your argumentation is fair enough. And i can see some of your points as a valid ones. I hope it is you who is right, as im afraid cards like this can destroy game experience.
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If fire elemental can pop up to relevance from time to time, then this card can stay relevant all the time. And as you all kindly said already, quest shaman is a thing, and aggro overload shaman is also a thing. This is their love-child.
He who considers this bad is either just playing battlegrounds or is the luckiest player alive for spending the last months playing hearthstone and never facing a single shaman.
Easy to evaluate. Are you vs aggro? can you wait till turn 8-10 to start inflicting damage to your face just for non taunt stats on board? no? then its bad.
Are you vs control? do you want big stats on board that your opponent can easily remove since you aren't flooding the board every turn so he saved his removoals? its bad.
Are you vs combo? is it a good idea to go with a strategy that involves hurting yourself? no, then its bad.
Are you vs midrange? you lucky guy, put those stats on board and win the game!
I really don't like Blizzard's design philosophy with how they just print completely broken cards to support new archetypes that they abandoned in all the previous sets and likely aren't going to support in future ones. I wish they had spread out these insane dragon synergy cards over the course of the entire year rather than dumping them all in one set, that way they could have made sure that dragon decks wouldn't be too overpowered. Also, I don't like cards like these (including Keleseth and Lady in White) that encourage huge draw RNG by being crazily broken and deciding games based on whether or not they are drawn. Now, a dragon mirror could be decided entirely based on which player draws Frizz Kindleroost first
Being good against 1 type of deck doesn't make it a good card if you are losing to all other decks. I can only see this played if it has synergy with your deck, and no other class pulls that better than hunter with its beast synergy. With aggressive stats and a disruptive effect vs early zephyrs, I might see it being played should highlander decks become to much prevalent. but another solution is always bomb warrior, so this card won't be the tool to keep highlander in check.
Don’t compare this card to incmaster solias powerlevel. Mage has Puzzlebox, Power of creation and sometimes plays pyroblast! This is a completly different Situation and much more powerfull
Not to mention, a turn earlier flamestrike, wich would be played in any control dragon oriented deck.
So, Mana Cyclone is a card. As is Ray of Frost and Magic Trick. And all these cards will stay in standart for 1 more year. Yeah, I'm puting my money on Sorcerer's Apprentice being rotated or nerfed between this dragon expansion and the next one.
Am I missing something or is this just a bad card? The card doesn't have an immediate effect for 6 mana, the eggs are easily clearable and even if they remain on board you still can't go face with them the next turn. Also this doesn't really synergize with anything yet so I don't see why anyone would play this.
This card will surpise many of us. Dragon cards are widely associated with either midrange or control decks. Assuming shaman to run the later due to their many boardclears available, this card will become a hard choice for your opponent to either kill them and loss a turn where he's not killing you, or ignore them and assume he also lost the board next turn. It won't be gamebraking, but since its a dragon it will have a home in those decks and will become on more control tool for shaman to abuse.
This is exacly why I will love this card. Is it bad? maybe. Will it have some higlrolls worthy of youtube and your opponents ragequit followed by adding as friend in order to tell you to die? definitely.
The game needs this cards from time to time, and unlike priest when it received some of its worst cards, shaman is in a good spot and doesn't need that much help this expansion. I am ok with good classes receiving bad/fun cards for 1 expansion in order to balance them.
Devoted Maniac
really bad stats, will see how good is galakron
Shield of Galakrond
well, is not a dragon
Camouflaged Dirigible
a new mech otk is coming
Legendary Card Reveal - Frizz Kindleroost
I hope so. :)
New Shaman Minion - Cumulo-Maximus
Decent card but needs the right deck. Not auto include.
Legendary Card Reveal - Frizz Kindleroost
your argumentation is fair enough. And i can see some of your points as a valid ones. I hope it is you who is right, as im afraid cards like this can destroy game experience.
New Neutral Minion - Frizz Kindleroost
We get it blizzard, you REALLY want us to play dragons and Galakrond
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Let’s try something different:
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New Shaman Minion - Cumulo-Maximus
Annoying card.
Overload shaman will be tier 1 for sure.
New Shaman Minion - Cumulo-Maximus
If fire elemental can pop up to relevance from time to time, then this card can stay relevant all the time. And as you all kindly said already, quest shaman is a thing, and aggro overload shaman is also a thing. This is their love-child.
He who considers this bad is either just playing battlegrounds or is the luckiest player alive for spending the last months playing hearthstone and never facing a single shaman.
New Warlock Minion - Zzeraku the Warped
Easy to evaluate. Are you vs aggro? can you wait till turn 8-10 to start inflicting damage to your face just for non taunt stats on board? no? then its bad.
Are you vs control? do you want big stats on board that your opponent can easily remove since you aren't flooding the board every turn so he saved his removoals? its bad.
Are you vs combo? is it a good idea to go with a strategy that involves hurting yourself? no, then its bad.
Are you vs midrange? you lucky guy, put those stats on board and win the game!
Soo, it could be good in some metas...
New Neutral Minion - Frizz Kindleroost
I really don't like Blizzard's design philosophy with how they just print completely broken cards to support new archetypes that they abandoned in all the previous sets and likely aren't going to support in future ones. I wish they had spread out these insane dragon synergy cards over the course of the entire year rather than dumping them all in one set, that way they could have made sure that dragon decks wouldn't be too overpowered. Also, I don't like cards like these (including Keleseth and Lady in White) that encourage huge draw RNG by being crazily broken and deciding games based on whether or not they are drawn. Now, a dragon mirror could be decided entirely based on which player draws Frizz Kindleroost first
New Neutral Minion - Bad Luck Albatross
Being good against 1 type of deck doesn't make it a good card if you are losing to all other decks. I can only see this played if it has synergy with your deck, and no other class pulls that better than hunter with its beast synergy. With aggressive stats and a disruptive effect vs early zephyrs, I might see it being played should highlander decks become to much prevalent. but another solution is always bomb warrior, so this card won't be the tool to keep highlander in check.
New Mage Minion - Dragoncaster
Not to mention, a turn earlier flamestrike, wich would be played in any control dragon oriented deck.
Really strong card this one.
A Weekend of Wild Decks
Arguable.. I really want to try some Gonk Druid.. possibly with the new sidequest.
New Mage Spell - Arcane Breath
So, Mana Cyclone is a card. As is Ray of Frost and Magic Trick. And all these cards will stay in standart for 1 more year. Yeah, I'm puting my money on Sorcerer's Apprentice being rotated or nerfed between this dragon expansion and the next one.
Frizz Kindleroost
Obvious autoinclude in dragon decks, no real downsides to it. Strong card.
Bandersmosh
Total meme card, could be fun for trolden clips, but definitely not competitive.
New Shaman Minion - Nithogg
This card will surpise many of us. Dragon cards are widely associated with either midrange or control decks. Assuming shaman to run the later due to their many boardclears available, this card will become a hard choice for your opponent to either kill them and loss a turn where he's not killing you, or ignore them and assume he also lost the board next turn. It won't be gamebraking, but since its a dragon it will have a home in those decks and will become on more control tool for shaman to abuse.
A Weekend of Wild Decks
Garbage Druid, isn't it a bit redundant? ^^
New Neutral Minion - Frizz Kindleroost
We were all going to play Dragon-Decks anyway, no need for such a strong incentive to do so !
I think this is on the broken side of the fence
New Neutral Minion - Frizz Kindleroost
Umm... Kronx Dragonhoof says hello.
New Shaman Minion - Bandersmosh
This is exacly why I will love this card. Is it bad? maybe. Will it have some higlrolls worthy of youtube and your opponents ragequit followed by adding as friend in order to tell you to die? definitely.
The game needs this cards from time to time, and unlike priest when it received some of its worst cards, shaman is in a good spot and doesn't need that much help this expansion. I am ok with good classes receiving bad/fun cards for 1 expansion in order to balance them.
Frizz Kindleroost
overpowered card. no explanation required