I absolutely loved:

• The Kalista rework.  Honestly, she might be a little too good now, but as much time as she's spent in the dumpster Girl could use a little time to shine.  The best part is: it's not just good, its novel.  My mind is already spinning on all the ways to possibly abuse her L2 ability.
• Mageseekers rework.  The whole "discard a card" thing was really discouraging, so I love that they dumped it and now made it more fun.  Props for making them all reactive, too, since pretty much every 6+ cost spell is something you want to play at the right time and not just as an activator.
• The Rummage change.   It sounds like a small thing, but honestly most successful Jinx decks will cut this card because it absolutely sucks to "lock up" your hand.  But even bigger than the specifics is how they are proactively bandaging this very niche scenario.  It shows a familiarity with how an off-meta deck performs and nourishment to want to essentially "unburden" it without necessarily buffing it.

I liked

• The down-tuning for Black Spear, Crowd Favorite, Chump Whump, and MotI.  All essentially went from "Why wouldn't you run 3x of this card?" to "Are you sure this is the best card for you?", which is exactly what you want from a balanced card game.
• The up-tuning on Brood Awakening, Poro Snax, and Iceborn Legacy.  The latter 2 are opening up new possible archetypes; the former is giving some deckbuilding flexibility to what is currently a very narrow archetype.  Kudos all around.
• In general: how this was a regularly scheduled balance patch that shook things up, and now I'm already excited for / dreaming up totally new deck archetypes.  Compare this to other CCG games' who will remain nameless' balance patches, where effectively announcing which Tier One decks are now dead and leave me waiting to see what inevitably fills the power void.

I'm not sure about

• Pack Mentality.  I do like that its less confusing now, but this is really just feels like a variation on For Demacia.  It's uninspired brute force.  Plus: I'm still not sure who's actually going to run it.  Decks that run wide, sure, but that's usually not Frejlord.  Maybe someone that wants to make use of Unscarred Reaver and Scarthane SteffanBADCARDNAME outside of a subpar Vlad deck?
• Troop of Elnuks.  The chance of a complete whiff on this card (not adjusting for what you've drawn or if you've copied) is roughly (34/39)^N, where N is the number of cards, so the change goes from a ~25% chance to a ~44% chance.  I'm guessing that's enough of a swing to scare off meta decks from just splashing it, but it doesn't feel comforting.  I do like that they identify preservation of the counterfeit coin strategy, but honestly if that trick wasn't working at 10 cards I don't think it will get any more popular now.
• Flash of Brilliance.  The bigger thing to me was the free mana, so I'm really disappointed they didn't at least make it a 4 cost spell.

I'm disappointed with

• The Vanguard Lookout "buff".  Boring, and ironically he probably still isn't going to see play because there are better 2-drops for elites.  If you want to make people play him, he needs some interesting tag or ability.

I can't beleive

• That Hecarim "nerf".  He's even more disgusting on a Harrowing now, I don't think reducing his damage by 2 is going to slow him down.  Really should have been either an increase to 8 mana or a removal of Overwhelm tag IMHO.
• Rekindler.  I actually really like that you can rez champions; what I don't like is that this is so often double-digit stats for 6 mana--raising to 7 doesn't hurt the bottom line enough.  IMHO, should either be a smaller body or changed to rez the weakest champion so you need to build your deck more carefully if you're just going to cheat out infinite Hecarim / Garen / Ashe / (Kalista ;-) ) etc.
• No change to Shadow Assassin.  This card is just disgusting, and its the lynch pin of all elusive cancer decks.  I do appreciate that they at least identified it and played around with some of the numbers, but not converging on any actual changes is a huge miss IMHO.

It looks like Demon Hunters are going to be synergizing with cards that gain power or trigger effects based on whether or not they have attacked this turn, which plays well into their Hero Power design. With it only requiring 1 mana, we'll likely be making frequent use out of attacking with our hero.

Are both cards for Demon Hunter that appear in their Basic set and highlight the hero attack mechanic. We've also got two other basic cards that buff your Attack.

I for one am excited to see hero attacks coming to a class as a core mechanic. It also looks like they've got weapons (Flamereaper) which is awesome to see. It would have been a crime to put in Demon Hunters without weapons.

What do y'all think about this being a core class mechanic?

Hearthstone is getting a 10th class!

Blizzard said for years they were going to stick to 9 classes but things have changed with the release of Ashes of Outland.

But why? It works the exact same as before. Also half of 1 is not 0, maybe these devs didnt get past 6th grade?

So I just opened the site to see if there's any news, and the first thing I look at is: *EXPANSION NAME* LEAKED! *SPOILER1* *SPOILER2* *SPOILER3* I had no chance to look away from or not notice the large fel green Illidan image.

I got spoiled. Spoiled large. Tomorrow's largest announcement, the unknown mystery hyped for weeks, will only have a much, much lesser impact on me on the stream. The "WOW!" factor, the "I can't believe they've done this!" will be missing.

This was a very irresponsible decision from the site. I would have expected the article's preview to only state something similar to "SPOILERS! New expansion leaked! Name, major features, cards here!". I am sure I am not the only one who'd rather find out about the new stuff during the reveal stream and not from lines of text on a fansite front page. As in, getting to know the name only at the end of a fun, mood-setting music trailer would have made a much more enjoyable experience.

So please, Flux, DO NOT put unavoidable, major spoilers on the front page. I did not check out the full article, and I do not intend to, but the damage has been done and a large hype moment will be missing for me and many others who'd rather get to know about the new stuff when it was intended to. This is like going to a bookshop to pick up the new Harry Potter 6 book and there is a poster next to the cash register that reads "Dumbledore dies". In the future, please put spoiler warnings, only describe the topic of leaks on the front page, and generally, show spoilers only to someone who decides to and takes action to look at them (=clicks on the article). 

Competition Theme: Ménagerie à Trois

For this competition, we want you to care about minion types (or tribes, or whatever you want to call them).

• You must create a minion with a minion type
  • The accepted types are Beast, Demon, Dragon, Elemental, Mech, Murloc, Pirate and Totem
• Your minion must have an effect that interacts with a different minion type than its own
  • Some examples include Hungry Crab, Zoobot and Skyfin

Welcome back to another competition, this time from shaveyou!

As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.

Competition Phases

Here are the phases of this card design competition

• Submission Phase: Starts on Mon, Mar 16 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sat, Mar 21 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, Mar 21 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sun, Mar 22 16:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, Mar 22 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Mon, Mar 23 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

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A new Common Demon Hunter Spell, Consume Magic, has been revealed!

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A new Free Demon Hunter Minion, Glaivebound Adept, has been revealed!

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A new Epic Demon Hunter Weapon, Flamereaper, has been revealed!

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A new Epic Demon Hunter Minion, Wrathscale Naga, has been revealed!

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A new Free Demon Hunter Spell, Chaos Nova, has been revealed!

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A new Common Demon Hunter Spell, Twin Slice, has been revealed!

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A new Common Demon Hunter Minion, Ur'zul Horror, has been revealed!

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A new Epic Demon Hunter Minion, Wrathspike Brute, has been revealed!

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A new Rare Demon Hunter Minion, Raging Felscreamer, has been revealed!

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A new Common Demon Hunter Spell, Command the Illidari, has been revealed!

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A new Rare Demon Hunter Spell, Feast of Souls, has been revealed!

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A new Free Demon Hunter Spell, Coordinated Strike, has been revealed!

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A new Free Demon Hunter Spell, Soul Cleave, has been revealed!

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