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Going to put this here and sleep on it. See how I feel about it in the morning. 

The one thing I don't like about it (or rather do like about it, since I don't play it myself and therefore only find myself on the opposite side of the board) is that its very predictable and linear.  I'm impressed that both the games you highlighted were control matchups and you handled them fine, but I do have to wonder how much was misplay by your opponents.  The Garen deck is highly dependent on wide board and leveled Garen, and if its deprived of those 2 objectives it has zero catchup capability.

I am looking forward for 'inspire' wild demon hunter. It will be nice to resurect that old mechanic.

Kul Tiran Chaplain is powerful enough to make Tempo Priest have a chance. I like the changes to Holy Smite and Holy Nova. Smite is now arguably the best early game removal spell, most likely an auto include in any Tempo Priest deck. Nova was abysmal at 5 mana, at 4 mana it is fair, but not op. 

Even though the surprise has been spoiled, it will still be so much better to see what Blizzard has in store for the reveal. I already predicted the expansion as soon as that streamer said we were "not prepared" for all the changes. So learning a day early what it is does not ruin anything.  

I feel this early leak is just the tip of the ice burg for what is in store for tomorrow. Still hyped, and excited to have something to look forward to other than more terrible news.

Everyone stay safe out there, and wash your hands! 

Does that mean these cards will rotate? Or maybe Demon Hunter will rotate? :P

Stand Against Darkness is feeling extra SAD today.

Synegizes well with Wrathscale Naga for board control and Feast of Souls for card draw.

2/2 1 mana minion with an upside.

Not a build around card, but I expect this to be an autoinclude in all DH decks.

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OMFG!!!

They buffed LOTS of cards that i run in my spider token OTK deck!!!
I managed to reach rank Master 35 with it last month... i wouldn't be surprised if token spider becomes a S tier deck now.

Brood Awakening at 5 is going to be NUTS!

Gratz--what's your decklist?

They could make it not available on Wild yet until they figured it out.

But yeah, I'm expecting a whole bunch of bugs and glitches incoming.

EDIT. This is just a theory, but maybe upgraded hero power can be 1 attack & lifesteal rather than 2 attack

I'm interested to see the Classic cards for Demon Hunter. As of this writing, there's only Basic and Outland cards. After looking through all the Demon Hunter cards, the Class feels very aggro and proactive. Looking forward to trying them out.

I feel some type of way about these priest changes. I'm not exactly sure how that is either. Some of the cards look good, but Power Word: Shield is eviscerated.

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I hope we're getting these articles because someone with insider knowledge of the event a few weeks ago knows there's changes coming to Basic/Classic. If true, please either ignore this comment or issue a denial :)

well well wel

OMFG!!!

They buffed LOTS of cards that i run in my spider token OTK deck!!!
I managed to reach rank Master 35 with it last month... i wouldn't be surprised if token spider becomes a S tier deck now.

Brood Awakening at 5 is going to be NUTS!

There will still be classic cards for the DH, right?

Amazing card from discovery effects since it automatically becomes Outcast. Native silence is always welcome especially if all demon synergy deck becomes a thing.

Almost all the cards for the new class look OP af.

Yup, as we know it.

Flux, can you make discussion page for those new Priest cards too?

I think shadow assassin should have “This has elusive while your opponent has an elusive unit” instead of having elusive. That way it becomes more of a defensive tool

One thing I really liked was the change to Navori Conspirator, hopefully now the Ionia / Frelyord Deck will be a lot worse. 

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I absolutely loved:

• The Kalista rework.  Honestly, she might be a little too good now, but as much time as she's spent in the dumpster Girl could use a little time to shine.  The best part is: it's not just good, its novel.  My mind is already spinning on all the ways to possibly abuse her L2 ability.
• Mageseekers rework.  The whole "discard a card" thing was really discouraging, so I love that they dumped it and now made it more fun.  Props for making them all reactive, too, since pretty much every 6+ cost spell is something you want to play at the right time and not just as an activator.
• The Rummage change.   It sounds like a small thing, but honestly most successful Jinx decks will cut this card because it absolutely sucks to "lock up" your hand.  But even bigger than the specifics is how they are proactively bandaging this very niche scenario.  It shows a familiarity with how an off-meta deck performs and nourishment to want to essentially "unburden" it without necessarily buffing it.

I liked

• The down-tuning for Black Spear, Crowd Favorite, Chump Whump, and MotI.  All essentially went from "Why wouldn't you run 3x of this card?" to "Are you sure this is the best card for you?", which is exactly what you want from a balanced card game.
• The up-tuning on Brood Awakening, Poro Snax, and Iceborn Legacy.  The latter 2 are opening up new possible archetypes; the former is giving some deckbuilding flexibility to what is currently a very narrow archetype.  Kudos all around.
• In general: how this was a regularly scheduled balance patch that shook things up, and now I'm already excited for / dreaming up totally new deck archetypes.  Compare this to other CCG games' who will remain nameless' balance patches, where effectively announcing which Tier One decks are now dead and leave me waiting to see what inevitably fills the power void.

I'm not sure about

• Pack Mentality.  I do like that its less confusing now, but this is really just feels like a variation on For Demacia.  It's uninspired brute force.  Plus: I'm still not sure who's actually going to run it.  Decks that run wide, sure, but that's usually not Frejlord.  Maybe someone that wants to make use of Unscarred Reaver and Scarthane SteffanBADCARDNAME outside of a subpar Vlad deck?
• Troop of Elnuks.  The chance of a complete whiff on this card (not adjusting for what you've drawn or if you've copied) is roughly (34/39)^N, where N is the number of cards, so the change goes from a ~25% chance to a ~44% chance.  I'm guessing that's enough of a swing to scare off meta decks from just splashing it, but it doesn't feel comforting.  I do like that they identify preservation of the counterfeit coin strategy, but honestly if that trick wasn't working at 10 cards I don't think it will get any more popular now.
• Flash of Brilliance.  The bigger thing to me was the free mana, so I'm really disappointed they didn't at least make it a 4 cost spell.

I'm disappointed with

• The Vanguard Lookout "buff".  Boring, and ironically he probably still isn't going to see play because there are better 2-drops for elites.  If you want to make people play him, he needs some interesting tag or ability.

I can't beleive

• That Hecarim "nerf".  He's even more disgusting on a Harrowing now, I don't think reducing his damage by 2 is going to slow him down.  Really should have been either an increase to 8 mana or a removal of Overwhelm tag IMHO.
• Rekindler.  I actually really like that you can rez champions; what I don't like is that this is so often double-digit stats for 6 mana--raising to 7 doesn't hurt the bottom line enough.  IMHO, should either be a smaller body or changed to rez the weakest champion so you need to build your deck more carefully if you're just going to cheat out infinite Hecarim / Garen / Ashe / (Kalista ;-) ) etc.
• No change to Shadow Assassin.  This card is just disgusting, and its the lynch pin of all elusive cancer decks.  I do appreciate that they at least identified it and played around with some of the numbers, but not converging on any actual changes is a huge miss IMHO.