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[CoolOff]

Holy shit guys, this is gonna be awesome.

 

[kirblar]

Nerfs inc-

Flare 1>2
Soulfire 0->1
Auctioneer 5>6

But no UT nerf. Boy, they really don't want to piss off players who bought Naxx re: Loatheb/UT, huh?

 

[Won]

Rogue got a pirate.......

 

[RumblingRosco]

Pirate meta incoming!

...just kidding.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Taunt and faerie dragon ability mmm

 

[johnsmith]

Oh god oh god. I am beyond hyped. So many good cards.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Holy shit, I guess you guys didn't see these BALANCE changes coming:

Soulfire now costs 1 (up from 0)
Soulfire, along with fast and powerful minions, allowed Warlock rush decks to get ahead on the board and stay ahead. We’ve upped Soulfire’s mana cost by 1 to slow down the Warlock rush deck just a bit and allow more players time to react and interact against the Warlock.

Gadgetzan Auctioneer now costs 6 (up from 5)
Gadgetzan Auctioneer’s ability allows for a player to potentially draw many cards for little cost. Card draw and card advantage are important to the game—overall, games are less interesting when a player draws their entire deck. This change brings Gadgetzan Auctioneer’s cost more in line with its power level.

Flare now costs 2 (up from 1)
Flare allowed the Hunter an advantage versus decks that revolve around Secrets, while also allowing the Hunter to draw a card for little cost. We want to encourage a variety of decks in Hearthstone. With this change, Flare will continue to be useful against decks playing Secrets, but will be weaker against other decks

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en.../us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/12492997/

edit
lol super late

 

[inky]

Pirate meta incoming!

...just kidding.

LOL

 

[RumblingRosco]

I find this card really funny for some reason.

 

[ViviOggi]

Gadgetzan nerf but Undertaker stays untouched? I don't even...

2 mana Flare sounds good but newsflash: you can change more about cards than their mana cost. I liked the force discard suggestion for Soulfire way more than making it just cost mana.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Gadgetzan nerf but Undertaker stays untouched? I don't even...

2 mana Flare sounds good but newsflash: you can change more about cards than their mana cost. I liked the force discard suggestion for Soulfire way more than making it just cost mana.

I think it is both now. Soulfire, 1 mana, 1 discard.

 

[bjaelke]

Hobgoblin looks like a must have in every Paladin deck.

There goes the "Hearthstone is perfectly balanced, we will never change cards post release".

I think that statement became invalid long time ago.

 

[ViviOggi]

I think it is both now. Soulfire, 1 mana, 1 discard.

Oh yeah I was just going to edit my post to clarify that, force discard as in make it uncastable or weaker when your hand is empty.

 

[inky]

I think it is both now. Soulfire, 1 mana, 1 discard.

He means in the sense that you can't use it if you don't discard a card, i.e. when your hand is empty.

 

[jblank83]

I think that statement become invalid long time ago.

It's still nice to remember. It gives me a warm feeling in my tummy.

 

[partyphone]

aucheni + tree of life get rekt

 

[Xanathus]

Hobgoblin looks like a must have in every Paladin deck.

Quite sure that using hero power isn't counted as "playing" a 1 attack minion.

aucheni + tree of life get rekt

Great way to commit sudoku, I assume the reverse heal won't apply to your opponent.

 

[gutshot]

aucheni + tree of life get rekt

Druids going to be so scared of those Thoughtsteals.

 

[jblank83]

Hobgoblin looks like a must have in every Paladin deck.

We'll see if it works on Paladin summons. There are many effects that do not trigger when Paladin summons a guy.

 

[RumblingRosco]

aucheni + tree of life get rekt

Would that really work or did you just forget the "kappa" ?

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Druids going to be so scared of those Thoughtsteals.

Seems like it would force a draw lol

Would that really work or did you just forget the "kappa" ?

https://twitter.com/bdbrode/status/539843584170532864

We'll see if it works on Paladin summons. There are many effects that do not trigger when Paladin summons a guy.

It won't work because it says "play" meaning played from hand with mana. If it said summons, it wouldn't matter how it entered the field.

 

[johnsmith]

Hobgoblin looks like a must have in every Paladin deck.

I doubt it'll trigger off that. It says "play" same as mirror entity, which doesn't trigger off recruits. Sword of justice does, and says "summon". But we need confirmation from Brode, since Hearthstone is definitely not consistent in its wording.

It could be viable in undertaker priest though.

 

[ViviOggi]

Look at this glorious motherfucker

Probably trash in constructed but a cool arena card

Spoiler

when you don't get Knife Jugglers

 

[CoolOff]

https://twitter.com/bdbrode/status/539843584170532864

Lol amazing.

What new archetypes do you predict out of this? Noxious is saying Warrior mech-tempo.

Pirates still dead?

 

[Kettch]

Look at this glorious motherfucker



Probably trash in constructed but a cool arena card

Spoiler

when you don't get Knife Jugglers

Priest has that "Give +4 health to a mech" card, so I wouldn't call it constructed trash just yet.

 

[inky]

Overall I think Hunter cards are good all around (edit: except that cobra arrow thingie)

Fuck hunters

 

[ViviOggi]

literally corkicopter, wow blizz

 

[Professor Lich]

Pirates still dead?

Probably. Their biggest issue is card draw, at least in my experience, and while the Cannon is cool, it probably won't do anything big in the long run.

Though, there is that new Rogue weapon we haven't seen yet, could be anything.

Edit:

Fuck hunters

I guess Blizzard just decided instead of nerf'ing Undertaker, they'd just make Hunter Mech really strong. The problem is solved if they don't use Undertaker anymore, right?

 

[johnsmith]

I'll probably make a legend run with mech priest. I can see it being very viable. Undertaker/mech could also be a thing.

 

[Xanathus]

Seems like overall Priest gets the biggest buff from GvG as both of their worst matchups Handlock and Miracle have been nerfed. Well not sure about the Handlock bit.

 

[ViviOggi]

Priest has that "Give +4 health to a mech" card, so I wouldn't call it constructed trash just yet.

Yeah you're right, didn't they get some of the more decent mechs overall? Mech Priest might become a thing.

This thing actually isn't too bad

 

[Apt101]

I was getting wrecked in matches, and finally my legendary showed up in my deck. Mounted a huge come back and my first win against a real player. I need more practice, need to unlock all the starting heroes.

 

[Leezard]

Yeah you're right, didn't they get some of the more decent mechs overall? Mech Priest might become a thing.



This thing actually isn't too bad

It should be able to stick around quite well if you have a haunted creeper or harvest golem.

 

[Professor Lich]

I don't care if this is terrible, I love Fel Reavers.

 

[inky]

Worst class cards go to Druid =(

This thing actually isn't too bad

Decent with a cheap silence, which handlocks run already. Might work with a different deck tho.

 

[Xanathus]

This thing actually isn't too bad

Anime Golem is actually pretty bad because it checks for the condition at the end of EACH player's turn, so your opponent can just kill your other creatures on their turn and it won't get an attack.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

So mechayeti seems pretty good for mill/hand disruption type decks. You get a mech yeti and the opportunity to play your spare part first.

Oh, and here is a mech you probably missed

Kappa

The rogue weapon isn't bad I guess.

Combo'd with barber it will have 4 attack. Even with only the +2 attack it is a cheaper assassin's blade. I like.

 

[bjaelke]

Quite sure that using hero power isn't counted as "playing" a 1 attack minion.

I was actually thinking about the new Muster for Battle card, but I can see that it says "summon" as well.

 

[gutshot]

3 mana Assassinate.

 

[johnsmith]

So mechayeti seems pretty good for mill/hand disruption type decks. You get a mech yeti and the opportunity to play your spare part first.

Oh, and here is a mech you probably missed



Kappa

Mecha Yeti is also absolutely perfect for the current undertaker priest. It lacked a solid 4 drop with deathrattle.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

3 mana Assassinate.

Lets you play injured blademaster for free lol

 

[CoolOff]

Random observation: they didn't lie about less RNG-cards in the ones yet to be revealed.

 

[inky]

Looks like great value:

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Another demon, looks cool

 

[RumblingRosco]

Troggs hate spells?

 

[Leezard]

Looks like great value:

I can see this completely replacing Holy Light.

edit: We have a better Dalaran Mage!

 

[paperboywriter]

so do you guys think they gonna put out GvG after the maintance is over?

 

[caesar]

Gadgetzan nerf but Undertaker stays untouched? I don't even...

2 mana Flare sounds good but newsflash: you can change more about cards than their mana cost. I liked the force discard suggestion for Soulfire way more than making it just cost mana.

Cos spare parts plus gadgetzan will be super OP.

I like the soulfire change.

Not too many of those cards excite me though.

 

[gutshot]

so do you guys think they gonna put out GvG after the maintance is over?

Release will be in another week or two. They have to reveal all the cards now since they are likely being patched into the client and would be datamined as soon as maintenance is over anyway.

 

[paperboywriter]

Release will be in another week or two. They have to reveal all the cards now since they are likely being patched into the client now and would be datamined as soon as maintenance is over anyway.

are you're sure about that? IM PRETTY EXCITED!!!!!