I'm not convinced it means anything. That artwork is just recycled TCG art, so they could've slapped that together very easily.
Given how the minion appears in the official Chinese trailer, it was probably intended for this update and cut late in development. I mean, we also got Imp Mama for some generic new Demon support. They may have just not wanted to add 19 minions at the same time, and keep the focus more on Dragons.
Granted, I was horribly wrong about the Year of the Dragon meaning nothing, but I still don't think this is any specific hint.
Celeste is probably the pre-order hero for the next expansion. Pre-order heroes are available right after the expansion announcement, which should be soon, so it'd make some sense for her data to appear ahead of schedule.
Some small part of my brain is hoping it's another Year hero like Lunara and Maiev (because I like free stuff), but I think that's unlikely.
In my opinion, the Blizzcon card back was a better Year of the Dragon card back than this. It's got a sleeker design that matches the aesthetic of the other "Year of the" card backs more closely.
A new class seems highly unlikely. Death Knight is almost certainly never happening, just because of the OP Death Knight cards in KotFT.
I think the team was asked if they ever wanted a new class, and they basically said it would be a complete and total balancing nightmare. They already can't balance nine classes and make them all relevant. Besides, if they want to push new mechanics, they already have nine options to stick them in.
Also to the OP: Fucking swearing every fucking five fucking seconds makes it really fucking hard to fucking take you fucking seriously. I would recommend blowing steam in the venting thread, or maybe to a friend in Discord. Coming in here and swearing like a sailor isn't going to make your plight very sympathetic.
Spider Tank is the last base-statted minion I can think of that saw significant play, but that was because of its Mech tag.
Nightmare Amalgam, but, again, that's only because of its splashability. It can be a midrange Dragon, or a midrange Murloc, or a midrange Elemental, or a midrange Beast, and it saw some play as all four of those (particularly in this set, what with all the dragon synergy).
Kalec may be hard programmed to never Pyroblast the face. Heroic Kalec doesn't even run Pyro, lending some credence to that. It's almost certainly an anti-frustration feature, since it would be really bull to get to the second-to-final boss and lose to a randomly-generated unavoidable 20 damage.
Skyfin
A tribal card that has synergy with a different tribe.
But if they take away her Charge effect, they'd have to change her entry quote from "Charge forward!" to "Ya-har!".
Seadevil Stinger
A mana cheater.
Dread Raven
Technically doesn't require more than two, but duplicating it is encouraged.
A 3 mana 3/4.
I'm not convinced it means anything. That artwork is just recycled TCG art, so they could've slapped that together very easily.
Given how the minion appears in the official Chinese trailer, it was probably intended for this update and cut late in development. I mean, we also got Imp Mama for some generic new Demon support. They may have just not wanted to add 19 minions at the same time, and keep the focus more on Dragons.
Granted, I was horribly wrong about the Year of the Dragon meaning nothing, but I still don't think this is any specific hint.
This seemed appropriate for a Choose One card.
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Celeste is probably the pre-order hero for the next expansion. Pre-order heroes are available right after the expansion announcement, which should be soon, so it'd make some sense for her data to appear ahead of schedule.
Some small part of my brain is hoping it's another Year hero like Lunara and Maiev (because I like free stuff), but I think that's unlikely.
In my opinion, the Blizzcon card back was a better Year of the Dragon card back than this. It's got a sleeker design that matches the aesthetic of the other "Year of the" card backs more closely.
Sorry for the mirrored art. Hearthcards doesn't have imports for Galakrond's Awakening yet, and the card's full art is mirrored.
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A new class seems highly unlikely. Death Knight is almost certainly never happening, just because of the OP Death Knight cards in KotFT.
I think the team was asked if they ever wanted a new class, and they basically said it would be a complete and total balancing nightmare. They already can't balance nine classes and make them all relevant. Besides, if they want to push new mechanics, they already have nine options to stick them in.
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Magnataur Alpha.
Also to the OP: Fucking swearing every fucking five fucking seconds makes it really fucking hard to fucking take you fucking seriously. I would recommend blowing steam in the venting thread, or maybe to a friend in Discord. Coming in here and swearing like a sailor isn't going to make your plight very sympathetic.
Grizzled Wizard doesn't work on adventure bosses.
Nightmare Amalgam, but, again, that's only because of its splashability. It can be a midrange Dragon, or a midrange Murloc, or a midrange Elemental, or a midrange Beast, and it saw some play as all four of those (particularly in this set, what with all the dragon synergy).
Kalec may be hard programmed to never Pyroblast the face. Heroic Kalec doesn't even run Pyro, lending some credence to that. It's almost certainly an anti-frustration feature, since it would be really bull to get to the second-to-final boss and lose to a randomly-generated unavoidable 20 damage.
...you can see two Pogo-Hoppers in the background.
Just thought that was kind of interesting. No question what Blizzard designed that card for.
Is it Khadgar? He fell when shadows rose.
Absolutely is. Your go.