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Hearthstone Designers Cora Georgiou and Leo Robles Clarify How Rogue's Kidnap Secret Works

Man, the fact that the battlecry and colossal's trigger first followed by the sack means this secret is actually far far worse than I'd imagine.

So you play this secret, your opponent guesses correctly and completely arse you over …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Neutral Minion - Party Crasher

Probably just shit to be honest.

The ideal would be for this to pick out something big, kill a minion and then you have 2 big things on board. But is this really a game winning play? Unless one …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Party Crasher is a New Card Coming to Hearthstone in the Castle Nathria Expansion - Revealed by Blisterguy

Arena stuff. In standard, not only is it inconsistent, but also most good minions tend to be battlecry minions, i.e. not big dudes. So you'll more likely just fling something that's infinitely better with the battlecry than not. And plus, …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Mage Minion - Orion, Mansion Manager

In standard this card is just useless for mage, currently.

There's not a single secret support card that makes this card even remotely worth it. If [card]Kirin tor mage[/card] was still in standard then maybe, because there is a …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Hunter Minion - Ara'lon

I'd play it in all hunters.

Because why not? This guarantees a minion on board every turn for three turns. All the minions are good. And 3 turns later you have a 5/4 with a 4 attack weapon.

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4 years, 3 months ago
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New Druid Minion - Widowbloom Seedsman

This will likely see play because Im not seeing druid drop renathal anytime soon. The fact is that druids' feast and famine playstyle, plus the plentiful cards they can draw, means its all pluses not minus with 40 health and …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Widowbloom Seedsman is a New Castle Nathria Druid Card Revealed by Atlas

Ah shit. Team5 just cant help themselves.

As good as it looks, I dont think it'll see play in the current celestial, prestor, or ramp druid. The current way to ramp is [card]wild growth[/card] -> guff, or just play …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Orion, Mansion Manager is a New Castle Nathria Mage Legendary Card Revealed on Douyu

I would agree that cards are largely designed to fit with the 'identity' of the class; hence why mage cards always find a way to piss me off. But I would disagree with precise, controlled shenanigans. Most of the time …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Orion, Mansion Manager is a New Castle Nathria Mage Legendary Card Revealed on Douyu

Its [card]crossroads gossiper[/card], except more dangerous and cost 1 more.

But in a class like mage, where secrets haven't been relevant for some time, would it be the clincher for aggro mage to shine? Technically it can happen, because …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Rogue Spell - Sticky Situation

The fact that it has stealth is the real clincher here. That means this card will almost always result in 3 damage to face along with a 3/4 or a value trade in your favor. And the trigger being spells …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Rogue Minion - Private Eye

Its just a standard, decent card that will likely only see play if secret rogue is up.

Because there's simply not that many secrets currently available, and the fact is that rogue never really suffers from draw, so this …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Rogue Spell - Kidnap

I wasn't too into this card at first, but then the more I think about it, this card is simply just a counterspell for minions. And for two mana it can be fairly devastating most of the time.

But …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Rogue Minion - Halkias

Probably not good, but will still see play assuming secret rogue is good.

The problem is interactivity. At its best your opponent will trigger the secret and be unable to kill this, but that's highly unlikely. More likely is …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Hunter Spell - Stag Charge

I like it because it deals direct damage, which hunters always like. Unfortunately, it would likely also end up in quest hunter, a major negative to me, but notwithstanding that makes the card even more flexible than [card]spirit poacher[/card] or …

4 years, 3 months ago
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New Hunter Spell - Wild Spirits

Between this and [card]spirit poacher[/card], I think that's all the wildseeds you need. The fact is that the wildseeds are all good, but their power level diminishes as more of them are played. You dont need two stags taking up …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Dean Ayala’s Hearthstone Q&A Recap #45 - Disruption Effects, Two-Set Narratives, Location Cards Trivia, & More

Attracting new and old players back to the game is probably difficult. Hearthstone is simply no longer fresh, no matter how many expansions you dropped, and suffers from comparison with the casual nature of battlegrounds. It may not be as …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Stag Charge is a New Castle Nathria Hunter Card Revealed by Gssspotted

Probably still good, even if a little too slow for the wildseeds. That it does 3 damage might as well be the highlight, because quest hunter can use it.

But in midrange decks, there might just be too many …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Kidnap is a New Rogue Secret Coming to Hearthstone in the Castle Nathria Expansion - Revealed by Blizzard

Anti deathrattle synergy? Looks very much like it. This is the level where deathrattle support for rogue has sunken to.

As for the card itself. Its fairly bad, but with so few secrets if you're playing secret rogue you'll …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Two New Castle Nathria Rogue Cards Revealed by Xeno - Private Eye & Sticky Situation

[card]Sticky situation[/card] will see play even in non secret decks. Having a 3/4 that cannot be interacted for 2 mana early on is fairly good. At very least it'll likely deal 3 damage, or take a value trade.

[card]private …

4 years, 3 months ago
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Halkias is a New Rogue Legendary Card Revealed by Flurry for Murder at Castle Nathria

Because you can have active more than 1 secret, and only one will get this card back to life. So they used the word store, and the word soul perhaps refer to what you see when you scroll over the …

4 years, 3 months ago