Could work just fine with Kael'thas Sunstrider and other cards that support cheap spells. I just hope that the other "Studies" card shows a little more imagination.
This minion is really good for Tempo Rogue decks. Mage has arguably the best spells in HS in Standard right now. Not sure if this fits as well into Mage decks, but maybe?
This card is strong. Ridiculously strong. Like you might not see it until the Shaman slams Malygos then uses 2 of these to cheat out a bunch of burn spells that kill you strong. Malygos OTK is officially back in Standard.
Effect a bit too random, as others said. Spellkin is more predictable. Still cool effect though. Always appreciate a dragon. Could see some use for sure and strong in arena.
This card has premium stats for a 2-drop, is neutral and can potentially disrupt your opponent's next turn. Yeah, this card is an instant two-of in any aggro deck and probably an auto-include in Highlander decks as well. It's easy tempo that costs you nothing to run.
Absolutely nutty card, I think some people are underrating the absolute raw power of this thing. The only way it doesn’t see play is if the metagame is just way too fast that a 8 drop will get you killed. (Looking at you, Hunter/Demon Hunter fusion
Spell Shaman just got another tool. I think we may finally start to see the next Shaman archetype in a Dragon Burn Shaman with Squallhunter and Malygos. Especially with Lightning Bloom available to Shaman decks.
I feel like you'll see this card played a lot by Mages, but rarely main-decked. This is the type of card you love to find off of Magic Trick or Evocation. Depending on the meta I could see some Shaman decks running this.
I feel in a different time this would have been a very powerful tool in HS, but a neutral board clear that leaves a 2/5 body is entirely too fair for modern HS. It's not a bad card and has potential to see some play in Highlander archetypes.
This card seems low key powerful. For just 2 mana and a not understatted minion you scramble your opponents ability to respond to your board, etc. Just one mana can make a huge difference. Doomed Apprentice never saw play because it cost 3 mana. This is very playable.
Will likely see play only in rogue, priest or mage. Spellburst likely only triggers once, so its not like pyromancer or risky skipper.
In rogue because of Backstab (call it a smaller, double value Starfall), and in mage because mage really needs some AoE given that its game plan is usually not tempo. In priest because of Apotheosis.
Maybe a silent counter to spell druid? not too bad. But its a tech card, nothing more.
Not really that good in my opinion. Yes, devolve was a good card. But that affected the entire enemy board, and its usually considered an AoE for small boards.
In situations where boards are anything higher than 3, this becomes a massive rng spell that only maybe do what its supposed to do, remove a threat. Kinda reminds me of Plague of Murlocs and will likely end up the same way.
Slotted this guy into a few decks and he's shown his value bigtime. He's insane. He's had divine shield, reborn, stealth/poisonous, and buff a minion so far and each time it was a power play. Haven't gotten the get a plague one yet.
And also: its entirely too slow so don't actually play it and for the love of C'thun don't craft, and have tissues on-hand for when it gets silenced / polymorphed / hex / devolved / poofed away. But still: gotta love that flavor. Many a meme will be had.
I mean a 1 mana Druid spell that discovers another Druid spell and discounts it for 1 mana? What a joke! As if there's some meta deck out there that totally relies upon the casting of cheap Druid spells for a win condition...oh wait. I have a feeling I'm going to hate this card but yeah, it's powerful.
While this card is slow, it has a proactive end of turn effect. It's actually quite similar to Priestess of Fury, but the major difference is that PoF can be cheated out for 5 mana. Imo, this card has significantly better chances of being played over Rattlegore due to the fact that it's a big body that immediately summons 6/6 worth of stats that attack your opponent's face or minions and continues to do so if it's not dealt with.
The text reads 'your next spell', not discounting the spell you discovered. So its an easy 2 mana Wild Growth for example. This is just crazy stuff, to be omitted only by embiggen druid.
Otherwise, its just great OTK material, not to mention its basically a cycle card for another spell, which helps out with flexibility.
New Druid Spell - Nature Studies
Could work just fine with Kael'thas Sunstrider and other cards that support cheap spells. I just hope that the other "Studies" card shows a little more imagination.
New Mage/Rogue Minion - Wand Thief
This minion is really good for Tempo Rogue decks. Mage has arguably the best spells in HS in Standard right now. Not sure if this fits as well into Mage decks, but maybe?
New Druid/Shaman Spell - Lightning Bloom
This card is strong. Ridiculously strong. Like you might not see it until the Shaman slams Malygos then uses 2 of these to cheat out a bunch of burn spells that kill you strong. Malygos OTK is officially back in Standard.
New Neutral Minion - Onyx Magescribe
Effect a bit too random, as others said. Spellkin is more predictable. Still cool effect though. Always appreciate a dragon. Could see some use for sure and strong in arena.
New Priest Minion - Frazzled Freshman
Those are neutrals, he asked about class cards
New Neutral Minion - Cult Neophyte
This card has premium stats for a 2-drop, is neutral and can potentially disrupt your opponent's next turn. Yeah, this card is an instant two-of in any aggro deck and probably an auto-include in Highlander decks as well. It's easy tempo that costs you nothing to run.
New Neutral Minion - Onyx Magescribe
This card could slot into Highlander Mage or Highlander Priest. Probably most Highlander decks honestly. Outside of that he's pretty meh.
New Warrior Minion - Troublemaker
Absolutely nutty card, I think some people are underrating the absolute raw power of this thing. The only way it doesn’t see play is if the metagame is just way too fast that a 8 drop will get you killed. (Looking at you, Hunter/Demon Hunter fusion
New Shaman Minion - Diligent Notetaker
Spell Shaman just got another tool. I think we may finally start to see the next Shaman archetype in a Dragon Burn Shaman with Squallhunter and Malygos. Especially with Lightning Bloom available to Shaman decks.
New Neutral Minion - Onyx Magescribe
"We will tone down rng and resource generation and direct them mostly to mage and priest"
Yeah sure.
aren't his stats really good? also has a dragon tag.. so maybe can be used in highlander mage.
New Shaman/Mage Spell - Devolving Missiles
I feel like you'll see this card played a lot by Mages, but rarely main-decked. This is the type of card you love to find off of Magic Trick or Evocation. Depending on the meta I could see some Shaman decks running this.
New Shaman/Mage Spell - Devolving Missiles
Yes, it seems balanced because Devolve is 2 mana, but I really see this getting nerfed up to 2 mana.
A little concerned at the power level of some of these bi-class cards.
Scholomance Academy
These cards look very promising. It's great to see they're not running out of ideas.
New Neutral Minion - Wretched Tutor
I feel in a different time this would have been a very powerful tool in HS, but a neutral board clear that leaves a 2/5 body is entirely too fair for modern HS. It's not a bad card and has potential to see some play in Highlander archetypes.
New Neutral Minion - Transfer Student
This card is actually insane. All the effects are really really good, especially for a 2 drop.
New Neutral Minion - Cult Neophyte
This card seems low key powerful. For just 2 mana and a not understatted minion you scramble your opponents ability to respond to your board, etc. Just one mana can make a huge difference. Doomed Apprentice never saw play because it cost 3 mana. This is very playable.
New Neutral Minion - Wretched Tutor
Will likely see play only in rogue, priest or mage. Spellburst likely only triggers once, so its not like pyromancer or risky skipper.
In rogue because of Backstab (call it a smaller, double value Starfall), and in mage because mage really needs some AoE given that its game plan is usually not tempo. In priest because of Apotheosis.
Maybe a silent counter to spell druid? not too bad. But its a tech card, nothing more.
New Shaman/Mage Spell - Devolving Missiles
Not really that good in my opinion. Yes, devolve was a good card. But that affected the entire enemy board, and its usually considered an AoE for small boards.
In situations where boards are anything higher than 3, this becomes a massive rng spell that only maybe do what its supposed to do, remove a threat. Kinda reminds me of Plague of Murlocs and will likely end up the same way.
Transfer Student's Effect Changes Based on the Game Board - Here Are All the Effects!
Slotted this guy into a few decks and he's shown his value bigtime. He's insane. He's had divine shield, reborn, stealth/poisonous, and buff a minion so far and each time it was a power play. Haven't gotten the get a plague one yet.
Some of the wild ones are pretty...wild. Love it!
New Warrior Minion - Rattlegore
I love this card.
And also: its entirely too slow so don't actually play it and for the love of C'thun don't craft, and have tissues on-hand for when it gets silenced / polymorphed / hex / devolved / poofed away. But still: gotta love that flavor. Many a meme will be had.
New Druid Spell - Nature Studies
I mean a 1 mana Druid spell that discovers another Druid spell and discounts it for 1 mana? What a joke! As if there's some meta deck out there that totally relies upon the casting of cheap Druid spells for a win condition...oh wait. I have a feeling I'm going to hate this card but yeah, it's powerful.
New Priest Minion - Frazzled Freshman
Blazing Battlemage and Dire Mole might be more apt comparisons. (Former has beast tag; latter has none)
New Warrior Minion - Troublemaker
While this card is slow, it has a proactive end of turn effect. It's actually quite similar to Priestess of Fury, but the major difference is that PoF can be cheated out for 5 mana. Imo, this card has significantly better chances of being played over Rattlegore due to the fact that it's a big body that immediately summons 6/6 worth of stats that attack your opponent's face or minions and continues to do so if it's not dealt with.
New Druid Spell - Nature Studies
The text reads 'your next spell', not discounting the spell you discovered. So its an easy 2 mana Wild Growth for example. This is just crazy stuff, to be omitted only by embiggen druid.
Otherwise, its just great OTK material, not to mention its basically a cycle card for another spell, which helps out with flexibility.
New Priest Minion - Frazzled Freshman
It might have some use in a more aggressive, minion based priest deck. Priest has plenty of buffs. But is such a deck any good?