I am confused. I thought that we would be gaining points throughout the month, and then on a certain date, they would randomly decide who the winners were, and the more points you had, the better chance you had. isn't it how that works?
I am really looking forward to this expansion!!! but mainly the rotation. I feel like the power level is just right, and they seem to be pushing more minion based decks. and less hyper-control infinite value OTK junk. I personally will be moving from wild to play standard after the rotation comes. will not be dusting my wild cards though, I would never do that.
If nothing else, I would imagine that the golden card animation for this one will be pretty great. The swirling dark magic in the center seems like it would be wonderful.
Appreciate the feedback and view point on it. You may have missed the original welcome post where I went into it a bit.
Our lovely mascot, Derpcorn! It defines what we want out of HearthStation and what we like in the greater Hearthstone community - majestic playfulness. Hearthstone is a game, and games are meant to be fun. We want to encourage and spread fun to help make the Hearthstone community more inviting.
Also, with the whole fun side of stuff it is a reminder of the card reveal periods where, as a team, we band together and make sure we cover new releases as fast as possible, even if it means we need to give it a Fluffy name. Derpcorn is our little fluffy unicorn and I can't see a time where we change it.
You'll all be able to change your avatars though soon enough so at least you don't have to only see that picture across the site :P
It's actually a few references in one - the fabled Unicorn Priest deck; our Fluffy naming scheme for unknown card names; Derpwing, Flux's April Fools joke turned representative; and of course Hearthstone's general lighthearted aesthetic fits it well too.
I do think that you'll become more accustomed to it once we get users the option to change their profile picture though - I can understand feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of Derpcorn on the site right now.
Yeah, not exactly an innovative idea, tho no one claimed it was :) Obviously many mechanics will eventually make its way to other card games, since they had been done before in older titles. It is not only HS, nor card games in general, who borrow ideas from similar titles. Dont know why ppl make such a fuss about it. If the card makes sense, im ok with that.
Guess there isnt that many card games at the moment, so we are not used to this practice in this area of gaming industry. Dont get me wrong, im not saying i want every game to be a copy of the previous one and no new ideas given, but i wouldnt start a riot when i see an idea established in another game make its way to a different one ;-)
Okay, I'm just gonna come out and say this again, even if it didn't go over well the last time.
The mascot is a bad idea.
I personally don't like it because it doesn't seem to have any relation to Hearthstone, and it harkens back to an era of poorly executed memes, 12-year-olds obsessing over nyan cat, the fact that newgrounds existed, and numa numa (had to pause to remember that). When I see it, I think that this must be a My Little Pony fan forum, not one for a World of Warcraft based Blizzard card game. Not only that, it is white on a black background and isn't used apart from in the front page and on default profiles (as far as I can see). Honestly it would be much better to not have a mascot but to have a more identifiable logo or brand identity with a singular image or letter.
I know whoever put effort into the mascot put a lot of time and love into it, but I'm giving my feedback as I see it so it's up to you to listen or dismiss it. I don't think I can stand it however if it gets used any more than it already is being used.
Jepetto Joybuzz looks like a weird choice because while you may get value out of drawing [Hearthstone Card (Gral, the Shak) Not Found], [Hearthstone Card (Heistbaron Towaggle) Not Found], Sunfury Protector or Gadgetzan Auctioneer if you decide to keep it in the deck, you lose out a lot on drawing anything else. Like, who wants to draw a 1/1 Giant or a 1/1 Batterhead? As for the other minions, you want to keep their stats for trade power/face damage.
If you decide to play that many Hecklebot, I would suggest you to play Zilliax because of the magnetic synergy. I would also suggest you to play another Unidentified Contract to kill whatever comes out of the Hecklebot.
The other cards that I find shaky are [Hearthstone Card (Towaggle's Scheme) Not Found], [Hearthstone Card (Travelling Healer) Not Found] and Batterhead... especially [Hearthstone Card (Towaggle's Scheme) Not Found], since 1) you have no good draw engine to generate 1-2 Giants per turn; 2) you have no way of dropping 1-2 Giants per turn in the early-to-mid game; 3) dropping one Giant per turn doesn't generate much tempo most of the time. I would count them as placeholders for the moment, see what other cards Blizzard has to offer.
The effect of the card seems playable as it is, just to re-draw your hand when necessary for an accessible mana cost, not to mention how strong it can be with synergistic cards. Finally something nice Warlocks are getting.
The general use of this card is to try to dig for more useful cards when your hand is terrible for the situation you're in, that doesn't put you any closer to fatigue and is much cheaper than drawing a bunch with lifetap or whatever else. After casting it you will be down 1 card and 2 mana, so it isn't free, but it's still a pretty useful effect in any deck with lots of situational cards that will usually have a reasonably large hand; i.e. basically any control warlock.
There are a couple other interesting things you can two with this. The first is synergy with "when you draw" effects, especially flashy with Fel Lord Betrug who could easily give you a full clear. Dollmaster Dorian is a cheaper but slower version of this, favouring strong deathrattles and other text that's still relevant on a 1/1. In Wild you could turn a 6 card hand into a full hand with Chromaggus, which could be especially potent in fatigue when you can just get extra copies of 5 cards of your choice; that's clearly far too slow to be good, but you could probably do some funny stuff with that.
The other is Augmented Elekk to make your deck fatter, though this massively increases the chance of drawing some of the same cards again. If you really want to be better against fatigue, then Baleful Banker+Glinda Crowskin is a more reliable way to do that, but if you're running this card anyway then adding a 3 mana 3/4 with the occasional upside of helping with fatigue could be worth it.
In case you were, like me, wondering if it might work like Eternal Servitude: this is how it actually works. It's still a very good card if built around adequately, since many deathrattles are at least as good as a 3 mana card by themselves, then you also gain value by putting that minion in your hand. It's probably worth it to put a variety of deathrattle effects, so you can keep repeating the one that's good in that specific matchup; Mechanical Whelp vs control, Rotten Applebaum vs aggro, etc.
Pretty nuts for gaining additional copies of your deathrattle minions. The fact that it also triggers the effect of the one you choose is nuts. Can't wait to play this.
It's an okay target for warlock's "destroy own minion+upside" cards in general, since in that case it's basically a split-up Blessing of Kings. Grim Rally in particular means you can guarantee that the buffs land on minions already on the board, letting you use the stat buffs immediately. Void Terror means you don't waste his 2/2 stats, but that's a 7 mana combo so it's unlikely to be relevant in a zoo deck. Could also just be played on a board with a mix of higher and lower health minions to punish small AoE like Consecration or Shriek.
Since you probably play this in a deck with EVIL Genius, you can sometimes combo him with a Goblin Lackey, which is fantastic way to make use of the stats while also getting the buffs on the same turn.
I can imagine this design fits all the different kinds of archetypes, aggro, midrange, control and combo. The latter will especially be exciting in regards to what people will come up with.
Exciting stuff coming our way this expansion for sure 😁
Nine Lives
This card will carry deathrattle hunter
New Druid Spell - Crystalsong Portal
I think this card is going to be very overrated as i dont believe in aggro druid in the upcoming meta
Rise of Shadows Card Pack Giveaway
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I am confused. I thought that we would be gaining points throughout the month, and then on a certain date, they would randomly decide who the winners were, and the more points you had, the better chance you had. isn't it how that works?
Rise of Shadows
I am really looking forward to this expansion!!! but mainly the rotation. I feel like the power level is just right, and they seem to be pushing more minion based decks. and less hyper-control infinite value OTK junk. I personally will be moving from wild to play standard after the rotation comes. will not be dusting my wild cards though, I would never do that.
Eager Underling
If nothing else, I would imagine that the golden card animation for this one will be pretty great. The swirling dark magic in the center seems like it would be wonderful.
New Warlock Minion - Eager Underling
its like funglemancer but deathrattle. so I think its bad.
also, its super funny that this was not millhouse. :P
The Mascot
Appreciate the feedback and view point on it. You may have missed the original welcome post where I went into it a bit.
Also, with the whole fun side of stuff it is a reminder of the card reveal periods where, as a team, we band together and make sure we cover new releases as fast as possible, even if it means we need to give it a Fluffy name. Derpcorn is our little fluffy unicorn and I can't see a time where we change it.
You'll all be able to change your avatars though soon enough so at least you don't have to only see that picture across the site :P
The Mascot
It's actually a few references in one - the fabled Unicorn Priest deck; our Fluffy naming scheme for unknown card names; Derpwing, Flux's April Fools joke turned representative; and of course Hearthstone's general lighthearted aesthetic fits it well too.
I do think that you'll become more accustomed to it once we get users the option to change their profile picture though - I can understand feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of Derpcorn on the site right now.
New Rare Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
Yeah, not exactly an innovative idea, tho no one claimed it was :) Obviously many mechanics will eventually make its way to other card games, since they had been done before in older titles. It is not only HS, nor card games in general, who borrow ideas from similar titles. Dont know why ppl make such a fuss about it. If the card makes sense, im ok with that.
Guess there isnt that many card games at the moment, so we are not used to this practice in this area of gaming industry. Dont get me wrong, im not saying i want every game to be a copy of the previous one and no new ideas given, but i wouldnt start a riot when i see an idea established in another game make its way to a different one ;-)
The Mascot
I like it. And correct me if i am wrong, but i think the mascot is a reference to the unicorn priest, from one night in Karazhan.
The Mascot
Okay, I'm just gonna come out and say this again, even if it didn't go over well the last time.
The mascot is a bad idea.
I personally don't like it because it doesn't seem to have any relation to Hearthstone, and it harkens back to an era of poorly executed memes, 12-year-olds obsessing over nyan cat, the fact that newgrounds existed, and numa numa (had to pause to remember that). When I see it, I think that this must be a My Little Pony fan forum, not one for a World of Warcraft based Blizzard card game. Not only that, it is white on a black background and isn't used apart from in the front page and on default profiles (as far as I can see). Honestly it would be much better to not have a mascot but to have a more identifiable logo or brand identity with a singular image or letter.
I know whoever put effort into the mascot put a lot of time and love into it, but I'm giving my feedback as I see it so it's up to you to listen or dismiss it. I don't think I can stand it however if it gets used any more than it already is being used.
Nozari
Great sinergy with High Priest Thekal wow !
You can literally gain 29 armor with 2 cards, i will make a paladin heal dragon deck with this, this can only be good o_o
New Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
New Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
This paired with Augmented Elekk is a nice combo
ROS Miracle Giant Togwaggle WIP
I feel that Gadgetzan Auctioneer and Academic Espionage don't have a place in this deck. There aren't many cards that have synergy with Gadgetzan Auctioneer, and Academic Espionage can just clunk up your Gral, the Shark if it shuffles small, useless minions into your deck.
Jepetto Joybuzz looks like a weird choice because while you may get value out of drawing [Hearthstone Card (Gral, the Shak) Not Found], [Hearthstone Card (Heistbaron Towaggle) Not Found], Sunfury Protector or Gadgetzan Auctioneer if you decide to keep it in the deck, you lose out a lot on drawing anything else. Like, who wants to draw a 1/1 Giant or a 1/1 Batterhead? As for the other minions, you want to keep their stats for trade power/face damage.
If you decide to play that many Hecklebot, I would suggest you to play Zilliax because of the magnetic synergy. I would also suggest you to play another Unidentified Contract to kill whatever comes out of the Hecklebot.
The other cards that I find shaky are [Hearthstone Card (Towaggle's Scheme) Not Found], [Hearthstone Card (Travelling Healer) Not Found] and Batterhead... especially [Hearthstone Card (Towaggle's Scheme) Not Found], since 1) you have no good draw engine to generate 1-2 Giants per turn; 2) you have no way of dropping 1-2 Giants per turn in the early-to-mid game; 3) dropping one Giant per turn doesn't generate much tempo most of the time. I would count them as placeholders for the moment, see what other cards Blizzard has to offer.
New Rare Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
The effect of the card seems playable as it is, just to re-draw your hand when necessary for an accessible mana cost, not to mention how strong it can be with synergistic cards. Finally something nice Warlocks are getting.
New Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
The general use of this card is to try to dig for more useful cards when your hand is terrible for the situation you're in, that doesn't put you any closer to fatigue and is much cheaper than drawing a bunch with lifetap or whatever else. After casting it you will be down 1 card and 2 mana, so it isn't free, but it's still a pretty useful effect in any deck with lots of situational cards that will usually have a reasonably large hand; i.e. basically any control warlock.
There are a couple other interesting things you can two with this. The first is synergy with "when you draw" effects, especially flashy with Fel Lord Betrug who could easily give you a full clear. Dollmaster Dorian is a cheaper but slower version of this, favouring strong deathrattles and other text that's still relevant on a 1/1. In Wild you could turn a 6 card hand into a full hand with Chromaggus, which could be especially potent in fatigue when you can just get extra copies of 5 cards of your choice; that's clearly far too slow to be good, but you could probably do some funny stuff with that.
The other is Augmented Elekk to make your deck fatter, though this massively increases the chance of drawing some of the same cards again. If you really want to be better against fatigue, then Baleful Banker+Glinda Crowskin is a more reliable way to do that, but if you're running this card anyway then adding a 3 mana 3/4 with the occasional upside of helping with fatigue could be worth it.
New Hunter Spell - Nine Lives
In case you were, like me, wondering if it might work like Eternal Servitude: this is how it actually works. It's still a very good card if built around adequately, since many deathrattles are at least as good as a 3 mana card by themselves, then you also gain value by putting that minion in your hand. It's probably worth it to put a variety of deathrattle effects, so you can keep repeating the one that's good in that specific matchup; Mechanical Whelp vs control, Rotten Applebaum vs aggro, etc.
New Hunter Spell - Nine Lives
Pretty nuts for gaining additional copies of your deathrattle minions. The fact that it also triggers the effect of the one you choose is nuts. Can't wait to play this.
New Rare Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
Maybe it will see play with Untamed Beastmaster, lol. Seems like a meme
New Warlock Minion - Eager Underling
It's an okay target for warlock's "destroy own minion+upside" cards in general, since in that case it's basically a split-up Blessing of Kings. Grim Rally in particular means you can guarantee that the buffs land on minions already on the board, letting you use the stat buffs immediately. Void Terror means you don't waste his 2/2 stats, but that's a 7 mana combo so it's unlikely to be relevant in a zoo deck. Could also just be played on a board with a mix of higher and lower health minions to punish small AoE like Consecration or Shriek.
Since you probably play this in a deck with EVIL Genius, you can sometimes combo him with a Goblin Lackey, which is fantastic way to make use of the stats while also getting the buffs on the same turn.
New Rare Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
New Epic Hunter Spell - Nine Lives
Looks like Blizzard want Deathrattle Hunter to survive still, maybe with mechs instead of beasts this time around.
New Rare Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
I’m sure I saw this card idea on a card competition challenge on Hearthpwn for the Hunter class, I would really want to congratulate that guy
New Warlock Spell - Plot Twist
Dead man's hand for warlock. Pretty nea
t. Sweet synergies with Dollmaster Dorian & Betrug Fel Lord
I can imagine this design fits all the different kinds of archetypes, aggro, midrange, control and combo. The latter will especially be exciting in regards to what people will come up with.
Exciting stuff coming our way this expansion for sure 😁