1-9, I even lost to an Odd-Priest lol. But I have found out what I was doing wrong: I forgot to apply the Mark of Hakkar cardback! :D
Jokes aside, your plan sounds good. I have a Deathrattle Hunter deck which gets me to Diamond 5 every month and that relies on secrets and a chosen few removal spells for the first 5-6 turns. I'll try to merge the two tomorrow and let you know how it went. Good luck!
0-6 so far. No chance against Secret Mage, Darkglare Warlock, Odd Paladin. Bad draw against Reno Lock. But I almost beat a Big Priest. I'll try some more. Have you considered making this a non-Highlander deck?
Imprisoned Phoenix would be a great target for Aegwynn, the Guardian... there are no Frostbolt and no Ice Lance in standard, but if Mage gets another cheap burn spell, an OTK might come together. After all, with two Phoenixes in play and one of them having inherited Aegwynn's Spell Damage, you can already deal as much as 24 damage with two Fireballs. The lack of stalling tools like Frost Nova and Blizzard and the inconsistency of Aegwynn's Deathrattle would keep it at a reasonable level I guess.
Looking forward to try to put a Deathrattle Priest together that isn't pure Convincing Infiltrator cancer. Maybe it will even be possible to brew a semi-competitve Deathrattle-Shadowform deck together :-)
Your arguments look very reasonable and while the loss of flavor is sad, I understand the necessity of making space for Expansion cards (which is what ultimately keeps the game alive). What really worries me though is where that train of thought leads us. The design space getting available now has not been used before because a) the rotating cards were better or b) the rotating cards had too strong synergies with potential new cards. If it is option b) in a majority of cases, Wild will see an interesting year to say the least.
U should be able to dust ur golden dupes of basic cards but i can be wrong. Are basic rotating too?
And since everyone with Wild unlocked will automatically get all regular and golden Basic cards at rotation (info here, Introducing the Legacy Set section), that's 14,300 dust from just the golden Basic cards, which is 100 dust short of being able to craft 9 legendary cards.
Thanks for pointing out the source, but I'm still not convinced that we'll be able to disenchant the golden Basic cards. If you look closely, they are
a) stressing that Classic cards will be craftable and disenchantable - that statement wasn't made when it comes to Basic cards;
b) explicitely telling us that Golden Demon Hunter Initiate cards will be craftable and disenchantable - those cards are otherwise treated the same as Basic cards in this sentence, so logic tells me that Basic cards and regular Demon Hunter Initiate cards can't be disenchanted.
I usually count myself among the optimists, but I really don't expect Blizzard giving away so much dust.
1-9, I even lost to an Odd-Priest lol. But I have found out what I was doing wrong: I forgot to apply the Mark of Hakkar cardback! :D
Jokes aside, your plan sounds good. I have a Deathrattle Hunter deck which gets me to Diamond 5 every month and that relies on secrets and a chosen few removal spells for the first 5-6 turns. I'll try to merge the two tomorrow and let you know how it went. Good luck!
0-6 so far. No chance against Secret Mage, Darkglare Warlock, Odd Paladin. Bad draw against Reno Lock. But I almost beat a Big Priest. I'll try some more. Have you considered making this a non-Highlander deck?
Negative
Nope
My kind lacks a certain feature
Yet I am named after it
Pain is a merciless teacher
You better transform me really quick
Whizbang the Wonderful?
Icehowl is my next guess but I think we're missing something about "unseeable"...
Lake Thresher?
Imprisoned Phoenix would be a great target for Aegwynn, the Guardian... there are no Frostbolt and no Ice Lance in standard, but if Mage gets another cheap burn spell, an OTK might come together. After all, with two Phoenixes in play and one of them having inherited Aegwynn's Spell Damage, you can already deal as much as 24 damage with two Fireballs. The lack of stalling tools like Frost Nova and Blizzard and the inconsistency of Aegwynn's Deathrattle would keep it at a reasonable level I guess.
Looking forward to try to put a Deathrattle Priest together that isn't pure Convincing Infiltrator cancer. Maybe it will even be possible to brew a semi-competitve Deathrattle-Shadowform deck together :-)
Gnaaaah that Hakkar Hunter again. I'm missing Brann Bronzebeard, Deathstalker Rexxar, Hakkar, the Soulflayer and Wyrmrest Purifier but my fingers are itching to try this out with the new expansion around the corner or not.
Two of the three legendaries are good anyway so I guess I'll do it.
Your arguments look very reasonable and while the loss of flavor is sad, I understand the necessity of making space for Expansion cards (which is what ultimately keeps the game alive). What really worries me though is where that train of thought leads us. The design space getting available now has not been used before because a) the rotating cards were better or b) the rotating cards had too strong synergies with potential new cards. If it is option b) in a majority of cases, Wild will see an interesting year to say the least.
New Alex could be a cool additipn to Wild Quest Shaman decks, even if replaying her battlecries with Shudderwock is quite risky.
Thanks for the pointer to new Onyxia spawning Whelps every turn, I guess I'll try that Unseal the Vault deck in Wild after all :-)
Well, looks like the character for one of my favorite custom cards has been taken. :(
That said, Blizzard's Kor'vas looks interesting. I like the flavor of the class but it looks like much depends on a good set from Barrens.
Thanks for pointing out the source, but I'm still not convinced that we'll be able to disenchant the golden Basic cards. If you look closely, they are
a) stressing that Classic cards will be craftable and disenchantable - that statement wasn't made when it comes to Basic cards;
b) explicitely telling us that Golden Demon Hunter Initiate cards will be craftable and disenchantable - those cards are otherwise treated the same as Basic cards in this sentence, so logic tells me that Basic cards and regular Demon Hunter Initiate cards can't be disenchanted.
I usually count myself among the optimists, but I really don't expect Blizzard giving away so much dust.
Congratulations! Enjoy the feeling & the cardback! :-)
The Boogeymonster?
That's right, back to you again!
You're throwing pens? Please, keep it real!
You're talking scrolls, I'm talking steel.
Your feeble pinpricks stand no chance;
Cause if we do a little dance,
You might have the upper hand ‐
But at what cost? Sorrow to no end!
So better stay silent, better stay at home
My aura wins, poor little gnome.
Tracking super stronk!