Though for a hunter, all sidequests play nicely with Zul'jin, since he'll re-cast the quests you've finished, which is nice.
I'm assuming that if Zul'jin recasts spells like Unleash the Beast it counts towards completing the quest? If it does, that's a mixed blessing, since Zul'jin is pretty likely to fill the board with minions, and the quest could finish without summoning anything if the board is full. OTOH, since Zul'jin casts in random order, he might restart the quest late in his cast sequence. If you throw ZJ down and end with a full board and a recast sidequest that's 1/3 or 2/3 filled, that's very nice.
Personally I think it'd make a lot of sense if news articles automatically got posted as a forum thread with that same title. It'd integrate news and forums a bit more, effectively lowering the barrier to entry for both. It'd also get rid of a lot of duplicate discussion threads, which IMO doesn't just get rid of redundancy, but likely would result in more -and more substantive- discussion.
Works well with the Quest, actually. Might even make it playable.
Might be a little hard to use the quest, since you wouldn't want to replace your Quest hero power with Galakrond's but you also wouldn't want to lose Galakrond's Battlecry.
Yeah... I think this was planned. SoU gave us nine new quests, but the reward for each one is an upgraded hero power. DoD gives us five E.V.I.L. Heroes, but playing it replaces your hero power with a different (upgraded) one.
So... you can combine a quest with a hero card, but you're going to be throwing away some of the benefit of one or the other.
I'm sure invoke accumulates, but I don't see how you get to OTK territory. Each "invoke" card you play gets you +3 attack. Even assuming you already have a 5-attack weapon equipped, you'd need to invoke 8 times in one turn to get to a 29 attack. I don't see how that happens without Major Shenanigans™; and there are already plenty of OTKs available, if you allow for Major Shenanigans™.
But outside of memeing or dungeon runs, I don't see how this invoke does all that much.
I've never had a big issue with it. Here's how I've always seen it:
News Discussion - The lowest barrier of entry, usually the lowest quality of discussion. News posts drop down quickly during reveal seasons and people don't typically page through news posts, so its not likely to get much attention after the initial bit of time.
Card Discussion - Fairly hidden considering card pages themselves don't get a lot of traffic which means you have a lower chance of having a discussion at all. Even if we linked to the card pages as the place to discuss them, I don't think it's very approachable because most are likely to have the mindset "it doesn't matter".
Forum Discussion - A proper place to converse about a topic. As new discussion takes place, threads get bumped and more people have a chance to talk about that card. The best place for it.
I'd consider the forums to be the best place to discuss cards as it has the best format for a discussion. This is why we're promoting it with the buttons and why we're even making it a part of a giveaway.
As Sinti already covered, the votes, no matter where you see them (news, forums, card pages, expansion guide), are all linked back to the same card. We just give you some additional options on the card pages themselves if you want to rank any card for the different game modes. Having the "overall" rating in multiple places helps us get people to rank the cards.
How many good dragons cards are for rogue? That will determine the viability of this card. There's also the new lackey that gives you a dragon. I hope it works because I really want to play a Rogue Dragon deck.
I played some Odd Druid during Witchwood and Boomsday (so before Gonk, the Raptor was even released) and it wasn't all that bad. Claw was a pretty good card in that deck, although part of the reason was the synergy with Lesser Jasper Spellstone, which isn't in Standard anymore.
As good as this card looks, I think I'll have to wait and see what the Warrior specific "Invoke" cards are before passing judgement. Hopefully they're at least decent because this Galakrond seems to be the best yet.
Also, I know it might be optimistic, but Hack the System has surprising synergy with this Galakrond. You can cut some of the bad weapons for the Invoke cards and just use those to finish the quest instead. Then, if the 4/3 minions aren't cutting it, switch to Galakrond (once it's fully upgraded) and get all of its benefits.
Warrior Legendary Galakrond Reveal - The Unbreakable
OMG guys I'm getting more and more excited about this card.
New Warrior Hero - Galakrond, the Unbreakable
Geeezzzzzz this looks like pretty strong! quest warrior for the win ;p
New Druid Spell - Secure the Deck
Pretty good in a Savage Striker druid. Well, assuming such a thing will ever exist in the meta.
Too bad it can't be used in an Even deck...
New Warrior Hero - Galakrond, the Unbreakable
HP is bonkers if you consider it is activated by Invoke.
This means Invoke cards are decent or even good Tempo in Warrior.
Warrior Legendary Galakrond Reveal - The Unbreakable
The HP is the strongest part, because it means the Invoke cards you play during earlier turns are little to no Tempo loss at all.
So Galakrond could be the backbone for a new Tempo Warrior.
New Hunter Spell - Clear the Way
Though for a hunter, all sidequests play nicely with Zul'jin, since he'll re-cast the quests you've finished, which is nice.
I'm assuming that if Zul'jin recasts spells like Unleash the Beast it counts towards completing the quest? If it does, that's a mixed blessing, since Zul'jin is pretty likely to fill the board with minions, and the quest could finish without summoning anything if the board is full. OTOH, since Zul'jin casts in random order, he might restart the quest late in his cast sequence. If you throw ZJ down and end with a full board and a recast sidequest that's 1/3 or 2/3 filled, that's very nice.
Reveal season - card discussion in 3 places
Personally I think it'd make a lot of sense if news articles automatically got posted as a forum thread with that same title. It'd integrate news and forums a bit more, effectively lowering the barrier to entry for both. It'd also get rid of a lot of duplicate discussion threads, which IMO doesn't just get rid of redundancy, but likely would result in more -and more substantive- discussion.
New Warrior Hero - Galakrond, the Unbreakable
Yeah... I think this was planned. SoU gave us nine new quests, but the reward for each one is an upgraded hero power. DoD gives us five E.V.I.L. Heroes, but playing it replaces your hero power with a different (upgraded) one.
So... you can combine a quest with a hero card, but you're going to be throwing away some of the benefit of one or the other.
Warrior Legendary Galakrond Reveal - The Unbreakable
I'm sure invoke accumulates, but I don't see how you get to OTK territory. Each "invoke" card you play gets you +3 attack. Even assuming you already have a 5-attack weapon equipped, you'd need to invoke 8 times in one turn to get to a 29 attack. I don't see how that happens without Major Shenanigans™; and there are already plenty of OTKs available, if you allow for Major Shenanigans™.
But outside of memeing or dungeon runs, I don't see how this invoke does all that much.
...or am I misunderstanding you?
Clear the Way
Could see play.... seems easy to proc. Might be slow , depends on the betta i guess. You get to control the timing of it though, so that is a plus.
Reveal season - card discussion in 3 places
I've never had a big issue with it. Here's how I've always seen it:
I'd consider the forums to be the best place to discuss cards as it has the best format for a discussion. This is why we're promoting it with the buttons and why we're even making it a part of a giveaway.
As Sinti already covered, the votes, no matter where you see them (news, forums, card pages, expansion guide), are all linked back to the same card. We just give you some additional options on the card pages themselves if you want to rank any card for the different game modes. Having the "overall" rating in multiple places helps us get people to rank the cards.
Candle Breath
How many good dragons cards are for rogue? That will determine the viability of this card. There's also the new lackey that gives you a dragon. I hope it works because I really want to play a Rogue Dragon deck.
Corrosive Breath
In a Smorc hunter dragon beast deck will fit nicely. Also great removal.
Sand Breath
A nice addition to a dragon paladin deck. You can use it early game or late game.
Secure the Deck
I played some Odd Druid during Witchwood and Boomsday (so before Gonk, the Raptor was even released) and it wasn't all that bad. Claw was a pretty good card in that deck, although part of the reason was the synergy with Lesser Jasper Spellstone, which isn't in Standard anymore.
New Warrior Hero - Galakrond, the Unbreakable
Galakronds are so broken, all of them.
New Warrior Hero - Galakrond, the Unbreakable
Aggro warrior is currently my favorite deck to play. This will be an auto include.
New Druid Spell - Secure the Deck
Excuse me, but how?
Galakrond, the Unbreakable
I think it might be the strongest galakrond yet
Clear the Way
Has great sybergy with the hunter quest since that uses springpaw a desert spear
Secure the Deck
Gonk memes?
Descent of Dragons Card Reveal Period Giveaway
Awesome! Hoping for some luck this time.
New Mage Minion - Malygos, Aspect of Magic
Really like this card, even tho the stats arent good. Gives you so many different possibilities.
New Paladin Minion - Nozdormu the Timeless
Dragon Paladin looks strong atm.
Warrior Legendary Galakrond Reveal - The Unbreakable
As good as this card looks, I think I'll have to wait and see what the Warrior specific "Invoke" cards are before passing judgement. Hopefully they're at least decent because this Galakrond seems to be the best yet.
Also, I know it might be optimistic, but Hack the System has surprising synergy with this Galakrond. You can cut some of the bad weapons for the Invoke cards and just use those to finish the quest instead. Then, if the 4/3 minions aren't cutting it, switch to Galakrond (once it's fully upgraded) and get all of its benefits.