Ten months late, but I have an answer. Deathwing is a servant of the Old Gods. In Cataclysm, you see Deathwing's corpse in the bad future you travel to where the Old Gods have won. In that future, Deathwing's body is impaled on Wyrmrest Temple. This artwork shows Deathwing standing on top of Wyrmrest Temple, implying this card takes place moments before the Old Gods kill him since they no longer have any use for him.
To this day I'm salty that some deserving bosses from KofT's PvE didn't get cards (rip Bonestorm) and this is an attempt to ammend that. Deathwhisper really pushes Priest's Deathrattle synergy by effectively tripling the number of Deathrattle triggers you can get from a card, but it's hard to use it on anything with too abusive.
It may also just be that they wanted some November excitement with no BlizzCon this year. But I am also a little bummed as I will have less gold at the start of the expansion than normal. But if they get back on an April/August/December schedule I should make up for the shortage over the course of the expansion (and if the new reward track is truly as good as they are hyping it up to be).
I got the 1000 win portrait for hunter last month, my first ever, so I have wanted to try to pick up wins with other classes since, but facerolling face hunter is always going to be there as a temptation for the early parts of the climb.
I feel like the prompt is too broad, and when that happens I just don't know what to make. Like if I had infinite Legos; I wouldn't know what to do with myself. So, I'm going back to what seems to work for me: Paladin cards.
The power of the Light keeps Yrel going, even against impossible odds.
Winner of the ice sculpting competition at Scholomance for all her years of attending. The icicle sculptures are so lifelike that they look exactly like the real thing.
Well, ok, I guess you can. When I want to show off, I have to choose between my HS mug and this sweet drinking horn my niece got me. Maybe I should use these guys on a daily basis, but I dunno, seems like they're more fun on special occasions.
The only time I've ever seen Vladimir actually getting played was when The Harrowing was still able to summon enemy minions as well, played in the same deck as Hecarim because they mainly do similar things which is a great amount of Nexus burst with a full board. Other than that it would be when it was the last day of the closed beta and everyone ran VladimirBraum for some reason (granted this was when people thought Shark Chariot was a good card and the last time She Who Wanders saw a huge amount of play. Ahh, good times.)
That said, buffing Vladimir is a really tough topic to tackle. I think that there are a lot of things they could do to help Vladimir but indirectly buff Noxus as a region at the same time. The only cards I think they could probably buff without having any effect on other Noxus archetypes would be Blood for Blood (the card could straight up be 0 mana imo and still see no play) and Crimson Aristocrat could be a 3/2 or 2/3 instead because she's just a worse Imperial Demolitionist. In my opinion, the best way to buff Vladimir or his Crimson units is changing their mana cost so that they could probably curve out better. The archetype also lacks a good 1 drop, Unscarred Reaver is hard to use without it taking exactly 1 damage, and other Noxus 1 drops have too little HP.
However, I think I know the reason why they aren't doing much to buff Vladimir, even now they're just saying that he's just getting a QoL buff. I think Riven could potentially be a self-harm support card. That or at least they'll release more self-harm support. For example, in the Call of the Mountains expansion we got Jack, the Winner, he's a Bilgewater card that has self-harm mechanics and in the next expansion, we got more Bilgewater self-harm cards. Granted they're rarely seen together but the idea still stands. For Noxus, we got Basilisk Bloodseeker which is probably pointing to the fact that we are probably going to get more self-harm cards. The live design team did say that they have been eluding to buff certain archetypes because of the new cards that were coming (namely ramp because Trundle). They also said that we were going to get Ephemeral support next expansion as well and to support my theory we have both Stalking Shadows and Encroaching Shadows which got released the same time as Jack, the Winner.
@Skyomyke Well that’s why I mainly buffed Vladimir and only slightly buffed the Crimson units. The Crimson units definitely aren’t the issue with the scars deck, I just wanted to rework them to synergize better with my Vladimir Rework.
I have a set (6? I guess that's a set?) of the regular swirl mugs which are beyond excellent! Bigger versions would be much appreciated but I already have too many drinking vessels.
Yes, but buffing the Crimson units has the problem of making them viable in non-vlad decks (see Crimson Disciple. And this causes an issue of supposedly buffing ONE archetype (vlad/self damage units) but inherently buffing other archetypes (spider/darius aggro) which didn't need buffs.
This is why the only real way of reworking vlad is by reworking his champion himself, you cause ripple effects if you try to buff the crimson archetype units to help vlad, cause other people will find ways of shoehorning them into other decks.
Can someone explain to me that why my polkelt didn't worked?
Here is my replay:
https://hsreplay.net/replay/KuFjpH72LTHbvKQM2i7WRn#turn=6b
On my turn 6 I play Polkelt and on my turns 7 and 8 I draw 1 cost cards as if Polkelt reverse ordered my deck!?
Am I missing something? Can someone explain the reason to me..
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Windshear Stormcaller
Reminder: Oozefest Ends Soon!
Got my Elise and Miss Fortune headers, so I'm happy.
Seriously considering Blood Moon now, though.
Fun stuff, thanks!
Zilliax
I miss this card so much. Probably the best-designed overpowered card ever made.
Deathwing, Dragonlord
Ten months late, but I have an answer. Deathwing is a servant of the Old Gods. In Cataclysm, you see Deathwing's corpse in the bad future you travel to where the Old Gods have won. In that future, Deathwing's body is impaled on Wyrmrest Temple. This artwork shows Deathwing standing on top of Wyrmrest Temple, implying this card takes place moments before the Old Gods kill him since they no longer have any use for him.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Went through my creations and found two cards that kind of fit the bill.
Art, class, cost, name and stats not final...
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
The sticks are totems.
That's a huge hint. I just want someone else to have a go.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Summoning minions, you say? I'm really sorry about this.
Ehem... I'll post something serious tomorrow.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Been sitting on this one for a bit.
To this day I'm salty that some deserving bosses from KofT's PvE didn't get cards (rip Bonestorm) and this is an attempt to ammend that. Deathwhisper really pushes Priest's Deathrattle synergy by effectively tripling the number of Deathrattle triggers you can get from a card, but it's hard to use it on anything with too abusive.
Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
It may also just be that they wanted some November excitement with no BlizzCon this year. But I am also a little bummed as I will have less gold at the start of the expansion than normal. But if they get back on an April/August/December schedule I should make up for the shortage over the course of the expansion (and if the new reward track is truly as good as they are hyping it up to be).
Win a Game of Hearthstone in 6 Minutes or Less! The Fastest Decks for Standard's November Ladder
I got the 1000 win portrait for hunter last month, my first ever, so I have wanted to try to pick up wins with other classes since, but facerolling face hunter is always going to be there as a temptation for the early parts of the climb.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I feel like the prompt is too broad, and when that happens I just don't know what to make. Like if I had infinite Legos; I wouldn't know what to do with myself. So, I'm going back to what seems to work for me: Paladin cards.
The power of the Light keeps Yrel going, even against impossible odds.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Winner of the ice sculpting competition at Scholomance for all her years of attending. The icicle sculptures are so lifelike that they look exactly like the real thing.
I'm Rooting For You - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Congratulations to our very own Frosty :D
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Competition Theme: Summoned Skill
We're gonna need some backup! Good thing you have these guys to help you out.
MrRhapsody is looking to fill the board this week, so we'd better get to summoning some minions to help out!
As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.
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Blizzard Gearfest Begins! Tons of New Merch Including 2 New Hearthstone Items
No interest in pins, but if they put the actual Lemonade card back up for sale, they can have my money.
(I was on a break.)
Blizzard Gearfest Begins! Tons of New Merch Including 2 New Hearthstone Items
You need to wait a couple years!
Blizzard Gearfest Begins! Tons of New Merch Including 2 New Hearthstone Items
ONE CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY DRINKING VESSELS!!!
Well, ok, I guess you can. When I want to show off, I have to choose between my HS mug and this sweet drinking horn my niece got me. Maybe I should use these guys on a daily basis, but I dunno, seems like they're more fun on special occasions.
Win a Game of Hearthstone in 6 Minutes or Less! The Fastest Decks for Standard's November Ladder
Well if nothing else, matching up against a hunter usually guarantees a quick match, so that's something I guess.
Win a Game of Hearthstone in 6 Minutes or Less! The Fastest Decks for Standard's November Ladder
This is why I always skip the first week of ranked each month.
Vladimir rework.
The only time I've ever seen Vladimir actually getting played was when The Harrowing was still able to summon enemy minions as well, played in the same deck as Hecarim because they mainly do similar things which is a great amount of Nexus burst with a full board. Other than that it would be when it was the last day of the closed beta and everyone ran Vladimir Braum for some reason (granted this was when people thought Shark Chariot was a good card and the last time She Who Wanders saw a huge amount of play. Ahh, good times.)
That said, buffing Vladimir is a really tough topic to tackle. I think that there are a lot of things they could do to help Vladimir but indirectly buff Noxus as a region at the same time. The only cards I think they could probably buff without having any effect on other Noxus archetypes would be Blood for Blood (the card could straight up be 0 mana imo and still see no play) and Crimson Aristocrat could be a 3/2 or 2/3 instead because she's just a worse Imperial Demolitionist. In my opinion, the best way to buff Vladimir or his Crimson units is changing their mana cost so that they could probably curve out better. The archetype also lacks a good 1 drop, Unscarred Reaver is hard to use without it taking exactly 1 damage, and other Noxus 1 drops have too little HP.
However, I think I know the reason why they aren't doing much to buff Vladimir, even now they're just saying that he's just getting a QoL buff. I think Riven could potentially be a self-harm support card. That or at least they'll release more self-harm support. For example, in the Call of the Mountains expansion we got Jack, the Winner, he's a Bilgewater card that has self-harm mechanics and in the next expansion, we got more Bilgewater self-harm cards. Granted they're rarely seen together but the idea still stands. For Noxus, we got Basilisk Bloodseeker which is probably pointing to the fact that we are probably going to get more self-harm cards. The live design team did say that they have been eluding to buff certain archetypes because of the new cards that were coming (namely ramp because Trundle). They also said that we were going to get Ephemeral support next expansion as well and to support my theory we have both Stalking Shadows and Encroaching Shadows which got released the same time as Jack, the Winner.
Vladimir rework.
@Skyomyke Well that’s why I mainly buffed Vladimir and only slightly buffed the Crimson units. The Crimson units definitely aren’t the issue with the scars deck, I just wanted to rework them to synergize better with my Vladimir Rework.
Win a Game of Hearthstone in 6 Minutes or Less! The Fastest Decks for Standard's November Ladder
And yet blizzard still refuses to nerf hunter.
Blizzard's reaction to players asking for balanced meta decks:
Blizzard Gearfest Begins! Tons of New Merch Including 2 New Hearthstone Items
100% Agreed!
I have a set (6? I guess that's a set?) of the regular swirl mugs which are beyond excellent! Bigger versions would be much appreciated but I already have too many drinking vessels.
Vladimir rework.
Yes, but buffing the Crimson units has the problem of making them viable in non-vlad decks (see Crimson Disciple. And this causes an issue of supposedly buffing ONE archetype (vlad/self damage units) but inherently buffing other archetypes (spider/darius aggro) which didn't need buffs.
This is why the only real way of reworking vlad is by reworking his champion himself, you cause ripple effects if you try to buff the crimson archetype units to help vlad, cause other people will find ways of shoehorning them into other decks.