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Immediately read that classic HS was a thing and got ecstatic to finally play 5 mana auctioneer again. Makes me wonder if they are ever going to do nerfs/buffs for it encase ramp druid, miracle rogue or zoo just become too dominant.

You mean to tell me, that I've been holding onto Classic packs for no GODDAMN REASON?!?!?!

I mean, this is still great news!  I'm loving it.  But why have I been dealing with this little read notification on my pack opening button if there was no point to it?!?!

Again, very happy about the news, but also pissed... LOL

RIP Whizbang

This is HUGE!, we can relive old miracle rogue!

Interesting changes, looking forward to see what kind of cards will be part of the set!

Thanks for the explanation :) . Totally unaware of it

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The staff that Aegwynn carries is Atiesh instead Aluneth, no? Or am I wrong?

She originally used Aluneth, but it began to resist her when it was time to fight Sargeras, so she set it aside and took up Atiesh.

I could get behind Thalyssra for some Nightborne representation. Maybe Aegwynn, except that she hasn't been mentioned at all in HS, really.

The rest of these don't seem all that iconic to me, just people who happen to use magic. There are existing Legendary Mage cards that have been more impactful than some of these people, and others (like Azshara) should be tied to an expansion.

But I'd honestly rather see Hearthstone develop its own characters and not continually borrow from WoW.

I used to love Priest (back in the Dragon priest days) - was my favorite class.

Then they turned it in to a steal, res, generate almost infinite cards class.  Or Raza/res priest in Wild (where I play).

I don't play the class anymore and I can't blame people for hating it.

Yep same as above - just wanted to wish you luck.  I believe in you!

Hey, just chiming in to wish you the best of luck, and to offer some generic advice that has rung tru(est) for me. I've made legend in standard and wild a few times, and these are some of the things I found most helpful (which I had read many times from various sources before I got to legend the first time).

1) I don't personally use a deck tracker, but it's good to be at least cognizant of your win rate with a deck over the medium to long term. It's good to know if something isn't working, but conversely, it's reassuring to know that a deck is inherently good enough to get to legend. It's been said many times that getting to legend is a grind (and it is, for many) but all you need is enough time invested with a deck that you can pilot with a 50%+ win rate. Knowing that you CAN get there with a given deck is important. Even without the aid of a deck tracker, it's good to keep a mental note of your win-rate.

2) Play a deck you love. When I have made legend, I have known the deck(s) inside and out. Only after playing a ton with something do you learn a) how to mulligan, b) how to beat other decks with it, and c) what your outs are every turn. This leads into a related point:

3) Generally don't switch up decks too much during the climb. Sticking with something reinforces the things you learn/improve upon in point #2.

4) I personally don't get tilted (after all, it's just a game :) ), but lots of wise people suggest taking a break if you go on a losing streak or feel discouraged.

5) (EDIT) I just thought of something else, which helps with point #4 a lot - understand that there are some things in Hearthstone that you can't control. Sometimes your opponent just draws the nuts (or you draw absolute garbage for 6 turns) or someone wins with the top-deck Fireball. Or something bonkers happens off a randomly generated card. Also, some matchups are just unfavorable and probably are lost before much play has occurred (not always the case). Don't be discouraged by things you can't control, just recognize it when it happens and don't let it contribute to frustration.

All the very best in your climb! I will be so happy to hear about your successes in the coming days/weeks. Enjoy the journey!

I"m looking forward to playing this deck, with and without the edits for the "rich and famous"~  Great work

I really like this write up.  I enjoy playing Warrior, but finding a deck that resonates with me has always been difficult. THIS may be something I can play for the time until the rotation.  Great write up!~

I don't like the idea of guilds since it complicates the game a lot. I like how casual Hearthstone is and I don't think adding a whole new layer to the game would be worth it.

I need the Annoy card back so much!

Hey Pez, I´m just here wishing you luck! I´ve never reached Legend before aswell, my closest call was D1 3 stars - went all the way back to D4. Now I kinda lost motivation, this month I´m barely playing (Bronze 3 I think?). But seeing how close you are this early in month, I´m sure you can make it! I can´t give you advices but my fingers are crossed for you, keep us updated!

To further bamboozle your theories I’ll say that Dr. Boom's Scheme can also be replaced by Chromaggus, but not by Charged Devilsaur

If Acherus and School can replace the word Scheme, then the names of cards are not necessary to solve this. Everything changed except the group of letters "CH" and its position in the word (always the 2. and 3. letter.).

In the Xaril-Xanesh-Xavius example, the letter "a" which is second in each word is literally just a coincidence. The only HS cards with words that start with "x" are Xaril, Xanesh and Xavius, so there's no way to tell that it's a coincidence without a different example - which is why I asked about Acherus Veteran.

So what does this mean? I'm guessing the position of the letters is the key to solve this, but I've got nothing so far.

I love Control Warlock as an archetype (just check my deck history lmao), and I like the direction you took this list in. There are three points in which I see room for improvement:

1. Plague of Flames. This card is great, but I don't feel like you have enough weenies to sacrifice, and I doubt you need more removal.
2. Siphon Soul. This card just isn't very good, I feel like we have plenty of removal with Cascading Disaster, Twisting Nether, etc. This would open up two more spots, which leads me into the following point:
3. Free Admission. You already mentioned this in your guide: It feels really bad if you hit Y'Shaarj, the Defiler. I think it's not worth running Free Admission with non-demons in your deck, which means you can go into two directions:
   1. Cut Y'Shaarj, the Defiler. Keep it a pure demon list, guaranteeing the Free Admission discount. There are plenty of demons you can add in like Midway Maniac, Man'ari Mosher, Fire Breather, Void Drinker and Enhanced Dreadlord. This would make your list less top-heavy.
   2. Replace Free Admission with Sense Demons or Backfire. This allows you to add in good non-Demon minions like Luckysoul Hoarder, Khartut Defender, Strongman, [Hearthstone Card (Soulciologist Mailicia) Not Found] and Alexstrasza. This would make your list more top-heavy.

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Wrong direction again. Xaril, Poisoned Mind could be replaced by Dark Inquisitor Xanesh and Xavius, and as mentioned, by Z (which then doesn’t require a card), but NOT by Waxadred 

So X letter should be first letter in a word and A letter should be next to it? And the same goes for other words?

To be entirely honest I am no fan of the guilds idea. I entirely agree to Crusader2010 and his post.

Some additional thoughts:

• 2 vs 2 battles sounds fun but opens up a host of new problems; the UI would need to be significantly redesigned for this
• Raids sound fun too but again the game would probably need to be signifcantly redesigned to implement this properly
• Rewards are a sensible topic, you really can't give gold or exp in my opinion, cosmetics would be ok but might be too little to justify the concept
• Introducing an entirely new layer of competion and rivalry might not fit the casual approach HS stands for

The bottom line is that guilds do not really fit into HS right now, nor can it easily be implemented. What I kind of like is the raids idea but I would not tie it to the guilds concept. Two quick ideas that come to my mind are (i) some kind of world raids for the entire community (like a super boss or so) and (ii) a new "raid mode" where you can compete with others against the AI (some sort of the Pinata tavern brawl but better and with more players). But these are just quick ideas.

Yes!

May I ask, could Dr. Boom's Scheme be replaced by Acherus Veteran?