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Blizzard brought the card back into standard - they also should use the card and Renounce their own darkness and get back to their statuts like "Every voice matters!"

And here i was wondering what everyone was talking about because i almost never scroll completely down :) 

I also did not know that Pooh was/is banned in China!

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For Highlander Warrior specifically, I’d say Octosari, but for all around usefulness, pick Siamat. 

Siamat can provide a much needed random clear to regain tempo and a 6/6 Windfury + Divine Shield is nothing to scoff at. He can be used as a control tool, aggro tool, basically any deck can run him (kind of like Zilliax)

However, Octosari provides a much-needed refill + a giant body. He would probably win more games in Highlander Warrior, but has niche use elsewhere

 

Like he said - if you planning on playing Highlander Warrior for some time i would invest in the Octosari - if you want more diversity and usability in other decks Siamat is the way to go

Well so far i've seen lots of Sylvans, Thaurissan and Ragnaros - some N'Zoth but not that much.

The Flamewaker Mage is the only "new" deck i've tested out so far and it's pretty nuts - the burst damage with this deck is bonkers - and if you have Stargazer Luna on board you can even burst for more damage (at least most of the time)

I will defenitely mess around with the other Wild Cards that got added but so far the Mage Flamewaker Build (I tried RDU's version) seems quite strong. 

Also saw some lists like Rezz Priest using N'Zoth , Sylvanas and Rag - and some control Warlock with N'Zoth - very interesting!

Very well done - good written article and the decks are quite interesting!

Job Well done!

I think we will see Warlock using Expired Merchant to give him more than one N'Zoth, the Corruptor. I faced it once already and saw it on a stream. It has almost infinite board fill with taunts that heal, kinda like the old taunt lock where Guldan resurrected all your demons and you had to kill all the taunts again. Except here it is worse, since they can do it 4 times.

That warlock deck that keeps resurrecting board after board with nzoth is very irritating indeed. 

I was facing mostly aggresive and rush decks yesterday. A lot of games ended with me getting a Ragnaros fireball in the face. Hope it settles down a little soon ;)

Well done Brian!

Yeah, I took Togwaggle and got 40:28. 

Way to go Brian!  For my small humble part I'm going back to Free To Play.  No more purchases of packs or hero portraits or anything like that.

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For Highlander Warrior specifically, I’d say Octosari, but for all around usefulness, pick Siamat. 

Siamat can provide a much needed random clear to regain tempo and a 6/6 Windfury + Divine Shield is nothing to scoff at. He can be used as a control tool, aggro tool, basically any deck can run him (kind of like Zilliax)

However, Octosari provides a much-needed refill + a giant body. He would probably win more games in Highlander Warrior, but has niche use elsewhere

Massive respect towards Kibler. I hope more HS streamers will join him and give their statement (like Kripp earlier today)

Siamat hands down. That card is a must craft, and will be used a lot.

Octosari. He gives you some much needed refill in slower games. The others can easily be replaced with Ragnaros the Firelord and something else.

Thanks for the great work, very thorough guide through the entire deck building process

Title. I crafted Highlander Warrior, but I'm missing Siamat, Octosari and Darius Crowley, and am instead running a couple wild cards. I have enough dust to craft one of them, which one of the three legendaries is the best one to craft for now?

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The problem you're having if you took a deck that you ALREADY KNEW was a RNG meme, and expected to enjoy playing it when you don't enjoy playing the game that way. I don't understand the reason for the thread tbh. Literally pikachu face meme, "I can't believe the random cards are bad" :O

This is exactly my point. If you're playing a meme deck and your goal is to win, you're not going to have fun. Playing an RNG meme deck is fun because of all the stupid stuff that can happen from playing it, not because you can win.

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Among the class cards, I expect Flamewaker, Babbling Book, Call of the Wild and Evolve to do some heavy lifting. I think the paladin cards are heavily overrated in light of the average power level that existed in their glory days. Secret Paladin is garbage now and I don't think these 2 will change that.

Personally I think Emperor T Ragnaros and Sylvanas are going to have the most impact. A bold prediction, I know, but there it is. I think N'zoth isn't nearly as strong as he used to be: there are tons of cards that summon wide boards nowadays, Phaoris, Nomi, Zul'jin, Kangor's Endless Army, Tip the Scales, etc. The current pool of deathrattles isn't terribly exciting, and the only current deck that naturally synergises with N'zoth is the meme that is quest Warlock.

wouldn't say Secret Pally is garbage. It has some of the best secret synergies in the game...but it just runs out of steam within 5 turns, which is where MC comes in. Secret Paladin would have been amazing during RoS if Divine Favour hadn't ben Hall of Famed.

It1-mana secrets are amazing with Sunreaver Spy and Secretkeeper.

Also, I still feel like Ragnaros doesn't really fit into anything (although I would very much like to run it in Cyclone Mage just for the potential turn 4 Rag with double Elemental Evocation)

I agree that Secret Pally is definetly not garbage, but it's been long since the glory days of Secret Pally of old. J4CHKIE played some Secret Pally last night, and it was quite successful, being able to run down lots of the slower N'Zoth decks and going toe-to-toe with some of the slower aggro decks like Aggro Warrior and Highlander Warrior and Paladin. Being able to be guaranteed to draw Secretkeeper via Crystology is nuts, allowing you to play Secretkeeper plus a secret on the following turn, or coin Secretkeeper out on turn 1. With Bellringer Sentry and Mysterious Challenger you can consistently belt out secrets without losing tempo. However, the probelm arises that Paladin does not have many good secrets anymore. Blizzard made a good choice with Avenge, being probably the best secret to snowball a board lead next to Competitive Spirit, but other secrets like Hidden Wisdom and Never Surrender! just don't help push aggro-wise.

Hunter has mutliple very aggro-based secrets like Snake Trap and Explosive Trap and secrets that can be used to force the opponent into a suboptimal play like Rat Trap, Freezing Trap and Pressure Plate. As a result, Hunter can utilise the secrets either to push for aggro or use the extra room from the opponent's suboptimal plays to push for more aggro. On the other hand, Paladin's secrets do not pose a threat, since they are all so defensive. Although Paladin secrets are much harder to play around than Hunter's, they punish the opponent not through damage, but by simply lessening the impact of their actions, which is not what an aggressive deck looks to do. Despite Paladin having very strong ways to put out secrets (like the aforementioned Mysterious Challenger and Bellringer Sentry) and strong payoff cards for having secrets (like Mysterious Blade and Commander Rhyssa), those secrets don't do as much as they used to. The gameplan of Secret Pally has essentially changed to be a more bord-centric deck, but use secrets to cement the board state. Therefore, it's less like Secret Pally, and more like Aggro Pally with Secrets because why not.

EDIT: Also, this is the first time I've been able to have all of the card commands work first try. This is an amazing moment for me.

The thing that really irks me about the Rexxar one isn't just the artwork itself, but the concept. It's literally just the same character from a different angle. You could've replaced the bow with an axe - the weapon he actually uses. It was right there.

Oh well. That Garrosh one is worth it at least.

Petition to change the unicorn logo of the website to Winnie the Pooh for a while, because I did not notice this until you brought it to attention. 

Well not even sure what loses Blizzard more money, losing China or losing support almost everywhere else... I mean sure they have ties in China, but I think Blizzard own actions ruined their "image" mentioned in the rules more than Blitzchung's actions...