I don't think you remember the old days correctly. Aggro used to average 7 turns per game, but now it is 5 turns. That is not better, that is much worse.
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I'm suprised at how bad Sabertooth Stalker is being rated. I think the card actually has some potential, and isn't bottom of the barrel.
I don't think it's THAT bad either but the issue is that most of the cards in the set really aren't that much worse than it either. So it's not really that the card is dumpster but rather pretty much every other card is better. They have kinda tightened up the pack fillers.I'm suprised at how bad Sabertooth Stalker is being rated. I think the card actually has some potential, and isn't bottom of the barrel.
Tortollan Primalist just escapes bottom 10.
It's not easy to punish Hydra. People are saying you just trade your minions into it and deal a lot of damage to their face.... but then you just traded away your board into a single minion.
That card is a reverse noob trap. As in the opponent sees it and thinks it's a good idea to trade 4 minions into it and surrender their board.
Not to mention that you don't even have to play this card into a big board of weenies... Hell you play it in an aggressive deck that should already be winning on board and then play this as a slam dunk finisher.
In general Fel Reaver was/is better but against two classes it definitely resulted in an auto loss sometimes... Paladin and Mage. People thought Fel Reaver was one of the most broken cards in GvG and had big debates over it but in reality what happened was that you would go against one of those classes and get severely punished for it. Also no one ever talks about Fel Reaver showing which cards get discarded which makes it easy for the other opponent to play about round your hand and top decks.
A similar punish does not exist against Hydra. Best punish is a Cthun, the next best punish is like a Zoo deck with a bunch of imps on the board already. Both of these can be played around... you just don't play that onto Imps until they are taken care of.
All I about round saying is, don't be god damn shocked if Pirate Warriors toss this card in their deck. Aggro cards tend to find a way to get play. People thought Wrathguard was unplayable because LUL Shield Slam but that card has certainly seen play despite being worse than Hydra because Hydra can't be traded up into unlike Wrathguard (a 2 mana card can kill Wrathguard, it's very hard for a 5 mana card to kill the Hydra).
Edit: Oh wait there is in fact a mega punish now... the new Shaman Volcano card. That's an instant loss right there.
That's the problem with the evaluation lol.Are people not impressed with the Warlock quest?
For 5 mana you get two 3/2 minions right away, and after that it's another free two 3/2 minions every turn. Maybe I'm off on this, but it just seems like a super powerful Dreadsteed. Kind of an amazing card for me.
I feel like they really nailed this set - I'm excited for Warlock, Shaman, Priest, and Mage possibilities. They really touched on things I enjoy in card games this time around - so much better than the last crap set.
Yeah it actually deals 1 damage at a time as showcased in the video. So if you have a Frothing on the board with lots of minions... well LOL turn timer then.#1 Does Volcano actually deal its damage 1 at time for fucking 15 times? Why does Blizzard hate turn timers?
Are people not impressed with the Warlock quest?
For 5 mana you get two 3/2 minions right away, and after that it's another free two 3/2 minions every turn. Maybe I'm off on this, but it just seems like a super powerful Dreadsteed. Kind of an amazing card for me.
I feel like they really nailed this set - I'm excited for Warlock, Shaman, Priest, and Mage possibilities. They really touched on things I enjoy in card games this time around - so much better than the last crap set.
Two things.
#1 Does Volcano actually deal its damage 1 at time for fucking 15 times? Why does Blizzard hate turn timers?
#2 I still think that despite Volcano, people would play that Hydra. I mean if it wins you game against 8 classes and you lose against Shaman only... I think you take that risk and just let it be dead against Control Shaman or whatever. Probably still ends up with a positive win rate.
So you get 4 for 1 trade and take 12 damage... seems fine to me. If they are so ahead that they had 4 minions on board versus your 1 then they already won the game anyway if it's aggro vs aggro regardless of if you play that card or not.zoolock is going to be a thing, you can't play that card against zoo. In aggro mirrors you can't play that card, depending on if you went first/second if you're behind. So in general, you play that card against a control deck that doesn't have much board, they have removal for it instead, that's what control does. Having a card in your aggro deck that could stay in your hand is bad.
So they traded their stuff into 8/8? you just took something like 12 damage, and they played more stuff on board. That's not a good position to be in. Sure, it's great against druid.
Well this is where we disagree because I don't agree that that this card is something that you often don't play... I think in most cases you are in fact playing it if you have it in your hand. You are talking about a fringe, already lost cause game where the opponent is ahead 4 minions on board versus 0 on your board and you play a single big minion into their small minions. Like that's not a good enough case for saying this card isn't that good... you are comparing near worst case scenario versus average or best case scenario.477 doesn't literally kill you.
If you have a card in your aggro deck you often don't want to play, that's not a card you want to have in your aggro deck that doesn't have draws and doesn't get to pick. That's not how it works.
Yes they take up permanent board space.Do the cards that are like MtG "enchantments" take up board space? I'm thinking of the Warlock quest reward, the Rogue legendary, etc.
Well this is where we disagree because I don't agree that that this card is something that you often don't play... I think in most cases you are in fact playing it if you have it in your hand. You are talking about a fringe, already lost cause game where the opponent is ahead 4 minions on board versus 0 on your board and you play a single big minion into their small minions. Like that's not a good enough case for saying this card isn't that good... you are comparing near worst case scenario versus average or best case scenario.
Do the cards that are like MtG "enchantments" take up board space? I'm thinking of the Warlock quest reward, the Rogue legendary, etc.
Yes they take up permanent board space.
AHAHAHAHAHAI mean, if the enemy makes stupid plays, yeah Hydra is good. But I assume anyone rank 10 and up won't trade a bunch of minions in unless that is how they would remove any other big minion.
I don't see people going full retard when Hydra is in play like they did with Fel Reaver.
So, do you guys think there is any card that has more future potential than Bloodbloom? While the card looks pretty poor this expansion, Blizard just needs to print a few spells that synergize with it for it to suddenly be amazing.
I don't know, Warlock still lacks a heal like Antique Healbot. I believe it when I see it.Trump's all about the humongous razorleaf as what brings back handlock. 5 stars for him.
What am I supposed to replace Astral Communion Druid with?... =[ At least I still have Renounce Darkness.
Any good theorycraft decks for silly funtimes?
Only the bottom 3 average out to a 1, the other cards round up to a 2 actually so even in the bottom end there isn't a big pile of trash.
Trump's all about the humongous razorleaf as what brings back handlock. 5 stars for him.
He basically called VLPS, Neirea and Hotform incompetent for rating the Warrior legendary quest. And said Kibler's review was pointless/superficial.How?