I guess Dragon decks will like this. Don't even need to play it to get the extra dragon. I haven't seen Dragon decks for a while, maybe they're returning?
Eh, you still come out +1 ahead if you forge this, so why wouldn't you? It's not like this needs to be played on curve, since you can potentially discover something useful for any point of the game.
I suppose this would be alright unforged if you are at or near full health and don't need the lifesteal, but unless you topdeck it and could use a board clear, you're going to forge it in an earlier turn anyway. I'm leaning a little towards it having shitty stats for the cost even with the non-upgraded battlecry though.
This certainly looks good on paper, and there are a lot of examples of "summon a random" deathrattles, but I don't recall how good they've been in the past. Also, I can't be bothered to try looking at the entire 8-Cost minion pool and trying to figure out the probability this will give you something good.
I'm not sure where this goes. I was thinking maybe in a big deck to make it harder for your opponent to play cheap cards, but you'd probably have to wait until the mid-late game to play this in order to avoid screwing yourself since it would make your cheap early-game cards too expensive as well. Guess it would fuck Rogues though.
I don't think cards like this have been that good in the past. All your opponent has to do to end the deathrattle chain is to kill this last, or at least make it the last mech to die. Though it could be magnetized to a taunt mech. That might help.
I also want to talk about eternal cards that have gotten a lot better in leu of changing play styles
Specifically mystic shot and thermo
I think playing the game without mystic shot right now is gonna feel a little bad
It's the only decent on curve answer to Samara and with simira being ubiquitous across the best control and best aggro decks in eternal thats no small thing
And obvious late game burn potential etc.
No big brain there
But what does surprise me is the massive increase in thermo value
It used to be that this card was dead as a 3 of in every had ever
But standard has trained players to slap down Champs fearlessly
Like oh it's p and z let me just vommit out my hand blah
Or no vengence and I've heard of flock and that's in noxious blah and there's their hand
So yeah thermo into 0 deny decks unironically good support removal option right now
So yeah in this list with the combined best control cards in freij and p and z you can absolutely run thralls without shurima
You can just delay all day with sump, tavern keeper, and blocking with lissandra and spell tutor cuz that's what her real name should be
I'm hopeful of this card solely for things like getting things like Whirlpool discounted. Or even 3 cost spells for free. Nerubian Vizier is HEAVILY played across the board, there is no reason why this wouldn't be as well
Even though this is a 2 cost minion, it is going to be best suited for late game and gaining another copy of a minion later on... like another titan perhaps.
I feel like this card is aimed more against the Wild Druid combo decks.
As for the functionality, if they worded it so that cards that cost less than 2 cannot be played, this would be 10x better. It would still be targeted quick, but it would become infinitely more valuable. However, as it is written I'm sure it will just make all your 0-1 cost cards cost 2.
People think you run ava because it doubles Corina trigger and they are right but the real reason you run 3 ava is catlyn
Want to know how much dmg she does after 6 puffcaps and 3 flashbombs? Half your life total
So running ava without catlyn is a little sus
Because you want that open attack with Corina backup 50/50
Can you 1) stun/frostbite leveled catlyn 2) hold up the deny mana for Corina
Otherwise you basically have to condense Corina cuz you have 0 attack pressure, and you're literally waving a flag saying don't spend your mana and hold up your deny
So now you're 100% all in on combo and I dont play that way personally it's too...gimmicky? Unreliable? Like what are the chances sump monument keeps you alive? I would personally run sump in the freijord shell, so now we are saying okay you can't kill us with chip dmg and we will frostbite the big stuff
New Neutral Minion - Time-Lost Protodrake
I guess Dragon decks will like this. Don't even need to play it to get the extra dragon. I haven't seen Dragon decks for a while, maybe they're returning?
New Neutral Minion - Mechagnome Guide
Eh, you still come out +1 ahead if you forge this, so why wouldn't you? It's not like this needs to be played on curve, since you can potentially discover something useful for any point of the game.
New Neutral Minion - XB-488 Disposalbot
I suppose this would be alright unforged if you are at or near full health and don't need the lifesteal, but unless you topdeck it and could use a board clear, you're going to forge it in an earlier turn anyway. I'm leaning a little towards it having shitty stats for the cost even with the non-upgraded battlecry though.
New Neutral Minion - Containment Unit
This certainly looks good on paper, and there are a lot of examples of "summon a random" deathrattles, but I don't recall how good they've been in the past. Also, I can't be bothered to try looking at the entire 8-Cost minion pool and trying to figure out the probability this will give you something good.
New Neutral Minion - Razorscale
I'm not sure where this goes. I was thinking maybe in a big deck to make it harder for your opponent to play cheap cards, but you'd probably have to wait until the mid-late game to play this in order to avoid screwing yourself since it would make your cheap early-game cards too expensive as well. Guess it would fuck Rogues though.
New Neutral Minion - Mecha-Leaper
I don't think cards like this have been that good in the past. All your opponent has to do to end the deathrattle chain is to kill this last, or at least make it the last mech to die. Though it could be magnetized to a taunt mech. That might help.
New Neutral Minion - Flame Behemoth
Might be a must include in a Mech deck. At least it looks pretty good for that.
Sumping It With Lissandra
This is literally the pitch everything on block
Into open pass
Into answers
Into landmark value deck
It should be pretty much impossible to playground if people don't start hard teching landmark removal again
Sumping It With Lissandra
I also want to talk about eternal cards that have gotten a lot better in leu of changing play styles
Specifically mystic shot and thermo
I think playing the game without mystic shot right now is gonna feel a little bad
It's the only decent on curve answer to Samara and with simira being ubiquitous across the best control and best aggro decks in eternal thats no small thing
And obvious late game burn potential etc.
No big brain there
But what does surprise me is the massive increase in thermo value
It used to be that this card was dead as a 3 of in every had ever
But standard has trained players to slap down Champs fearlessly
Like oh it's p and z let me just vommit out my hand blah
Or no vengence and I've heard of flock and that's in noxious blah and there's their hand
So yeah thermo into 0 deny decks unironically good support removal option right now
So yeah in this list with the combined best control cards in freij and p and z you can absolutely run thralls without shurima
You can just delay all day with sump, tavern keeper, and blocking with lissandra and spell tutor cuz that's what her real name should be
Sumping It With Lissandra
Unironically not bad
and if you want to tech anti aggro you have blighted ravine
and you can drop clockling
I've been moving off aoe's lately ever since aggro doesn't look like aggro anymore
and 1 drops can be like 10/10s
so blighted isn't the auto include it used to be
Sumping It With Lissandra
CEDQCAYEBUAQMAI6AEDAIFIBA4CASAQBAEVDEAQBAQNTIBAEAEAQKBQKAIAQGAIJAEDQIDIA
okay so this is about as memey as it gets right?
where you just pitch all your champs for value, and then actually win with thralls and landmark value?
so yes we run 2 sump and 2 hallowing abyss so we can prevent the opponent from making us unalive on top of our tavern keepers?
seems good no?
so I don't have to do the akshan tahm kench thing which is a little old school?
All Day 8 Card Reveals for Hearthstone's TITANS Expansion
Hopefully most of these are pack fillers!
New Neutral Minion - Victorious Vrykul
Ugh... thank the gods it doesn't have rush.
New Neutral Minion - Ravenous Kraken
Undead Warlock has a new friend :D
New Neutral Minion - Saronite Tol'vir
I can appreciate cards that replace themselves, or at least make an attempt to do it.
New Neutral Minion - Imposing Anubisath
I don't understand why they keep printing these silence targets and no one caring about them
New Neutral Minion - Mechagnome Guide
I'm hopeful of this card solely for things like getting things like Whirlpool discounted. Or even 3 cost spells for free. Nerubian Vizier is HEAVILY played across the board, there is no reason why this wouldn't be as well
New Neutral Minion - Celestial Projectionist
Even though this is a 2 cost minion, it is going to be best suited for late game and gaining another copy of a minion later on... like another titan perhaps.
New Neutral Minion - Starlight Whelp
I really hope that they do something with the coding to prevent you from being able to discover itself over and over and over
New Neutral Minion - Runefueled Golem
Worgen Roadie 2: The slightly better RNG weapon
New Neutral Minion - Disguised K'thir
Chameleos 2: the Return
New Neutral Minion - Razorscale
I feel like this card is aimed more against the Wild Druid combo decks.
As for the functionality, if they worded it so that cards that cost less than 2 cannot be played, this would be 10x better. It would still be targeted quick, but it would become infinitely more valuable. However, as it is written I'm sure it will just make all your 0-1 cost cards cost 2.
Meming With Bard In Eternal
People think you run ava because it doubles Corina trigger and they are right but the real reason you run 3 ava is catlyn
Want to know how much dmg she does after 6 puffcaps and 3 flashbombs? Half your life total
So running ava without catlyn is a little sus
Because you want that open attack with Corina backup 50/50
Can you 1) stun/frostbite leveled catlyn 2) hold up the deny mana for Corina
Otherwise you basically have to condense Corina cuz you have 0 attack pressure, and you're literally waving a flag saying don't spend your mana and hold up your deny
So now you're 100% all in on combo and I dont play that way personally it's too...gimmicky? Unreliable? Like what are the chances sump monument keeps you alive? I would personally run sump in the freijord shell, so now we are saying okay you can't kill us with chip dmg and we will frostbite the big stuff
That seems good
Meming With Bard In Eternal
CQCACBYKBEBQKCRRI2TACAYFAQBAMDQGAECAQGI3GQ2TUAABAEDQUDY
I'm willing to run the one condense from the standard tech instead of the officer squad
There is that one scenario where you double Corina, or even just get your extra mushrooms. But I'm not gonna allow myself to draw 3
That being said I won't do sump monument or condense as a 3 of when that list is literally 50/50 which I can see based on rationing alone
Just give me decent cards the 3 pokey, the 3 concologist, the 3 thermos I'm fairly confident I can survive with that alone
Because I just wrecked Jax orn
Why do these decks keep dropping catlyn?!
You literally just conceded on level because you didn't have her
Respect my girl!
Meming With Bard In Eternal
Wait I just found the next great eternal deck Zillian Sett!
You just suicide in all your Champs for value and then time bomb or elusive them to death
Wait don't give them any ideas 😅