As always, I’m super hype about this!

And I can’t wait for the 72-hour period around the end of this giveaway when people spam comments about the winners list!

Hooray impatience!

Insane with a board wipe, like Brawl or something.

Kill all your stuff with Teron Gorefiend, cast Hagatha’s Scheme and destroy all of your opponents board, while your board is resummoned stronger than before

I don’t think they usually post about leaks.

I don’t play them all, but for the ones i do play it’s pretty brisk. Usually quicker than the normal quick play

Not sure if you play Overwatch, but it has an arcade mode with like 10 different game modes that change how you play (4v4, capture the flag, random heroes, etc). Some of these also change daily, making the experience new every time.

I really wish Hearthstone had something like this, where you could play popular/unique tavern brawls for free at any time

Tried the Flik strategy and went up against a Warlock. He was only playing the random class cards until I burgled a Mind Vision, which gave me a Mogu Cultist. Turn 6 I played the Cultist and killed it with Flik, then I watched as the rest of his hand and most of his deck faded away.

It was awesome

Oh, np. I thought it was a highlander/combo hybrid. Probably makes more sense as one or the other, but a cool idea!

Oops, looks like holy wrath was left out

Since they’re in the hall of fame now, and not basic, you can disenchant and craft them

I think you’re right, old control warrior has nothing on this shaman deck, but I think people reacted similarly when Dr. Boom was only nerfed by 2 mana (instead of a change to battlecry or its hero power or something).

Also, I agree with you that it sucks that shaman was the only class to take a hit (aside from the manipulator, who affects other decks as well). Aggro decks for warrior, rogue, and hunter were already strong, but now their closer to shamans power level, making everything else unplayable.

I’ve resorted to casual for my home brews, and yet I still face tons of DR rogues and aggro hunters.

What i meant to say before was that I’m generally happy with the nerfs, cause it gives other decks a chance against the aggro horde, but I also think there will be more changes to come after the holidays

I really appreciate your sober and realistic response to the nerfs. After reading a lot of the comments on the patch article, I didn’t want to post there, for fear of being chastised.

I think what people wanted were either flashy nerfs to shaman (dragons pack now costs 8, or something) or nerfs to other cards.

It may have been too early to nerf a deck that seemed “unbeatable”, which is why these nerfs are more low-key, in order to hamper the deck without killing it.

This reminds me of the Dr. Boom hero card nerf. At first, many hated that it was only a two mana change, but then control warrior was a lot less powerful/prevalent.

No, battlecry only activates when a card is played from hand

Where?

I don’t think it will replay battlecries

Yeah, the lack of board interaction could be a problem. I think where this card could shine is against control or maybe midrange matchups.

I don’t think this is meant to be a bug flashy card like Zulgin or Tess Greymane, but copying one or two big minions or useful spells could be impactful.

Come turn 8 against priest, people are going to have to be careful about what they play every turn.

Now more than ever it will be important not to over commit, cause the priest just gets everything and an 8/8 dragon

And it has similar wording to Tess Greymane, who also skips battlecries

I really like this card, but maybe turn 7 is too late? And you’ll only have one copy, so you wont consistently get 3/3 treants.

Since the treant deck doesn’t exist competitively (despite having tons of support, going all the way back to Witchwood), it’s hard to say whether this will make any impact. I wish this card was cheaper, so you could see him before a lot of your treants are already dead.

Doesn’t fit into quest druid, which is a good thing imo.

Druid has lots of access to treants, so this may see some play there, but it’s hard to say. This just doesn’t seem strong enough.

As for token druid, a lot of people are comparing this to enchanted Raven, which is fair except for one point: the Raven is a beast, and could be buffed by the mark of y’shaarj to draw a card. Treants do have that guy to discover a spell, but that’s not the same as drawing a card you selected for your deck.

I think this is good design, actually. A new choose one card that doesn’t easily fit into quest druid is probably a good thing