorleaf and Arcane Watcher. And I wouldn't pick my nose to play them just so this card can maybe sometimes do something good.
Maybe its because all the other classic cards are now either gone or nerfed so team5 thinks if you control a 5/9 by turn 4 you just automatically win the game.
New Neutral Minion - Annoy-o-Tron
hello
New Priest Minion - Crimson Clergy
It looks okay. But its geared for a tempo priest deck that doesn't exist.
Maybe, just maybe there's enough draw options to argue a case for this card. But I simply don't see it happening. Frazzled Freshman still exist and can at least argue that its impossible to remove on turn 1. This one however, can't make that same argument.
Core Set Reactions
How did Noz get worse?!
A 7 mana 8/8 >> 9 mana 8/8 with an effect that is irrelevant 90% of the time. Even if a 7 mana 8/8 is still not enough to make it into any competitive decks, it at least feels OK to play now.
On the meme side, he's now an absolute monster that creates a whole new game mode, especially for friendly games where you can both agree to put him into your decks. That alone makes him more worthwhile than most cards can ever hope for. Yes, he could be turned into something functional, but would we really be better off because of it?
New Paladin Spell - Pursuit of Justice
Its actually insane. But tempered by the fact that paladin can't really draw, and this card is a dead 2 mana without dudes on board. There's also the fact that cards like Warhorse Trainer and Darkmoon Statue exist which more or less does the same job, so can there be space enough to fit everything into a deck that is wholly reliant on tempo?
But that it actually exist is more than enough to scare the shit out of your opponent, and its still an upgrade to your hp, so its kinda redundant to ask if this will ever see play.
New Paladin Spell - Reckoning
The best part of this card is that its 1 mana. And while you do have to take the initial hit, paladin has never been short of healing so if that hit doesn't kill then this card simply removes the problem for you. And all for one mana.
But with paladin's abysmal draw options, it might simply only ever see niche play, much like Oh My Yogg!. Until there are better draw options, even if its only tutor for secrets, this might just never see the light.
New Hunter Minion - Selective Breeder
It discovers, it draws, and it cost 2. Is there anything else that needs to be said?
Since most hunter legendaries are beasts, this one can and will draw them if that's the win condition of the deck. And unlike something like Scavenger's Ingenuity, this allows for flexibility in discovers, so you're not necessarily screwed by the wrong card at the wrong time.
But will it be good enough? I can't see why it wouldn't merit some inclusion, if only because hunters cant draw and this cycles itself while providing some tempo.
New Druid Minion - Nordrassil Druid
Its basically a lesser Anubisath Defender. The problem with this card is that its not a taunt, and it does cost a net mana of 1, and if you're low on cards you can't just overflow/nourish into this this.
So whether this will make the cut will entirely be dependent on how easy it is to cheat it out or if druid is drawing so absurdly that not including a 1 mana 3/5 will be considered grounds for being sectioned.
My opinion is that it wont make the cut. But with 3 expansions to go I can easily be proven wrong on this.
Barrens Shadow Priest
The only thing is I didn't have room to fit Renew and I don't have vectus but I probably would of made a deck around that if I did.
I'm sure the new expansion will have more cards to support this deck better though.
You could replace Taelan Fordring or Nazmani Bloodweaver for Vectus
Edit: Added both Renews and Vectus I will probably craft vectus to try this out and if it doesn't work at least I have a new card (:
Core 2021
To be fair Devolving Missiles is still around.
Barrens Shadow Priest
i really like this deck! seems fun but i wonder if Nerubian Egg is better than Psyche Split
or any room for Vectus
New Demon Hunter Minion - Kor'vas Bloodthorn
No more Altruis the Outcast and in comes this. Perhaps one of the weakest one yet, but not too entirely bad. It has charge, so that has to count for something. The tremendous problem is that there isn't alot of good outcast options at the moment, so is there any reason not run something more efficient like Pen Flinger? Probably not.
The health regen is a nice addition. But even control dhunters wouldn't be able to get this running out more than 3 times per game at best, and I can't imagine anyone saving up outcast cards for this to work.
Mankrik
Mankrik's Wife refers to the quest "Lost in Battle" in the Barrens, in which Mankrik asks you to find his wife, who fell in battle.
Mankrik's wife is very far away from him, and he offers almost no directions to her location. There is also no NPC called "Mankrik's Wife", as she is called "Beaten Corpse". This results in almost everyone accepting this quest resorting to asking for her location in Barrens general chat. This becomes extremely annoying, as Horde characters spend large amounts of time in the Barrens, and hearing the same question repeated over and over and over again tends to drive the somewhat more experienced players a tad irritable.
https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Mankrik%27s_Wife
Can Wild players craft the original classic dragon aspects for "free"?
No, Hall of Fame is not existing anymore. Classic set is rotating as all sets rotate, so no dust refund. Sorry
New Demon Hunter Minion - Gan'arg Glaivesmith
Its not bad, but not good neither. I think its only significance is to dilute away Illidari Studies, which up until now has been pretty excellent. Because why would anyone put this into a precious card slot (which in dhunters is especially relevant) to place something like this in? Unless aggro dhunter comes along with some overpowered draw option on a stick, this will simply exist as an option from discovers.
All 51 Returning Cards That Received Buffs and Changes in Hearthstone's New Core Set
DH had 15 cards more than everyone else from the Year of the Phoenix sets, so taking a few from AoO is only helping to balance that out.
Even so, DH will still have 11 more cards over the next year than the other classes, so if anything I'd say it got lucky rather than cheated.
New Warrior Minion - Shieldmaiden
Warrior currently lack 6 drop so this one is better than nothing I guess. Obviously a 5/5 in turn 6 doesnt mean anything in today standard, but atleast you can apply pressure your opponent in slow matchup.
New Neutral Minion - Cairne Bloodhoof
Still no where good enough in today power standard. In oder to be playabe and worthy of legendary status , this card shoud has Rush, while Baine has Taunt.
New Neutral Minion - Baron Geddon
Well 2 more hp is ok but the main selling point of the card, the AOE is just not good enough in today metas. It need to deal 3 damage otherwise this card is just a little better War Golem
Kindred Champion Reveal and New Shadow Isles Cards for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion
Yeah that makes sense but I wasn't sure. At least it is a protective tool, that's interesting.
New Warrior Spell - War Cache
Remind you that most of the bad card are not in Warrior core set this time , so... Amazingly, there is almost no "bad spell" in the Warrior core set, 3 weapon are good if you don't have to put it in your deck yourself, and the minions are good also.
As a CW main for 6 year I can assure you every CW deck will run at least 1 copy of this card, 2 if there is no better value generator in the next expansion for the class
New Warrior Minion - Warsong Outrider
The main thing is you can tempo this out when play vs better control deck like Warlock so I think this is a simple but nice card for Control Warrior