Gavinmad
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The severity of the Blade Flurry nerf is the biggest surprise to me, just having it not hit face would been enough, although Malygos rogue still will exist without it.
One omission kind of surprised me, it's that Mountain Giant wasn't touched. This basically means handlock is still a thing, turn 4 giant is also going to be way harder to answer now too. Molten giant is more of a plan-B in that deck so you won't be able to get freebies out when far behind anymore.
One omission kind of surprised me, it's that Mountain Giant wasn't touched. This basically means handlock is still a thing, turn 4 giant is also going to be way harder to answer now too. Molten giant is more of a plan-B in that deck so you won't be able to get freebies out when far behind anymore.
problem with ramp is that itneedscard draw to get you something to ramp with and they just nerfed one of the better options
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I'm good with most of the changes.
BGH going to 5 is kinda huge. Seeing 1 let alone 2 will yet to be seen.
Almost every class has better removal than BGH now. BGH still limited by 7+ attack whereas class cards can normally kill any minion for the same cost (or cheaper).
Molten change isn't as bad as I expected. Seems reasonable.
Force seemed to be the logical choice for nerfing combo and is pretty much what I had expected. Not sure if it'll ever see play, but in a token deck it's got a shot.
I'm disappointed in the owl nerf. Still seems too good and won't change much. But since so many aggro cards got hit, maybe it won't be as prevalent. Owl is still only best in an aggro deck.
Leper wasn't on my radar but makes sense.
I don't really agree with the Lore change. Sure he is in every Druid deck, but classes are allowed strong cards. Warrior always have Axe/Execute/Shield Slam yet those cards aren't touched at all. Druid card draw already sucks a lot so this hurts and doesn't make sense to me.
We all knew Juggler would get hit. Probably still sees some play still.
Arcane Golem was unexpected but on my "doubtful" list. Glad it was changed!
Master of Disguise was hinted at by others. Sucks but hopefully means some awesome future cards.
Hunter's Mark is whatever, I don't see it being necessary tbh.
Blade Flurry hit a bit too hard. Cost should stay 2 or 3 max.
Keeper I thought was allowed to be strong due to class card but okay... Opens up the 4 slot a bit more.
My predictions were kind of close:
BGH going to 5 is kinda huge. Seeing 1 let alone 2 will yet to be seen.
Almost every class has better removal than BGH now. BGH still limited by 7+ attack whereas class cards can normally kill any minion for the same cost (or cheaper).
Molten change isn't as bad as I expected. Seems reasonable.
Force seemed to be the logical choice for nerfing combo and is pretty much what I had expected. Not sure if it'll ever see play, but in a token deck it's got a shot.
I'm disappointed in the owl nerf. Still seems too good and won't change much. But since so many aggro cards got hit, maybe it won't be as prevalent. Owl is still only best in an aggro deck.
Leper wasn't on my radar but makes sense.
I don't really agree with the Lore change. Sure he is in every Druid deck, but classes are allowed strong cards. Warrior always have Axe/Execute/Shield Slam yet those cards aren't touched at all. Druid card draw already sucks a lot so this hurts and doesn't make sense to me.
We all knew Juggler would get hit. Probably still sees some play still.
Arcane Golem was unexpected but on my "doubtful" list. Glad it was changed!
Master of Disguise was hinted at by others. Sucks but hopefully means some awesome future cards.
Hunter's Mark is whatever, I don't see it being necessary tbh.
Blade Flurry hit a bit too hard. Cost should stay 2 or 3 max.
Keeper I thought was allowed to be strong due to class card but okay... Opens up the 4 slot a bit more.
My predictions were kind of close:
Amzin
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I dunno. I think Ice Block is OK. It only exists in one type of deck and with Scientist going away it actually costs mana to play again. There's a few ways to play around it (although rare to completely negate it, fairly) and it clearly isn't driving Freeze mage to the tier S list or anything.
Edit: If anything, explosive and freeze traps are both far more ubiquitous and often the way to play around them is to just do nothing, which sucks. But again, scientist going away... will see if even hunter secrets still see play.
Edit: If anything, explosive and freeze traps are both far more ubiquitous and often the way to play around them is to just do nothing, which sucks. But again, scientist going away... will see if even hunter secrets still see play.
Gavinmad
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You are significantly weakening almost all of your matchups to try and improve a single unfavorable matchup, a matchup that will still be unfavorable even with that change. If you're running into a lot of druids, just play something else. Druid will always be heavily favored against Reno.
Famm
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Its like too many portals, you can just as easily get stuck with jackshit and lose. Its entertaining in its way though. Good for xp'ing if you're into that sort of thing.
zzeris
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I like most of the changes.
Lore was heavy and I think they did that because it was always the locus of a loss to druid decks. If they got a Lore out, it was usually GG. I disagree about Keeper. Card has lost most of it's usefulness. Force is perfect now
BGH is back to niche card which is good. I think Molten was a bit much but not bad. Leper, Golem, and Juggler are good. Owl is still powerful but with the changes, aggro isn't in the best of shape.
BF was way too far. I guess they really have some power hiding in rogue right now(yeah right).
I really like no nerf to Alex, It works well with the decks I will be using for the next few months.
Lore was heavy and I think they did that because it was always the locus of a loss to druid decks. If they got a Lore out, it was usually GG. I disagree about Keeper. Card has lost most of it's usefulness. Force is perfect now
BGH is back to niche card which is good. I think Molten was a bit much but not bad. Leper, Golem, and Juggler are good. Owl is still powerful but with the changes, aggro isn't in the best of shape.
BF was way too far. I guess they really have some power hiding in rogue right now(yeah right).
I really like no nerf to Alex, It works well with the decks I will be using for the next few months.
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I feel like they should have left owl at 2, but made it a 1/1...Maybe remove beast and make it a familiar or something.