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I wasn't at first but if you consider the no dupes rule it's not that bad because you're going to be pulling all the new rares and possibly epics straight away with your new packs.  So you could save up some gold once you get all the rares and epics and just go off when the mini set is released.  

This card without Rod of Roasting is a very cool, albeit random card. This card with Rod of Roasting is the most degenerate crap ever designed. That effect on a PvE setting can be fun, on PvP is incredibly frustrating to play against.

And yes, it's only a 1/20 chance AFTER playing the card, but think of it this way: a game show where, out of 40 coin tosses, you need to just get heads once to win 10000€/$/whatever currency is in your country or you'll have to pay the same amount. You flip the 40 coins. You get 40 tails. That's how it feels to see the opponent get Rod of Roasting on a game you have won otherwise.

Now, imagine this is the finals of the HCT. 

Is there still a reward for every third win?

The treasures shown in the screenshot in this article are exactly the same as the ones used in dungeon run games. Maybe my memory is betraying me and Small Pouches in the dungeon run adventures draws a card each turn instead of just one extra at the start of the game. But i'm pretty certain the other two are exactly the same. No changes whatsoever. Crystal Gem is pretty crazy as starting with three mana is such huge tempo. Sure, you go back to two mana on the next turn but you started with such a huge tempo advantage because of the extra mana on the first turn that your opponent is going to have a hard time catching up. I don't think you can call that "balanced". Again, i'm not saying that they didn't work on balancing or that they are lazy. But sometimes they miss their balance target by a long shot. And that creates a snowball of other issues.

Everybody gangsta until Yogg pulls out the Rod of Roasting.

Also seeing as how most of Yogg's options are basically board clears with upside (47% if you count Curse of Flesh), this could actually see play not as a build around but as a control card in decks like Priest, Mage, Druid, Shaman.

How do you guys experience it? 

Do you like sorakench? Do you like dragons and the new landsmarks?

There wasn't much talk lately so i wonder how active everyone is in LoR right now...

For me this expansions was quite disappointing.

The heal package -while having clear counters- is just absurdly powerful against damage oriented decks and is very polarising imo. Some cards like Soraka and Star Spring seem undercosted for their effect and while Tahm Kench is not op in my oppinion, he is just soooo annoying as a concept (4 mana removal engine). In general runeterra went much into a an value-engine-oriented way, causing more grindy games. If we for example take The Howling Abyss Vaults of Helia The Slaughter Docks and Noxkraya Arena we have 4 different landmarks that create very huge value over time, which encourages to play control oriented decks and in general slow gameplans. Decks build in that way feel really boring to play agains although i got to admit that the Vaults of Helia at least enables neat combos that are more interesting than the other 3 landmarks. 

While many players hate it and ask for a rework, I really like the The University of Piltover which really embraces the flavour of experiementation. While it is weird that it is a Jinx support card it actually can lead to weird and hilerious plays and takes more skill to use than people give it credit for (since you got to make up a plan for the random cards gained every turn) also it clearly has decks where it is good in (discard aggro).

About dragons i don't need to repeat my oppinion that i gave already...

But what do you guys think? Is the "new" meta cool? Do you like the games you play and would you change something about the new cards? 

I'm really curious what you have to say :)

Prince Malchezaar was the first, since he shuffled in 5 cards (even though they were randomized).

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Flavor is amazing, you do cannon ball, everyone gets splashed :D Tho im a bit worried about how many AOEs Shaman getting by this point.

I get what you're saying but pretty much every single Shaman AoE has some glaring weakness:

• Lightning Storm: Overload makes it too clunky
• Plague of Murlocs: Doesn't actually clear minions, very unreliable against boards of small minions
• Hagatha's Scheme: Pretty bad topdeck, needs time in hand to be effective
• Earthquake: The best of the bunch in regards to power to cost ratio, but it's still a 7 mana investment which means you only clear the board, you don't make a swing in your favor
• Tidal Wave: Healing makes it very unique as an AoE but can't deal with most midgame minions by itself

Now you have Dunk Tank, a card that can be a better Swipe, but it can only be played as an AoE at best at turn 6, because you need to play a 5 drop before its corrupted effect activates. 

However, how will this card interact with mana manipulation effects, like from cards like Far Sight, that can make it more playable (I imagine that, if drawn form Far Sight, this card costing 1 will become corrupted after playing a 2 cost card). There is a potential that the sheer number of AoE can bring some sort of Control Shaman to light but I believe that deck still needs some sort of winning late game card.

EDIT: I'll be rating this card 4/5, I also like the flavor.

A pretty good AoE for demon hunters, but viability still depends on if slower demon hunter decks can be competitive, which they currently are not.

In a slower deck this suffers from the problem of being very bad against anything but aggro.

Wait... so, no tavern pass on big bundle :/

Considering Demon Hunters would most likely prefer to control the board using their Hero Power, I don't see this card being added to their decks unless the meta is Super Aggro. That being said, as stated before, this card will see play when it is generated by cards such as Wandmaker. 

I'll rate it 2/5, not because it's a bad card but because I tend to always rate cards on their coolness factor in a vacuum.

No point blank explanation if we are able to amass around 6k gold per expansion. Opening 70 to 80 packs on day one of each expansion as a f2p is the joy of everyone. Not sure of it still a possibility 

It might see some play in Odd Paladin but it might not make the cut because setting up tempo plays with corrupt cards in even and odd decks seems really awkward. Maybe this will see play in standard because this indicates they are printing new dude synergy cards. It's also good with Sword of Justice and Righteous Cause. You instantly get 5 2/2 dudes. We might see a token paladin deck. It's quite decent.

Any info/confirmation on this?

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