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Quote From NegativeNemsy

Too bad no one plays Bittertide Hydra anymore in wild.  I guess you could discount it along with Silas Darkmoon for the meme OTK.

Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about Bittertide Hydra, thanks for bringing back the memories! 

I really have a hard time assessing the relic package. None of them seems that "wow" on their own terms - all useful, but not that "great" - but the fact that they synergizes with one another means that you'd have to chose which one is to be used "vanilla" and which are to be upgraded? It does have potential, but maybe I just need to see it into play first

Technically it's a Yet-to-be-Imbued Axe.

It is quite literally a double-edged sword ^^

Secret is easy to accomplish and pretty rewarding. I don't see why Rogue would sleep on that, or why your opponent wouldn't make the most of their mana/turn?

That's fun and disruptive. I really like this design too

I really like the set flavor and the multiple directions they are pushing for, in terms of playstyle, but this ... this seems really extra. Anyway ..

You're not you when you're anima-starved.

A potential scaling nightmare, that will probably end up being too slow and too conditional to really see play. But I can at least foresee a wonky achievement where you'll need to build up one to a certain statline, or cumulatively make a big ball of stats out of?

Mandatory tech card to go along the new keyword/card type. Pretty vanilla in stats, but if locations becomes a relevant part of the meta, this also have a chance to.

Spell tutoring that also creates value - hard not to like : will see some action for sure!

This feels like one of the best Location printed. I might be mistaken on how they will be played with, but this one feels better than some other classes' one I've reviewed so far.

This is indeed a very flexible tool that fits Rogue's identity to a T ; no doubt of its playability!

Quote From FortyDust

Five stars, will definitely break the game and be one of the first nerfs.

I want to believe that he won't be as meta defining as its first seems, but I'm known for blind optimism and wishful thinking ^^

My money is on Prince Renathal. Purely basing it on his portrait which seems to have some shared full scenery artwork with the hero portrait of Sire Denathrius.

I have not been following the Murder at Castle Nathria clues or the WoW lore, so I am probably totally wrong here though.

Maybe this is a copout, but I honestly expect the answer to be "none of them". Is "Stewart the Steward killed him" really a satisfying answer? No, and the same is true for the others; a story that puts a focus on one of the 10 classes would be a disservice to the other nine. Plus murder-mysteries are always reliant on some kind of twist.

Like the DH set. Aranna stuck out. Since they have broken the conventional rules in the past, no doubt they'll do the same for the board. Would the tokens be shrunken down to compensate? 

Step right up, step right up, place your bets here. Who killed our dinner party host right in his own castle? And how? And why? 

No spoilers, please, this is for fun. 

My money is on the Fae.  Now druids don't generally feel like the "cold-blooded killer" type, but they have plenty of access to plant-based poisons and I think the Court is taking the anima situation very seriously. 

Your guesses? 

Will we get card reviews from OoC? Always enjoy reading those

I already have the feeling you are more into trolling the community than bringing up valid arguments, that or you have not half the level of game understanding you think you have.

You say: if they play Kai'Sa 5 she doesn't get to spellshield until they get priority back

that's true but not true at the same time:Kai'Sa can be removed instantly with a Vengeance ("fish" would require to be deep on turn 5 and COSTS 6 UNIT MANA and Will of Ionia is not answering Kai'Sa by any stretch of imagination) but she still get's Second Skin and instantly spellshield when you play the second copy of her since Second Skin from Kai'Sa 1 already gave Kai'Sa 2 the keywords.

Also does kaisa most often land as a 6 health unit taking damaging removal out of the equation...

So you have 2 removal spells in the game (the other is Minimorph) that can remove a turn 5 Kai'Sa... one of them can be denied and both fail once kaisa has spellshield.

THERE IS no realistic counterplay to Kai'Sa and just because Illaoi Bard and Annie are boring champions it doesn't justify the existence of broken champions

ALSO WRONG: Kai'Sa isn't the only wincondition of the deck Void Abomination is the second wincondition that eats 2 answer at least too 

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So Evelyn is an amazing card with an amazing champ spell. Like legit in the right deck your opponent has no chance, really digging shen right now because devluating blocks really help you get the maximum value from Evelyn.

But with all that said there are literally only 3 cards worth playing in her kit. Domination and vora and Evelyn herslef, playing more husks does nothing when all you need to do is curve into her.

And everything else is too understated to be playable. Sulfur is a 1/3 that doesn't cycle gross, hate spike is so much worse then vile feast or mystic shot it's not even funny, allure is a meme, solitude and Steme don't really help Evelyn do what she's trying to do.

So in summary amazing champ my favorite from the new set, but just a frickin awful kit, that needs stat buffs on her followers or post release support.

The spellshield is focus speed, so snap vengeance snap obliterate fish, snap will of Ionia all are solid counters to a deck that only has one wincon.

Now if they wait till turn 6 to play her and back up with a deny, does that mean your deck has no proactive moves till turn 6 thats problematic regardless of opponent.

Like you should be able to just take the deny use up their spell mana and vengeance a second time when you have the token/turn priority.

Like I dont play the new Champs but I recognize the devs were saying to themselves hmmm Annie, Bard and Illoi are essentially curve beasts that are top of their archetypes. So let's print some tempo Champs to counter, and I think thats an okay solution when you have this much power creep.

There's a world in which Xy'Mox will shine and make for some excellent highlights, with 4 more expansions to possibly support the relic package on the way, and most likely at least one more relic to come in the mini set, my hopes are high.

Hoo boy, even if everyone's proposed combos are just getting a 10 mana big minion on turn 7... That's still two big must kill targets on turn 7.