Armagedillo because I enjoyed playing the old Quest Warrior, and this card has potential to help me build a great wall, a magnificent wall! You will never have seen such a great wall before. And believe me, with Armagedillo’s help we can Make Taunt Warrior Great Again! It’s true, folks!
I don’t mind Peter or Brian, but Chris has kind of come off as someone who doesn’t really know the game at all. Just my opinion, but it’s the vibe I got from him last time.
I’d honestly like it to just be Iksar and Brian. Kosak could work too, but on a recent OmniStone episode, Iksar was a guest and actually answered questions beyond the typical canned responses. Which was refreshing!
Lastly, I miss a big personality like Brode for these reveals.
Yeah, IF you can pull this off it's like a Deathwing that doesn't empty your hand, and also damages your opponent's face for 20. Your opponent would have to have an answer to remove this right away or it's likely game over.
I love cards like this that have a huge payoff, but a ton of risk and difficulty in trying to pull it off. Ex: The Darkness, Blood of The Ancient One
Got it! Makes sense. Most people do tend to react to cards as to where they can fit in current builds rather than their potential elsewhere so I just assumed...
Although I am finding more and more I agree with a lot of other commentators that this set has huge potential to slow into some older Wild decks. Thought that initially with this card and Sulfuras Quest Warrior, and more and more give me that feeling too. Like the Mage card that does 6 damage if you control a secret... It's a bit of a power creeped Medivh's Valet, but it's 5 mana so it could take a slot in both the current Wild Secret Mage lists or even in an Odd Mage list for extra burst/burn. And if they purposefully tried to make this set tie in well to some old, less powerful Wild decks in an effort to shake up that meta as well as Standard's, then that is just brilliant on Team 5's part.
I was thinking about this recently, and in all honesty I think the introduction of SN1P-SN4P makes it much more likely that they want to move Whizbang to Classic. Think about it...
They created and released a whole new Neutral legendary in the set that includes Whizbang, and Whizbang's whole functionality revolves around the current Standard deck recipes. Sn1p could have very well just been some fun addition as part of an in game event, OR maybe they chose a new neutral legendary mech to tie into the event theme and seamlessly integrate a new legendary to take Whizbang's place in the set?
To me the only real question is: Does Whizbang move to Classic, or does he become a reward in the Basic set for unlocking all the cards or reaching some other goal? Honestly I would say it'll become Classic so they don't have to figure out dust refunds for players. I also kind of hope he'll get moved to be a reward in the Basic set and be renamed "Harth Stonebrew" with new art of the Innkeeper. It honestly just makes sense, and we've seen them due a "rebrand" of a card already ([Hearthstone Card (Succubus) Not Found] into Felstalker)
Maybe not tier 1 meta, but shenanigans were definitely had with Sudden Genesis.
Woecleaver set up. Next turn swing and Recruit either Grom or a Charged Devilsaur. Inner Rage, 2x Sudden Genesis for 4 charging 9 attack dinos or 4 12 attack Groms.
Definitely useful, but maybe in a new style like you mentioned.
They won't. It's just like Unstable Evolution and Echo. Same mechanic, would have really shortened up the card text, and they chose not to update it. Then they even released Witch's Brew without using Echo, which was an existing mechanic when Brew came out... Why? No one knows.
Wild Bloodstinger is a combo disrupting tool on a decently sized stick. Heavy potential to see play but it depends on the meta.
Scarlet Webweaver's Beast discount is crazy, it certainly allows a lot of combos I don't even want to think about.
Double King Krush with Faceles
Or even Oondasta into Krush, into Faceless on Krush! If only you could get 1 more mana, you could do that to destroy some big Giants on your Mage opponent's board, then cast Revenge of the Wild to bring back any of your dinos that just died!
What they need is to leave Wild as it is, but just create a third format that's about mid-tier. A sort of "Limited" format. In other words, take the new way that Arena's card pool is set up. Make a constructed format that has that same card pool! Maybe give out some Wild packs as monthly rewards for playing that mode to allow players to grow their Wild collection if they want, especially if a newer player wants to get some older cards. And in this format they could straight up ban certain cards from being allowed to avoid specific decks from being super OP.
If Blizzard started deleting cards to remove cancerous archetypes, another type of deck would just rise up to take the place as the current cancer deck. So then you'd have to complain about that deck, get more cards deleted, complain about the next new cancer deck, get that one deleted, etc etc, until every card in the game is deleted. So if that's the solution you really want, you could just delete the game from your computer instead. Much faster solution than petitioning Blizzard to fix/remove cards.
Another one that looks like it could be a weapon. Maybe a spring-loaded lance! Fits well with Rogue as they currently have Pogos, and they are commonly known for having bounce effects.
I give you the Pogo Lance! A 3 mana 3/2 weapon that can be used as normal, or you can trade some health to bounce a larger minion (likely a taunt minion) back to your opponent's hand.
This seems like it could be fun! Hard to tell with a lot of these at they show so little of the image. There are a few that look like new weapons! Like this one, which gave me an idea for a Paladin weapon.
I second this motion!
Armagedillo because I enjoyed playing the old Quest Warrior, and this card has potential to help me build a great wall, a magnificent wall! You will never have seen such a great wall before. And believe me, with Armagedillo’s help we can Make Taunt Warrior Great Again! It’s true, folks!
Hopefully!
1 month after is better than 2 months after!
I don’t mind Peter or Brian, but Chris has kind of come off as someone who doesn’t really know the game at all. Just my opinion, but it’s the vibe I got from him last time.
I’d honestly like it to just be Iksar and Brian. Kosak could work too, but on a recent OmniStone episode, Iksar was a guest and actually answered questions beyond the typical canned responses. Which was refreshing!
Lastly, I miss a big personality like Brode for these reveals.
I’d be fine if Chris forgets to show up for this.
The expansion does happen in Uldum, after all.
In the website announcement it listed the next Arena rotation.
So Shovelfist and Kraken both rotate upon Uldum’s release.
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23037181/
Yeah, IF you can pull this off it's like a Deathwing that doesn't empty your hand, and also damages your opponent's face for 20. Your opponent would have to have an answer to remove this right away or it's likely game over.
I love cards like this that have a huge payoff, but a ton of risk and difficulty in trying to pull it off. Ex: The Darkness, Blood of The Ancient One
Got it! Makes sense. Most people do tend to react to cards as to where they can fit in current builds rather than their potential elsewhere so I just assumed...
Although I am finding more and more I agree with a lot of other commentators that this set has huge potential to slow into some older Wild decks. Thought that initially with this card and Sulfuras Quest Warrior, and more and more give me that feeling too. Like the Mage card that does 6 damage if you control a secret... It's a bit of a power creeped Medivh's Valet, but it's 5 mana so it could take a slot in both the current Wild Secret Mage lists or even in an Odd Mage list for extra burst/burn. And if they purposefully tried to make this set tie in well to some old, less powerful Wild decks in an effort to shake up that meta as well as Standard's, then that is just brilliant on Team 5's part.
I was thinking about this recently, and in all honesty I think the introduction of SN1P-SN4P makes it much more likely that they want to move Whizbang to Classic. Think about it...
They created and released a whole new Neutral legendary in the set that includes Whizbang, and Whizbang's whole functionality revolves around the current Standard deck recipes. Sn1p could have very well just been some fun addition as part of an in game event, OR maybe they chose a new neutral legendary mech to tie into the event theme and seamlessly integrate a new legendary to take Whizbang's place in the set?
To me the only real question is: Does Whizbang move to Classic, or does he become a reward in the Basic set for unlocking all the cards or reaching some other goal? Honestly I would say it'll become Classic so they don't have to figure out dust refunds for players. I also kind of hope he'll get moved to be a reward in the Basic set and be renamed "Harth Stonebrew" with new art of the Innkeeper. It honestly just makes sense, and we've seen them due a "rebrand" of a card already ([Hearthstone Card (Succubus) Not Found] into Felstalker)
Maybe not tier 1 meta, but shenanigans were definitely had with Sudden Genesis.
Woecleaver set up. Next turn swing and Recruit either Grom or a Charged Devilsaur. Inner Rage, 2x Sudden Genesis for 4 charging 9 attack dinos or 4 12 attack Groms.
Definitely useful, but maybe in a new style like you mentioned.
They won't. It's just like Unstable Evolution and Echo. Same mechanic, would have really shortened up the card text, and they chose not to update it. Then they even released Witch's Brew without using Echo, which was an existing mechanic when Brew came out... Why? No one knows.
Or even Oondasta into Krush, into Faceless on Krush! If only you could get 1 more mana, you could do that to destroy some big Giants on your Mage opponent's board, then cast Revenge of the Wild to bring back any of your dinos that just died!
What they need is to leave Wild as it is, but just create a third format that's about mid-tier. A sort of "Limited" format. In other words, take the new way that Arena's card pool is set up. Make a constructed format that has that same card pool! Maybe give out some Wild packs as monthly rewards for playing that mode to allow players to grow their Wild collection if they want, especially if a newer player wants to get some older cards. And in this format they could straight up ban certain cards from being allowed to avoid specific decks from being super OP.
If Blizzard started deleting cards to remove cancerous archetypes, another type of deck would just rise up to take the place as the current cancer deck. So then you'd have to complain about that deck, get more cards deleted, complain about the next new cancer deck, get that one deleted, etc etc, until every card in the game is deleted. So if that's the solution you really want, you could just delete the game from your computer instead. Much faster solution than petitioning Blizzard to fix/remove cards.
I assume the super bright, over exposed art I'm seeing at this moment is not how the card will actually look. If it remains that way that would suck!
The art with Chu could also be part of a spell?
Just because current lists wouldn’t run this doesn’t mean a new list or archetype couldn’t be made to include it.
I’m personally excited to revisit Wild Quest Warrior if I get this card! Seems like it could add some major value to that deck.
Another one that looks like it could be a weapon. Maybe a spring-loaded lance! Fits well with Rogue as they currently have Pogos, and they are commonly known for having bounce effects.
I give you the Pogo Lance! A 3 mana 3/2 weapon that can be used as normal, or you can trade some health to bounce a larger minion (likely a taunt minion) back to your opponent's hand.
This seems like it could be fun! Hard to tell with a lot of these at they show so little of the image. There are a few that look like new weapons! Like this one, which gave me an idea for a Paladin weapon.