While Wild Growth has been out of the meta for a time since its nerf, the recent release of Winged Guardian has brought a Midrange, Dragon/Ramp/Embiggen Druid back into the game leveraging the new ramp abilities provided by Breath of Dreams. It remains to be seen how this deck will fare over time as the meta settles and new cards are released, but for now it's putting up an appreciable presence, making this a good time to look at it.
One thing to note upfront is that this isn't a discussion of nerfs. While you could make a case for nerfing Breath of Dreams, you could also make a case for nerfing tons of stuff from Descent of Dragons, given the immense power creep in the set. For what it's worth, I'm a bit pleased that Druid at least has a deck to work with now after its period of dormancy.
Most of the posts I make tend to be information centric, whether it is about a bug, statistics, a guide, or maybe just questioning the way things are done. All of these things fall under "discussion", I suppose. I think that a category I would really like to have is something along the lines of "information". People would post guides, and discussion of the way things work, whereas "discussion" can be where people whine about the meta or give opinions on things, like this post. I'm not sure who I need to talk to to get this type of flair introduced, but I think it would be helpful for people looking for guides in particular.
For starter, basically the same as previously - maybe a tad harder - but your usual wild suspect should do the trick. On the E.V.I.L. side, the first and last encounter being slower, I'd suggest a control oriented list. As for the second one, the hero power shuffling 2 treasures in their deck for (0) mana is a little too strong to mess around, early pressure such as zoolock or mech paladin could do it for you.
About to see if the same applies to the explorer side of adventure now.
It does indeed! Just get yourself enough removal to clear those elusively not keyworded minions, so aim for class that have lots of mass removals - mage, shaman and priest - and you'll be good to go.
I would be very surprised if you could reroll normal daily quests into these special holiday gold&dust quests. Does this work? Can anyone else confirm?
CONFIRMED. You can reroll normal quests to lunar event quests. Just did this on my Asia account
Cristalize Blood is meant to be an activator for Fresh Blood. You trigger the keyword without actually decreasing your life total. It also boosts cards like Bloodflame Bolt.
No, I didn't say anything about it's balance or usefulness. I think both are fine.
I was just saying that it doesn't make sense for a Basic card to reference a card that came after it, although if you want, I suppose you can pretend that Crystallizer is actually referencing that card instead.
That's really good to know. Yeah, I did notice the issue where the # of wildcards was not going down. When I was getting errors from the server about not being able to craft, it said I had 7 rare wildcards, but when I re-entered the collection, I saw 0 rare wildcards.
I'm hoping I didn't lose any rare wild cards at least and it's just not tracking what happened properly in the purchase history.
Even if you lost, it was still tracked on your purchase history. I'm %100 sure of that Riot would compensate it. Just print screen it and send it to support.
That's really good to know. Yeah, I did notice the issue where the # of wildcards was not going down. When I was getting errors from the server about not being able to craft, it said I had 7 rare wildcards, but when I re-entered the collection, I saw 0 rare wildcards.
I'm hoping I didn't lose any rare wild cards at least and it's just not tracking what happened properly in the purchase history.
There is an issue that your collection doesn't sync well when you spend your wildcards. They simply didn't diminish after you spend them. While you have 3 wildcards and spend all of them, it shows like you still have 3 of them. When you craft more, it let's you craft more than 3 so it might be about that issue.
You probably didn't have more wildcards but it shows you like you crafted more than you can. It happened one of my friend while he was streaming and he's also still waiting for them to correct the issue.
I hope it is fixed soon. For all people who will read here, Be careful while crafting cards with wildcards. After you crafted 3 copies, close collection and open it again. It corrects the wildcard amounts.
Cristalize Blood is meant to be an activator for Fresh Blood. You trigger the keyword without actually decreasing your life total. It also boosts cards like Bloodflame Bolt.
Flame Rush may need reworking indeed, i'll try to find another simpler version of it.
Cauterize is not OP in my opinion as it highly depends on your current health. Druid has an 8 mana heal for 3 mana, so to get the same value as him you would need to be at 12 hp. The spell is bad if cast above that threshold. Since this class self damages so much i think it's ok to have 1 or 2 really string heal effects.
In my Purchases history, it says that I bought 5 copies of Senna. I may have actually crafted 5 - I'm not sure. Like, I may have crafted more than 3 and the server didn't sync up with my crafts or something?
Anyway, I can refund 2 of my rare wildcards, but when I do, it says that it will invalidate one of my decks. Did I spend 2 extra wild cards? Is this a bug?
I sent a support ticket, but I haven't heard from Riot in 2 days.
I don't even think The Ruination is that good of a card. It's 9 mana. If you really don't like it, play more card draw units to keep your hand full, or use Deny.
You can also play around it and not fill up your board - just create a board that is scary enough that they need to use it without putting out all of your resources. Often times, your clock to kill your opponent is pretty similar with less creatures because you will over-kill them.
Compared to other card games, this is a really expensive card. In magic the gathering, this card is often 4-5 mana for a similar effect (or even upside, like gaining life for all the creatures that died or not being counterable).
There's also a big opportunity cost to having this card in your deck - it sits in your hand and does nothing, so until you can play it, it's like having 1 less card than your opponent.
Comparison of Design: Wild Growth and Breath of Dreams
While Wild Growth has been out of the meta for a time since its nerf, the recent release of Winged Guardian has brought a Midrange, Dragon/Ramp/Embiggen Druid back into the game leveraging the new ramp abilities provided by Breath of Dreams. It remains to be seen how this deck will fare over time as the meta settles and new cards are released, but for now it's putting up an appreciable presence, making this a good time to look at it.
One thing to note upfront is that this isn't a discussion of nerfs. While you could make a case for nerfing Breath of Dreams, you could also make a case for nerfing tons of stuff from Descent of Dragons, given the immense power creep in the set. For what it's worth, I'm a bit pleased that Druid at least has a deck to work with now after its period of dormancy.
Proposal For New Flair Category: "Information"
Most of the posts I make tend to be information centric, whether it is about a bug, statistics, a guide, or maybe just questioning the way things are done. All of these things fall under "discussion", I suppose. I think that a category I would really like to have is something along the lines of "information". People would post guides, and discussion of the way things work, whereas "discussion" can be where people whine about the meta or give opinions on things, like this post. I'm not sure who I need to talk to to get this type of flair introduced, but I think it would be helpful for people looking for guides in particular.
Hearthstone Esports Gets a New Crowdfunding Bundle - The Dragon Masters Bundle Now Available with a New Card Pack
I agree, im sure we could use more specific pack to control the rng a little desirable, if any.
Did I purchase 5 copies of Senna?
Yep, I did that on Sunday. Just waiting for them to respond.
Augmented Experimenter
Sweet :)
Edit: was watching a stream earlier and I don't think you even need to target a unit btw
Breakfast
Augmented Experimenter
Nope you can play him with no hand, but you need a target
Galakrond's Awakening : Heroic Guide
Week 2 : 3 new boss on each side ;
For starter, basically the same as previously - maybe a tad harder - but your usual wild suspect should do the trick.
On the E.V.I.L. side, the first and last encounter being slower, I'd suggest a control oriented list. As for the second one, the hero power shuffling 2 treasures in their deck for (0) mana is a little too strong to mess around, early pressure such as zoolock or mech paladin could do it for you.
About to see if the same applies to the explorer side of adventure now.
It does indeed! Just get yourself enough removal to clear those elusively not keyworded minions, so aim for class that have lots of mass removals - mage, shaman and priest - and you'll be good to go.
Augmented Experimenter
Do I need any cards to discard in order to play this? i.e if this is the only card in my hand can this still be played?
Find Your Champion Comes to the Magic World Championship - Free Cards & Sleeve in MTG Arena
Is it just me (non-native speaker) or 'Find Your Champion' sounds stupid?
It's funny how WotC does the same thing as HS's Choose your Champion but don't want to use the same name so they changed it a little.
Hearthstone Esports Gets a New Crowdfunding Bundle - The Dragon Masters Bundle Now Available with a New Card Pack
I just disenchanted my Golden Shu'ma yesterday and Golden Nithogg two weeks ago because I decided not to buy any more DoD packs.
I'm tempted but there's a good chance for those two to show up now.
Lunar Quests - help me I'm dumb
CONFIRMED. You can reroll normal quests to lunar event quests. Just did this on my Asia account
Bloodburner Custom Class - Classic and Basic sets
No, I didn't say anything about it's balance or usefulness. I think both are fine.
I was just saying that it doesn't make sense for a Basic card to reference a card that came after it, although if you want, I suppose you can pretend that Crystallizer is actually referencing that card instead.
Did I purchase 5 copies of Senna?
Even if you lost, it was still tracked on your purchase history. I'm %100 sure of that Riot would compensate it. Just print screen it and send it to support.
Did I purchase 5 copies of Senna?
That's really good to know. Yeah, I did notice the issue where the # of wildcards was not going down. When I was getting errors from the server about not being able to craft, it said I had 7 rare wildcards, but when I re-entered the collection, I saw 0 rare wildcards.
I'm hoping I didn't lose any rare wild cards at least and it's just not tracking what happened properly in the purchase history.
Hearthstone Esports Gets a New Crowdfunding Bundle - The Dragon Masters Bundle Now Available with a New Card Pack
Unrelated question.. is celeste going to come out tomorrow in another bundle?
Did I purchase 5 copies of Senna?
There is an issue that your collection doesn't sync well when you spend your wildcards. They simply didn't diminish after you spend them. While you have 3 wildcards and spend all of them, it shows like you still have 3 of them. When you craft more, it let's you craft more than 3 so it might be about that issue.
You probably didn't have more wildcards but it shows you like you crafted more than you can. It happened one of my friend while he was streaming and he's also still waiting for them to correct the issue.
I hope it is fixed soon. For all people who will read here, Be careful while crafting cards with wildcards. After you crafted 3 copies, close collection and open it again. It corrects the wildcard amounts.
Bloodburner Custom Class - Classic and Basic sets
Cristalize Blood is meant to be an activator for Fresh Blood. You trigger the keyword without actually decreasing your life total. It also boosts cards like Bloodflame Bolt.
Flame Rush may need reworking indeed, i'll try to find another simpler version of it.
Cauterize is not OP in my opinion as it highly depends on your current health. Druid has an 8 mana heal for 3 mana, so to get the same value as him you would need to be at 12 hp. The spell is bad if cast above that threshold. Since this class self damages so much i think it's ok to have 1 or 2 really string heal effects.
Thanks for the feedback!
Hearthstone Esports Gets a New Crowdfunding Bundle - The Dragon Masters Bundle Now Available with a New Card Pack
Regardless of what's in them, the card pack design itself is pretty cool.
Did I purchase 5 copies of Senna?
Likely a bug, and will likely be fixed in a future patch. I wouldn't worry about it too much right now.
galakrond???
galakrond's in packs?
Did I purchase 5 copies of Senna?
In my Purchases history, it says that I bought 5 copies of Senna. I may have actually crafted 5 - I'm not sure. Like, I may have crafted more than 3 and the server didn't sync up with my crafts or something?
Anyway, I can refund 2 of my rare wildcards, but when I do, it says that it will invalidate one of my decks. Did I spend 2 extra wild cards? Is this a bug?
I sent a support ticket, but I haven't heard from Riot in 2 days.
Help?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1j99ujvx8zjs96n/5-sennas-purchased.png?dl=0
"The Ruination" is a horrible concept for a card. Balance issues.
I don't even think The Ruination is that good of a card. It's 9 mana. If you really don't like it, play more card draw units to keep your hand full, or use Deny.
You can also play around it and not fill up your board - just create a board that is scary enough that they need to use it without putting out all of your resources. Often times, your clock to kill your opponent is pretty similar with less creatures because you will over-kill them.
Compared to other card games, this is a really expensive card. In magic the gathering, this card is often 4-5 mana for a similar effect (or even upside, like gaining life for all the creatures that died or not being counterable).
There's also a big opportunity cost to having this card in your deck - it sits in your hand and does nothing, so until you can play it, it's like having 1 less card than your opponent.
The card is fine.
The Galakrond's Awakening Hearthstone Adventure Week 2 Cards - Clash at Wyrmrest
Cloning Device and Drakonid Operative are good examples of the poor consistency of the card texts.
The 1st one discover a "copy", and the 2nd one just discover a card, but both gives you a copy.
Hearthstone Esports Gets a New Crowdfunding Bundle - The Dragon Masters Bundle Now Available with a New Card Pack
yeah, I guess I made the same mistake.