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Not good enough to see play even if it didn't had a condition it was only ok.

We have a 5 mana 4/5 that also has regen.

Not that great, we saw a 2 mana 4/3 (only when drawn) but it's just not that great.. and this is easier to trigger but you run high cost cards in your aggressive deck?

This seems horrible.. 2 hp, with conditions and doesn't even actually ramps you.

just gives you The Coin basically.

It's a much better target for Dragon's Protection than Scales of the Dragon, if you're into that kind of thing.

But it's not even guaranteed card draw. It's potential card draw. It's also potentially flushing 3 mana and a card down the toilet.

Unless you're using it for yetis only, it's just not consistent enough to be competitive, and even the yeti strategy probably has too many moving parts. Freljord has far more efficient and reliable ways to draw cards.

Thinning your deck is not good if it fills your hand with Bull Elnuks you never want to play. Hand size can be a big problem in decks with a lot of drawing power.

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Having a 8+ mana cost card on turn 4 (if its not a spell atleast) means you got a dead card in hand for 4 more turns tho.

 

Not if it's a spell. If it's a spell, you could play it on the very next turn.

(I'm not saying there are a lot of 8-mana spells you'd want to use that way, just that it's possible.)

Card draw is always good especially at a cost for 3.

It is specific card draw but thinning out a deck should never underestimated.

When it strikes a unit without barrier you get 1-5th of total nexus hp back so pretty good so high attack also makes it very good against fearsome units.

It's nice you can get the extra mana gem earlier but 2 health is very fragile and having an 8 cost card at turn 2 really sucks.

Having a 8+ mana cost card on turn 4 (if its not a spell atleast) means you got a dead card in hand for 4 more turns tho.

But it's very good for board control yeah, so delaying to turn 8 becomes way easier.

Makes me wonder what the sweet spot is gonna be for included 8+ cost cards in the decks and if there may be 8+ mana cost card generators.

Pretty hefty price for a strong unit.

Big Priest is still as unpleasant as ever to play against, but:

1. It's fairly absent from ladder (much less so in Casual I suspect)
2. You can deal with it with a winrate that goes from sufficiently favourable to very favourable (with few exceptions), if you are playing a decently competitive deck and you know what you're doing.

So the situation is not ideal, but acceptable.

And I am a veteran BP hater.

Yes, it's implying that he will be 8 cost. I hope Trundle will have some impact on the board the moment we play it, otherwise it would just like trynd.

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As much as I dislike netdecking and conforming to the meta, I do kinda wish these sporadic Wild highlights were a bit more representative of the format, or there was one of these more fun community highlights and one of the more serious ones. I can almost guarantee you're not gonna find much success with stuff like the Rin OTK in the current Wild. But I would be curious to see some interesting takes on, say, Reno Warlock with Archwitch Willow, or whatever Hunters get up to these days. Essentially a middle ground between what's the meta, which doesn't really need highlighting cause you can play the game and see what's out there, and what's a straight rank 10 gold meme.

I know I'll get downvoted to hell for this, and I mean no disrespect to the deck creators or the people picking these decks. But as a Wild only player, these really don't bring much to the table for me, cause they're far too off from viability.

I kinda agree with you, but your suggestion would basically list overused meta decks which try out some new cards. You cannot easily discover a brand new deck anymore that is viable without experimenting with a crazy idea that is most likely just a meme. Reno warlock is already a known deck and adding Willow would just be repeating a mechanic that is already used in that deck (Bloodreaver, Kanrethad) through a different card, which you can come up by yourself (and did). By trying out these decks you can find what works and maybe combine it with an already viable strategy on your own if you want. If I want to try quest mage with new cards I can easily switch out some cards for the new ones without any help, if you understand what I'm trying to say.

Besides, I don't think you've tried my combo priest deck featured here :D It can destroy meta combo decks and easily outlast aggro, mostly losing to some value matches. Btw thanks for the feature ooc! 

I don't know when I encountered the last Res Priest. They are pretty rare, so no problem here. Although I fully understand that this archetype can be very frustrating. The underlying problem with Res in HS is that it was implemented rather poorly. In MTGA you have a refined graveyard mechanic with a lot of tools and interaction possibilities. In HS well you have nothing apart from a couple of cards with Res printed on it. My opinion is that printing res cards without even a crude graveyard mechanic was a mistake. I just hope that they will not print further Res cards without implementing some sort of basic graveyard mechanic (which they will probably not do due to complexity). 

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I mean, in what universe can this not be leading up to a Trundle reveal?

In a universe where Riot understands that people have been looking forward to Targon champions, not a sixth champion for f-ing Freljord. They can put Trundle in the October expansion, and all these silly trolls will still work.

If it looks like a meme and walks like a meme ...

This makes Elnuks even worse than they already are because you want to leave Elnuks in the deck for Troop to pull.

Poros already have plenty of draw/create, so you don't need it for them.

That leaves Yetis as the only decent use of this card, and it's actually kinda sick there because you can stack the top of your deck with them and know exactly when to use it. If you have the right support and enough mana, you can even buff them first for an even bigger swing.

(And then they all die to The Ruination.)

Strong because it's so versatile. Being able to disrupt two strikes with a single 2-mana card is super nuts.

Yay, Freljord gets a card that's actually more annoying than Tryndamere.

Regen is way too strong a keyword for 4 mana, and this way too easy to trigger.

I mean, in what universe can this not be leading up to a Trundle reveal?

Giving aggressive tempo to a top-heavy deck ... what can possibly go wrong?

So Freljord will get big/ramp support.

Call the Wild is a versatile tutor, which could enable multiple or single race type based decks.

Fury of the North is a good defensive and offensive buff. Troll Chant is a lil bit weaker in assault (Overwhelm), but it cost half as much, and for this, I think it will find it's place.

Even as early-game control cards go, this thing is BOOOOORIIIIIIING.