It's our first BlizzCon here at Out of Cards. We've just had the new expansion, Descent of Dragons announced and we got to see a few cards to demonstrate what the set is going to be about. But in addition to our BlizzCon bingo, we've also got a reveal season bingo! After a card is revealed that fits one of these categories, we'll cross that space off. If we get 5 in a line, we get a bingo. How many squares will we cross off by the time we see all the cards?
Completed Card
We'll have an additional image here with all the squares we've completed. How many lines do you think we'll be able to get?
Here's our progress so far:
Card Descriptions
Now some of these categories have some obscure rulings, so let's go over a few of them:
- Year of the DRAGON - Despite being known as the Year of the Dragon, we've seen a total of 3 collectable Dragons out of 270 collectable cards. If by the time we see less than 7 Dragons over the course of all 135 cards, we can cross this one off. As this is the only square that can permanently fail mid-reveal and become a blockade, it's intentionally placed in a position where it's least likely to have any significant impact should that happen.
- One-Off Mechanic - This one is fairly subjective. Some may consider Curious Glimmerroot to fit in this category since it's the only card to use a guessing mechanic, but some may not as it's effectively very similar to something like Drakonid Operative from the set before Glimmerroot.
- Mr. Steal Your Deck! - Despite using the abbreviation "mr." in the name, the card in question does not need to be male or even a living thing. Any Priest card that involves taking cards from your opponent's deck counts.
- Small Stats Strong Lore - This one is marked off if a character who is supposedly extremely powerful in lore appears, but ends up being small. The card on the square, Khadgar is a premium example of this. Arguably one of the strongest Mages in the history of Azeroth... is a 2/2.
- Sharing Class Cards - If we happen to get a class card that is basically a reprint of another class card from a different class (i.e Radiant Elemental-Sorcerer's Apprentice), we can cross this one off.
- Silverback Family Reunion - Poor Silverback Patriarch. So many cards outclass it... which is why we're probably going to get another one in this set. Any card that is a better version of Silverback Patriarch (as far as stats and effects go), counts for this square. Similarly, a 1/4 that costs 2 or less without Taunt, but can gain Taunt through its own abilities and has no downside (Wyrmrest Agent for example) will also count.
- Remember this Mechanic? - If we get a card with a mechanic that's been unused for a long time, or an "Enrage" card, we can mark this off. Although similarly, it's entirely likely that we'll get a whole keyword that fits this description.
- Class Card in Disguise - This one is marked off if we get a Neutral card that may as well be a class card since it would only see play in that class.
Also note that merely generating a Lackey does not count for Priest Lackey Synergy. The card must actually have a specific synergy with Lackeys like Heistbaron Togwaggle, Dark Pharaoh Tekahn, or Weaponized Wasp.
Some squares such as Overhyped or Bad Card, Awesome Artwork may require the expansion to actually be released before we can get concrete answers, so these ones should be marked with caution and only at your own discretion.
It also goes without saying that there inevitably will be a technical issue during BlizzCon, so that one's a freebie.
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Comments
More squares pls ! :D
Can we use the cards to mark the boxes instead of crossing them? For example, I don't get the "Remember this mecanic?" one. Maybe it is a problem for others too.
Is it Invoke tho? Because of the similarity with C'thun
No. "Remember this Mechanic?" applied to Dragonbane and Phase Stalker for using "Inspire", 3 years after TGT, as well as Dwarven Sharpshooter because Steamwheedle Sniper existed a long time ago.
Oh I see. Thank you.
Does 4 mana 8/8 count as memes?
since we already got a bingo I would reccomend a few changes:
1 mana 1/1 value generator- don't count the lackey in.. since it was too obvious.. the lackeys were mostly value generators..
year of the dragon: since the expansion has it's name.. well make it if there are less than 38 dragons in the set by that I mean.. there are 410 cards in this cycle it means that if there are less than 38 dragons make less than 10% of the cards in this rotation.
forced archtrypes: this should be the middle one this will be for sure.
accidental leak? which card?
for the memes: well we got a 4 mana 8/8 isn't that enough?
you might add "good warlock card" now *cries in warlock :(*
Doesn’t Waxadred qualify as an “Original Legendary”?
Yes, it does. I've notified Flux about it already, but I'll probably tell him again.
Day 1 : Bingo already ^^
Well... It depends on how you look at it. The original intention of the Year of the Dragon square was that it was supposed to be crossed off if we got through the set without many Dragons (poking fun at the fact that we went two full expansions with almost zero Dragons in this year). Unfortunately, the announcement that every class would get a Legendary Dragon ultimately killed the square on arrival, and there's still plenty more to come.
That said, I don't mind letting that one be a freebie, so in that case, you're absolutely right. Day 1 Bingo!
Not to quote Doomsayer or anything but .. 'knew it!
Wow, the end result really shows that this expansion (so far) isn't just the usual tick the box retread of memes and disappointments. Maybe the Year of the Dragon will have a strong finish?!
Is the bingo board shared in forum so that the cards that qualify can be shown?
The bingo card is going to be updated as we go along. Come back to this article after some new cards are shown to see some squares being checked.
After the reveal of Azure Explorer I'd say we have enough ultra cutie to cross that one off.
I love the end result :) Cant wait for more cards!