This isn't good enough for the hoops you have to jump through. Its cool to see the menagerie concepts coming back again and again but I just don't see this one being worth it.
But I agree with the post above or I should say @DoubleSummon's post because someone can comment before me. :D
Azure Drake should be moved to HoF in the time it moved but that's not valid for now. I also don't think that it will see play in this meta. I meant the metas of this year especially. It probably would shine again in this expansion tho. They might think about put it back to the classic in my opinion. It is not that broken anymore and we past the Jade Druid, Jade Shaman times.
And powercreeps are everywhere in this expansion. Should we be worried about this situation which team 5 out of ideas, i really don't know because some cards are really creative but most of them feels like they "borrow" those ideas from fan creations. I will be observing next years designs. It feels like there are some shakes in Hearthstone teams, not just in team 5. The stream also felt like that.
Despite the many ways in which self damage and AOE are a boon to Warlock, the opportunity cost of running such a weak card in your deck is so high that I don't think this would see play at zero mana, let alone one. (E.g. does Beakered Lightning see any play despite the overload synergies?)
Whirlwind sometimes sees play in aggro warrior. I think the real issue isn't opportunity cost, it's the obvious counter-synergy between damaging everything and building wide token boards. which is typically what the warlock self-damage cards try to do.
Because I almost always add class cards to decks before any neutrals, I often find myself with an almost all class-card draft anyway. Pally has some meaningful holes in what it can do with its class cards though, so it might be an interesting class to put this effect in.
Either way, I am more than happy for an excuse not to sift through endless pages of neutral cards.
You need to be lucky in-that you drew a Dragon worth putting on the field without a Battlecry, and you need to not summon a minion for your opponent. Seems like a hard sell.
Living Dragonbreath
oh, cuz it's an elemental made of fire.. fire and ice.. get it? hah..
New Paladin Spell - Righteous Cause
Can easily be triggered with just one or two cards over in wild, definitely not looking forward to running into this on ladder
New Neutral Minion - Evasive Chimaera
pack filler, honestly. pretty good in arena though
New Neutral Minion - Utgarde Grapplesniper
Inconsistent. Potentially devastating. I don’t think i will use it much, but i will hate to encounter it.
Disciple of Galakrond
great invoke card
New Neutral Minion - Skyfin
This isn't good enough for the hoops you have to jump through. Its cool to see the menagerie concepts coming back again and again but I just don't see this one being worth it.
Grave Rune
cube is back
Fire Hawk
good against control, bad against aggro. so, right in the middle 2.5/5
New Neutral Minion - Big Ol' Whelp
Good stats with an upside, good card
New Neutral Minion - Big Ol' Whelp
Best pack filler so far.
But I agree with the post above or I should say @DoubleSummon's post because someone can comment before me. :D
Azure Drake should be moved to HoF in the time it moved but that's not valid for now. I also don't think that it will see play in this meta. I meant the metas of this year especially. It probably would shine again in this expansion tho. They might think about put it back to the classic in my opinion. It is not that broken anymore and we past the Jade Druid, Jade Shaman times.
And powercreeps are everywhere in this expansion. Should we be worried about this situation which team 5 out of ideas, i really don't know because some cards are really creative but most of them feels like they "borrow" those ideas from fan creations. I will be observing next years designs. It feels like there are some shakes in Hearthstone teams, not just in team 5. The stream also felt like that.
New Warlock Spell - Rain of Fire
Whirlwind sometimes sees play in aggro warrior. I think the real issue isn't opportunity cost, it's the obvious counter-synergy between damaging everything and building wide token boards. which is typically what the warlock self-damage cards try to do.
New Neutral Minion - Blazing Battlemage
new dire mole, really great card. neutral, too, that's a bonus
New Paladin Minion - Lightforged Crusader
Because I almost always add class cards to decks before any neutrals, I often find myself with an almost all class-card draft anyway. Pally has some meaningful holes in what it can do with its class cards though, so it might be an interesting class to put this effect in.
Either way, I am more than happy for an excuse not to sift through endless pages of neutral cards.
New Warrior Minion - Sky Raider
Most Pirates have Weapon/Tribal-Synergies anyway, so probably pretty good.
Maybe even good enough for Wild Pirate-Warrior?
Tasty Flyfish
i dont think there will be a dragon and murloc deck. its either one or the other
New Priest Minion - Chronobreaker
Pretty solid, not as good as Duskbreaker but still solid.
Righteous Cause
great with sky claw
The Final Descent of Dragons Reveal Stream - 47 New Cards! LIVE COVERAGE
Demons as a tribe got the shaft this expansion.
Whispers of EVIL
It's a good card, but man this makes Lazul even creepier than before
Now I feel bad for the Lackeys
New Neutral Minion - Fire Hawk
Doesn't seem too bad against some control decks.
Sky Claw
looks fun
New Neutral Minion - Utgarde Grapplesniper
You need to be lucky in-that you drew a Dragon worth putting on the field without a Battlecry, and you need to not summon a minion for your opponent. Seems like a hard sell.
New Shaman Spell - Storm's Wrath
Great, more cheap buffs for your whole board. Least it can’t be used in Even Shaman, that’d be a scary thought
Blazing Battlemage
this will see play in a buff druid, when the 0 mana spell will make this card a two mana 4/4 or 3 mana 6/6
Grizzled Wizard
nah, i don't think this is good. 1/5, another useless epic