One of the main factors for me was the "first-10 packs Legendary" rule...
With that said, I started HS in the new year after Rastakhan so my only wild cards were from the last rotation (and I do miss them SO much), so I decided to get lots of unique cool cards and 4x80% rolls at having new legendaries + C'thun et al, and jump in fully into the wild side
I have not opened any pack yet to not mess up my pity timer which is imminent...DAMN YOU RNGesus.
But when the time comes I will take my time and sip them like an oooold wine.
YMMV...
Your "pity" timer is individual for each set. You have no reason to wait to open your cards, because it will not reset your pity timer on any other set.,
I’m going to call it now: Blizz will regret printing this. There’s just too many things you can do with it. You can trade in a wide board and then get it back for seven mana, you can counter AoE, you can bring back just a big thing or two and you’re still dumping a lot of stats on the board, something like Summon Mage or Res Priest could take advantage of this nicely.
Craft this the second the patch hits. Pretty sure we’re looking at the new Zilliax here, a big legendary flex card that goes into nearly every deck. (Granted, less so these days, but still.) And I’m not sure I like nearly auto include cards that go into almost any deck, but as long as they keep insisting on printing them, well... it is what it is.
How can you counter AoE on your own turn?
Calling this the new Zilliax is a huge overstatement. This is not flexible enough to be in every deck. 8/10 times this will be a dead card in your hand.
Don't craft this the second patch hits. It'll be a waste of your dust. You will regret it come August when the next expansion hits.
Couldn't it also achieve the same as mind blast, given that you have effects such as Embrace the Shadow? With less mana, though you need the healing to damage activator.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 5 years, 6 months ago
There are also some under-the-radar decks that aren't on VS that are a lot of fun and viable. For example, the play rate of Big Shaman dropped low enough that they aren't mentioning it on there, yet I'm having a blast and having a positive win rate with the deck at rank 5.
Overall, this meta has taken longer to get stale than any other. Blizz did a good job so far this year. Hopefully they keep it up.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 5 years, 6 months ago
People who dust their wild collection make no sense to me. Wild is the perfect place to mess around with fun decks when you’re sick of the standard meta and ladder grind.
I’ll admit, I’ve dusted some Wild cards in the past, and I highly regret it. Keep your collection folks! You never know when you’ll wish you still had a card!
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 5 years, 6 months ago
Al'Akir the Windlord is not a bad craft. He isn't necessary for any decks, but is a "win more" card.
Scargil Don't craft him. I don't run him in my murloc shammy list anymore. His effect really is not needed.
Electra Stormsurge and Zentimo I don't own. Out of the 2, Electra would be the better option. I've been debating crafting both of these as well, but haven't felt either to be required in any decks.
The Soularium is a solid card that is used in A LOT of Warlock decks. Would not be a bad one to craft, though the state of Warlock isn't great atm.
Darius Crowley another just "win more" card. Can be replaced by other cards without too much of a win rate hit
Archivist Elysiana I DE'd her at the nerf, and I haven't had any desire to recraft. I only played her once in all the matches I played with her. 9/10 was just a dead card in my hand. I think you'd find her to be a waste of your dust.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 5 years, 6 months ago
After playing with this for a bit, I feel it can use some refinement, but has a lot of potential. My thoughts:
Add The Soularium to help dig for last combo piece if you have enough mana and 2/3 pieces
1 x Plot Twist - This card ended up being a dead card in my hand too many times. I think 1 would be enough to just refresh your hand if you aren't getting any combo pieces.
Needs something more to have more "aggro" to it to as a main win condition, with the combo as a secondary condition. I'm thinking do away with the Novice Engineer's, but want to play with replacements.
I'll make some changes, test and post what I come up with.
"MOO SHALL NOT PASS!"
Next art:
Make a Druid spell
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Rules: Rare Warlock minion that costs 5 mana or less
next art:
Must be a legendary hunter minion
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Make an actually playable Illidan card
Your "pity" timer is individual for each set. You have no reason to wait to open your cards, because it will not reset your pity timer on any other set.,
"Her song will make your ears bleed"
Make an actually good Illidan card
How can you counter AoE on your own turn?
Calling this the new Zilliax is a huge overstatement. This is not flexible enough to be in every deck. 8/10 times this will be a dead card in your hand.
Don't craft this the second patch hits. It'll be a waste of your dust. You will regret it come August when the next expansion hits.
Go ahead and try! ;)
There are also some under-the-radar decks that aren't on VS that are a lot of fun and viable. For example, the play rate of Big Shaman dropped low enough that they aren't mentioning it on there, yet I'm having a blast and having a positive win rate with the deck at rank 5.
Overall, this meta has taken longer to get stale than any other. Blizz did a good job so far this year. Hopefully they keep it up.
People who dust their wild collection make no sense to me. Wild is the perfect place to mess around with fun decks when you’re sick of the standard meta and ladder grind.
I’ll admit, I’ve dusted some Wild cards in the past, and I highly regret it. Keep your collection folks! You never know when you’ll wish you still had a card!
I like that idea.
Also, in with Pyros, I feel there should be added links to jump to her 6 mana and 10 mana forms. Same with any "token" generating card.
I used a very similar version of this deck. Worked like a charm first try.
Every damn day
Congrats! I think warrior will end up being my last golden too. In fact, I still don't have warrior at lvl 60! (I think I'm at 56 now)
I only have hunter and paladin golden. Working on Shammy, Warlock, Rogue and Priest next.
Also Siphon Soul is listed on there
Al'Akir the Windlord is not a bad craft. He isn't necessary for any decks, but is a "win more" card.
Scargil Don't craft him. I don't run him in my murloc shammy list anymore. His effect really is not needed.
Electra Stormsurge and Zentimo I don't own. Out of the 2, Electra would be the better option. I've been debating crafting both of these as well, but haven't felt either to be required in any decks.
The Soularium is a solid card that is used in A LOT of Warlock decks. Would not be a bad one to craft, though the state of Warlock isn't great atm.
Darius Crowley another just "win more" card. Can be replaced by other cards without too much of a win rate hit
Archivist Elysiana I DE'd her at the nerf, and I haven't had any desire to recraft. I only played her once in all the matches I played with her. 9/10 was just a dead card in my hand. I think you'd find her to be a waste of your dust.
I had the stream running from 9am-8pm, and only got 1 pack. Anyone else have that problem?
5-20 in the past 3 days. My win rate has to go back to normal now, right?
After playing with this for a bit, I feel it can use some refinement, but has a lot of potential. My thoughts:
I'll make some changes, test and post what I come up with.
When you get the 5-win 100G quest on your b-day, only to go 2-10 on your matches for the day...
Thanks RNG for giving me terrible match-ups and my opponents the exact answer they need every damn time.