Zolgear's Avatar

Zolgear

Explorer of Dragons
Joined 03/20/2019 Achieve Points 495 Posts 71

Zolgear's Comments

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Nope.  Is Captain's Parrot female?  I honestly don't know.  Also, "overdrive" isn't referencing a keyword. 

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Nope.  As far as "strength" goes, I was thinking more along the lines of raw stats rather than abilities.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    I'm not that great at being cryptic, but I'll give it a shot.

     

    I share my strength with an adventurous creature,

    Though I must admit, she has much better facial features.

    Stand beside me friends, I need you to survive.

    It's time for battle, switch into overdrive!

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Is it Lesser Sapphire Spellstone?

    It's "blue".  It's a wild card.  You have to power it up.  Depending on its power it can summon either 1, 2, or 3 minions.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago
  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    A 0/7 Lorewalker Cho?  Nobody tell wowhobbs.

    In all seriousness though.  Even though this card is very RNG heavy, I can see it working in some Divine Spirit / Inner Fire decks.  Just pick the highest health minion you see to get the ball rolling.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago
    • Wax Warband: Give a random friendly Cobalt Guardian, Annihilian Battlemaster, Murloc Warleader and Cave Hydra +2 Attack. (instead of +1 Health)
  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 3 months ago

    Her Hero Power right now refreshes the Tavern and then spawns another minion from a higher tier.  I'm assuming this change will simply replace one of the minions upon refresh with that higher tier.

    You'll get less minions to choose from, but I think the reduction in mana to use it is worth it.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I'm so glad this card doesn't get played right now.  I can use High Priest Thekal with peace of mind.

    In reply to Platebreaker
  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    The change may be small, but having to double trade into 5 HP minions is probably a lot bigger than we realize at the moment.  I look forward to seeing if the card gets included in less decks or not.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I'm not so sure how to feel about Mogu mutating into a Colossus of the Moon.

    I think the bigger news here is that Amalgam and Brann are leaving the Battlegrounds.  That should really mix things up.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Didn't see it posted yet, so I thought I'd mention it here.  

    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/16-0-5-balance-update-december-19/20934

    In reply to 16.0.5 Update
  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I get where you're coming from, but I'll have to disagree.  The entire challenge behind creating a 30 card deck is knowing that you can't include everything that you want.

    In the case of Aggro and Tempo, these decks win or lose long before they run out of cards.  What they don't draw wouldn't matter, since the cards they added to their deck would simply be more aggro or tempo oriented cards (the ones that barely didn't make the cut).

    Midrange decks would probably suffer from such a change.  They rely on very specific value cards to carry them through to the end of the game.  Sometimes relying on 2-3 card combinations, this would only hurt such a strategy.

    Control on the other hand would simply include every board clear that didn't make the cut earlier.  Having even more options to slow the game down and destroy everything your opponent plays might be good in the short term, but is unhealthy for game balance.

    Combo decks would suffer the most.  Having to draw even more cards in order to get exactly what they need to finish the game.  It might just remove the archetype from the game or reduce it to "meme" tier.  

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    It's a shame they didn't return Reckless Experimenter to its original text.  It was nerfed because of a 0-cost combo that would have been in Standard.  Maybe it's just future proofing.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Anubisath Defender: "Funny...I feel more powerful but I don't cost any more."

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Agreed.  Even at my lowly 5k mmr, Brann is picked by someone about 95% of the time.  Though, even if they nerfed his hero power to give +1 attack or +1 health with each battlecry, that's still pretty good.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Thrall: "It must be a Shaman weapon.  It radiates with the power of the Storm!"

    Uther: "Surely not!  It is a weapon of justice, a hammer is a trademark of the Paladins."

    Rexxar: "Me?  Seriously?!"

    Thrall & Uther: "............"

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    I like it.  There's certainly possibilities in Rogue with a Spirit of the Shark the turn before or with Anka, the Buried.

    Meanwhile, I will laugh hysterically at the first Shaman who evolves a 4-cost minion into this. 

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    As good as this card looks, I think I'll have to wait and see what the Warrior specific "Invoke" cards are before passing judgement.  Hopefully they're at least decent because this Galakrond seems to be the best yet.

    Also, I know it might be optimistic, but Hack the System has surprising synergy with this Galakrond.  You can cut some of the bad weapons for the Invoke cards and just use those to finish the quest instead.  Then, if the 4/3 minions aren't cutting it, switch to Galakrond (once it's fully upgraded) and get all of its benefits.

  • Zolgear's Avatar
    Explorer of Dragons 495 71 Posts Joined 03/20/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Pretty sure Envoy of Lazul will see play. Curious Glimmerroot was in Priest decks until it rotated out, and this one seems better since you get a good idea of what your opponent is holding even if you get the choice wrong.

  • ODYN
    0 Users Here