Please, please, pleeeeeeease can we have the brawl block mode now Dean? Not just a tavern brawl, but an actual permanent mode with rotating sets every month
Arena has it, now we just need constructed to have it too
Had major nostalgia while reading this article, well done!
Not sure if I ever opened a Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon booster pack, but I do remember my first foil was Curse of Dragon. Was so stoked coz the foil was epic, probably still have it 😁
Ok I feel noob now 😅 I'm not familiar with the "Tax" Archetypes mentioned, like Tax Paladin and Tax Aggro DH. Maybe I'm being silly, but would appreciate an explanation, thanks.
Quite the insightful article. I do tend to gravitate towards dragon builds more often than not, especially when offered Prestor's Pyrospawn at tier 3. I do think you got lucky with that Maexxna into reborn combo though
Kinda seems a bit off having a WoW manager post the announcement of the announcement for HS. I understand they want to showcase everything Warcraft related, but grouping them all together like this seems weird. Maybe it's coz there's no Blizzcon this year and they want to keep everything low key.
Lets also hope there's no blizzard drama during the reveal season, we'd already had 2 seasons ruined
This expansion didn't ever feel oppressive. The metas that followed are a different story. Looking back, I think the only "bad" thing that came out of DMF was Tickatus but remember there were a lot of Highlander decks during his reign which had many key cards. He was barely pulling any weight during Barrens and was completely forgotten by the time Stormwind came round as Quest Warlock haunted everyone's nightmares.
There's quite a few cards from this expansion that are invaluable to current archetypes. Excited to see what a lot of classes will look like once rotation happens.
Side note: Would be quite cool having articles showcasing the best cards each class is loosing in Year of the Phoenix
I can't wait to see this expansion rotate. So bored of it already, even more so than AoO. Didn't like the theme and boring decks like face hunter are basically a third Scholomance cards. Funny thing though is I can't really pin point one or a few cards I dislike, it's just the expansion as a whole I want gone from standard already.
Something quite interesting about the cards above that I'll point out. During AoO release, most of these cards were considered too weak, hell even Aldor Attendant and Libram of Justice got buffed and Incanter's Flow was hardly seen. Just goes to show how OP Year of the Dragon was, that those expansions had to rotate first before we could truly hate these cards.
I despised Libram pally after a while, purely coz it was such a boring, linear deck. Pity Paladin didn't get much else in Year of the Gryphon (aside from secret Pally). After rotation, Paladin will be in a rough spot, so here's hoping the next expansion has some cards that can create a new archetype for the class.
Bring back (or introduce) the Elemental Lords, replacing or Dragon friends in the Core set and then let us explore the different Elemental planes across content this year.
It would feel rather weird not having the dragon Aspects in Standard for once, but I can get behind this idea. We also don't know anything about the new core set and how many current core set cards are staying around for another year.
Also, does anyone know what will happen to the Year of the Gryphon gameplay achievements section once the rotation happens? I assume it'll get replaced with the new Year of the... and we won't be able to complete the current achievements anymore.
TBH, Scholomance didn't appeal to me that much, it was just another one of those whimsical HS expansions, with too many OP cards but the dual class mechanic was a breathe of fresh air. The only card I'll really miss is Vectus. He enabled some really spicy deathrattle archetypes but got overshadowed too quickly by better cards.
Thanks for the word search while we (impatiently) wait for the next HS announcement.
Gonna miss DMF, probably the least toxic expansion that came out of Year of the Phoenix
NebuchadnezzarHS, how about you complete my achievements and RT for me? 😅😁
Been lagging behind this expansion coz the achievement bugs put me off achievement hunting 🤦♀️
Please, please, pleeeeeeease can we have the brawl block mode now Dean? Not just a tavern brawl, but an actual permanent mode with rotating sets every month
Arena has it, now we just need constructed to have it too
Great read, still got some of these cards, so must have opened quite a few of these booster packs when I was in school
Had major nostalgia while reading this article, well done!
Not sure if I ever opened a Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon booster pack, but I do remember my first foil was Curse of Dragon. Was so stoked coz the foil was epic, probably still have it 😁
I see, definitely seen loads of Nerub'ar Weblord in wild, surprisingly enough
Ok I feel noob now 😅 I'm not familiar with the "Tax" Archetypes mentioned, like Tax Paladin and Tax Aggro DH. Maybe I'm being silly, but would appreciate an explanation, thanks.
Out of all of them, I like Diego Gil's Rattling Performance the most. It's not often you see a goblin in heavy armor, and that sword looks sick!
Well done all, the art looks great!
There's more than 1 unannounced project at Blizzard, they recently announced that they're working on a survival game: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/23768911/create-a-new-universe-with-us (Brand new IP too)
Quite the insightful article. I do tend to gravitate towards dragon builds more often than not, especially when offered Prestor's Pyrospawn at tier 3. I do think you got lucky with that Maexxna into reborn combo though
Kinda seems a bit off having a WoW manager post the announcement of the announcement for HS. I understand they want to showcase everything Warcraft related, but grouping them all together like this seems weird. Maybe it's coz there's no Blizzcon this year and they want to keep everything low key.
Lets also hope there's no blizzard drama during the reveal season, we'd already had 2 seasons ruined
This expansion didn't ever feel oppressive. The metas that followed are a different story. Looking back, I think the only "bad" thing that came out of DMF was Tickatus but remember there were a lot of Highlander decks during his reign which had many key cards. He was barely pulling any weight during Barrens and was completely forgotten by the time Stormwind came round as Quest Warlock haunted everyone's nightmares.
There's quite a few cards from this expansion that are invaluable to current archetypes. Excited to see what a lot of classes will look like once rotation happens.
Side note: Would be quite cool having articles showcasing the best cards each class is loosing in Year of the Phoenix
Thanks Cupcake, you're a star ⭐
I can't wait to see this expansion rotate. So bored of it already, even more so than AoO. Didn't like the theme and boring decks like face hunter are basically a third Scholomance cards. Funny thing though is I can't really pin point one or a few cards I dislike, it's just the expansion as a whole I want gone from standard already.
Is it April yet, guys?
Something quite interesting about the cards above that I'll point out. During AoO release, most of these cards were considered too weak, hell even Aldor Attendant and Libram of Justice got buffed and Incanter's Flow was hardly seen. Just goes to show how OP Year of the Dragon was, that those expansions had to rotate first before we could truly hate these cards.
I despised Libram pally after a while, purely coz it was such a boring, linear deck. Pity Paladin didn't get much else in Year of the Gryphon (aside from secret Pally). After rotation, Paladin will be in a rough spot, so here's hoping the next expansion has some cards that can create a new archetype for the class.
Very cool word search theme to get members to check out the fan content, WP!
It would feel rather weird not having the dragon Aspects in Standard for once, but I can get behind this idea. We also don't know anything about the new core set and how many current core set cards are staying around for another year.
Also, does anyone know what will happen to the Year of the Gryphon gameplay achievements section once the rotation happens? I assume it'll get replaced with the new Year of the... and we won't be able to complete the current achievements anymore.
Oh my bad 😅 I totally forgot about about you! 🤦♀️
TBH, Scholomance didn't appeal to me that much, it was just another one of those whimsical HS expansions, with too many OP cards but the dual class mechanic was a breathe of fresh air. The only card I'll really miss is Vectus. He enabled some really spicy deathrattle archetypes but got overshadowed too quickly by better cards.