The nice thing about them is that they both allow for more class cards each set AND allow more powerful cards to be printed since they're restricted to two classes. It's a brilliant way to deal with power-creep in a multi-year cycle without printing a bunch of busted neutrals. I think 10 class combinations is perfect per expansion, but it's exciting to think about how there are actually 45 combinations. It's a way better implementation than Gadgetzen or even the cross-class themes for EVIL and Explorers.
Historically Token Druid Decks have used Violet Teacher as a way to create large boards of sticky minions with power of the wild and soul of the forest, but for 4 mana Violet Teacher was sometimes clunky to play, and with Exotic Mount Seller and Kael'Thas Sunstrider Druids completely abandoned the violet teacher.
So, a minion that's 3 mana cheaper that also creates 1/1 tokens from spells you play should see play, being 3 turns faster than Violet Teacher and 6 turns faster than Exotic Mount seller. While the first Gibberer will only summon 1 additional Gibberer due to spellburst, the new Gibberer will still retain it's spellburst ability, allowing you to repeat the effect as you desire.
So on turn 2 you can play this on for (1) mana and have a mana left over. play the coin or innervate to summon another and have (2) mana to play Power of the wild and give your minions +1/+1, which will summon another Gibberer with your board receiving the buff giving you 6/6 worth of stats across 3 bodies.
Card also has a soft synergy with survival of the fittest, and while you might not be able to play them on the same turn if this spells hits while a gibberer is on the board it will summon another that will gain the buff for two minions with 5/5 of stats.
since you'll be playing spells in token druid there's a high chance you'll be able to save at least 1 or two of the gibberers needed for a good soul of the forest play to lead into savage roar.
Discover and Lifesteal they saw a lot of promise in, and liked the design space that they open up. But yeah, with a lot of the others they give them the Enrage treatment outside of their intended sets. Echo had one exception with SN1P-SN4P.
I'd also like to gush about how much of a flavour win Soul Fragments are. Yes, they're based on Soul Shards, but their namesake is actually a Demon Hunter mechanic in WoW. Demon Hunters can make Soul Fragments when they kill enemies with certain spells, which will drop them on the ground. What do they do with Soul Fragments? If they pick them up, it heals them. Just like the Casts When Drawn effect.
Congrats! I'd wager there are quite a few COVID Legends like us. Earned my hideous card back in April when the northeast USA was locked down. More time to play = more time to grind without stopping my arena runs. My kids did their best to distract me with a wonderful combination of bickering/fighting, requests for the installation of lego mini-figure arms, and the seemingly nonstop utterance of "I'm hungry". Questionable whether I'd trade for the swamp diapers... lol. Grats on the new(ish) baby, too.
How do you find out what is the date when you logged in for the last time? And don't tell me that I have to login to figure it out, I am not falling for that :)
I hope that on the next expansions the Demon Hunter will have an only spell archetype, they have 3 spells that summon minions with this one and summon with weapons, even Metamorphosis and Inner Demon are very strong damage spells, just add some and maybe it become playable at least in a meme level
Old Equality and Whirlwind in 1. Insane VALUE and it's a great minion for both classes. Both warrior and Paladin needed some huge board clear and Lord Barov is here to help these classes out. This will see a LOT of play in control warrior & libram/control Paladin.
This was always really annoying how long it would take to get the free deck, I had some friends that tried to join when they heard about it and after learning how long they would need to play to get it they immediately dipped out.
It's more similar to Drain Life than Darkbomb, but the heal rise by 1 and delayed by 2 turns and it enables a lot of combos with Soul Fragment mechanic.
Arena will see this play because it gives you another sticky minion that you didn't need to draft. But will probably be WAY too slow for anything in the constructed meta.
Good for stealth rogue. Gives a lot of consistancy for Greyheart Sage and it can help you make trades easier without the fear of running out of stealth minions. Will certainly see experimentation at the very least!
I think that this was made in an effort to combat the number of spells that people will want to play with the spellburst effect. I think that it will show up in a bit of anti-meta decks from people playing spellburst... but then fade away quickly when people start limiting the spellburst in their decks or find ways to silence it faster.
Just a arena card. The only other time this might see play is in WILD Fire Plume's Heart Warrior (Even costed, so not the ODD version), they will probably play this because their 2 taunts in 1. And the deathrattle gives a taunt to your hand, unlike Direhorn Hatchling which shuffles it into your deck.
I'm just getting goosebumps over the idea of dropping this playing The Coin and dropping Blessing of Might. It makes it a hard target right away. Any deck that plays with spellburst ability cards is bound to have a number of spells that should easily trigger these types of effects as soon as possible.
At first glance I thought, "Well, you need a few trash cards in your set." But now that I think about it, it's a neutral 4 dmg to a minion that gives you another 4 dmg to a minion. Given that premise, it's actually pretty solid. Add that it's a damned Murloc and you have a recipe for shenanigans.
WAY to SLOW. decent stat's but this card is REALLY situational. It's basicly just a win-more kinda card you play when ahead on board. So why not play a different card instead that can actually close out the game? Also turn 5 is around the time where the big single target removals come out like Assassinate, Siphon Soul and other spells. That means this will just be a 5 mana 2/2 with taunt. Horrible value and just a waste of mana.
Scholomance Academy Mechanic Overview - Dual-Class Cards, Spellburst, Studies, & Soul Fragments
The nice thing about them is that they both allow for more class cards each set AND allow more powerful cards to be printed since they're restricted to two classes. It's a brilliant way to deal with power-creep in a multi-year cycle without printing a bunch of busted neutrals. I think 10 class combinations is perfect per expansion, but it's exciting to think about how there are actually 45 combinations. It's a way better implementation than Gadgetzen or even the cross-class themes for EVIL and Explorers.
New Druid Minion - Gibberling
Historically Token Druid Decks have used Violet Teacher as a way to create large boards of sticky minions with power of the wild and soul of the forest, but for 4 mana Violet Teacher was sometimes clunky to play, and with Exotic Mount Seller and Kael'Thas Sunstrider Druids completely abandoned the violet teacher.
So, a minion that's 3 mana cheaper that also creates 1/1 tokens from spells you play should see play, being 3 turns faster than Violet Teacher and 6 turns faster than Exotic Mount seller. While the first Gibberer will only summon 1 additional Gibberer due to spellburst, the new Gibberer will still retain it's spellburst ability, allowing you to repeat the effect as you desire.
So on turn 2 you can play this on for (1) mana and have a mana left over. play the coin or innervate to summon another and have (2) mana to play Power of the wild and give your minions +1/+1, which will summon another Gibberer with your board receiving the buff giving you 6/6 worth of stats across 3 bodies.
Card also has a soft synergy with survival of the fittest, and while you might not be able to play them on the same turn if this spells hits while a gibberer is on the board it will summon another that will gain the buff for two minions with 5/5 of stats.
since you'll be playing spells in token druid there's a high chance you'll be able to save at least 1 or two of the gibberers needed for a good soul of the forest play to lead into savage roar.
Commencement
Discover and Lifesteal they saw a lot of promise in, and liked the design space that they open up. But yeah, with a lot of the others they give them the Enrage treatment outside of their intended sets. Echo had one exception with SN1P-SN4P.
Scholomance Academy Mechanic Overview - Dual-Class Cards, Spellburst, Studies, & Soul Fragments
I'd also like to gush about how much of a flavour win Soul Fragments are. Yes, they're based on Soul Shards, but their namesake is actually a Demon Hunter mechanic in WoW. Demon Hunters can make Soul Fragments when they kill enemies with certain spells, which will drop them on the ground. What do they do with Soul Fragments? If they pick them up, it heals them. Just like the Casts When Drawn effect.
So good.
First Time Legend, a Dad's Tale
Congrats! I'd wager there are quite a few COVID Legends like us. Earned my hideous card back in April when the northeast USA was locked down. More time to play = more time to grind without stopping my arena runs. My kids did their best to distract me with a wonderful combination of bickering/fighting, requests for the installation of lego mini-figure arms, and the seemingly nonstop utterance of "I'm hungry". Questionable whether I'd trade for the swamp diapers... lol. Grats on the new(ish) baby, too.
What Are the Free Hearthstone Decks for New and Returning Players? Decklists
I believe there is something in Battle.net account management that shows you.
Quest Trading - Play A Friend!
Battletag: FalcomSnipe#2830
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, you go first
What Are the Free Hearthstone Decks for New and Returning Players? Decklists
How do you find out what is the date when you logged in for the last time? And don't tell me that I have to login to figure it out, I am not falling for that :)
Demon Companion
I hope that on the next expansions the Demon Hunter will have an only spell archetype, they have 3 spells that summon minions with this one and summon with weapons, even Metamorphosis and Inner Demon are very strong damage spells, just add some and maybe it become playable at least in a meme level
New Paladin & Warrior Minion - Lord Barov
Old Equality and Whirlwind in 1. Insane VALUE and it's a great minion for both classes. Both warrior and Paladin needed some huge board clear and Lord Barov is here to help these classes out. This will see a LOT of play in control warrior & libram/control Paladin.
Carrion Studies
valid question.. I dusted mine since the decks I run discovery in are few and far between
What Are the Free Hearthstone Decks for New and Returning Players? Decklists
This was always really annoying how long it would take to get the free deck, I had some friends that tried to join when they heard about it and after learning how long they would need to play to get it they immediately dipped out.
Sneaky Delinquent
I love the stealth support that is popping up in these sets so far. Although this is mediocre, I still like it.
Soul Shear
It's more similar to Drain Life than Darkbomb, but the heal rise by 1 and delayed by 2 turns and it enables a lot of combos with Soul Fragment mechanic.
A very strong spell imho
Smug Senior
Arena will see this play because it gives you another sticky minion that you didn't need to draft. But will probably be WAY too slow for anything in the constructed meta.
New Neutral Minion - Sneaky Delinquent
Good for stealth rogue. Gives a lot of consistancy for Greyheart Sage and it can help you make trades easier without the fear of running out of stealth minions. Will certainly see experimentation at the very least!
Vulpera Toxinblade
If you used your hero power on turn 2, you can clear a 3-health minion on turn 3, which increases the chance this lives to turn 4.
Ogremancer
I think that this was made in an effort to combat the number of spells that people will want to play with the spellburst effect. I think that it will show up in a bit of anti-meta decks from people playing spellburst... but then fade away quickly when people start limiting the spellburst in their decks or find ways to silence it faster.
New Neutral Minion - Smug Senior
Just a arena card. The only other time this might see play is in WILD Fire Plume's Heart Warrior (Even costed, so not the ODD version), they will probably play this because their 2 taunts in 1. And the deathrattle gives a taunt to your hand, unlike Direhorn Hatchling which shuffles it into your deck.
Intrepid Initiate
I'm just getting goosebumps over the idea of dropping this playing The Coin and dropping Blessing of Might. It makes it a hard target right away. Any deck that plays with spellburst ability cards is bound to have a number of spells that should easily trigger these types of effects as soon as possible.
Hearthstone Theorycrafting Streams for Scholomance Academy This Thursday, July 30
It is funny to watch how actually Kripp right now in Theorycrafting before event does exactly that tho...
Blood Herald
I guess they will insist with Hir'eek, the Bat mechanic until it become playable.
Another backfire option for an evolve.
Maybe one day freeze Shaman will return too lol
Fishy Flyer
At first glance I thought, "Well, you need a few trash cards in your set." But now that I think about it, it's a neutral 4 dmg to a minion that gives you another 4 dmg to a minion. Given that premise, it's actually pretty solid. Add that it's a damned Murloc and you have a recipe for shenanigans.
New Neutral Minion - Ogremancer
WAY to SLOW. decent stat's but this card is REALLY situational. It's basicly just a win-more kinda card you play when ahead on board. So why not play a different card instead that can actually close out the game? Also turn 5 is around the time where the big single target removals come out like Assassinate, Siphon Soul and other spells. That means this will just be a 5 mana 2/2 with taunt. Horrible value and just a waste of mana.
Blessing of Authority
high roll on High Abbess Alura would be terrifying to say the least.