Reached 49 today and still haven't decided what portrait to choose. I really like Garrosh but doesn't play Warrior much. Not a fan of Thrall (my favorite class) but he might grow on me? Might go with Rexxar...
I've also come to the conclusion that the rewards track actually feels pretty good. I haven't done the math and compared to before but I'm pretty happy with the gold I've gained. For the record I don't have much time to play and haven't bought the tavern pass.
Eh, just a tech card. Really interesting one, though. If every any deathrattle deck grows out of control, I expect to see this in the meta. Otherwise, it won't see much play.
Such a great card. I can see this being an auto-include in almost any kind of Warlock archetype: Zoo and Darkglare Warlock could definitely use this as a reload option, and slower Warlock decks could probably slot this in too since card draw is always welcome.
OP card, will see play in a variety of fast Warrior and Rogue decks. As others have said it's basically a stronger Tinker's Sharpsword Oil: way easier to activate, and cheaper to boot. Might get nerfed in the future.
Peoples' expectations of cards against reality are very often wrong. Remember Glide? [Hearthstone Card (Star Student Stellina) Not Found]? Prince Keleseth? Mecha'thun? Besides, it's fun to collect new cards and theories decks, even if they aren't tier 1.
@Kerrek on this thread did the math and figured out that if you buy 20 packs instead of the bundle (assuming you have all the commons and rares from DMF), you'll end up with 5 fewer rares, 3 fewer legendaries, 2 more epics and about 300 more dust. If you have all the epics, then instead of 2 more epics you'll have about 500 dust. And even if you buy the bundle and decide you don't like the legendaries, you can very easily dust them and end up with 3 epics of your choice, instead of the random pack ones. I have all the commons and rares from DMF, so 2000 gold for 66 guaranteed, chosen cards feels like way better value than a maximum of 2 random epics and maybe 1 legendary.
Now, if you're hoarded packs for this miniset and you couldn't care less about the legendaries and you're missing some cards from DMF, then sure, it makes sense to just crack open the packs. If you don't like the cards, then there's nothing I can do to convince you otherwise.
This is a interesting tech card. Will see a lot of play if deathrattle decks are common. Oh and if Mecha'thun decks ever become common again in Wild, Deathwarden will hardcounter it. Solid tech card.
Oh, and it might see most of it's play in Duels in order to counter those perfect deathrattle hunter "GG EZ" builds. Which is very nice if you ask me.
I see a lot of potential in this card. It has amazing stats for it's cost AND windfury can be devastating. Don't underestimate this little murloc. Crabrider WILL Crabrave all over them tokens early in the game, and might as well get used by some N'Zoth, God of the Deep decks as their murloc slot. Oh and Crabrider triggers E.T.C., God of Metal TWICE. That's pretty good.
Crabrider has a lot of potential, and i think we will see this little murloc a lot.
Maybe if you play a lot of Arena and you're going to open packs anyway the math is different, but if you're buying packs with gold or real money, the mini expansion seems to be better value than Darkmoon packs.
And whether a card is worth it depends on the player: I like building decks, so even if a card isn't in a tier 1 deck, it can be worth having if it's unique or it enables an archetype that isn't tier 1.
This is a really solid minion for at least 4 decks that i can think of: Big Warrior, Duel Paladin, Big Shaman and Standard Ress Priest. Runaway Blackwing will see plenty of experimentation at the very least.
Easy to trigger effect and amazing stats. Fits perfectly on curve after a turn 2 heropower. Ironclad helps trading in early game a lot, and is just solid.
Standard: Control/Managerie warrior will use it, i'm sure of it.
Wild: ODD Warrior will experiment with it. As someone who.. on rare occasions plays ODD-Warrior, i'm not sure if it will stick. But if your opponent is bussy dealing with Ironclad instead of going FACE, it will just mean more Armor for the OTK Silas Darkmoon combo. So we'll have to see how good it will be.
WHAT. WHY would they print this? This is Arcane Intellect but WAY better! Does it even have a downside? Because self damage is something Darkglare Warlock and zoolock loves so they can refresh mana crystals and cheat out Flesh Giant. Heck even Tickatus Warlock MIGHT consider Backfire in order to draw more cards.
Standard: Zoolock/Darkglare Warlock will have a field day with this giant buff of a card. Standard players beware the atrocity that is darkglare warlock.
Wild: Darkglare warlock was already decent, and now it's probably going to be oppresive again. "can't wait" to see turn 3-4 Flesh Giants and Molten Giants again...
Hmm reminds me of Bonemare, but i don't think it will be THAT bad... for now. Evolve shaman is the best shaman deck right now and it doesn't want buffs. After the rotation though, maybe then it might see play? But even then it would need some support, because the cards shaman will have left after rotation will be more Burn based cards like Lady Vashj and Ras Frostwhisper. Oh and after rotation it loses the shaman quest, so you can't double the battlecry. So that also hurts the card.
This 5 mana 7/7 overload 1 seems good, but we'll see if it becomes broken or not.
I don't know about it being disappointing, since expectations and reality are often misaligned, but I do agree the low number of high rarity cards means anyone who hoarded packs in anticipation of the mini-set should seriously consider just using them and not buying the bundle.
I personally will craft a golden Keywarden Ivory anyway (gotta keep a full golden rogue legendary collection), and I'm not overly fussed with the other legendaries, so the ~25 DMF packs I have stockpiled will do fine for me. There will also be more DMF packs coming in the future, e.g. from Arena and end of season rewards, which will probably help fill in the few remaining gaps.
As someone who really tried making Corrupt priest work, this is fantastic. Corrupt priest ALWAYS had 1 big problem: Corrupting their cards. Seriously even with so many expansive cards in their deck you just seem unable to corrupt most of them. But with a 2 mana discount it makes it a lot more manageable. The only fear i have for this card is that it will be a worse Frizz Kindleroost. Frizz has the upside of working with all dragon tribe minions, and being neutral. But Dark Inquisitor Xanesh only works with Corrupt cards and it's priest only. Also Dark Inquisitor Xanesh has the same problem as Frizz Kindleroost, that being you have to draw him early to get the most benefit from it.
But if Corrupt priest takes of and becomes decent/good i'm glad, because i rather face off against corrupt priests than against ress priest. Also corrupt priest is a lot of fun to play, so that's another reason why i hope it gets bit better. (Whoah Priest and "fun" in one sentence, that's rare.)
Interesting card, but it's better played while behind on board because it can backfire and kill your minions. Or you can target your minion and kill everything with it?
Standard:
Priest: Great control card and i hate it already. Will see play in control/Ress priest
Warlock: Might see some play/experimentation. Not sure about it though.
Wild:
Priest: Probably will see play in Ress/Big priest, but that's probably it.
Warlock: Won't see play. Warlock has plenty of better clears and single target removal. Even Renolock probably has plenty of cards that do the same kinda job better. I completely agree with what Solem said about this card in his video.
8 Spicy Standard Hearthstone Decks While We Wait For the Darkmoon Faire Mini Set to Arrive
I haven't played DH in a while, but that Felsteel list looks cool. Will try it out tonight. Thanks for the article!
8 Spicy Standard Hearthstone Decks While We Wait For the Darkmoon Faire Mini Set to Arrive
That does not seem correct :D
"free" tavern tickets... arena and duels?
I'll try it out as well. I have a few tickets to spare and it makes sense to get one just as with Arena.
Rewards Track: Current progress
Reached 49 today and still haven't decided what portrait to choose. I really like Garrosh but doesn't play Warrior much. Not a fan of Thrall (my favorite class) but he might grow on me? Might go with Rexxar...
I've also come to the conclusion that the rewards track actually feels pretty good. I haven't done the math and compared to before but I'm pretty happy with the gold I've gained. For the record I don't have much time to play and haven't bought the tavern pass.
New Neutral Minion - Deathwarden
insane tech card. Can't wait to beat up deathrattle hunters in duels now :D
New Demon Hunter Spell - Illidari Studies
So clearly card generation is no longer a weakness for DH. Well, it's Illidan, he's inherently OP :)
I like this card, purely coz it's not very viable in aggro, more a midrange to control archetype where you looking for answers
New Neutral Minion - Deathwarden
Eh, just a tech card. Really interesting one, though. If every any deathrattle deck grows out of control, I expect to see this in the meta. Otherwise, it won't see much play.
New Warlock Spell - Backfire
Such a great card. I can see this being an auto-include in almost any kind of Warlock archetype: Zoo and Darkglare Warlock could definitely use this as a reload option, and slower Warlock decks could probably slot this in too since card draw is always welcome.
New Rogue & Warrior Spell - Nitroboost Poison
OP card, will see play in a variety of fast Warrior and Rogue decks. As others have said it's basically a stronger Tinker's Sharpsword Oil: way easier to activate, and cheaper to boot. Might get nerfed in the future.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Illidari Studies
Great card, will definitely see play in some DH decks. The pool of outcast cards is very few at the moment, and you'd be more than happy to find more than half of them: Skull of Gul'dan, Eye Beam, Consume Magic, Crimson Sigil Runner, Dreadlord's Bite, and Spectral Sight will be incredible finds off Illidari Studies. Meanwhile, DH's other outcast cards that are never used might finally see play: Star Student Stelina and Glide will absolutely annoy some opponents when discovered and used against them.
Moreover, the outcast effect will be in play once you pick an option. One of the best cards in the mini-set, imo.
I highly recommend against buying the mini xpac..
Peoples' expectations of cards against reality are very often wrong. Remember Glide? [Hearthstone Card (Star Student Stellina) Not Found]? Prince Keleseth? Mecha'thun? Besides, it's fun to collect new cards and theories decks, even if they aren't tier 1.
@Kerrek on this thread did the math and figured out that if you buy 20 packs instead of the bundle (assuming you have all the commons and rares from DMF), you'll end up with 5 fewer rares, 3 fewer legendaries, 2 more epics and about 300 more dust. If you have all the epics, then instead of 2 more epics you'll have about 500 dust. And even if you buy the bundle and decide you don't like the legendaries, you can very easily dust them and end up with 3 epics of your choice, instead of the random pack ones. I have all the commons and rares from DMF, so 2000 gold for 66 guaranteed, chosen cards feels like way better value than a maximum of 2 random epics and maybe 1 legendary.
Now, if you're hoarded packs for this miniset and you couldn't care less about the legendaries and you're missing some cards from DMF, then sure, it makes sense to just crack open the packs. If you don't like the cards, then there's nothing I can do to convince you otherwise.
New Neutral Minion - Deathwarden
This is a interesting tech card. Will see a lot of play if deathrattle decks are common. Oh and if Mecha'thun decks ever become common again in Wild, Deathwarden will hardcounter it. Solid tech card.
Oh, and it might see most of it's play in Duels in order to counter those perfect deathrattle hunter "GG EZ" builds. Which is very nice if you ask me.
New Neutral Minion - Crabrider
I see a lot of potential in this card. It has amazing stats for it's cost AND windfury can be devastating. Don't underestimate this little murloc. Crabrider WILL Crabrave all over them tokens early in the game, and might as well get used by some N'Zoth, God of the Deep decks as their murloc slot. Oh and Crabrider triggers E.T.C., God of Metal TWICE. That's pretty good.
Crabrider has a lot of potential, and i think we will see this little murloc a lot.
New Neutral Minion - Runaway Blackwing
A lot of people say it can't go face. It can. With its own face.
Deathrattle Hunter Budget Deck List & Guide for Darkmoon Faire - Budget Deck Breakdown
Fwiw this is my current build of Tonk Hunter. A little greedier, but with extra targets for the lion and some more utility pieces. Works quite well.
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# 2x (1) Carrion Studies
# 1x (1) Trueaim Crescent
# 1x (2) Acidic Swamp Ooze
# 2x (2) Bonechewer Brawler
# 2x (2) Manafeeder Panthara
# 2x (2) Scavenger's Ingenuity
# 2x (3) Augmented Porcupine
# 2x (3) Nine Lives
# 1x (3) Teron Gorefiend
# 2x (3) Ursatron
# 1x (3) Zixor, Apex Predator
# 1x (4) Houndmaster
# 2x (4) Mok'Nathal Lion
# 2x (5) Teacher's Pet
# 2x (6) Khartut Defender
# 2x (7) Darkmoon Tonk
# 1x (8) Jewel of N'Zoth
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Deathrattle Hunter Budget Deck List & Guide for Darkmoon Faire - Budget Deck Breakdown
I play 1 crescent and two broomsticks for consistency, but my build is a bit greedier.
I highly recommend against buying the mini xpac..
Maybe if you play a lot of Arena and you're going to open packs anyway the math is different, but if you're buying packs with gold or real money, the mini expansion seems to be better value than Darkmoon packs.
And whether a card is worth it depends on the player: I like building decks, so even if a card isn't in a tier 1 deck, it can be worth having if it's unique or it enables an archetype that isn't tier 1.
New Neutral Minion - Runaway Blackwing
Kinda like Ragnaros the Firelord but as a dragon that can't go face. Maybe it will even see play in some N'Zoth, God of the Deep decks that aren't highlander?
This is a really solid minion for at least 4 decks that i can think of: Big Warrior, Duel Paladin, Big Shaman and Standard Ress Priest. Runaway Blackwing will see plenty of experimentation at the very least.
New Warrior Minion - Ironclad
Easy to trigger effect and amazing stats. Fits perfectly on curve after a turn 2 heropower. Ironclad helps trading in early game a lot, and is just solid.
Standard: Control/Managerie warrior will use it, i'm sure of it.
Wild: ODD Warrior will experiment with it. As someone who.. on rare occasions plays ODD-Warrior, i'm not sure if it will stick. But if your opponent is bussy dealing with Ironclad instead of going FACE, it will just mean more Armor for the OTK Silas Darkmoon combo. So we'll have to see how good it will be.
New Warlock Spell - Backfire
WHAT. WHY would they print this? This is Arcane Intellect but WAY better! Does it even have a downside? Because self damage is something Darkglare Warlock and zoolock loves so they can refresh mana crystals and cheat out Flesh Giant. Heck even Tickatus Warlock MIGHT consider Backfire in order to draw more cards.
Standard: Zoolock/Darkglare Warlock will have a field day with this giant buff of a card. Standard players beware the atrocity that is darkglare warlock.
Wild: Darkglare warlock was already decent, and now it's probably going to be oppresive again. "can't wait" to see turn 3-4 Flesh Giants and Molten Giants again...
New Shaman Minion - Mistrunner
Hmm reminds me of Bonemare, but i don't think it will be THAT bad... for now. Evolve shaman is the best shaman deck right now and it doesn't want buffs. After the rotation though, maybe then it might see play? But even then it would need some support, because the cards shaman will have left after rotation will be more Burn based cards like Lady Vashj and Ras Frostwhisper. Oh and after rotation it loses the shaman quest, so you can't double the battlecry. So that also hurts the card.
This 5 mana 7/7 overload 1 seems good, but we'll see if it becomes broken or not.
New Priest & Warlock Spell - Hysteria
if the minion clears the board and doesn't die in the process, will it still die? or stay on board?
I would assume it stays on board but not sure with that wording
I highly recommend against buying the mini xpac..
I don't know about it being disappointing, since expectations and reality are often misaligned, but I do agree the low number of high rarity cards means anyone who hoarded packs in anticipation of the mini-set should seriously consider just using them and not buying the bundle.
I personally will craft a golden Keywarden Ivory anyway (gotta keep a full golden rogue legendary collection), and I'm not overly fussed with the other legendaries, so the ~25 DMF packs I have stockpiled will do fine for me. There will also be more DMF packs coming in the future, e.g. from Arena and end of season rewards, which will probably help fill in the few remaining gaps.
New Priest Minion - Dark Inquisitor Xanesh
As someone who really tried making Corrupt priest work, this is fantastic. Corrupt priest ALWAYS had 1 big problem: Corrupting their cards. Seriously even with so many expansive cards in their deck you just seem unable to corrupt most of them. But with a 2 mana discount it makes it a lot more manageable. The only fear i have for this card is that it will be a worse Frizz Kindleroost. Frizz has the upside of working with all dragon tribe minions, and being neutral. But Dark Inquisitor Xanesh only works with Corrupt cards and it's priest only. Also Dark Inquisitor Xanesh has the same problem as Frizz Kindleroost, that being you have to draw him early to get the most benefit from it.
But if Corrupt priest takes of and becomes decent/good i'm glad, because i rather face off against corrupt priests than against ress priest. Also corrupt priest is a lot of fun to play, so that's another reason why i hope it gets bit better. (Whoah Priest and "fun" in one sentence, that's rare.)
New Priest & Warlock Spell - Hysteria
Interesting card, but it's better played while behind on board because it can backfire and kill your minions. Or you can target your minion and kill everything with it?
Standard:
Priest: Great control card and i hate it already. Will see play in control/Ress priest
Warlock: Might see some play/experimentation. Not sure about it though.
Wild:
Priest: Probably will see play in Ress/Big priest, but that's probably it.
Warlock: Won't see play. Warlock has plenty of better clears and single target removal. Even Renolock probably has plenty of cards that do the same kinda job better. I completely agree with what Solem said about this card in his video.