Prismatic Lens is a very good idea. Ordinarily, low-cost spells are better with PL, but in this case, any spell is going to be less than 10 mana, and then whichever spell it hits becomes 10 mana, meaning when you play Phaoris you summon a 10-mana minion.
The year of the Raven started with Witchwood, which definitely fits the theme of a bird viewed as ominous and creepy. Boomsday and Rastakahn's didn't fit so well, but at least the initial synergy was there.
The Mammoth was best of all imo, because Un'Goro fits the prehistoric theme, KotFT fits the ice theme, and there's a tenuous link between caves and cavemen and mammoths that you could draw with K&C.
The Kraken obviously fits the tentacle-y themes of Old Gods. Kharazan had some mythical creature stuff with the menagerie, but not much relevance, and Mean Streets had a lot of pirate stuff, which tied it back in.
In comparison, there has been absolutely nothing that you could tie back to a dragon theme so far. Kelecgos and Nozari were added, but they weren't really incorporated into the story. For a year which is supposed to be all about a cohesive theme and progressing story, that's pretty disappointing.
I sincerely hope that the final expansion is super dragon-heavy, with some kind of confrontation between EVIL and Deathwing, or one of the other dragonflights. Who knows, maybe the twist is they get Deathwing on their side as a member of EVIL and wage war against all the other dragonflights. That would be a suitably epic end to this building story.
I'm not sure if this is what you were saying, but Barista Lynchen does not synergise with Dark Pharaoh Tekahn. He sets the lackeys' stats to 4/4, he doesn't give them +4/+4. She does however synergise with most lackey generation, and lackeys themselves, so if that's what you meant, ignore me.
Are you kidding? This very card allows for a 10-mana 36-damage OTK.
There are literally people complaining about this making Priest unbeatable, and in the same thread there are people complaining it's too weak. I feel for Blizzard, because they really cannot win here.
What? Holy Smite and Arcane Shot literally have the same text. This is nothing like that. It contains the same text as Shadow Visions, sure, but it has a lot of extremely significant differences. 1) it's a minion. 2) it's 8 mana, and 3) it casts the spell. This is a completely different card with a completely different use case.
Prismatic Lens is a very good idea. Ordinarily, low-cost spells are better with PL, but in this case, any spell is going to be less than 10 mana, and then whichever spell it hits becomes 10 mana, meaning when you play Phaoris you summon a 10-mana minion.
I agree with Akira.
The year of the Raven started with Witchwood, which definitely fits the theme of a bird viewed as ominous and creepy. Boomsday and Rastakahn's didn't fit so well, but at least the initial synergy was there.
The Mammoth was best of all imo, because Un'Goro fits the prehistoric theme, KotFT fits the ice theme, and there's a tenuous link between caves and cavemen and mammoths that you could draw with K&C.
The Kraken obviously fits the tentacle-y themes of Old Gods. Kharazan had some mythical creature stuff with the menagerie, but not much relevance, and Mean Streets had a lot of pirate stuff, which tied it back in.
In comparison, there has been absolutely nothing that you could tie back to a dragon theme so far. Kelecgos and Nozari were added, but they weren't really incorporated into the story. For a year which is supposed to be all about a cohesive theme and progressing story, that's pretty disappointing.
I sincerely hope that the final expansion is super dragon-heavy, with some kind of confrontation between EVIL and Deathwing, or one of the other dragonflights. Who knows, maybe the twist is they get Deathwing on their side as a member of EVIL and wage war against all the other dragonflights. That would be a suitably epic end to this building story.
I'm not sure if this is what you were saying, but Barista Lynchen does not synergise with Dark Pharaoh Tekahn. He sets the lackeys' stats to 4/4, he doesn't give them +4/+4. She does however synergise with most lackey generation, and lackeys themselves, so if that's what you meant, ignore me.
I appreciate the "hacking" pun.
This is the same for all Lackey-generators. It's because the lackeys themselves are 1-mana but worth at least 2.
Factor in the fact that this will usually create 2 lackeys and the cost is more than warranted.
Are you kidding? This very card allows for a 10-mana 36-damage OTK.
There are literally people complaining about this making Priest unbeatable, and in the same thread there are people complaining it's too weak. I feel for Blizzard, because they really cannot win here.
It does if they have Taunt, or Rush, or Reborn. ie: The very tools they are being given this expansion.
What? Holy Smite and Arcane Shot literally have the same text. This is nothing like that. It contains the same text as Shadow Visions, sure, but it has a lot of extremely significant differences. 1) it's a minion. 2) it's 8 mana, and 3) it casts the spell. This is a completely different card with a completely different use case.