Erodos

Really cool card, you don't even need to run many spells, just make sure the only spells you do run are shadow ones. Might this be the time for an aggressive, tempo-oriented priest list which doesn't have games drag out …

Seems rather specific, and not really worth a card spot. You really want it as early as possible (because stat increases matter less as the game goes on), which means that you'll have less minions in hand. You then have …

Amazing card, will see play in any and every controlling mage deck. It's just that I don't see many controlling mage decks taking shape until they get more survival tools.

The quest seems hard to complete, and Mage just doesn't have enough face spells right now to really capitalise on the reward. Might change with more revealed cards though.

Cool card, but just seems like a worse [card]Ace Hunter Kreen[/card] most of the time, which already is mostly a tech option and not a core card.

Cool, unique effect, but too slow and unimpactful for the aggressive styles that hunter likes to play.

Good card, but seems a bit too slow for hunter. It usually wants to do its big board summoning in the early game with [card]Kolkar Pack Runner[/card], while playing solitary big dudes ([card]Trampling Rhino[/card]) and face things after turn 5.

It's mana cheat, so it's bound to be good. Will be hard to manipulate it to always highroll, but if it does it's gamewinning ([card]Guardian Animals[/card], [card]Survival of the Fittest[/card], [card]Cenarion Ward[/card] being the most obvious highrolls).

Kind of slow and not sure where it would fit in, but it's good removal. Can see it in a deck with [card]Guardian Animals[/card] to enable and pump up your [card]Lake Thresher[/card] if you draw it naturally.

Nice to finally see this Warcraft legend in Hearthstone. Seems like a good card for control warrior, albeit a bit slow. Not sure if rush warrior wants it since at that point in the game you usually want to go …

[card]Corpsetaker[/card] and [card]The Curator[/card] on steroids, extremely good. You get an 8 mana 7/7 Taunt Divine Shield Rush which draws 3 cards, which is insanely overstatted. The deckbuilding demands also aren't that big, most non-spell based decks run Rush and …

[card]Corpsetaker[/card] and [card]The Curator[/card] on steroids, extremely good. You get an 8 mana 7/7 Taunt Divine Shield Rush which draws 3 cards, which is insanely overstatted. The deckbuilding demands also aren't that big, most non-spell based decks run Rush and …

Nice deck lists! Immediately shared the article with some F2P friends, they seem like good starters for people trying to get into the game.

Apotheosis reflects the true issue with the Lifesteal mechanic, which is that it can steal life that isn't there. If a minion with lifesteal deals 8 damage to a 2-health minion, it should only steal 2 life, not 8. After …

Lots of cool decks, gonna try out that Odd Deathrattle DH! Thanks!

That's too bad :( Never picked up the game due to a shortage of time, but I really hoped it'd thrive. Always sad to see passionate people have to give up their dream. I also want to give a huge …

I found last week's design contest very interesting. It seemed like a very hard but interesting mechanic to balance cards around, with a lot of creative room. One of my main problems with the cards was that sometimes you could …

I think he's just really suffering under the purely remote format, quite different from casting at a caster desk. However I've always found him to be one of the weaker casters, it's just more clear when you put him next …

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Great article Aesan. Especially loved the part where you put a spotlight on all the non-GM players who are still notable players in the competitive Hearthstone scene.