Cool cards but Seal of Blood being a Holy spell feels kinda off. My personal dream would be Highlord Fordragon becoming viable, maybe the new bubble cards will help him.
Underwhelming but then not all DK cards can be bonkers.
Question: Is Frost Mourne sentient? Does the weapon know itself? Meaning, if I equip it, kill three minions, then reequip it with Hoard Pillager and kill another three, will the second one summon six?
Thanks for the summary! One thing I haven't figured out yet is how to obtain the legendary Arthas hero skin. Is it included in the Path of Arthas bundle as well? That would increase the value of the mega bundle even more.
Another thought: If the Death Knight Hero cards return, what about Demon Hunter? I say it would be a colossal injustice to leave Illidan out of the fun so WE NEED A DEMON HUNTER DEATH KNIGHT!!
Kind of a long shot, but your choice of words in "dressing up" reminded me of the plans to add upgraded skins that were hinted at some time ago. Maybe we'll get those along with some gameplay content? Might be a good opportunity to correct the Runestones issue as well.
Sorry to hear that, now I'm even more grateful it wasn't that bad for me so I can enjoy the new movies and the books now.
I indeed am a Tolkien fan but I've skipped on the new series so far because 1) my wife isn't into it and 2) I don't like starting unfinished series. Did you watch and enjoy it?
Could you please elaborate what that would mean? You seem to dislike the idea so you clearly have an image of a potential Evoker class while that's the first time I've ever heard about it.
Two points I'm a little worried about are class identity and pricing.
I'm not a WoW player so please correct me if I'm wrong but I'd expect Death Knights to center around death-related stuff like Deathrattles or Reborn, maybe some twisted form of Paladin flavor as well. The thing is we already have solid Deathrattle packages in Hunter, Rogue, Priest and Demon Hunter so that wouldn't really make for a good core identity trait (not to mention the Skeleton archetype that Mage received with Nathria). Reborn might work better for this but I feel like it would be harder to balance. On the plus side Reborn fits the color scheme which is something they did very well in Demon Hunter (green cards, most Fel related cards have green art, Hero Power with a green touch, ...). No idea for a DK Hero Power that hits the flavor and balances well with the other classes so far (like, you can't make it a 2 Mana summon a 1/1 minion with Reborn because of Paladin for example).
Maybe Demon or Shadows could do a summorizing article about all the Death Knight fan creations this site has seen so far?
Regarding pricing I'm hoping for an adjustment that mirrors the growing number of cards. With more cards being released we obviously need to open more packs to collect them all so the cool thing for Blizzard to do would be to give us more packs for the same price as in the past, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.
The Kingkiller Chronicles have been just as great as everyone told me they were. Fingers crossed the author will release book 3 one day.
Recently I've overcome a (very minor) childhood trauma: Dune. I saw the 90's movie when I defintely wasn't old enough for it and while it wasn't gorey or scary per se, the worms creeped me out majorly at the time. Somehow this kept me from reading the series even years later when I discovered my love for SciFi books... But now I very much enjoyed the new movie and finally got the books as well. Volume 1 has been a blast so far. It's fast paced and easy to read but still has its philosophical insights. Lots of sociology and psychology in there as well, in that regard it kinda reminds me of the Ender's Game series (books 2-4). I'm very much looking forward to exploring where the story goes :))
It will be interesting to see if Wild gets some attention as well. I reached legend yesterday and the number of Big Priest encounters heavily decreased once I had passed Diamond 4ish. The deck is still a pain in the ass and Neptulon is a broken card. I'd advocate for removing the Windfury from the main body or the Immune while attacking from its hands. Other than that I'm not the biggest fan of the meta right now but it doesn't feel unhealthy. Secret Mage is a super disgusting deck to play against but it's probably not broken enough to deserve a nerf (yet?). Mill Druid is doing its thing too easily for my taste but it gets countered by hyper aggressive decks (Demon Hunter, Rogue, maybe even Shaman [pun intended]) and mana cheaters (Secret Mage). Finally I do hope they don't completely nuke Harpoon Gun because JambaJooze's Beast Hunter with Knuckles is a ton of fun to play :)
This deck took me to legend three times last year and (almost) single handedly got me to 500 class wins with Priest. Hats off again for finding a true meta breaker back then and thanks for sharing it with us!
Looks like this is the year to reap all those achievements for me :D Since my last post I managed to get Garrosh over the treshold with the help of Enrage Warrior and just yesterday Illidan joined the gang - the fifth (!) golden portrait in 2022. I don't have much hope for my Shaman progress but maybe I'll spam some Murlocs every now and then. Other than that I'm not sure where to go next. Mage might be an option as the Secret archetype is viable again and there's hope we'll get another goal line added with the next expansion, maybe at 1.500 wins? (No evidence whatsoever on this, but there are some clues they'll add a Death Knight class and we got the 1.000 wins portraits when Demon Hunter was added)
Unfortunately it looks like the Mini Set has made Wild worse again after the format had finally overcome the bullshitty Questline era. Nobody asked for a Secret Mage comeback, Mill Druid is just plain stupid and The Jailer should be straight out banned imo. Add all this to the ongoing Big Priest issue and you get an unhealthy cocktail of uninteractive stuff that's just no fun to play against. I'm not really sure how to solve this situation either other than banning The Jailer and nerfing Neptulon but I'm sure someone will come up with a good idea.
Same. I tried to encourage them to do something about long term motivation and give aways :D
Deathweaver Aura... That's a pretty sick opener indeed.
Cool cards but Seal of Blood being a Holy spell feels kinda off. My personal dream would be Highlord Fordragon becoming viable, maybe the new bubble cards will help him.
I love the egg <3
Blightfang into Blood Boil on a board of small stuff would be a sick swing turn.
This card gives me Bloodmage Thalnos vibes - nothing flashy, but a great allrounder for various purposes. I like it!
Thanks!
Underwhelming but then not all DK cards can be bonkers.
Question: Is Frost Mourne sentient? Does the weapon know itself? Meaning, if I equip it, kill three minions, then reequip it with Hoard Pillager and kill another three, will the second one summon six?
Thanks for the summary! One thing I haven't figured out yet is how to obtain the legendary Arthas hero skin. Is it included in the Path of Arthas bundle as well? That would increase the value of the mega bundle even more.
Another thought: If the Death Knight Hero cards return, what about Demon Hunter? I say it would be a colossal injustice to leave Illidan out of the fun so WE NEED A DEMON HUNTER DEATH KNIGHT!!
Kind of a long shot, but your choice of words in "dressing up" reminded me of the plans to add upgraded skins that were hinted at some time ago. Maybe we'll get those along with some gameplay content? Might be a good opportunity to correct the Runestones issue as well.
Sorry to hear that, now I'm even more grateful it wasn't that bad for me so I can enjoy the new movies and the books now.
I indeed am a Tolkien fan but I've skipped on the new series so far because 1) my wife isn't into it and 2) I don't like starting unfinished series. Did you watch and enjoy it?
Could you please elaborate what that would mean? You seem to dislike the idea so you clearly have an image of a potential Evoker class while that's the first time I've ever heard about it.
Two points I'm a little worried about are class identity and pricing.
I'm not a WoW player so please correct me if I'm wrong but I'd expect Death Knights to center around death-related stuff like Deathrattles or Reborn, maybe some twisted form of Paladin flavor as well. The thing is we already have solid Deathrattle packages in Hunter, Rogue, Priest and Demon Hunter so that wouldn't really make for a good core identity trait (not to mention the Skeleton archetype that Mage received with Nathria). Reborn might work better for this but I feel like it would be harder to balance. On the plus side Reborn fits the color scheme which is something they did very well in Demon Hunter (green cards, most Fel related cards have green art, Hero Power with a green touch, ...). No idea for a DK Hero Power that hits the flavor and balances well with the other classes so far (like, you can't make it a 2 Mana summon a 1/1 minion with Reborn because of Paladin for example).
Maybe Demon or Shadows could do a summorizing article about all the Death Knight fan creations this site has seen so far?
Regarding pricing I'm hoping for an adjustment that mirrors the growing number of cards. With more cards being released we obviously need to open more packs to collect them all so the cool thing for Blizzard to do would be to give us more packs for the same price as in the past, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.
The Kingkiller Chronicles have been just as great as everyone told me they were. Fingers crossed the author will release book 3 one day.
Recently I've overcome a (very minor) childhood trauma: Dune. I saw the 90's movie when I defintely wasn't old enough for it and while it wasn't gorey or scary per se, the worms creeped me out majorly at the time. Somehow this kept me from reading the series even years later when I discovered my love for SciFi books... But now I very much enjoyed the new movie and finally got the books as well. Volume 1 has been a blast so far. It's fast paced and easy to read but still has its philosophical insights. Lots of sociology and psychology in there as well, in that regard it kinda reminds me of the Ender's Game series (books 2-4). I'm very much looking forward to exploring where the story goes :))
It will be interesting to see if Wild gets some attention as well. I reached legend yesterday and the number of Big Priest encounters heavily decreased once I had passed Diamond 4ish. The deck is still a pain in the ass and Neptulon is a broken card. I'd advocate for removing the Windfury from the main body or the Immune while attacking from its hands. Other than that I'm not the biggest fan of the meta right now but it doesn't feel unhealthy. Secret Mage is a super disgusting deck to play against but it's probably not broken enough to deserve a nerf (yet?). Mill Druid is doing its thing too easily for my taste but it gets countered by hyper aggressive decks (Demon Hunter, Rogue, maybe even Shaman [pun intended]) and mana cheaters (Secret Mage). Finally I do hope they don't completely nuke Harpoon Gun because JambaJooze's Beast Hunter with Knuckles is a ton of fun to play :)
The best read I've had about Hearthstone in quite a while. What a great article, hats off!
This deck took me to legend three times last year and (almost) single handedly got me to 500 class wins with Priest. Hats off again for finding a true meta breaker back then and thanks for sharing it with us!
Looks like this is the year to reap all those achievements for me :D Since my last post I managed to get Garrosh over the treshold with the help of Enrage Warrior and just yesterday Illidan joined the gang - the fifth (!) golden portrait in 2022. I don't have much hope for my Shaman progress but maybe I'll spam some Murlocs every now and then. Other than that I'm not sure where to go next. Mage might be an option as the Secret archetype is viable again and there's hope we'll get another goal line added with the next expansion, maybe at 1.500 wins? (No evidence whatsoever on this, but there are some clues they'll add a Death Knight class and we got the 1.000 wins portraits when Demon Hunter was added)
Unfortunately it looks like the Mini Set has made Wild worse again after the format had finally overcome the bullshitty Questline era. Nobody asked for a Secret Mage comeback, Mill Druid is just plain stupid and The Jailer should be straight out banned imo. Add all this to the ongoing Big Priest issue and you get an unhealthy cocktail of uninteractive stuff that's just no fun to play against. I'm not really sure how to solve this situation either other than banning The Jailer and nerfing Neptulon but I'm sure someone will come up with a good idea.