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I feel bad for King Krush man, I know it's not a direct upgrade and for another class but it just seems a better version of it.

RIP Bluegill. You were a good boi.

Sincerely, that one idiot who still plays Anyfin Paladin in Wild

Looking at the page on PlayHearthstone.com, it lists "INFERNO!" under "related cards", which is the old familiar 2-mana "summon a 6/6 infernal". But the page may be showing some out-of-date info, it lists "cost to craft/disenchant" and you don't need to craft core cards? (Unless you need to craft it if you want to play the classic version in classic mode?) Something to watch, I guess.

Okay so it's universall spell damage (works with any spell tribe/tag) from what i can tell, and it goes infinte.. well untill you run out of minions or it gets silenced. This seems like a REALLY strong effect that both spell-damage mage and control mage can make use of. I'm kinda looking forward to experimenting with this card, it seems solid!

Also i like that we finally got Aegwynn, the Guardian in HS, i'm don't know much about WoW lore but isn't she like Medivh's mom? (If i got that right, i hope she has some unique dialogue/voicelines when played by someone who has a Medivh skin. Would be cool for the people that have that skin!) Oh and is that Aluneth in her hands?

Now this is a card I'm scared, DH already has many tools that give a lot of face damage, and this just adds to it in a good mana place.
The only concern is how often this will be in the outcast area, maybe because of that weapons or the +3 and inmune will still see better play.

Its not pyro, its King Krush.

And much like king krush, she's only ever going to see play if you can cheat mana. That's not to say shes bad. I still think Ysera is a better card in nearly any circumstances except when your opponent has only 8 health.

It's good but I don't know how good, I mean there is a lot of cheap outcats but if you are not silencing a taunt this just dies.
I think most people will be overreacting over this.

There's a ton to pick apart with the new Core Set (available to peruse now), but I figured it would be nice to have a thread where people can post their reactions. Here's some of what I'm particularly excited about after reviewing the set:

• Charge is nearly non-existent, only showing up on some class legendaries. Old neutral Charge minions got minor buffs and were converted to Rush.
• Warsong Commander is getting a major redemption
• Mage is losing its biggest board-wide freeze effects
• Lord Jaraxxus is going to be playable again
• Baron Rivendare is back in standard
• Loads of minor changes that might make a lot of once great cards good again (e.g. -1 cost to Sprint and Big Game Hunter, minor health buffs to lot of classic cards like Cairne Bloodhoof, Baron Geddon, etc.)
• Doomsayer effectively replaced with Explosive Sheep - should reduce the number of feel bad moments that come from randomly creating the neutral AOE minion in the game.

That must be it, thanks. I thought I was going crazy.

Well, there goes Anyfin Paladin's dream of a bright future.

Do we know what his new hero power is?

I think this will be a very good card actually. it's Stitched Tracker, with -1/-1 but with way better tutorring. Selective Breeder might also make a Beastmaster Leoroxx deck viable (If the meta slows down enough), because that deck really needed ways to copy certain beasts. Don't underestimate this little guy, because it has a lot of potential. (Like if they print ANY big/OP beast it will become really strong.)

Of all the new cards, outside of the dragons, its clear that paladin and hunter are getting some push. Dire Frenzy back in standard and Selective Breeder to draw those cards is support enough for beast hunter, just one other draw option will seal the deal.

Dude paladin getting some major buffs, and that new secret Reckoning is so good in so many ways, especially given that its just 1 mana and in many cases practically impossible to avoid having a prime target drop dead after attacking.

Priest cards, well, are underwhelming. No more Shadow Madness, no more Thoughtsteal, two of the better priest cards. No more mass dispel either, which may or may not be a good thing. Shadow form now being 2 mana means its a viable option though, and perhaps good enough for tempo priest to make an entry into the upper meta.

Jaraxxus being a hero card is ironically removing that one setup he has with Demonic Studies and renders him completely unable to hp on the same turn without coin. Can't even cheat him out with stuff like Deck of Chaos anymore. But the fact that he now gains you a net of 5 health may make up for it, but I can't help feeling that he'll almost never see play unless team5 creates some form of a setup for him.

Edit: Just realised that mage got screwed. No more Frostbolt, Frost Nova, and Pyroblast. So its tempo or bust now. Those expansions got plenty of work to do since mage is utterly useless now without hefty support.

could be a cool thing too! I would appreciate this as well, seeing as they have like what, 15 more cards than any other class?

The official page has it linked to a keyword with it still being the one that summons a 6/6 demon

I tend to agree with you there. That said, as I mentioned above I also just think more regions should have counter play. I don't really agree with Hush being burst speed and if it was fast speed and more regions had ways to protect their units it would allow more counter play. 

I'm super hyped about this! This looks like a great base for a new era of HS!

Shuma could still be played to get those 1/1s.  Yes, Onyxia is an 8/8 instead of a 1/7, but she also costs 2 more mana.  So if you are playing a deck that benefits from an effect like that, could run both!

Seems like a really solid minion. Strong on like turn 5 alongside Overgrowth and it's basicly free with alongside any 3 cost spell. I think Nordrassil Druid will see play in a lot of druid decks. Also it would actually fit in Clown/spell Druid very well considering Anubisath Defender is going to rotate soon, and Nordrassil Druid seems like a good replacement.

The downside of this card is that it's slow because it doesn't have rush or taunt, but it's still ramp and most importantly mana cheat. NEVER underestimate ANY kind of mana cheating.

I wonder what exactly "inherits these powers" means. I assume it means "gets +2 spell damage & this deathrattle". That is, I assume it doesn't mean "gets all the enchantments and buffs this card has", because that would snowball--if you drew Sorcerer's Apprentice, then its deathrattle would give "+2 spell damage, spells cost one less, and this deathrattle", and so on.

So, I'm assuming it no longer bonks your max health to 15...it now gains you 5 in fact. Is the hero power the same?

I liked the design of old Alex but this is a very fitting update. In some cases it might be worse but it's a lot more flexible allowing you to choose your targets instead of only targeting heroes. I think this will be a better fit in most decks. But King Krush is sad. 

Also this is my favourite art of the new dragons, the others mostly look meh compared to their old ones. 

Whoa they buffed it for mirror matches! Nice.

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how's it taking a hit? isn't permanent +2 spell damage good? 

The cards that are leaving. No more Frost Nova, Blizzard, Polymorph, Arcane Missles or Frostbolt

Well now it's even more of a priority target. I guess it's a good thing Odd Paladin isn't THAT good.