ShadowsOfSense

Equally, Whispers of the Old Gods came out April 26th/27th. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for it to have been further back in the month, especially with how late the New Year announcement is.

Good …

Too complicated perhaps, but Lackeys can't really be argued as making it 'dangerously powerful' when we have cards like [card]Magic Carpet[/card] already in the game.

[card]Houndmaster Shaw[/card] shows that giving everything Rush really isn't a problem - making it …

It's probably just because there's a very obvious discrepancy between the servers - NA, EU and Asia have him as 2nd most played, but he's all the way down at 11th in China.

It's unlikely there's other heroes where …

I'm fully convinced we were meant to have some sort of announcement earlier in the month that got cancelled (for an unknown reason).

They're trickling out little bits of information through odd sources, or at odd times. The announcement …

I really love this take on changing the Core Priest Set, as different as it is from my own. There's a lot of similar principles, I feel, and similar ideas for where we want the class to go.

I …

I think that's the point - they didn't want to change a card that would have a potentially huge impact, just one that'll maybe help Shaman see some play again. This is the only unnerfing that'll be staying in Standard, …

It took the fall for some of the newer cards that they wanted to collect more data on (and probably didn't want to pull the trigger on nerfing so soon after just introducing them, too).

It was a statistically …

Competition Theme: Pole Position

For this competition, we want to see cards that care about positioning!

• You must create a card with an effect that cares about card positioning
  • This can be on the board (eg …

Quote From DescentOfDragonsOp

i dont like that this card is a finalist

its just because of the wording of the flavor text it shows an oversight of the cards design

it should be Battlecry: Your …

I was agreeing that [card]Reckless Experimenter[/card] is one of the most likely candidates, along with my reasoning for thinking that.

My personal guess is that the four Year of the Raven cards shortlisted for revision are the four ones that were actually nerfed, and not the ones that had their buffs reverted.

Which is a shame, because I agree …

This is a very interesting take. I've never seen somebody consider the intended representation of the classes in terms of 'flavour' before, but I suppose it makes sense to look at that when you consider that the year as a …

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We're definitely looking at ways of making the stages more obvious. I don't know if we'll end up doing an entire article, as I don't want to over-saturate …

I expect to see him come back eventually - they probably didn't want to commit to a nerf without testing it internally first.

I'd guess that they'll up it to 2 mana anyway in the end, but I can …

Competition Theme: Do You Copy?

For this competition, we're looking for you to create copying cards!

• Your card must create a copy (or copies) of one or more cards from somewhere in the game
  • Either player's …

If [card]Houndmaster Shaw[/card] dies, he no longer grants Rush to any minions on the battlefield. It's an Aura effect, like [card]Stormwind Champion[/card] or [card]Tundra Rhino[/card] - they all use the same wording.

I wasn't completely sure on that, and …

Yes! If you see a card with elven art in the game, it'll either be a blood elf (or high elf) or a night elf.

White/red skin and 'normal' hair colour (brown, blonde, black) = blood elf or high …

[card]Hunter's Mark[/card] is a strange inclusion, I think, since it's barely been a year since it was nerfed for a second time.

[card]Blade Flurry[/card], while strongly nerfed, also saw some play again with [card]Kingsbane[/card], and I don't feel like …

I don't know that straight un-nerfing [card]Warsong Commander[/card] would be a good idea, but I'd love to see it get the old effect but with Rush instead of Charge.

Even then it'd be worse than cards like [card]Houndmaster Shaw[/card], …

Endorsing works in Overwatch because it's a team game - you recognise teammates who were positive to you, who made great plays, who took control and lead you to victory. They've helped you, helped make your experience a positive one, …