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This thread aims to help new creators to know when to use certain keywords. In order to do this, we will classify all existing keywords in different classes, according to the sets where they can be used. So far, Blizzard has only broken these rules twice, so if you want to make a believable card, following them is surely a good place to start.

@Mods, if you believe this post should be included in the Fan Creations Primer thread, go ahead :)

Basic keywords

Extensive list: Battlecry, Charge, Divine Shield, Freeze, Spell Damage, Taunt.

These keywords can appear in any set, including the Basic set.

• Poisonous is not included here, because it was introduced in Journey to Un'goro, so it's classified as Evergreen.
• Divine Shield only appears in Neutral and Paladin cards, with the only exceptions being Al'Akir the Windlord and Elixir of Purity.
• Freeze only appears in Neutral, Mage and Shaman cards.

Classic keywords

Extensive list: Choose One, Combo, Counter, Deathrattle, Immune, Overload, Secret, Silence, Stealth, Windfury.

These keywords can appear in every set, except Basic. They expand the Basic ruleset to make Hearthstone more rich and complex.

• Choose One, Combo and Overload are exclusive to Druid, Rogue and Shaman, respectively.
• Windfury is exclusive to Neutral and Shaman.

Evergreen keywords

Extensive list: Discover, Poisonous, Lifesteal, Rush.

These keywords were introduced in a particular expansion, but have also appeared in later sets. If previous cards had that effect, they are modified to include the keyword (see Emperor Cobra or Queen of Pain)

• Poisonous is included in the Basic set in the HoF replacement Plaguebringer. This sets a precedent for using Evergreen keywords in that set, although I don't think Discover would fit the Basic set.

Expansion-exclusive keywords

Extensive list: Spare Part, Inspire, Jade Golem, Adapt, Death Knight, Recruit, Echo, Magnetic, Overkill, Twinspell, Reborn.

These keywords only exist in the expansion they are introduced. If previous of later sets include cards with similar effects, they are worded explicitly (see how Meat Wagon and Captain Hooktusk don't use Recruit, even if their effect is just that).

• Before the introduction of SN1P-SN4P, Echo used to belong to this category.

Year-exclusive keywords

Extensive list: Echo, Lackey.

These keywords can appear in all cards of a certain Year. While Lackey was a year-exclusive keyword by design, the inclusion of Echo in this category is more or less accidental, since the only card that doesn't belong to The Witchwood with this keyword is SN1P-SN4P.

Recurring keywords

Extensive list: Mega-Windfury, Quest, Choose a Deathrattle, Casts When Drawn, Choose Twice, Start of Game.

These keywords appear in expansions from time to time. All of them are very different in nature, however:

• Mega-Windfury has only appeared in two cards in total and has always been a very marginal part of the expansion.
• Quest, on the other hand, has always been one of the core aspects of the expansions they appear in.
• Casts When Drawn is a token-exclusive keyword.
• Choose a Deathrattle and Choose Twice are variations of the Druid-exclusive keyword Choose One. For synergy purposes (like Ossirian Tear), Choose a Deathrattle is considered a Choose One card, while Choose Twice isn't.
• Start of Game was a core aspect in The Witchwood. The appearance of this keyword modified the text of a previously existing card, Prince Malchezaar.

It's that time. Find any animations for new cards that are particularly awesome? I haven't seen them all but these ones are pretty cool.

A new Epic Warrior Minion, Bloodsworn Mercenary, has been revealed!

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Hey all,

I've been thinking about the decks that contain an amount of big minions, because I am heavily inspired by Colossus of the Moon.

With this card, I guess I'll look forward to any deck that is not a competitive deck either. So any cool synergy would work. I haven't played big decks for a quite long time. So I know that there are certain classes that love to go big! I could see them as:

Shaman with Eureka! and more.

Mage with Luna's Pocket Galaxy (and more?).

Priest with Resurrection and more.

Paladin with Duel! (and more?).

Warrior with The Boomship and more.

Druid with Jungle Giants, and Astral Communion.

Warlock with a new Quest? Doubt it.

Hunter and Rogue won't say yes to the big guy.

Here is the main reason why I wanted to go BIG again :). The old Astral Communion photo I've found:

Do you think Big warrior and druid with big archetypes could be still a great deck? Because I would play them if they are good, or...

Is it possibly a trap? Because I honestly wanted to try these two decks.

If you think they are not great, suggest me an alternative way to play Colossus of the Moon. Give me more surge to play this card if you can!

EDIT: Another main reason I forgot to mention: send him in early turn or give him rush effect, and he will be at peak of his ultimate power that you shouldn't underestimate it, only a few big decks can do these ways!

Bonus: Dimensional Ripper will give you two unremovable copies of this big minion, only its weakness is transformation effect, and he doesn't care about AoE silence either. Except Plague of Death and Plague of Murlocs, pray that control shaman won't be a common thing.

A new Common Warrior Minion, Frightened Flunky, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Saviors of Uldum

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A new Rare Warrior Minion, Tomb Warden, has been revealed!

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I've always wondered why there was no sound for the pack opener, the screaming of the innkeeper is pretty great, and makes you want to keep doing it(google skinner box) so it's odd to me why it wasn't implemented on Hpwn or here, it's a new feature so i'm assuming it's not 100% implemented yet, but i just thought that would be a nice improvement. Also, i think you shouldn't need to scroll down to open a new pack like you currently have to do, it should be as fluid as possible, but i see these changes as more of "extra" and not necessary, but still they would be nice. Is there a reason why there wasn't sound before? Also is there a way to see why some things are worth more points than others? That was always confusing to me when i'd get a golden legendary and some commons just like someone else but they got more points than i did for some reason.

It was a seriously bad choice before Anka was a thing and it hasn't changed since then. Played against another rogue player who used it and all you accomplish is performing a double-edged hack slash to your own win condition as well. Unless you, by some miracle, draw only cheap spells (That aren't cycle spells) then you conceded the game by making it so that you have to spend all of those other cards while taking fatigue before you can win.

With nine new Quests, it seems that we now have a conundrum- which classes (in Wild) have the best results by combining their quests into a single deck?

Here are my thoughts, ranked from worst to best!  Please note that a 5/5 is just okay (maybe Tier 4/3) because these are definitely memes.

Warrior- The only pair of quests with a distinct anti-synergy!  Boo, hiss, 1/5

Warlock- While not anti-synergetic by effect, the Warlock quests have exactly opposite goals.  I doubt there’s enough shuffle in the game to salvage a rapid-draw discardlock.  Maybe I’m wrong, but a better endgame HP change would be Jaraxxus or Bloodreaver. 2/5

Rogue- Somewhat anti-synergetic by effect- you’ll end up with 4/4 legendaries with unchanged costs. Wise deck building could probably offset that, but either way the quests are cannibalizing each other.  2/5

Druid- There aren’t enough big minions with Choose One to make the intersection of these quests’ target cards very big.  3/5 (unless Blizzard changes the rules and lets us have 2 quests, in which case 5/5 because they profit off each other’s weaknesses well if they’re together)

Paladin- These quests don’t NOT work together, and since we’re in wild anyway, there are some decent non-stat buffs that you can apply and copy with the hero power.  That said, both quests are a little bit “meh” on their own, and I don’t see that changing when combined.  4/5

Shaman- Not bad, but not great- a lot of murlocs have battlecry, and doubling their effects can do a lot- Corrupted Seer becomes Flamestrike, Coldligjt Oracle becomes Sprint, and in general murlocs turn into 7-cost basic spells on a stick ;^) But having to ration murlocs is never a good strategy.  4/5

Priest- This one is on the edge, but I think it’s doable.  Play an aggro deathrattle deck, stabilize, and drop your second quest with hopes to finish it by offsetting late-game damage.  It’s a control deck that’s really just three aggro decks in a trenchcoat, but it can still get into an R-rated movie.  5/5

Hunter- The first one that really excites me- I have had some success with Quest Hunter in the past and getting an endgame power by just chaining Raptors (and with Augmented Elekk/Feral Rage shenanigans, that can be 60+ raptors) is exciting.  5/5

Mage- The only one I expect to actually see.  These quests were MADE to be chained together, both will see play (mark my words), and they WILL see play together.  The new Hero Power feeds perfectly into warping time.  5/5

It's out guys, have fun. :)

Does anyone know how to get multiple card packs from the shop screen using in-game gold?  I've seen Kripp do it where he types in the amount he wants instead of having to go back and forth between the shop screen and pack opening screen one pack at a time. Thanks in advance.

haha, had to make that joke. :)

obviously can only be played as the elise-druid hero.

After playing a few matches with Highlander Hunter I can definitely say I can see myself playing this deck for a long time in ranked this expansion, it feels great to get out King Krush with Brann and Zephrys adds extra value with the 'perfect card'.

If you opened the pre-order packs at a fireside gathering? Sure felt this way. 

Then it would be pretty bad, to open the packs previously. 

Seems like when you sort by votes in when searching for decks (choosing all warrior decks for example) the votes doesn't align correctly. They are all over the place, even tho it seems to work somewhat as most highly voted decks are at the top.

Hi guys, I have a question to experienced wild players - which Highlander deck do you expect to be the strongest with new cards incoming? 

I have never played Wild before, but the re-introduction of the mechanic makes me really want to try them out. Problem is, I used to dust most of my collection when they rotated out. (I am just poor, don't blame me, and it was the easiest way to stay competitive in Standard. I didnt disenchent anything from last rotatiotn though, so I have almost full collection of ungoro, knights and kobolds).  

So I am really looking for predictions, which Highlander deck do you think will be the best. Probably warlock or Mage and I  guess Warlock. But if I could get some thoughts on the matter from some experienced Wild Players, that would be really appreciated since I want to spend my dust best possible way while crafting wild cards. 

Cheers!

Today with the release you will get a free arena entry if you haven't finished your run. Stop at 2 Losses. 

Just a friendly reminder :)

BTW: You can't open a new run now. They changed that because most people know it by now :D

I'm wondering what predictions people have for new archetypes that will be competitive or somewhat competitive with the coming expansion. My current guesses include Malygos Druid, a midrange Lackey Warlock, and Combo Priest with High Priest Amet. Honorable mentions that could have success as well are Zoo Priest, Murloc Paladin with Chef Nomi, and Tempo Warrior.

Would be awesome if you coud get archivements from the pack Opener Simulator.

I'm curious what's your opinion on new singleton cards added in Saviors of Uldum.

Considering Wild obviously.

In my view:

*Elise the Enlightened*

Nice value. And some combo potential. That's pretty much it. I don't see it being good enough to create Reno Druid.

*Dinotamer Brann*

Good addition to already playable Reno Hunter. Obvious 16 dmg potential finisher with older Brann. Besides it's good on its own. 

7 mana King Krush that can immidiately impact the board. Plus free 2/4 body.

It's my favourite new singleton card.

*Reno the Relicologist*

Beacause of Reno Mage already being good, that card will be playable. But... In my opinion it's a disappointment. Why? Old Reno was good enough to create a whole new archetype across several classes. I was expecting new Reno to be at least somehow close to that level. But Reno the Relicologist is JUST a good card. Nothing more, nothing less. Helpful in clearing small boards, low health minions.

*Sir Finley of the Sands*

If Reno Paladin will be a thing, new Finley will be played in it. It's good, it's an upgraded version of old Finley. It may win you some games with new hero power value.

But the question is... Will there be a Reno Paladin? I honestly don't see it being played in nearest future. Sir Finley of the Sands is not even close to being good enough to carry Reno Paladin on it's own.

How can I unhealthily watch the timer go down so I know when to whip out the phone and start opening packs!?

Hi everyone,

I can't get this archivement. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

How did you get it?

Thanks

I just realized that she was just a Succubus with special emote from the boss so I went back to Blackrock to find out how did they kept their constistences there.

You know what I found?

He just plays a Felstalkerinstead.I have to say that this 'consistency update' of theirs is not that lore consistent.

I found it rather sad, because she was part of the tavern even back in Classic WoW

- Still it is not a big gameplay deal.

I thought that they would keep the original card there, no one buys these expansions now so it would not hurt.

I don't know why he has a Felstalker in his deck. It does not even make his deck philosophy sense now.

At least they remowed his emote and they are not trying to tell us that this Felhound is a Nagmara.

What do you think?

Hi all, 

I just wanted to say that I'm super excited for the new expansion. I have nobody to tell and my girlfriend just nods and says that's good when I try and tell her about the new rogue quest.

Hi, I have a question regarding the interaction between Emperor Thaurissan and Summoning Portal. 

Gamepedia states: "Emperor Thaurissan's effect has triggered while holding a 3-Cost minion. Summoning Portal reduces the minion to 1 Mana and Thaurissan's enchantment is applied afterwards, making it cost 0 Mana."

However, I just tested this. I played an Emperor Thaurissan with a 3-Cost minion in hand and played Summoning Portal the turn after. Unlike stated by Gamepedia, the Mana cost was still 1 instead of 0. Did Blizzard patch this? Or what is happening here?