Greetings there! I'm here to present you my version of how I would change Druid's Core Sets. I'm jumping the bandwagon a bit with the changes after seeing some other people trying their reworks and generally accepting classes may need some updates.
This time, I've put crossfire onto Druid. Some people may be surpirsed I'm taking a closer look at this class instead of some other ones, but I'm willing to experiment with a slightly differend approach to Druid than most people are used to. I'll try to shift the class to resemble more of what nature in real life can be. Expect to be a bit like my previous Warlock thread where I may start with too many expansion cards going to Core sets. Feel free to correct me and pinpoint mistakes.
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Choose One - flexibility is king.
- Ramp - Druids can accelerate faster than any other class, playing higher-Cost cards while others can't just yet.
- Minions - Nature has a wide fauna of small, medium and big minions. It has species who are small, but appear in immense numbers. There are also bigger creatures.
- Buffs - Mother Earth can bolster your units.
- Limitations
- Card Draw - Druids feel safe inside Nature that they don't need to hurry as much. Debating whether this should also be their weakness, but I think not.
- Removal - Nature can do some damage to enemies who interrupt the circle of balance. Druids may also do some stuff themselves. May see if it should be their strength or will try to reduce hard removal present in the set.
- Survivability - Nature is pretty durable, but not untouchable. Also Branching Paths flashbacks.
- Weaknesses
- Tempo - Druids are powerful, but their plays are often slow and don't really threaten in early stages of the game.
- Card Generation - Once you get a stranglehold on Nature, it takes years for it to recover.
New Sets
Basic Set
Classic Set
Explanations
Pounce - A bit more fair of a cheap card than Moonfire, you know why.
Barkskin - exposes the power of Druid being able to buff and survive.
Force of Nature - redesigned as a basic card, as it was looking meaningless as an Epic ever since it's nerf to stop combo Druid.
BEEEES!!! - despite the card being in the standard rotation for the next rotation, I could see it being an excellent Classic card. Provides removal while situationally summoning minions.
Mulch - changed into a common and added as a card due to my philosphy of adding more removal to Druid's arsenal.
Life Boon - a brand new card. Adds either a big buff to one minion or gives up to three minions some power.
Tree of Life - Showcases Druid's emphasis on survival. It's not the strongest tool, but it can get you out of temporary trouble when needed.
Hall of Fame
Some cards that were considered, but didn't make the cut
Malorne - as iconic as Cenarius, and shows the slow side of Druid. Pulled him off because of him feeling weird in the classic set and because of him generating himself.
Treespeaker - could bolster Treant support, but felt too limiting for a classic set.
Earthen Scales - could ifind a place for the card, seems strong. But maybe it's a bit too similar to Barkskin.
Giant Anaconda - didn't find place for the Conda and could be limiting design space. Also, 5-Attack theme doesn't play out in any Core set.
Dark Wispers - could be considered.
Naturalize - was meant to be added instead of Mulch. Decided not to because of the mill aspect, which Blizzard has strafed away from since HoF'ing Coldlight Oracle.
Astral Communion - with limited card draw, this could seem good. But maybe it was also forbidden.
Stranglethorn - custom card. Felt hard to word and balance.
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