The real game changer will be Galakrond's hero power with the other classes; we can't judge any of the invoke non-rogue cards until we know all of them
The apology was practically a repeat of their "letter of apology". It was so fake that time, and it is even more so now. Especially since they didn't really follow it up with something. PR at its finest. But I guess people will now forgive everything saying "good guys Blizzard" and ""GG Blizzard". To each their own
This is why I love it when card games have a short period of time where you have the whole collection at your disposal. You can actually go trial and error and tweak things a lot, and have the feel of what kind of deck works for you and what doesn't. Especially when we're talking about a new card game, getting the feel of what's good and what isn't is much needed.
And today I realized how much I was wrong yesterday. At least today is Sunday, so I can go all in on this game
Oh hey, I've heard that Dota card game released almost a year ago now, how is it...?
Oh. Oh.
Jokes aside, it's always good to have competitors on the market, but I'd rather it not being from Riot, you know, because Tencent and all. And also because there's an oversaturation of card games as it is.
But hey, if it's F2P friendly and doesn't make you fall asleep it might be ok to check out
Love the portrait stuff - finally a great looking Guldan! Not really that much into the "Flash from the Past", but better than nothing. Still hoping they actually make the "legendary quest" actually give huge rewards instead of one witchwood pack. Let's see.
The change to quests still has me baffled. The problem with them is not that they are too hard to achieve. The problem is that they give you only 50g, and the hardest 60g - the 100 are so rare I'm not even taking them into consideration. Instead of making them easier, increase their rewards. You've done it once, you can do it again
It is a huge fail but only because the buff to Pocket Galaxy was a huge fail. The nerf itself is not a fail, because it was needed, you can't just ignore a card because it was buffed and nerfing it would show we buff cards at random
There's something about "simply" increasing Dr. Boom's mana cost that leaves me somewhat dissatisfied... I mean, I'm glad, because when Control Warrior doesn't draw its Dr.Boom on turn 7 it's a totally different game, so increasing its cost by 2 is really effective. Still... I don't know what, but something doesn't feel right. Maybe it's the flavor. Oh well.
Conjurer's Calling on 4 won't change how much the card is played. The problem was never its cost, especially since to be even playable it needs decent minions on the board, and by the time you have them, 3 or 4 makes little difference - sure, now it's harder to play the whole twinspell in one turn, but cry me a river.
Luna's Pocket Galaxy got what it deserved. Enough said.
Extra Arms is a bit sad. I was expecting something along the lines of +1/+2 as a nerf, and not straight up bringing it back to 3 mana. Maybe a bit too exaggerated, especially since the problem cards in priest have nothing to do with Extra Arms, and are still untouched
Barnes. Finally. Finally. Is the mana increase enough? I'd say it's fair, Barnes is now a fair card that has the possibility to be powerful in the right decks. Let's hope this changes things, I think it will
Sorry, I must have missed that, but Why can you not use Auchenai? Even if the damage on minions is cancelled out, the three damage buff should still apply. And it could serve as a 3 dmg ping face.
Because you need to Heal in order to complete the Quest. With Auchenai, all your healing is turned into damage. Not only that, but once you have upgraded your Hero Power, once you use it it effectively becomes a 2 mana +3 Atk on friendly minions with more than 3 health
There is one thing this card is missing to become actually really competitive; a Taunt. Make this minion 5/5 with Taunt and that effect, and it could be worth it to build a deck around
Basically a N'Zoth-Effekt in a spell-oriented deck should have also taunt to be competetive? Nonsense. This card will see play, if there are good decks with a lot of spells, maybe even Conjurer-Mage could possible play this, because it has a lot of spells thanks to their Cyclone.
It's not a N'Zoth effect at all; N'Zoth's battlecry entirely revolves around your deck, you know what cards you'll be getting back, and they're all good - some even have taunt.
Unfortunately, our new Pharaoh here doesn't have any of that. He will pull whatever he wants, and as a 10-mana bomb, he may just as well be 10 mana do nothing if he doesn't rng you through the turn. And that's not good.
So no, they're entirely different things. Also, N'Zoth not only has a better battlecry, but also - even though it's irrelevant - better stats.
There is one thing this card is missing to become actually really competitive; a Taunt. Make this minion 5/5 with Taunt and that effect, and it could be worth it to build a deck around
And once again, this is why the Paladin quest should've been the Priest one. Nice little card, let's see if any Priest deck will actually be playable enough in Standard to see this appear anywhere
You can find all Battlegrounds heroes - and their hero powers - and cards - and their upgrades - in the official hearthstone website
The real game changer will be Galakrond's hero power with the other classes; we can't judge any of the invoke non-rogue cards until we know all of them
The apology was practically a repeat of their "letter of apology". It was so fake that time, and it is even more so now. Especially since they didn't really follow it up with something. PR at its finest. But I guess people will now forgive everything saying "good guys Blizzard" and ""GG Blizzard". To each their own
This is why I love it when card games have a short period of time where you have the whole collection at your disposal. You can actually go trial and error and tweak things a lot, and have the feel of what kind of deck works for you and what doesn't. Especially when we're talking about a new card game, getting the feel of what's good and what isn't is much needed.
And today I realized how much I was wrong yesterday. At least today is Sunday, so I can go all in on this game
And here's me, losing about two hours yesterday deciding which wildcards to spend to make which deck LUL
Oh hey, I've heard that Dota card game released almost a year ago now, how is it...?
Oh. Oh.
Jokes aside, it's always good to have competitors on the market, but I'd rather it not being from Riot, you know, because Tencent and all. And also because there's an oversaturation of card games as it is.
But hey, if it's F2P friendly and doesn't make you fall asleep it might be ok to check out
Love the portrait stuff - finally a great looking Guldan! Not really that much into the "Flash from the Past", but better than nothing. Still hoping they actually make the "legendary quest" actually give huge rewards instead of one witchwood pack. Let's see.
The change to quests still has me baffled. The problem with them is not that they are too hard to achieve. The problem is that they give you only 50g, and the hardest 60g - the 100 are so rare I'm not even taking them into consideration. Instead of making them easier, increase their rewards. You've done it once, you can do it again
So wait a minute... Do you have to pay for the finale as well? Because from the pre-order price, it sounds like this adventure has 1 less wing
It is a huge fail but only because the buff to Pocket Galaxy was a huge fail. The nerf itself is not a fail, because it was needed, you can't just ignore a card because it was buffed and nerfing it would show we buff cards at random
Next week, no day confirmed yet
I mean... I'm happy?
There's something about "simply" increasing Dr. Boom's mana cost that leaves me somewhat dissatisfied... I mean, I'm glad, because when Control Warrior doesn't draw its Dr.Boom on turn 7 it's a totally different game, so increasing its cost by 2 is really effective. Still... I don't know what, but something doesn't feel right. Maybe it's the flavor. Oh well.
Conjurer's Calling on 4 won't change how much the card is played. The problem was never its cost, especially since to be even playable it needs decent minions on the board, and by the time you have them, 3 or 4 makes little difference - sure, now it's harder to play the whole twinspell in one turn, but cry me a river.
Luna's Pocket Galaxy got what it deserved. Enough said.
Extra Arms is a bit sad. I was expecting something along the lines of +1/+2 as a nerf, and not straight up bringing it back to 3 mana. Maybe a bit too exaggerated, especially since the problem cards in priest have nothing to do with Extra Arms, and are still untouched
Barnes. Finally. Finally. Is the mana increase enough? I'd say it's fair, Barnes is now a fair card that has the possibility to be powerful in the right decks. Let's hope this changes things, I think it will
Hey, what? Actual luck?
The quest I got was Untapped Potential. FeelsGoodMan
Because you need to Heal in order to complete the Quest. With Auchenai, all your healing is turned into damage. Not only that, but once you have upgraded your Hero Power, once you use it it effectively becomes a 2 mana +3 Atk on friendly minions with more than 3 health
It's not a N'Zoth effect at all; N'Zoth's battlecry entirely revolves around your deck, you know what cards you'll be getting back, and they're all good - some even have taunt.
Unfortunately, our new Pharaoh here doesn't have any of that. He will pull whatever he wants, and as a 10-mana bomb, he may just as well be 10 mana do nothing if he doesn't rng you through the turn. And that's not good.
So no, they're entirely different things. Also, N'Zoth not only has a better battlecry, but also - even though it's irrelevant - better stats.
There is one thing this card is missing to become actually really competitive; a Taunt. Make this minion 5/5 with Taunt and that effect, and it could be worth it to build a deck around
And once again, this is why the Paladin quest should've been the Priest one. Nice little card, let's see if any Priest deck will actually be playable enough in Standard to see this appear anywhere
3 mana lose tempo, especially since it's reborn, so your opponent can take advantage of it for two turns. Yikes
So...
It will either be a Rogue deck with Togwaggle's Scheme and maybe Myra's Unstable Element or a Druid deck with Elise the Enlightened and Flobbidinous Floop.
Or it won't be a deck at all.
I vote for the latter. Still hilarious, though, and surely worth trying out if I ever happen to open this in a pack
No idea. Probably not. You've just killed my dream.
Well, let's look at the bright side. 1600 more dust to spend on other cards
So you're telling me I can go and play 2x Tortollan Pilgrim, 2x Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron and Raid the Sky Temple and live the dream, laugh like a lunatic and die with absolute style? Well, if you insist...
Now, trying to be serious, it can work quite well with cards such as Secrets, Unexpected Results, Luna's Pocket Galaxy, Power of Creation, all AoE and yes even Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron. Honestly? If you build your deck around it, it may be cool. It may not be the most competetive, but it might go for fun decks