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I love this write up~!  I am most hopeful of the Soul Fragment cards, not just because I am a Warlock player at heart but because I can see the potential.

Which brings me to the bad side.  The fact that Warlock has so many draw mechanics, especially it's own Hero Power, at it's disposal makes me think that these cards will be targeted for an early nerf.  The idea that you can life tap, draw one of these and heal the damage you just took and get another card, AND have them all count for Supreme Archaeology is going to make some people REALLY uncomfortable.

While not everyone will run Supreme Archaeology, but that is just one instance where it is instantly beneficial.

As for the Felosophy mechanic, this has HUGE potential in all formats, albeit Arena at the bottom.  But this combined in a Prince Keleseth and top it off with Soul Infusion and you now have some seriously scary things to drop on the board next turn is intimidating.  Yes, doing that would require you a "miracle" hand of say, Soul Infusion, Flame Imp, Felosophy, and a general lack of caring that you are going to punch yourself in the face for 9-12 damage.  But you would be able to drop 4 6/5 minions on the board really fast or at the least a T3 1 mana 6/5.  

Super strong 1-drop. Rogues will love this, and tempo Mage might be plausible thanks to this and some of the other minions added this expansion.

I'm looking forward to trying out a tempo Quest Rogue with this nifty minion.

This card is solid and ofc remember Despicable Dreadlord. The effect is strong enough to be playable but i wonder if we can use the spell power to buff the effect with consistency (probably not imho)

I'm loving the spell damage support for both Mage and Shaman, and this card will help those archetypes out wonderfully.

Spell damage Mage will likely include this, and any other Mage will be happy to get this off of random/discover effects for a spell damage minion.

Shaman is likely going to use this mostly for OTK setups, but it also just enables tempo spell damage plays.

I think this will be one of the better studies cards this expansion.

Absurd 1 drop that even Mage wants to run in every deck, especially with the new spell damage support.

5/5 - I expect we will see this until it rotates or is nerfed.

In another class, this is probably an auto-include in most lists because of the stats and dangerous effect. However, in Mage, I'm not sure they want to be running a minion with an effect that can be covered by one of their strong spells.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think this will make it past the experimentation phase of the expansion.

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I initially thought this card would be auto-include in both classes, but I'm not so sure after seeing the rest of the expansion.

The card is definitely solid, but I'm not sure it will make the cut in any non-freeze Mage lists.

Cool, yet frustrating idea.

This card is going to probably be absurd, especially since Mage got a handful of spell damage support this expansion.

Unless this gets nerfed, I expect this to be Mage's staple card draw in standard and wild until something better comes around.

Unfortunately, I think this is going to be a solid meta card, especially in Shaman. I don't like that it is dual class with Mage, but there's nothing we can do about that now.

Totems with 3 health can get scary very quickly, especially when they only cost 2 mana. We'll see what happens, but I suspect this will be played in various Shaman lists.

I opened 140 packs and I got

1. Sphere of Sapience 

2. Forest Warden Omu

3. Headmaster Kel'Thuzad (golden)

4. Janice Bairov

5. High Abbess Alura

6. Soulciologist Malicia

7. Rattlegore

8. Lorekeeper Polkelt

Overall I'm pretty happy with this.(Sphere of Sapience can fuck right off though).

This doesn't seem great to me, but it is a 5 mana 5/12 that can get better, so maybe this does see play?

When this goes off, I suspect it will be a nightmare to remove, but will it ever go off at a useful time? We'll have to see. Maybe it works in some kind of tempo Mage list.

This seems absurdly good to me, and I think Devolve is good enough evidence for me to think that.

Obviously there is layers of RNG attached to this (which minions get targeted plus the devolving itself), but it seems really strong against everything except wide boards of tiny minions.

I expect to see this in any control-oriented Mage lists.

Well in my book if u can spare dust to craft a golden legendary it means you are swimming in dust already

This card is going to be a staple until it rotates. It's Shadow Bolt with a very strong upside, and it fills a void in Mage's current board control for the early game.

Now that spell damage is being pushed in Mage too, this card is definitely going to be the go-to removal for Mage until this rotates.

It's also nice that it forces board placement thoughts from the opponent.

Exodia Mage is back, and in Standard nonetheless!

This card is the ultimate shenanigans enabler, so it should be interesting to see what nonsense combos people come up with using this card.

Maybe it's time to try out Mogu Cultist again...

2 fucking shit legendaries. Took almost 30 packs to get a golden card. Never buying preorder again. This was from 85 packs bt

I don't think this card is going to be great, but the "free" 10-mana in stats is probably going to disagree with me.

This is definitely a card I look forward to testing with Khadgar in some kind of summoning mage, but I don't know where else this fits in besides Highlander lists.

Can be a 0 mana easily on Libram Paladin, the you copy with Gift of Luminance. 8/10 stats for 3 mana.

It's super strong

I like the idea, but I don't think this card is actually going to consistent enough to pull off some kind of huge spell damage combo for lethal.

I want this card to work, but it feels like Chenvaala to me--a lot of hype, but little payoff in practice.

Nevertheless, it's an exciting card that I look forward to trying out.

I think all study are somewhat strong. With this you can find some strong deathrattle if you are lucky otherwise it's just a discount for your next minion (like Zixor or Mok'Nathal Lion)

• His hero power is super fun to play with if you can use it a couple times in a game. I think the discover aspect is a little underpowered and maybe that number can be tweaked to adjust his win rates once there is more data (i.e. discover 4 minions instead)
• He feels like a combination of playing Patchwerk without the HP boost and Eudora without the consistency. You're essentially doing nothing with your hero power for most of the game and you never know when your hero power will actually activate. I think it's a fair trade-off since theoretically you could end a game having "dug" 6 golden minions from your opponents and discovering a minion from a tier up 6 different times if you happen to discover a golden minion each time from your hero power.
• The unfortunate thing is that most people who die in the early game don't have super strong minions to begin with, so often your hero power for the first couple of deaths don't provide you with a huge power boost anyways
• Because of his inconsistency I think he will be a Tier 3 or Tier 4 hero in terms of win-rates but I think you will definitely see him from time to time at all MMR levels just because there is always a chance he can snowball and win games with his hero power.

And in other news, July season rewards give you SA packs!  yay!