New Noxus Champion - Riven

Riven has great stats, and the 3-mana Blade of the Exile spell is solid. However, cards with Reforge pay a 1-mana surcharge for the ability (Runeweaver costs 2 and has the stats of a 1-mana creature, Blade Squire has the stats of a 0-mana creature (i.e. Shellshocker), Weapon Hilt is like Elixir of Wrath except it has a worse effect for more mana.

On top of having to pay three 1-mana surcharges to GET the Reforge spells, you then need to pay a total of 3 more mana to cast these underwhelming spells, and after paying 6 mana’s worth of Reforge stuff, you get a powerful buff in Blade of the Exile (for which you need to pay 3 more mana). WAY too expensive for what it does.

I think the fact that Riven has Badgerbear stats shows that Riot doesn't expect the Reforge mechanic to be very good. Riven herself does look pretty great, but I worry that a lot of decks that would run her could just run Draven instead. The only case where I see Riven being better than Draven in a generic deck without synergy is if the meta is full of 3/3s or Fearsomes. 

Or maybe Riot just underestimates Riven'sBADCARDNAME Powerlevel/want to refresh the meta with a little powercreep to make the new archetypes matter. 

I am okay if Riot creates new cards in a stronger way like they did with Riven as long as they nerf it once it gets too obNOXious