Taznak

After how long it took for this balance patch to arrive, I find the actual changes pretty disappointing. The only serious nerfs are to Poro Cannon, Quietus and... Weight of Judgment, somehow. There's a couple of significant buffs, like those …

Not the LoR update I was expecting, that's for sure. Paying off the hackers only encourages them to keep on doing it, so I'm glad that they chose not to.

At first glance, this looks very strong: a good statline for its cost, AND a mana battery! It's not nearly as good in practice. If you play this guy on turn 4, it's hard to also trigger Flow for the …

On its face, this looks very good: the weapon is identical to one of the Improvised weapons, as is the case for Great Hammers, only this one is also a Darkin Weapon which can be played as a lategame unit. …

This sounds super strong because it reminds us of Eye of the Dragon, but it's not. It's a powerful value engine, but it's slow and it's easier for your opponent to deal with by round 6+. It's also poor tempo …

Crazy strong card, could easily see play outside of dedicated Flow decks as well in metas where attachments are common. Rating: 5 stars

Not impressed by this card. It could be a great turn 3 play, but it's hard to get Flow going so early on and this guy doesn't directly contribute to keep the Flow going into the next turn. He could …

Arachnoid Sentry and Concussive Palm are very powerful cards, but they are situational and reactive which can be a mismatch for The Witness; maybe the turn you can play it for 2 mana you have no good targets for it …

If this expansion launches without a simultaneous Nami + Lee nerf, ranked is gonna be Azirelia levels of awful

Most meta-relevant card of this batch will be the Bandle landmark for sure. I wonder: If Rumble discards that landmark, does it grant him a random keyword?

Yes, I think he just dies

Discard fodder in discard decks is good, and granting a bunch of Keywords with a card you paid 0 mana for is exceptional. Rating: 5 stars

Like Ye Been Warned, only worse. Not even Plunder decks want this, I think. Rating: 1 star

Pretty bad tempo-wise, but it's a decent value engine that doubles as a late-game bomb. Could see play. Rating: 3 stars

This looks better for Nightfall decks than for Daybreak decks. Nightfall decks have more access to keywords like Elusive, Overwhelm and Fearsome, which means they can make better use of the stat buff. Daybreak cards often have huge stats and …

Ok, now the buff to Mammoth Shaman makes sense. His main problem always was that he's in a region that has very few tools for pinging the enemy Nexus without spending unit mana. This is a good enabler for Murkwolf …

EDIT: I'd given this guy 1 star, but I was unfair to him; he's not THAT bad, I realized, in the context of a Concurrent Timelines deck. Concurrent Timelines could make it easier to summon many units of different subtypes, …

I was worried that it could go off multiple times, but the wording of its ability is the same as for Crackshot Corsair, so I'm fairly confident that it's limited to one trigger per attack.

I'm very glad to see that Varus and Kayn share Cultist cards with their origins. This package of cards is also a big buff to Kayn, which is very much warranted. It makes Kayn's origin not seem so bad and …

Will equipment decks want a bigger version of Purpleberry Shake? My guess is no. Rating: 2 stars