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TetraxShards
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Probably a stupid question, but what's Grinder Mage?
Duplicate mage basically, with value minions like Belchers, Sylvanas, Ragnaros etc.
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Because whether or not you should keep a Turn 1 Northshire Cleric without PW:S against a non-aggro deck is a goddamn mystery.
Plus you always gotta wonder if the pyro + cleric combo is really worth all the cards you draw or if you should keep circle for auchenai. And sometimes you can always get surprise lethal out of a lightwarden, so you gotta do all that math.
Change mad scientists text to anything other than a secret and it breaks every deck.
2 mana 2 2.
Mad scientist: death rattle draw a 3 cost minion from your deck, it costs 0 mana.
Death rattle: draw a random weapon and put it into play.
Death rattle: draw and play a random spell that spell costs 2 mana less.
Seriously the card is just worth more than 2 mana, it's hilarious it hasn't been nerfed.
2 mana 2 2.
Mad scientist: death rattle draw a 3 cost minion from your deck, it costs 0 mana.
Death rattle: draw a random weapon and put it into play.
Death rattle: draw and play a random spell that spell costs 2 mana less.
Seriously the card is just worth more than 2 mana, it's hilarious it hasn't been nerfed.
Professor Lich
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That reminds me, I'm always tempted to run a single Abusive Sargent in any deck I run a BGH for being able to remove annoying 5-6 attack minions.
While the new Trump Teachings series where he shows off specific decks is good in general and a great idea, Trump's getting way too lucky in the games he's showing off. Maybe he plays exactly two to three matches with each deck and he has just happened to draw an insane opening hand for every single deck once and won every single match, but he didn't even get to show off Fel Reaver in Mech Shaman. 
I can't expect him to play too many matches with each deck either since the list at the end shows he's going to show 15 different ones.
I can't expect him to play too many matches with each deck either since the list at the end shows he's going to show 15 different ones.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Why aren't people accepting my friend invites anymore? I just want to tell them how stupidly ridiculously lucky they are and what I'd gladly do to them had I met them in real life.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Adding secrets for other classes is not likely to happen regardless of mad scientist.
Plus the whole "limits design" argument only really matters if they end up wanting to go in that direction anyway. Adding secrets to other classes has such little chance of happening, and I think the fact that mad scientist exists is only further proof of that likelihood, it isn't like they add cards without thinking about the future at all and it is clear that mad scientist precludes certain things being added because they'd be broken.
If for some reason do choose to go in that direction and add new cards that conflict with old ones, they'll likely only then nerf mad scientist. But I think the chances of that happening are small.
While the new Trump Teachings series where he shows off specific decks is good in general and a great idea, Trump's getting way too lucky in the games he's showing off. Maybe he plays exactly two to three matches with each deck and he has just happened to draw an insane opening hand for every single deck once and won every single match, but he didn't even get to show off Fel Reaver in Mech Shaman.
I can't expect him to play too many matches with each deck either since the list at the end shows he's going to show 15 different ones.
You're assuming that if he loses a game that he would record it and include it.
Well,he might if the game was interesting enough,but I get your point.
Why for example would be show a game where he lost,because his hand was trash?
There is nothing to learn from that,except that rng can be a bitch.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I've watched trump record one of those videos, he'll redo it several times to get it right.
I didn't know he did them live, that's cool then.
Is it just me or is combo druid a strong pick in the current meta? Face Hunter has dropped in popularity and you aren't punished near as much for playing cards against Patron Warrior. Even zoo has slowed down a bit so I don't think it's quite as scary?
But Face Hunter is a good matchup for Comgo Druid...
It's still the most helpless class against Patron, playing against Zoo is just hoping they draw badly and Midrange Hunter can be a massive problem which even Kezan only helps so much. It's good against Freeze Mage and Control Warrior and the curvecheat+combo are such bs that with the right draws you can always sneak some wins but the deck is not nearly as strong right now as it used to be.
It's still the most helpless class against Patron, playing against Zoo is just hoping they draw badly and Midrange Hunter can be a massive problem which even Kezan only helps so much. It's good against Freeze Mage and Control Warrior and the curvecheat+combo are such bs that with the right draws you can always sneak some wins but the deck is not nearly as strong right now as it used to be.
Mid range hunters are more popular now but zoo definitely hasn't slowed down.
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I hate void callers more than mad scientist, it's just so bad. The only demons you need are doomguard, imp gang boss and maybe Mal'Ganis, so it's guaranteed great value... RNG really does nothing here.
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I hate void callers more than mad scientist, it's just so bad. The only demons you need are doomguard, imp gang boss and maybe Mal'Ganis, so it's guaranteed great value... RNG really does nothing here.
At least it doesn't draw a card like mad scientist.
Servbot #42
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Heh running brawl in my grim patron deck has certainly payed off. I had a single grim patron vs a hunter with dr boom on the board and 2 other minions, i used brawl and my patron survived, one bomb went face while the other hit the patron for 2, fun times. I bet that dude was somewhat salty.
I thought face hunter was less popular, 3 games back to back, I won all three but last one was close, I'm scared to play again now. It feels like a coin flip at times.
I'll include Sunfury Protector in every ladder deck I make now, it's just mandatory, works really well with water elementals. Won me all games, it's just when those golems come you want at least two taunts...last game I had a earth elemental from portal, that rekt his face, my draw was so bad otherwise.
I'll include Sunfury Protector in every ladder deck I make now, it's just mandatory, works really well with water elementals. Won me all games, it's just when those golems come you want at least two taunts...last game I had a earth elemental from portal, that rekt his face, my draw was so bad otherwise.
Vanillalite
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I just played a Mage who played a Dr Boom from his hand and as soon as I got rid of that shit and the bombs he literally portals out another Boom.
FFs
FFs
8 games back to back rank 9, everyone was face, I won all until the last one....
face effing warrior. didn't see that coming. I'm going to stop playing ladder for the time being, even when I win I get kinda frustrated and this last warrior hitting my face with arcanite reaper really did hurt, wasting my life here.
face effing warrior. didn't see that coming. I'm going to stop playing ladder for the time being, even when I win I get kinda frustrated and this last warrior hitting my face with arcanite reaper really did hurt, wasting my life here.
Face warrior is a fine deck.Not as good as hunter,but it has the advantage that nobody mulligans against them.
That's the main problem with this weeks brawl, since your whole deck is random you have very little control over the outcome of the game. You can't even mulligan properly, so in most games you either lose horribly or totally wreck your opponent. Very few games are actually balanced and fun to play.
It's just frustrating when you have to deal with Sylvanas, Boom, Kel'thuzad or even double Antonidas and you're stuck with fucking Majordomo and Rend Blackhand.
Vanillalite
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So I'm up to 1170 gold. I figure at this rate I should be close to 2000 or more by time whatever new shit Blizzard announces this week actually drops.
First time I'm actually gonna go into new Hearth shit ahead of the game gold wise.
First time I'm actually gonna go into new Hearth shit ahead of the game gold wise.
Had a game where I couldn't play anything until turn 4. Was down to 6 HP vs his 24 HP until I stabilized on turn 7. I played Foe Reaper, Kel Thuzad and Ysera after each other and had a 31 damage turn 10 with those 3 minions, the +5/+5 dream card from Ysera and Pyroblast for the comeback. Those kind of wins are the best. :d
I'm seeing a ton of people teching for Patron/Warrior/Rogue, if I wasn't farming Warrior wins I'd just play Druid and wreck all of them.
FormallyFamicom
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Had pretty much the best brawl ever this morning. Shaman vs Shaman, it contained such plays as:
-Topdecking Hemet after one of my Spirit Wolves got Kodo'd.
-Opponent playing Ancestors Call which put his Sylvanas and my Leeroy on the board, then using Reincarnate on the Sylvanas which stole the Leeroy, which killed Hemet.
-Me playing Majordomo on turn 9, then facing a board with Sylvanas and Al'Akir on it, killed the Al'Akir with Majordomo, killed Sylvanas with Fire Ele on the board, Majordomo gets stolen, then me summoning Ragnaros with Deathwing. He has 8 health and no cards, and I have Deathwing and 15 health.
WIIIIIINN
-Topdecking Hemet after one of my Spirit Wolves got Kodo'd.
-Opponent playing Ancestors Call which put his Sylvanas and my Leeroy on the board, then using Reincarnate on the Sylvanas which stole the Leeroy, which killed Hemet.
-Me playing Majordomo on turn 9, then facing a board with Sylvanas and Al'Akir on it, killed the Al'Akir with Majordomo, killed Sylvanas with Fire Ele on the board, Majordomo gets stolen, then me summoning Ragnaros with Deathwing. He has 8 health and no cards, and I have Deathwing and 15 health.
WIIIIIINN
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The Tavern Brawl plays
TheChewyWaffles
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Combo Druid is trash these days.
Also every time a Mad Scientist is silenced a baby is hugged somewhere.
BananasWithGuns
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Probably fake but, still interesting to me nonetheless. Certainly looks good for a fake too.
http://imgur.com/a/1rr7L
http://imgur.com/a/1rr7L
hypersheep
Member
Sooo, any chances of Sylvanas getting nerfed? Just opened a second one.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Low, she was already nerfed once.
BananasWithGuns
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Went back and looked at the other trailers and while they're all textless Warlock legendaries they do have the orange gems so, might be something the creator overlooked.
Professor Lich
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I find it hilarious that someone tried to make a card based off of Paladin's auras, especially Aura Mastery. Just seems so odd. It'd be more believable if they were just actual auras first.
Thinking about it now, those could actually be cool cards.
Retribution Aura - 2 Mana: Give your Minions +2 Attack for your opponent's next turn.
Concentration Aura - 2 Mana: Block/Remove silence effects for one turn.
Crusader's Aura - 2 Mana: Your opponent's next turn will only be 60 seconds.
Thinking about it now, those could actually be cool cards.
Retribution Aura - 2 Mana: Give your Minions +2 Attack for your opponent's next turn.
Concentration Aura - 2 Mana: Block/Remove silence effects for one turn.
Crusader's Aura - 2 Mana: Your opponent's next turn will only be 60 seconds.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah, auras and passive effects like Druid Thorns probably wont be added because they dont want to do multi turn effects
I wouldn't even post "leaks" at this point. They're nearly guaranteed to be bullshit. Like that Fjola Lightbane is straight up busted. It's 100% better than Force Tank Max and is 2 mana less to boot.
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