Me and a friend of mine called Spindan made a full review sheet for the expansion. We had pretty decent knowledge of HS and how the metas worked that we could be confident in ourselves. I'll post each class reviews/ratings and hope yall enjoy it.
Let's get the obvious one out of the way first,
Demon Hunter:
3/5
Pokeniner: Really interesting to see these Sigils cycle for DH. Might be something similar to Librams for Paladin. This could be the sign that control DH is getting more focus this year over Aggro. Sigil of Flame is a good addition to go with this. (Edit: Just recognized this is can be run in aggro to nullify any defense as Spindan commented)
Spindan: Ok, so apparently this may be HS' way to push control DH. That or it's a cycle. Compared to Mass Dispel it doesn't draw a card and the silence isn't instant, so we don't get a stupidly strong aggro DH tool. Ok. The main problem is of course the supposed downside. It only silences next turn, which means Deathrattle focused decks or handbuff deck, or any deck that doesn't rely on battlecries and pure stats get severely Loatheb'd for a turn. Rude. I'm not fond of this "I can set up a push for lethal next turn" due to the fact it can silence all taunt minions played next turn without any repercussions for you overall. Can't block a clear but you usually die to those anyway. It'll probably get into aggro anyway since 0 mana silence all enemies next turn. I expect it to at least be a 1 off of in many aggro DH decks for a bit.
4/5
Pokeniner: Replacement for Twin Slice. Will be run in every aggressive Demon Hunter. Despite what's given this expansion, Demon Hunter still has this large identity of aggression with its hero power and previous year.
Spindan: Less flexible than Twin Slice, but it can make up for it via the extreme niche of mana efficiency. I guess it can be used in the occasional OTK as well as standard aggro decks, but I don't see much use for it in wild while Twin Slice exists as is. Still, at least it's pretty balanced, I do like it. This card gives me CHORTLES!
3/5
Pokeniner: Sorry, good weapon, but I don't think Deathrattle DH will stick. It's got good tools, but it's just so weak compared to things like Soul. I'll wait for this archetype to grow, it's something pleasing from the sight of all the Aggro DH we've seen.
Spindan: 1 mana 1/2 weapon isn't much, but it does draw a DR goon which is good for setting up a DR deck. Isn't exactly synergistic with the legendary though along with Spirit. They may end up going into different decks.
3/5
Pokeniner: The Beastmaster has a Beast. Does that justify its namesake or flavor. Not at all, but now I see why. I really wish they just designed something different because its just an eye sore to look at. But it's a cool chain card. This > Razorfen > Death's/Berserker.
Spindan: I like that they're going for the Razorboar into Beastmaster, but just...Why print the same card but with all numbers changed by one? It's also a common as well. Wish we had something else like it generating boar-d presence. Ah well, it's still decent.
2/5
Pokeniner: Control Demon Hunter tool that probablt won't get supported well like in all the other expansions. Sigil of Silence is a good addition to go with this.
Spindan: Oh neat, a con- oh goddammit it's DH. Until we get some more relevant wincons, control DH may not be so plausible. And also non-outcast stuff. And some big lifesteal removal stuff. Could be ran in a big DH list, actually maybe? It does still disencourage your opponent from playing so a free turn to gain some mana is lovely. Not expecting it to see play though. Shame it's a neat card.
1/5 (This was before all the Deathrattle cards were revealed and we still hold strongly to this card. It also keeps this rating.)
Pokeniner: This is a Hunter card and Blizzard made a mistake. Change my mind. (When I say this, I mean that the flavor and design of this card screams Hunter rather than Demon Hunter)
Spindan: Due to my refusal to believe this is DH due to the fact there's like, no relevant DH minions with Deathrattle, I instead opt to rate this as a hunter card. Because it totally is one don't lie to me now. 3 mana 3/3 with Deathrattle spew out a bloated Python, Zixor, or even Educated Elekk. That's kinda decent. Pity we can't hit Teacher's Pet but hey, we should be thankful for that! Decent Hunter card, but I'd rather eat a worm than admit that it's an actual DH card. It's so out of nowhere to me.
2/5
Pokeniner: You know, I forgot this card existed as soon as I saw it. I even forgot to review it. That's how terrible it is. As stated by Spindan, its a worse Dreamway Guardians. I can tell they had to keep some Lifesteal cards alive for Demon Hunter but this ain't it. Demon Hunter has no board buffer and no real way to use these dudes except in Token Demon Hunter, which sucks.
Spindan: Remember Dreamway Guardians? Well how about them but mostly worse? The card IS better when unbuffed, but DH doesn't have much of a means to AoE buff, which means the card is overall weaker. I can see a DH highlander list slotting it in, but there's more relevant cards. If it was like Doubling Imp then it'd be fantastic with felosophy though! But as a spell, sub-par.
3/5
Pokeniner: Tool for Standard Demon Hunter to keep board in the coming meta, but won't be enough by itself.
Spindan: I like it, deal 3 damage to the enemies and tempo it? I think this is a fairly nice mid-rangey outcast. The better balanced 4 mana outcast-based DH leggie. Fuck you Altruis, this is MY alternative pick. Sorry Stelina, you could have been Warlock and I'd might have played you.
3/5
Pokeniner: 4 Mana 4/4 Draw 2? This is another Deathrattle support and looking at the archetype is strange. With the legendary you want them to stay in your deck. But with Razorfen, you want them in hand. I'm confuif their going to play something similar to Recruit Warrior, or something like Cubelock. Good draw, but I don't think it wil amount to much.
Spindan: The best way to support an archetype is with card draw, whatley knows it and so does Vengeful Spirit. A 4/4 for 4 that could draw a 5 mana DR is excellent tempo and you get another card for next turn. Decent synergy with Beastmaster but some anti-synergy with Blackthorn but hey, can't all be winners.
3/5
Pokeniner: So this is the big archetype build around. Overall, fairly good. Better than Oakheart imo. The only issue is that it won't see play because DH can do a lot more nuttier things before turn 7. Will be an off-meta deck, but won't be good enough.
Spindan: A 7 mana 3/6 that pulls 3 DR minions from your deck is interesting, it's a nice deckthinner as well as a way to create a board. The only "problem" I could see is well, what 5 mana deathrattles could DH run to enough of a tempo effect. I think it'd be possible for a deck using these to be made, but we'll have to see if we get some 5 mana DRs to use with this. I think it'll be played though.
I hope you enjoyed this starting pilot episode of P.S. Reviews. We've talked about doing this with the coming expansions, so I hope to do more of these for you guys to enjoy. If you want to look at the entire sheet before I post them all here, here's the link. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cpWh4L5QpJ4fzVwBvRhWsJDSzlNQmvZsmvinOSk6oZ8/edit?usp=sharing
