I firmly believe in the Reynad theory of Unstable Portal
"sometimes you just win the game."
Remember when people said that you wouldn't see Unstable Portal in Constructed play because it's too unreliable?
Man some pro players get so much stuff wrong its hilarious.
In any case my top 5 ranks for BRM expansion thus far.
Top 5 cards that ended up being better than what most expected:
1) Grim Patron - Most people thought this would just be used in a gimmick Warrior deck and will get the occasional big play wins. Well the gimmick deck is putting in a lot of work.
2) Solemn Vigil - Most people thought this card would be good in Paladin but right now this card feels like a STAPLE in just about every Paladin deck.
3) Flamewaker - No one really expected this card to be as obscene as it currently is. This card can shut out matches real quick if the deck is built properly around it.
4) Rend Blackhand - Pretty much everyone wrote off this card as being complete crap. Well as it turns out in a slower Paladin Dragon deck this card actually does work. Certainly not a bad card you can include in a Dragon deck, there is a lot worse you can do. Still not quite good enough to push slow Dragon Paladin decks though.
5) Imp Gang Boss - Everyone knew this was a very good card and would be godly in Arena. However people didn't expect this card to be that good in Zoolock (everyone knew it's an instant include in Zoolock) to the point where it pushes the deck a lot of ranks and actually competes with the other heavy aggro/tempo decks. One of the cards responsible for making Warlock so common on ladder.
Top 5 cards that ended up being worse than what most expected:
1) Demonwrath : This card is still amazing. The problem is that this card is USELESS against another Warlock. This wouldn't normally be an issue... except right now Warlocks are all over Ladder. When the meta shifts this card will return to see some action because it does in fact do a lot of work.
2) Fireguard Destroyer : Might be too soon to call but Fireguard Destroyer has not pushed Shaman in Constructed like people thought it would. The card is just simply good not great... it's not the Imp Gang Boss that the Shaman class wanted.
3) Lava Shock : Pretty much the same thing as Fireguard Destroyer, people had expectation for this card to change the Shaman meta. You still see this card used on the Ladder but it doesn't do that much most of the time. Maybe this card's potential hasn't been reached with the proper deck.
4) Hungry Dragon - There were quite a few people who thought this card would get use and some were actually hyped for it. Well it's getting use... it's being used to give the opponent some wins because this card is fucking awful!
5) Dark Iron Skulker - This card has the highest rating for a Rare for the Rogue class in Arena. In Constructed it hasn't seen much play despite players saying how godlike this card is. However, this card just doesn't fit in the current two playstyles of Rogue so maybe if there's a more control-ish Rogue deck posted this card will get more use. I personally still think this card is very good and will eventually see play in Constructed, it's a matter of when not if.
Top 5 cards that were as good/bad as expected:
1) Emperor Thaurissan - Staple in quite a few decks as expected.
2) Quick Shot - Staple in Hunter decks as expected.
3) Revenge - Shit card is shit, no one has been using it since there are already so many ways to do 1 damage to board and being at 12 health is generally unreliable.
4) Majordormo - When people say the 8 health they knew it would be shit. Well the card is shit... to the shock of no one.
5) Core Rager - Everyone knew this card was not get played and they were right. Card is awful.
