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New Mage/Rogue Minion - Wand Thief

Obligatory burgle rogue support.

But also, does this go in quest mage? It probably doesn't make the cut just because it isn't a spell like the other 1-drops, but it is something to think about.

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Shaman/Mage Spell - Devolving Missiles

Very nice card, devolve at 1 mana, and in mage.

Almost certain to go somewhere, and will likely be played for a long time.

Randomness is negligible, and the missile-ness of the spell is an upside if …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Warrior Minion - Troublemaker

Another stat-stick. Do I smell the return of recruit warrior? This card is probably worse than ragnaros in any deck that wants a big minion that throws out damage, just because rag does more face damage if the board is …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Paladin Spell - First Day of School

0 mana spells should always be looked at carefully, but this one just seems mediocre.

The comparison to fire fly is probably correct, except that this card cannot fit into odd decks, so maybe this goes into some sort …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Priest Minion - Frazzled Freshman

What a strange choice of day 1 reveal card.

Maybe goes in some sort of inner fire deck?

I can't imagine it going anywhere else when northshire cleric exists.

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Neutral Minion - Transfer Student

Almost certain to see no play, just because you have no idea what the board will be.

I assume they have decided to stop giving out powerful neutral legendaries after kael'thas, and have decided to do more marin the …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Paladin Minion - Goody Two-Shields

A nice 3-drop, but doesn't slot into any paladin archetype right now.

The divine shield granting ability is good, but I think it will rarely matter, especially as paladin does not have a real midrange strategy for this minion …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Warrior Minion - Rattlegore

Nine mana really hurts this card. I would have loved to be able to DMH + this in one turn, and then n'zoth a full board of them a few turns later.

As with all big dumb stat-sticks, watch …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Druid Spell - Nature Studies

A very valid card for spell druid because of Kael'thas, but spell druid is not great at time of writing. If this expansion proceeds to make spell druid the best deck ever, please tar-and-feather me.

Has an interesting interaction …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Neutral Minion - Cult Neophyte

Baby loatheb is probably a lot worse, just because it doesn't deny spells in the early game in the same way. Because turn 5 is the turn on which aggro decks often win or lose based on board wipes, loatheb …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Neutral Minion - Wretched Tutor

A new neutral AoE. Maybe better than it looks, but probably worse than wild pyro anywhere that it could slot in.

May see play if demon hunters continue to dominate because of that 2 damage breakpoint, but most classes …

5 years, 8 months ago
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New Shaman Minion - Diligent Notetaker

Interesting card. Obvious use is with a big boardwipe, but maybe could be interesting with the new innervate to enable something, especially in wild.

EDIT: less good than it looks. If it is killed by the spell, you don't …

5 years, 8 months ago
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Scholomance Academy is Hearthstone's Next Expansion! Here's Everything You Need to Know

I don't get it.

As in dual-classing state socialism and state enterprise, or what?

EDIT: If anybody didn't get it, this was a joking criticism of socialism "with Chinese characteristics" It may surprise you to learn that I …

5 years, 8 months ago
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Nerf ideas for Rez Priest.

Res priest is not a good deck right now, so a nerf would be completely uncalled for.

Why do people hate this deck so much? It's slow, clunky and does nothing but summon proactive threats.

If they print …

5 years, 8 months ago
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7 Magic the Gathering Cards Banned From Play Due to Racial Depictions

I was always a fan of the arabian nights set.

The word 'Jihad' being considered offensive is a strange lean into recognising american anti-islamism and preventing offense by not taking a stance. The art is actually very nice for …

5 years, 9 months ago
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Is Hearthstone's Battlegrounds Getting a Pirates Expansion This Week?

The problem with pirates in battlegrounds, as far as I see it, is that most of the cards would have to be specific to battlegrounds, and the classic pirate design space of weapons cannot be done in battlegrounds.

Maybe …

5 years, 9 months ago
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Could EDH Work in Hearthstone?

The biggest problem with EDHearthstone, assuming playerbase dilution doesn't matter, would probably be that some legendaries like vargoth or hemet, jungle hunter would be too strong to have "in your hand" at the start of every game. Combos are innately …

5 years, 9 months ago
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Let's Talk About Hearthstone's Funnel Cakes Obsession

The Predatory Instinct's flavour text is, I am fairly sure, a reference to the 'someone's had their weetabix' ad campaign. They do sell weetabix in the US, but I wouldn't have thought it was popular enough for that to not …

5 years, 9 months ago
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We're Playing Highlander Wild Decks This Weekend (+ Giveaway)

[deck]15860[/deck]

I've had a lot of fun trying to get libram paladin working, and I can safely say that this is my favourite version. The deck does remarkably well against aggro thanks to the power of the libram package …

5 years, 9 months ago
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Odes to our Favorite Bad Cards of All Time

I run Nat Pagle in togwaggle priest, which is probably the worst card I own.

Maybe treachery warlock with unlicensed apothecary into treachery into mad summoner comes close.

The only bad cards are ones that you don't enjoy …

5 years, 9 months ago