Witchwood Apple was terrible tempo play. This is good tempo play. This goes to say that Force of Nature should actually cost 4 mana for its effect, because you’re paying 2 mana for an extra 2/2, which is bad. I think this card is decent. 3/5 stars, 4/5 in Arena.

This could be good if it were a 4 mana 4/5, with the new card revealed. As it is, you can’t really play it on Turn 2, because it would be a River Crocolisk… Don’t like it. 1.5/5 stars.

Finally another 10 mana minion to nerf Spiteful Summoner a bit more. It’s a better Emeriss and Sea Giant though. As to the card… Forcing Treant synergies… It has potential. With 2x Soul of the Forest, this should already cost 0. I’m gonna go with 3.5/5 stars.

OK this card is great. Obviously not competitive. Or is it? If you bring this to a tournament, the opponent won’t know what to expect, even if the decks are open!! xDDD But jokes aside (I don’t believe those 18 decks will be as curated as the top decks), I REALLY would enjoy a game mode like this. Arena is the go-to when you want random decks in Hearthstone, but synergies in Arena are just way too limited and it’s all a minion and tempo game. I really enjoyed the Brawls where we get to use the decks provided in each expansion’s premade decks. They are not too powerful, but they have nice synergies. I’d like for a mode that picks a random decent deck for each player. Something like random Pokémon battles in Pokémon Showdown, for those of you who play Pokémon. I believe it would actually test a lot of skill. Anyway, 5/5 stars, even if it’s only a meme.

I love Malygos Druid, one of my favorite decks right now. But come on. This is insane. Now we don’t even need Twig any more. Just nerf it already.

Mmmmm… difficult to assess this one. I don’t think it will see play unless Mech Paladin becomes a thing. I’d rather +4/+4 my mech most of the time with Blessing of Kings than give it +2/+4, Taunt and Divine Shield. Of course sometimes you need the Taunt or the Divine Shield is better, I’m just saying Blessing of Kings is a nicer buffer on average.

Here you have an Odd-Rogue list that hit 150 legend without a single Blink Fox: https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHS/comments/8zr5kj/150_legend_odd_rogue_guide/ I’m not surprised Fox performs better than Fledgling according to stats, since Flappy Bird is a high priority remove target, and Blink Fox is not. And if they both get removed, Blink Fox at least got you an extra resource. Sure, Fox will single-handedly win you a game sometimes (gives you Consecration vs Odd Paladin), but how often does he give you at least a useful card? I’d say less than 20% of the time. I’d even run Tanglefur Mystic over Fox, the extra health matters A LOT, and at least you get a low-mana minion to combo.

I was saying that Blessing of Kings synergizes very well with Vicious Scalehide. Obviously this does not, but let’s wait for all mechs to be revealed. A +5/+5 buff for 5 mana may actually be good in a mainly mech deck.

Actually, I played Zoo before the rotation, and for me the non-Keleseth version with Humounculus and Demonfire was superior, basically because of Bloodfury Potion curving perfectly. Also more synergy with Crystalweaver. Now that the potion is not available, I agree there’s no point in not running Kele in Zoo, but before the rotation I believe, on average, that non-Kele was better. Also, remember Aggro Druid. Kele was available to them, but they didn’t run it because Druid of the Swarm and Mark of YShaarj were more powerful. Aggro Druid died with Patches nerf, and now without Mark of the Lotus it doesn’t make sense, but I know how powerful a 1/5 for 2 was back then. Personally I hate Keleseth. Yes, I use it because he’s so good, but I really dislike its absurd winrate skyrocket when played early in the game, and we all use it because it makes the winrate so much better in the 30% of the games that we have him early enough.

In Even Shaman I’d rather drop a Knife Juggler, a Flametongue Totem, Murloc Totem or Dire Wolf Alpha on 2 before I drop this guy. I do prefer to top-deck this guy in later turns, however.

Blink Fox is not a staple in Odd Rogue. Many, like I do, choose not to run it (your powerful 3-drops are Flappy Bird and HCT, and newer lists have Mukla). I believe Blink Fox is a considerable loss of tempo, and its 3 health means it’s dying to the most common AOEs in the meta.

I’m expecting this to be nerfed to a 1/4 in the upcoming nerfs. 1/5 for 2 is pretty insane, especially if you can buff it, and being mech, it will be buffable… We already saw how powerful Druid of the Swarm was in Aggro Druid, and this is neutral… 5/5 stars. Powercreeping Am’gam Rager as others have already said.

If Evasive prevented you from getting silenced, this would be a good card. As it stands, it should cost 6 mana for those stats. And it’s an Epic. I’m expecting to open a few of these guys, unfortunately. 1.5/5 stars.

Blessing of Kings sees play in many, many midrange decks in Paladin that are not Odd Paladin. Its synergy with Vicious Scalehide is actually incredibly good.

This is only useful as a buff, since vanilla 5 mana 5/5 is horrible. Might be necessary if a mech/magnetic deck can be built, just to add more consistency. 2/5 stars.

This… looks pretty powerful. Especially as a buff. Also, increases Countess Ashmore synergy. I’m giving it 4/5.

This card doesn’t seem spectacular in Constructed. The best it has for it is that it is a cheap activator for elemental synergies. But a pure Elemental Shaman has never been a good deck. In Even Shaman it competes with many other powerful 2-drops, although it’s also good in the late game… Still, I don’t see it. Dark Peddler and Hydrologist are good because they let you discover stuff. This is like Blink Fox, which I have never liked playing (the card art for Blink Fox is awesome). Now, Arena, that’s something else. Cards that replace themselves are quite good there. 1.5/5 in Constructed, 3.5/5 in Arena.

What was the first occurrence of this meme? Babbling Book? Anyway, you made my day, thanks!

I wanted A8 to win because of the packs, and it was frustrating seeing Bunnyhoppor topdeck DK Jaina with 20 cards in the deck. Hearthstone, of course. But I’m still happy for Bunny, it takes a lot of dedication to be champion in Hearthstone as well as doing a PhD!

Yes, I know. Still, sad that a card that was designed to be played in ONLY one archetyepe gets cut regardless, don’t you think?

Seeing this deck all over the place in ladder right now. If Genn doesn’t go off at the beginning, don’t assume it’s Cubelock!