Must-include in Pure paladin decks, or just any libram paladin decks. Because it's a libram it will be discounted a LOT, and thus easy to corrupt. Even when uncorrupted it's basicly Ashbringer, and when corrupted it's such a strong clear/healing tool.
However unfortunatly Kobold Stickyfinger is a VERY common tech card right now, because of Bomb warriors and some evolve shamans going around, so that will really hurt Libram of Judgment. But after rotation Libram of Judgment might become one of the most powerfull paladin cards in standard, at least that's the potential it has. (Remember, normal control paladins back in the day also played Uther of the Ebon Blade in order to get a lifesteal weapon. Not just for the occasional OTK.)
This is insane for most mage decks, it can help control decks float some mana for later, so they can make more plays in one turn. But where i think it will see most play is in some kind of OTK deck. People probably immediatly think Malygos or Archmage Antonidas to combo with, but that seems so slow. Why not use Kael'thas Sunstrider instead? Kael'thas Sunstrider + 1 Sorcerer's Apprentice can be enough to cheat out lot's of big spells thanks to lots of 1 mana cards.
As someone who tried Kael'thas Sunstrider OTK mage several times before during this expansion, the problem with that deck was always 1 simple thing: Mana. You often didn't have enough mana thanks to the Kael'thas Sunstrider nerf, and with Conjure Mana Biscuit you can effectively negate that nerf/weakness and OTK. Before this you actually had to run Raid the Sky Temple and 2x Licensed Adventurer in order to get enough coins for the combo, but now that's all solved by Conjure Mana Biscuit.
But having said all that, the current Archmage Vargoth OTK is way better than this OTK, so i guess Conjure Mana Biscuits best time to shine is after the rotation. But Conjure Mana Biscuit is probably going to see a lot of play eventually, i would be very surprised if it doesn't see play.
Intersting card. Seems kinda like both a burn and OTK card. Also it has a pretty good synergy with Ras Frostwhisper, and it can be discovered by [Hearthstone Card (Primordeal Studies) Not Found].
In mage it eventually turns [Hearthstone Card (Cram Sessions) Not Found] into a draw 3, and can be decent in some kind of OTK deck? Either that or it will work in spell damage mage. Also it's a elemental so you can use this to help trigger Elemental Allies. In wild i'm not sure if it will see play, probably will see some experimentation though.
In shaman it can definatly work in spell damage shaman, or OTK shaman. But i don't know if it will see play outside of that. In wild it won't see much play because it's EVEN-costed, while ODD shaman would have LOVED this card. (ODD Shaman is more burn based, and EVEN shaman more Totem based.)
Interestingly enough, IT CAN DEAL DAMAGE TO FACE. This turns [Hearthstone Card (Frost bolt) Not Found] effectively into a 3 mana Fireball, or it turns Frost Nova into a board clear. Oh and it makes Blizzard better. But despite all that, i don't know how good it will be. If you play Frost Nova there is a good chance you're probably stalling time or playing Doomsayer already. And if you want a more damaging Blizzard you probably want Flamestrike, because Flamestrike deals double the damage already. I just don't see why this would see play, BUT luckely Glacier Racer is still going to be in standard for a year, so who knows. Maybe they will push freeze mage in a upcoming expansion? (Kinda hope not, but that's the kinda support a card like this needs.)
I have to disagree. I get the appeal of Floating Watcher, but Bengalaas is right. It was broken on tier 3, but it's very underwhelming on tier 4. That's because there are really only two situations where you're happy to see a floating watcher:
1. You're playing Wrath Weaver demons and you still have enough health left to scale them.
2. You're playing Lich Baz'hial (which isn't exactly the most popular hero) and you have enough health left to get a decent amount of buffs on the Floating Watcher.
Those are two very fringe situations since you often don't have that much health left by the time you find a Floating Watcher to scale it enough. Then there's also the thing that FrostyFeet pointed out, which is that a Wrathweaver build generally wants to include Mal'Ganis as soon as possible to continue to scale the wrathweaver, which completely goes against what Floating Watcher asks you to do.
I think Ring Matron is a much better card to have in the game instead. It's so much more useful than floating watcher in most situations. It's still a good card if you're playing a wrathweaver build, it synergizes very well with Bigfernal which is often already a better option to scale in a demon build than floating watcher, it synergizes much better with Soul Juggler, it makes tripling into a tier 4 discover more relevant because it is much better than floating watcher (or other more synergy driven tier 4 cards) for non-demon builds, and it even fits into taunt focused builds (which need all the help they can get right now).
For the same mana cost Explosive Trap does the same job. In Wild your probably want Grievous Bite instead, because if your casting a spell like this, you probably don't want to rely on your opponent playing a small minion alongside the minion you ACTUALLY want to take down.
Okay i'm confused with the wording. Does it discover cards or draw from your deck?
IF it discovers it's a great value card that will guaranteed see play in Y'Shaarj, the Defiler Druid and some kind of control shaman deck.
If it draws cards from your deck, then it's really insane draw. Sure not [Hearthstone Card (Hidden Passage) Not Found] levels of broken, but still amazing. It would be a 2 mana cheaper Arcane Intellect, but of course with overload: 1. If the card works like this, then lots of Shaman Burn/OTK decks would love it, and maybe even replace Lady Vashj?
My guess is that it will probably work/look similarly to Vulpera Scoundrel.
The decks im sure it will fit into, regardless of how it works are: Y'Shaarj, the Defiler druid and Exotic Mountseller druid. I'm not sure about shaman just yet, because i don't know how the card is going to work exactly... Ugh Hearthstone cards and their confusing wording sometimes...
No. I am saying HoFing Coldlight Oracle because burning lots of cards is unfun, was perfectly consistent with continuing to print small-scale disruption cards.
I agree with you regarding Tickatus being printed, but that is about it.
Seems like a less predictable [Hearthstone Card (Zephrys the wonderful) Not Found], because the pool is much larger. But sometimes it can count as a get out of jail free card. I'm just not sure what deck it even fits in to though. My guess for druid is Y'Shaarj, the Defiler druid, and for hunter i think Highlander Hunter. But that's pretty much all i can think off. Maybe spell hunter in wild might want it? But that deck isn't that good.
Oh and because it's a Dual-class card, Mage/Rogue can sometimes get acces to Resizing Pouch thanks to Keywarden Ivory, so that makes it a bit better.
Jokes aside, it can be an essential card in some kind of combo mechanism in order to disable your opponent's deathrattle or your awful ones but not sure if it will see some play. Silence is always the key but for sure not all the classes has the same access to them.
This was the most unfun reveal for me by far. When the reveals started I wasn´t aware of it, went to sleep. Upon awakening there already was the whole mini-expansion revealed. It killed all the hype for me, not even excited to check all of the cards now :(
EDIT: I´m sorry that my post upset all of you, I didn´t mean to, I just wanted to share my initial feelings with you, that´s what comments are for, or so I thought. Card revealing period is one of the things I love about this game and for me it´s a big part of it, as it always was. You disagree, I get it. Just move on now, thank you :)
Seems kinda meh. Fits best in Treant Druid but that's probably it. Let's be honest, the buff isn't going to matter that much, because your probably finishing your opponent off with Savage Roar instead in most token decks. But having said that Force of Nature saw/sees play occasionally, so not all hope is lost for Arbor Up. People may play it instead of a copy of Force of Nature if they want bigger stats instead of more tokens.
Powercreeped Classic Card: Check. (It's Chillwind Yeti with +1/+1)
Alright it fit's every criteria of a good/broken DH card. Let's be real, NOT attacking during your turn as DH is like nearly impossible. So the effect is easy to trigger. (Even easier with Felfire Deadeye existing.) This will 100% see play in Aggro DH and i think Soul DH probably also wants it. Not sure if those decks manage to make room for it, but if they do it will be a solid inclusion.
Also THANK YOGG it's not ODD-costed, that would have been a NIGHTMARE.
OH WOW, this card is NUTS. It has premium 2 drop stats, and an amazing effect on top of that. A discounted heropower can also be pretty devastating, for example: Hunters can now turn 3 HP + Phase Stalker if you don't clear the turn 2 Felfire Deadeye. In DH it makes the heropower FREE. This is absolutely NUTS, and so strong. DH can now Turn 1 Battlefiend into turn 2 Felfire Deadeye and if it sticks turn 3 Satyr Overseer and get that 2/2 minion. That's some insane synergy and tempo.
Standard: Aggro DH, FACE Hunter and probably Highlander Hunter will include this card.
Wild:
Hunter: Okay so here is where it gets even more insane. Because it's EVEN cost, it fits in EVEN-Hunter. And EVEN-Hunter now ALSO has a FREE herepower as long as Felfire Deadeye is up. Which is insane alongside some core EVEN-hunter cards like Garrison Commander and Dragonbane.
DH: Dunno if it sees play, probably in the same Aggro DH deck as standard. EVEN-costed so ODD-DH can LUCKELY not use it.
Seems REALLY good, and i'm pretty sure that you can immediatly outcast the discovered card. Also Illidari Studies can "unnerf" Skull of Gul'dan which is very strong. Also it's a 1 mana spell, so it will be generated a lot by cards like Wandmaker. Illidari Studies will see plenty of play.
New Paladin Weapon - Libram of Judgment
Must-include in Pure paladin decks, or just any libram paladin decks. Because it's a libram it will be discounted a LOT, and thus easy to corrupt. Even when uncorrupted it's basicly Ashbringer, and when corrupted it's such a strong clear/healing tool.
However unfortunatly Kobold Stickyfinger is a VERY common tech card right now, because of Bomb warriors and some evolve shamans going around, so that will really hurt Libram of Judgment. But after rotation Libram of Judgment might become one of the most powerfull paladin cards in standard, at least that's the potential it has. (Remember, normal control paladins back in the day also played Uther of the Ebon Blade in order to get a lifesteal weapon. Not just for the occasional OTK.)
New Mage Spell - Conjure Mana Biscuit
This is insane for most mage decks, it can help control decks float some mana for later, so they can make more plays in one turn. But where i think it will see most play is in some kind of OTK deck. People probably immediatly think Malygos or Archmage Antonidas to combo with, but that seems so slow. Why not use Kael'thas Sunstrider instead? Kael'thas Sunstrider + 1 Sorcerer's Apprentice can be enough to cheat out lot's of big spells thanks to lots of 1 mana cards.
As someone who tried Kael'thas Sunstrider OTK mage several times before during this expansion, the problem with that deck was always 1 simple thing: Mana. You often didn't have enough mana thanks to the Kael'thas Sunstrider nerf, and with Conjure Mana Biscuit you can effectively negate that nerf/weakness and OTK. Before this you actually had to run Raid the Sky Temple and 2x Licensed Adventurer in order to get enough coins for the combo, but now that's all solved by Conjure Mana Biscuit.
But having said all that, the current Archmage Vargoth OTK is way better than this OTK, so i guess Conjure Mana Biscuits best time to shine is after the rotation. But Conjure Mana Biscuit is probably going to see a lot of play eventually, i would be very surprised if it doesn't see play.
New Mage & Shaman Minion - Imprisoned Phoenix
Intersting card. Seems kinda like both a burn and OTK card. Also it has a pretty good synergy with Ras Frostwhisper, and it can be discovered by [Hearthstone Card (Primordeal Studies) Not Found].
In mage it eventually turns [Hearthstone Card (Cram Sessions) Not Found] into a draw 3, and can be decent in some kind of OTK deck? Either that or it will work in spell damage mage. Also it's a elemental so you can use this to help trigger Elemental Allies. In wild i'm not sure if it will see play, probably will see some experimentation though.
In shaman it can definatly work in spell damage shaman, or OTK shaman. But i don't know if it will see play outside of that. In wild it won't see much play because it's EVEN-costed, while ODD shaman would have LOVED this card. (ODD Shaman is more burn based, and EVEN shaman more Totem based.)
New Mage Minion - Glacier Racer
Interestingly enough, IT CAN DEAL DAMAGE TO FACE. This turns [Hearthstone Card (Frost bolt) Not Found] effectively into a 3 mana Fireball, or it turns Frost Nova into a board clear. Oh and it makes Blizzard better. But despite all that, i don't know how good it will be. If you play Frost Nova there is a good chance you're probably stalling time or playing Doomsayer already. And if you want a more damaging Blizzard you probably want Flamestrike, because Flamestrike deals double the damage already. I just don't see why this would see play, BUT luckely Glacier Racer is still going to be in standard for a year, so who knows. Maybe they will push freeze mage in a upcoming expansion? (Kinda hope not, but that's the kinda support a card like this needs.)
Tickatus & Greybough Are Joining Hearthstone's Battlegrounds Alongside 2 New Demon Minions
I have to disagree. I get the appeal of Floating Watcher, but Bengalaas is right. It was broken on tier 3, but it's very underwhelming on tier 4. That's because there are really only two situations where you're happy to see a floating watcher:
1. You're playing Wrath Weaver demons and you still have enough health left to scale them.
2. You're playing Lich Baz'hial (which isn't exactly the most popular hero) and you have enough health left to get a decent amount of buffs on the Floating Watcher.
Those are two very fringe situations since you often don't have that much health left by the time you find a Floating Watcher to scale it enough. Then there's also the thing that FrostyFeet pointed out, which is that a Wrathweaver build generally wants to include Mal'Ganis as soon as possible to continue to scale the wrathweaver, which completely goes against what Floating Watcher asks you to do.
I think Ring Matron is a much better card to have in the game instead. It's so much more useful than floating watcher in most situations. It's still a good card if you're playing a wrathweaver build, it synergizes very well with Bigfernal which is often already a better option to scale in a demon build than floating watcher, it synergizes much better with Soul Juggler, it makes tripling into a tier 4 discover more relevant because it is much better than floating watcher (or other more synergy driven tier 4 cards) for non-demon builds, and it even fits into taunt focused builds (which need all the help they can get right now).
New Hunter Spell - Bola Shot
Hmm obvious synergy with Professor Slate but that's it. It's like a mini Explosive Shot, and a slightly worse Powershot. WAIT A SECOND, Bola Shot is LITURALLY Grievous Bite, but the damage to main target/adjacent minions switched around.
For the same mana cost Explosive Trap does the same job. In Wild your probably want Grievous Bite instead, because if your casting a spell like this, you probably don't want to rely on your opponent playing a small minion alongside the minion you ACTUALLY want to take down.
New Druid & Shaman Spell - Guidance
Okay i'm confused with the wording. Does it discover cards or draw from your deck?
IF it discovers it's a great value card that will guaranteed see play in Y'Shaarj, the Defiler Druid and some kind of control shaman deck.
If it draws cards from your deck, then it's really insane draw. Sure not [Hearthstone Card (Hidden Passage) Not Found] levels of broken, but still amazing. It would be a 2 mana cheaper Arcane Intellect, but of course with overload: 1. If the card works like this, then lots of Shaman Burn/OTK decks would love it, and maybe even replace Lady Vashj?
My guess is that it will probably work/look similarly to Vulpera Scoundrel.
The decks im sure it will fit into, regardless of how it works are: Y'Shaarj, the Defiler druid and Exotic Mountseller druid. I'm not sure about shaman just yet, because i don't know how the card is going to work exactly... Ugh Hearthstone cards and their confusing wording sometimes...
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No. I am saying HoFing Coldlight Oracle because burning lots of cards is unfun, was perfectly consistent with continuing to print small-scale disruption cards.
I agree with you regarding Tickatus being printed, but that is about it.
New Druid & Hunter Spell - Resizing Pouch
Seems like a less predictable [Hearthstone Card (Zephrys the wonderful) Not Found], because the pool is much larger. But sometimes it can count as a get out of jail free card. I'm just not sure what deck it even fits in to though. My guess for druid is Y'Shaarj, the Defiler druid, and for hunter i think Highlander Hunter. But that's pretty much all i can think off. Maybe spell hunter in wild might want it? But that deck isn't that good.
Oh and because it's a Dual-class card, Mage/Rogue can sometimes get acces to Resizing Pouch thanks to Keywarden Ivory, so that makes it a bit better.
New Neutral Minion - Deathwarden
Finally, Octosari is viable!
Jokes aside, it can be an essential card in some kind of combo mechanism in order to disable your opponent's deathrattle or your awful ones but not sure if it will see some play. Silence is always the key but for sure not all the classes has the same access to them.
New Druid & Shaman Spell - Guidance
Why isn't that card a Choose One like Runic Carvings are?
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This was the most unfun reveal for me by far. When the reveals started I wasn´t aware of it, went to sleep. Upon awakening there already was the whole mini-expansion revealed. It killed all the hype for me, not even excited to check all of the cards now :(
EDIT: I´m sorry that my post upset all of you, I didn´t mean to, I just wanted to share my initial feelings with you, that´s what comments are for, or so I thought. Card revealing period is one of the things I love about this game and for me it´s a big part of it, as it always was. You disagree, I get it. Just move on now, thank you :)
New Paladin Weapon - Libram of Judgment
Its a lot of damage/heal at late game and you can reduce the cost to 1 for an easy corruption.
Fits perfectly on pure/libraaam Pally.
New Druid Spell - Arbor Up
Seems kinda meh. Fits best in Treant Druid but that's probably it. Let's be honest, the buff isn't going to matter that much, because your probably finishing your opponent off with Savage Roar instead in most token decks. But having said that Force of Nature saw/sees play occasionally, so not all hope is lost for Arbor Up. People may play it instead of a copy of Force of Nature if they want bigger stats instead of more tokens.
New Mage Minion - Glacier Racer
4 mana freeze and deal 3 damage to all enemy minion with Frost Nova. That card will be autoinclude on every slow mage deck until rotates.
New Mage & Shaman Minion - Imprisoned Phoenix
Combo potential with Malygos.
Shaman with Lightning Bloom and mage with the new biscuits will be fun (unless you are the enemy who gets wrecked).
New Demon Hunter Minion - Felsaber
Trifially easy to trigger effect: Check.
Extremely good stats for the cost: Check.
Good in Aggro/Tempo/Midrange: Check.
Powercreeped Classic Card: Check. (It's Chillwind Yeti with +1/+1)
Alright it fit's every criteria of a good/broken DH card. Let's be real, NOT attacking during your turn as DH is like nearly impossible. So the effect is easy to trigger. (Even easier with Felfire Deadeye existing.) This will 100% see play in Aggro DH and i think Soul DH probably also wants it. Not sure if those decks manage to make room for it, but if they do it will be a solid inclusion.
Also THANK YOGG it's not ODD-costed, that would have been a NIGHTMARE.
"free" tavern tickets... arena and duels?
Noone knows for sure about the Duels, Sinti wants to try it first.
New Hunter Spell - Bola Shot
A card to push an unexistent archetype.
Maybe will shine in next sets with Professor Slate.
New Druid Spell - Arbor Up
2 minions 4/3 for 5 mana is ok, plus +2+1 to your board is really sweet.
I hate token druid, but that card looks good.
New Demon Hunter & Hunter Minion - Felfire Deadeye
OH WOW, this card is NUTS. It has premium 2 drop stats, and an amazing effect on top of that. A discounted heropower can also be pretty devastating, for example: Hunters can now turn 3 HP + Phase Stalker if you don't clear the turn 2 Felfire Deadeye. In DH it makes the heropower FREE. This is absolutely NUTS, and so strong. DH can now Turn 1 Battlefiend into turn 2 Felfire Deadeye and if it sticks turn 3 Satyr Overseer and get that 2/2 minion. That's some insane synergy and tempo.
Standard: Aggro DH, FACE Hunter and probably Highlander Hunter will include this card.
Wild:
Hunter: Okay so here is where it gets even more insane. Because it's EVEN cost, it fits in EVEN-Hunter. And EVEN-Hunter now ALSO has a FREE herepower as long as Felfire Deadeye is up. Which is insane alongside some core EVEN-hunter cards like Garrison Commander and Dragonbane.
DH: Dunno if it sees play, probably in the same Aggro DH deck as standard. EVEN-costed so ODD-DH can LUCKELY not use it.
Snowpocalypse
It´s not over yet..
Imprisoned Phoenix
OTK
"free" tavern tickets... arena and duels?
greetings everyone.
will i get a "free" ticket for both modes, or is this just arena only?
thanks.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Illidari Studies
Seems REALLY good, and i'm pretty sure that you can immediatly outcast the discovered card. Also Illidari Studies can "unnerf" Skull of Gul'dan which is very strong. Also it's a 1 mana spell, so it will be generated a lot by cards like Wandmaker. Illidari Studies will see plenty of play.