oh shit, I forgot he's a thing now. The whole Waxadred spam might actually be a thing after all, especially since Rogue can shuffle copies into the deck so you can guarantee to get this off when you need it.
Although....do we really want that? Do we really need a deck in the meta which does nothing for a few turns and then just spams 7/5s and you basically lose if you don't beat them before that? Sounds a bit like Kingsbane Rogue with extra steps.
If you run a choice amount of strong deathrattles you can get something like a Mechanical Whelp on turn 4, with 3 extra health, meaning your opponent probably won't have the ressources to kill it outright, meaing that you can Necrium Vial on the following turn and win from there.
Granted, at this moment we don't have enough good Deathrattle minions to make this worth (wouldn't want this to hit Gral or Blightnozzle)
Overall it's similar to Ankha where it's absolutely nuts if it works out, but the deckbuilding restrictions are just a bit...inconvenient...probably for the better.
Alexstraza is better than Ysera and we'll probably get at least one more taunt dragon, which should be good enough. Don't forget that Crowd Roaster is still a card
This is insanely good. It's basically Spellstone in Darkbomb format. This is the strongest 2-mana removal ever printed.
This essentially fills the void that Spirit Bomb couldn't. Now we have an efficient way to deal with snowballing early drops.
Not to mention, this can go face and benefits from Spelldamage, meaning there are possible Malygos shenanigans (not even OTK, just as some sort of finisher).
Don't forget that Warlock has yet to get its class legendary dragon, which could be a massive wincondition.
Better Abyssal Enforcer and almost as good as Duskbreaker which Warlock doesn't need, because they have Hellfire anyways.
Basically this might finally give Warlock the last piece of Boardclear they were missing to successfully make it to lategame.
Now you have a great Removal curve of Hellfire, Netherwing, Siphon Soul, Godfrey, Nether
Warlock also makes the best use out of Twilight Drake, so we already have a great neutral dragon that's a good play on curve as well as later on.
Also, and this is just speculation, Malylock was a thing way back when. With the new Spell we have a very strong face damage spelll (that also heals) and let's not forget that Plot Twist and Dollmaster Dorian are a thing, meaning with an empty deck you could theoretically play Dorian + Plot Twist with Maly in hand and have 3 mana left for some spell action....and that's just with the current cards, who knows what else we're getting.
so since we now have confirmation that all the cards shown are actually from the opponent's deck, this is basically useless.
You can't actually predict what they will have in hand, and if you pick wrong you'll still have to guess the 50/50 to figure out which card they actually have in hand.
And even if you do all that, what's the point? Priest doesn't play the midrange game where they would have to play around removal or boardclears.
This could actually be the defining "win condition" for Galakrond Warlock.
Assuming that we get at least 2 more solid invokers you can play a swarm/token/sacrifice focussed deck by abusing the Hero power throuhg Invoking and using this as a way to keep up with tempo and ressources. It also makes playing Spirit of the Bat more attractive as you get to refill your hand with stuff to buff.
this might be the centerpiece of the Galakrond-lock...not actually the big guy himself
I'd rather concede into all the Shamans and Priests than play a gamemode that takes half a century to finish and the winner is determined by who gets the biggest Amalgam
if it'S any consolation, Warlock might be the most consistent of them because the hero power from Invokers is actually pretty strong in a Zoodeck where Galakrond is your top-end finisher and the main focus is using token (to sacrifice or to buff)
If Warlock gets at least one more low-cost Invoker it could work out
but Hand Druid doesn't have an actual gameplan. Dropping Mountain giant early isn't enough of a wincondition and there are better midrange minions than Twilight Drake and Bewitched Guardian.
Also compare the 3 useless treants from Apple for 2-mana to the 3 slightly less useless Claws for 5-mana (sidequest + two hero powers of at least 2 turns)....I don't think this is it
why though? There's no point in getting these early. Depending on the type they're not even bad topdecks.
Let's say I'm playing Quest Hunter and I topdeck Clear the way while having Springpaw and Henchclan hogsteed in hand. It's basically a 1-mana 4/4 with rush that I just topdecked, which is probably better than anything else in the deck.
If you get it in your mulligan you can just play it while you're floating mana or try to time it for a big swing turn.
Either way, these sidequest are clearly meant to be used in decks that have a lot of opportunities to activate them.
Druid's is probably mostly Gonk support anyways, there's no real reason to run it in any other deck.
Quest is literally a competitive deck that can go toe to toe with Quest Shaman. It's only held back by bad matchups like Combo Priest or Control Warrior
Play Swarm of Locusts to instantly proc the Sidequest, feel sad when the 4/4 doesn't appear.
that's probably not how it's going to work.
Quests have always completed in between summoning animation.
Hunter Quest for instance, will complete in the middle of Swarm of Locusts and give you the hero power...after that the spell resumes. I assume this will work the same way and the Gryphon will be summoned inbetween locusts (esentially giving you a +3/+3 on one of the Locusts)
not sure I'd want to waste this on Blightnozzle. Rogue has better removal options.
oh shit, I forgot he's a thing now. The whole Waxadred spam might actually be a thing after all, especially since Rogue can shuffle copies into the deck so you can guarantee to get this off when you need it.
Although....do we really want that? Do we really need a deck in the meta which does nothing for a few turns and then just spams 7/5s and you basically lose if you don't beat them before that? Sounds a bit like Kingsbane Rogue with extra steps.
wow, that's a scary one.
If you run a choice amount of strong deathrattles you can get something like a Mechanical Whelp on turn 4, with 3 extra health, meaning your opponent probably won't have the ressources to kill it outright, meaing that you can Necrium Vial on the following turn and win from there.
Granted, at this moment we don't have enough good Deathrattle minions to make this worth (wouldn't want this to hit Gral or Blightnozzle)
Overall it's similar to Ankha where it's absolutely nuts if it works out, but the deckbuilding restrictions are just a bit...inconvenient...probably for the better.
in wild
Alexstraza is better than Ysera and we'll probably get at least one more taunt dragon, which should be good enough. Don't forget that Crowd Roaster is still a card
yes I would warp my deck to play a Hellfire that comes with a 1-mana 5/5.
Ever heard of Reno the Relicologist? Yeah, this is just about as good.
when you cleared the board with Hellfire on turn 4 and they play more minions
This is insanely good. It's basically Spellstone in Darkbomb format. This is the strongest 2-mana removal ever printed.
This essentially fills the void that Spirit Bomb couldn't. Now we have an efficient way to deal with snowballing early drops.
Not to mention, this can go face and benefits from Spelldamage, meaning there are possible Malygos shenanigans (not even OTK, just as some sort of finisher).
Don't forget that Warlock has yet to get its class legendary dragon, which could be a massive wincondition.
Better Abyssal Enforcer and almost as good as Duskbreaker which Warlock doesn't need, because they have Hellfire anyways.
Basically this might finally give Warlock the last piece of Boardclear they were missing to successfully make it to lategame.
Now you have a great Removal curve of Hellfire, Netherwing, Siphon Soul, Godfrey, Nether
Warlock also makes the best use out of Twilight Drake, so we already have a great neutral dragon that's a good play on curve as well as later on.
Also, and this is just speculation, Malylock was a thing way back when. With the new Spell we have a very strong face damage spelll (that also heals) and let's not forget that Plot Twist and Dollmaster Dorian are a thing, meaning with an empty deck you could theoretically play Dorian + Plot Twist with Maly in hand and have 3 mana left for some spell action....and that's just with the current cards, who knows what else we're getting.
I don't know what meta you're playing but neither N'zoth Rogue nor Sarthrovarr Druid are particularly strong right now.
so since we now have confirmation that all the cards shown are actually from the opponent's deck, this is basically useless.
You can't actually predict what they will have in hand, and if you pick wrong you'll still have to guess the 50/50 to figure out which card they actually have in hand.
And even if you do all that, what's the point? Priest doesn't play the midrange game where they would have to play around removal or boardclears.
This could actually be the defining "win condition" for Galakrond Warlock.
Assuming that we get at least 2 more solid invokers you can play a swarm/token/sacrifice focussed deck by abusing the Hero power throuhg Invoking and using this as a way to keep up with tempo and ressources. It also makes playing Spirit of the Bat more attractive as you get to refill your hand with stuff to buff.
this might be the centerpiece of the Galakrond-lock...not actually the big guy himself
I'd rather concede into all the Shamans and Priests than play a gamemode that takes half a century to finish and the winner is determined by who gets the biggest Amalgam
inb4 Shaman gets another Evolve spell
of course it's a Priest deck
you're a cheeky one, aren't you?
if it'S any consolation, Warlock might be the most consistent of them because the hero power from Invokers is actually pretty strong in a Zoodeck where Galakrond is your top-end finisher and the main focus is using token (to sacrifice or to buff)
If Warlock gets at least one more low-cost Invoker it could work out
but Hand Druid doesn't have an actual gameplan. Dropping Mountain giant early isn't enough of a wincondition and there are better midrange minions than Twilight Drake and Bewitched Guardian.
Also compare the 3 useless treants from Apple for 2-mana to the 3 slightly less useless Claws for 5-mana (sidequest + two hero powers of at least 2 turns)....I don't think this is it
why though? There's no point in getting these early. Depending on the type they're not even bad topdecks.
Let's say I'm playing Quest Hunter and I topdeck Clear the way while having Springpaw and Henchclan hogsteed in hand. It's basically a 1-mana 4/4 with rush that I just topdecked, which is probably better than anything else in the deck.
If you get it in your mulligan you can just play it while you're floating mana or try to time it for a big swing turn.
Either way, these sidequest are clearly meant to be used in decks that have a lot of opportunities to activate them.
Druid's is probably mostly Gonk support anyways, there's no real reason to run it in any other deck.
Quest is literally a competitive deck that can go toe to toe with Quest Shaman. It's only held back by bad matchups like Combo Priest or Control Warrior
that's probably not how it's going to work.
Quests have always completed in between summoning animation.
Hunter Quest for instance, will complete in the middle of Swarm of Locusts and give you the hero power...after that the spell resumes. I assume this will work the same way and the Gryphon will be summoned inbetween locusts (esentially giving you a +3/+3 on one of the Locusts)