Really cool synergy with cards like Shadowflame because you resurrect the Shadowflame'd minion and get everything it kills as well. Also, I have a feeling I'm gonna see someone use Coin before playing a 6 Mana spell like Blizzard only to realize the Coin activated the Spellburst.
does that work though? Doesn't Shadowflame kill Kel before the Spellburst activates?
I think he means another minion besides Kel. So drop kel, shadowflame another minion on board. Clear enemy board as well as resurrect all enemy minions, plus the Shadowflamed minion.
Good enough for Standard Highlander Mage, but I can't see it included elsewhere. (3) for 4 is still too slow, the versatily of the shape helps a little bit, but not too much.
Just compare to what Dark Skies can do for the same amount of mana.
In the video, Tyrande plays against a druid hero (I beieve it's Hamuul Runetotem). It's this a spoiler for a new skin? It would be cool, I think, especially if it's free or a reward for something.
now its better, before u had to wait a week with nothing. this time its all done fast, no need to be in a waiting room.
We still had to wait a week after the initial announcement, and we'll still have to wait a week after the reveals finish, so nothing is different there.
Anyway, it is not as easy as it might seem to compare long and short reveal seasons, because to do that fairly you have to compare hype and boredom levels throughout the entire month before release (including before anything is announced at all), which need to factor in how enjoyable the preceding meta is. Certainly it is easy to forget how anxious people were to hear something - anything - when reveals get going.
On average I'm sure people will prefer the coming week over the old slower reveals, and will use that to argue that they prefer shorter reveals. BUT on average they also disliked the previous weeks more, so that it cancels out when you account for everything. Slow(-ish) and steady wins the race for me, but it's all personal preference and it makes next to no difference when the set is released.
It's good that they ditched the two weeks of nothingness after the initial announcement (although I feel like they kinda dropped the ball this time around as well as the announcement was followed by one week of complete radio silence).
As for the reveal period itself, little bit over 1 week (like now) feels a bit too squished to my taste. As OP said, there's not too much time for evaluating the cards individually and trying to figure out what kind of decks could work. For me, the ideal reveals would take maybe 2-2.5 weeks; fast enough to keep the excitement going but still allowing proper analysis of each revealed card.
I'm also curious about the multi-source reveals that seem to become more and more common lately. Surely it's not an ideal marketing strategy to have couple of people revealing their cards at the same time, is it? If the official schedule doesn't see any alterations before that, we'll even have a quadruple reveal this time around (on 28th). That's going to be wild.
However, am I the only one feeling it is a bit dull for a main character?
Anyway, he feels like a Priest Card, mostly, due to Shadow Word spells. I'm sure we'll see him in Priest decks.
Other classes have either spells that can hardly be played in the same turn, or spells that tend to kill KT as well.
He isn't defensive enough or too slow for Big Shaman Reincarnate or Conjurer's Calling or other shenanigans with other friendly minions and self-killing spells.
But the long wait was... Too long. 2-3 long weeks wasted with too few new cards to theorycraft with.
I prefer having few cards incoming regularly 1 month before release, for theorycraft purposes during the latest stages of an expansion, when there's no more room for homebrewing with known cards.
Or no reveals at all for meta madness (possibly paired with an Old God expansion).
To be honest, I kinda like this origin story better.
Taking the goofiness away, I find it quite interesting that Kel'thuzad would use his Kirin Tor position to found a magic school which was secretly a tool to recruit adepts for his Cult of the Damned. It makes a lot of sense, since a school full of young and impressionable minds is the perfect place for that. It's a pretty accurate depiction of how radical group recruitment works in real life.
That said, I haven't played WoW very much, although I'm quite familiar with Kel'thuzad because of Warcraft III. In fact, I discovered Scholomance exists because of this expansion.
So let me get this straight. If I play buffed Zixor Prime (with 5 or 6 attack) against a priest, he can just kill them all with Shadow Word: Ruin and then summon his own 4 Zixors. Wow. Can't wait to play against this card on ladder, so fair, balanced and definitely not absurdly swingy. As if priest wasn't already extremely annoying...
New Mage Spell - Combustion
I love the card. Seems like a very good anti-aggro tool. I keep thinking about Satyr Overseer getting grilled with this and it makes me happy.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Well Brawl doesn't specifically destroy any minion, but it works.
I guess stuff like Combustion and Soul Mirror could work
New Neutral Minion - Headmaster Kel'Thuzad
I think he means another minion besides Kel. So drop kel, shadowflame another minion on board. Clear enemy board as well as resurrect all enemy minions, plus the Shadowflamed minion.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
wait, it's kel'thuzad himself? pog
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Those Zixors would have only 4 attack and this situation would happen in 1 out of 150 games.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Lol the main dude squished Garrosh who was the hero. We assumed the minion played was Cairne Bloodhoof
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
I believe that was just Cairne Bloodhoof played previously by Garrosh.
New Mage Spell - Combustion
Ahh, yes, I messed up there. Thanks for the correction.
Scholomance Academy Launches August 6, Reveal Stream on July 29 with Kripparrian
Kripparian may be an OK player but he is an awful presenter.
Last time I had to turn off the reveal stream, that bad he was.
He wanted to win game instead of show the cards. He was like "chceking the new card for 2 seconds, considering it shit and going further".
I would love to see the Kibbler, he is funny and enjoys new cards, unlike Kripparian.
New Mage Spell - Combustion
Good enough for Standard Highlander Mage, but I can't see it included elsewhere. (3) for 4 is still too slow, the versatily of the shape helps a little bit, but not too much.
Just compare to what Dark Skies can do for the same amount of mana.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Inb4 the spell must specifically say "destroy" not "deal x damage"...
Combustion is a New Epic Mage Spell Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Interesting card! I am sure it will fit in well into my highlander mage deck!
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
In the video, Tyrande plays against a druid hero (I beieve it's Hamuul Runetotem). It's this a spoiler for a new skin? It would be cool, I think, especially if it's free or a reward for something.
New Paladin Spell - First Day of School
it will be nerfed soon ... too good
What do y’all think of the short reveal schedule?
We still had to wait a week after the initial announcement, and we'll still have to wait a week after the reveals finish, so nothing is different there.
Anyway, it is not as easy as it might seem to compare long and short reveal seasons, because to do that fairly you have to compare hype and boredom levels throughout the entire month before release (including before anything is announced at all), which need to factor in how enjoyable the preceding meta is. Certainly it is easy to forget how anxious people were to hear something - anything - when reveals get going.
On average I'm sure people will prefer the coming week over the old slower reveals, and will use that to argue that they prefer shorter reveals. BUT on average they also disliked the previous weeks more, so that it cancels out when you account for everything. Slow(-ish) and steady wins the race for me, but it's all personal preference and it makes next to no difference when the set is released.
Combustion is a New Epic Mage Spell Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
good anti-aggro card
What do y’all think of the short reveal schedule?
It's good that they ditched the two weeks of nothingness after the initial announcement (although I feel like they kinda dropped the ball this time around as well as the announcement was followed by one week of complete radio silence).
As for the reveal period itself, little bit over 1 week (like now) feels a bit too squished to my taste. As OP said, there's not too much time for evaluating the cards individually and trying to figure out what kind of decks could work. For me, the ideal reveals would take maybe 2-2.5 weeks; fast enough to keep the excitement going but still allowing proper analysis of each revealed card.
I'm also curious about the multi-source reveals that seem to become more and more common lately. Surely it's not an ideal marketing strategy to have couple of people revealing their cards at the same time, is it? If the official schedule doesn't see any alterations before that, we'll even have a quadruple reveal this time around (on 28th). That's going to be wild.
New Mage Spell - Combustion
Definitely good enough for highlander decks.
New Neutral Minion - Headmaster Kel'Thuzad
Design is perfectly on point.
However, am I the only one feeling it is a bit dull for a main character?
Anyway, he feels like a Priest Card, mostly, due to Shadow Word spells. I'm sure we'll see him in Priest decks.
Other classes have either spells that can hardly be played in the same turn, or spells that tend to kill KT as well.
He isn't defensive enough or too slow for Big Shaman Reincarnate or Conjurer's Calling or other shenanigans with other friendly minions and self-killing spells.
He can act as soft taunt tho, similarly to Archmage Vargoth.
New Neutral Minion - Headmaster Kel'Thuzad
It says nothing about enemy minions-meaning he works well with symmetric effects. Which is also creepyly flavorful.
What do y’all think of the short reveal schedule?
Now that we're at it, I'm surely gonna enjoy it.
But the long wait was... Too long. 2-3 long weeks wasted with too few new cards to theorycraft with.
I prefer having few cards incoming regularly 1 month before release, for theorycraft purposes during the latest stages of an expansion, when there's no more room for homebrewing with known cards.
Or no reveals at all for meta madness (possibly paired with an Old God expansion).
Scholomance Academy
To be honest, I kinda like this origin story better.
Taking the goofiness away, I find it quite interesting that Kel'thuzad would use his Kirin Tor position to found a magic school which was secretly a tool to recruit adepts for his Cult of the Damned. It makes a lot of sense, since a school full of young and impressionable minds is the perfect place for that. It's a pretty accurate depiction of how radical group recruitment works in real life.
That said, I haven't played WoW very much, although I'm quite familiar with Kel'thuzad because of Warcraft III. In fact, I discovered Scholomance exists because of this expansion.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
So let me get this straight. If I play buffed Zixor Prime (with 5 or 6 attack) against a priest, he can just kill them all with Shadow Word: Ruin and then summon his own 4 Zixors. Wow. Can't wait to play against this card on ladder, so fair, balanced and definitely not absurdly swingy. As if priest wasn't already extremely annoying...
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad is a new Legendary Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Damn kid's rng was insane. If I was tyrande I'd be salty as hell after that brawl.
Combustion is a New Epic Mage Spell Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
[Hearthstone Card (Shadowbolt) Not Found] cries in a corner.
Decent card, but Mage spells are quite competitive for deck slots...