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[Vitanimus]

I liked a lot of cards they showed in the stream. Excited!

 

[Santiako]

Biggest winner from the stream is probably dragons. Two great taunt minions with one having a board clear built in.

Kibler creaming his pants.

 

[MThanded]

Ram shield is a counter for spell burn. Not really good against minions.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

wat?

Like warriors don't already

Nice free kill. Should have had it not take dmg when you opponent attacks the face essentially making it a super taunt.

 

[crazygambit]

....you're discounting the part where you get another legendary in your calculation. it's 9 mana 2 legendaries. sure it can bomb and give you nat pagle or cho, but there's so many high cost legendaries out there, the curve is quite high. I find it hard to believe that it wouldn't be worth the 9 mana.



I dunno, to have it be truly crazy you have to have like 3+ minions up at the start of your next turn, so your opponent has to leave your board alive. Has leaving a paladin's board alone ever been a good idea?

Then again it could pull Majordomo and cost you the game

Am I reading that secret right?

That sounds absolutely insane to me.

What does it do? For those of us at work.

 

[embalm]

So that still leaves like 25 cards to be shown right?

What does it do? For those of us at work.

If it's the pally secret it is: +1/+1 to all of your minions at the start of your turn.

Also if you're at work, you might be able to see the new cards here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/3gzxkr/all_of_todays_new_cards/

 

[Haly]

I don't think it's as good as Healbot. It's very weird how it's costed.

Healbot
5
3/3
Gain 8

Ramshield
6
3/9
Gain effectively 9... but at the cost of itself. I guess if you attack a Giant while it's a 3/1, it'll still absorb all 8 damage?

I would've made it 3/10.

 

[ViviOggi]

Nice free kill. Should have had it not take dmg when you opponent attacks the face essentially making it a super taunt.

Was about to post just this. It's basically a 6 mana Healbot.

 

[Dahbomb]

Ram shield is a counter for spell burn. Not really good against minions.

I like the mechanic, I always thought the game needed some form of Spell taunt.

But it's a bit too slow at 6 mana.

 

[Opiate]

What does it do? For those of us at work.

Paladin plays secret
At the start of his next turn, all minions on his board get +1/+1

Combined with avenge, this gives ebolapaladin a very strong reason to play mad scientist, which accelerates their already blistering curve even further, making them extraordinarily efficient.

 

[Ashodin]

Oh god that Paladin secret. Thank you RNGesus for blessing the only class worth playing in Hearthstone

 

[Rockyrock]

since Palestress summons the legendary and doesnt just put it in your hand I think it could see play.

should've been like a 4/5 or 6 tho.

 

[EnVy_CaLiBeR]

Dragon decks can finally flourish (hopefully).

Shamans are looking stronger and Priests and Rogues get the shaft. lol

 

[iirate]

I like the mechanic, I always thought the game needed some form of Spell taunt.

But it's a bit too slow at 6 mana.

Also, it's explicitly bad at fighting minions, since they can deal damage to it without retaliation.

 

[zoukka]

Yeah it should take the excess damage if the wording is accurate (usually with HS it isn't).

I like the mechanic, I always thought the game needed some form of Spell taunt.

But it's a bit too slow at 6 mana.

At 5 it would be way too good. Remember it's got 9 ass so you can taunt it up if you have to play it later on so it's kinda like a neutral ancient of war in some cases. A solid card imo, very flexible.

 

[ZealousD]

So every card is going to be revealed today. I'm thinking of doing a long card review stream either late Saturday or sometime on Sunday. Would anybody be interested in doing like a Skype setup where maybe multiple gaffers do a review? We'd be going through every card so it might take awhile, admittedly. Several hours.

 

[crazygambit]

So that still leaves like 25 cards to be shown right?


If it's the pally secret it is: +1/+1 to all of your minions at the start of your turn.

Also if you're at work, you might be able to see the new cards here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/3gzxkr/all_of_todays_new_cards/

Thanks!

 

[Dahbomb]

Imagine if you have a decent board with Mad Scientist. The opponent kills the Mad Scientist and when its your turn that Secret automatically triggers because it was played earlier by Mad Scientist.

So Mad Scientist deathrattle becomes "give your minions +1/+1 on your next turn".


Man fuck Mad Scientist.

So every card is going to be revealed today. I'm thinking of doing a long card review stream either late Saturday or sometime on Sunday. Would anybody be interested in doing like a Skype setup where maybe multiple gaffers do a review? We'd be going through every card so it might take awhile, admittedly. Several hours.

I would be down for this but do it tomorrow because we don't know when all the cards will be released today. Plus it gives us time to gather thoughts on the new cards as a set rather than have some knee jerk reactions.

 

[sibarraz]

question, if the card is summoned will activate the battlecry or not?

 

[gutshot]

New cards popping up over on Facebook:

 

[Opiate]

I like the mechanic, I always thought the game needed some form of Spell taunt.

But it's a bit too slow at 6 mana.

I see exactly one potential fit: priest. Not just because of the healing, but also because we're accumulating a lot of cards which are beginning to look like strong minions for a divine spirit/inner fire/maybe confuse deck.

Tournament medic is a 1/8
Deathlord a 2/8
This minion is a 3/9

All of these are borderline playable on their own -- maybe too slow. In an inner fire / divine spirit deck, however, they become very deadly very quickly. I'm not sure it will work, but it's the only good sign for priest I've seen in this set.

 

[MThanded]

K mystic buff

 

[Professor Lich]

New cards are being uploaded on the Facebook page!

 

[embalm]

I don't think it's as good as Healbot. It's very weird how it's costed.

Healbot
5
3/3
Gain 8

Ramshield
6
3/9
Gain effectively 9... but at the cost of itself. I guess if you attack a Giant while it's a 3/1, it'll still absorb all 8 damage?

I would've made it 3/10.

It has other advantages. When you heal yourself or the minion it also heals the other. I can't remember which way it works. That alone makes it pretty swell.

It's a pretty massive body for priest gimmicks as well.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

King's Elekk is nice. Not much of a downside if you lose.

 

[Dahbomb]

I see exactly one potential fit: priest. Not just because of the healing, but also because we're accumulating a lot of cards which are beginning to look like strong minions for a divine spirit/inner fire/maybe confuse deck.

Tournament medic is a 1/8
Deathlord a 2/8
This minion is a 3/9

All of these are borderline playable on their own -- maybe too slow. In an inner fire / divine spirit deck, however, they become very deadly very quickly. I'm not sure it will work, but it's the only good sign for priest I've seen in this set.

Confuse too man.

Priest OTK DECK!!!

 

[Santiako]

I still can't get over that this hits your own minions as well, what bullshit:

 

[inky]

notbadobama.jpg

 

[ViviOggi]

It has other advantages. When you heal yourself or the minion it also heals the other. I can't remember which way it works. That alone makes it pretty swell.

?

Did Brode say that or sth?

 

[zoukka]

King's Elekk

They really try to make a slower hunter deck work.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Oh dear god, it happened.

 

[Haly]

I'll probably craft a bunch of Dragons the moment this drops. I can't imagine it not being a Tier 2 deck at least.

 

[gutshot]

More:

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Competitive Spirit: 1 mana rare paladin spell, secret: when your turn starts, give your minions +1/+1

...How does that work? Can you even get rid of it without Flare or Kezan?

 

[V-Faction]

My stream cut out, didn't get to see the final match.

That Shaman Legendary - Mistcaller - Okay, first off, THAT'S REALLY COOL AND VERY NEW/UNIQUE.

...buuuut I kinda, sorta wish that hadn't just made yet another stat-boost Shaman effect. There's no Overload synergy to be had, which means the faults of the past are still going to occur, like working around bad mana turns.

Also, it doesn't work with our Hero Power. It doesn't work with summoned minions. It doesn't especially work well with Reincarnate, or Ancestral Spirit, or Ancestor's Call. It's 6 mana, which just got a lot more competitive with Justicar Trueheart and Ramshield. It's also slow, because it only affects your hand and board, nothing immediately ON the board.

Still. That's being nitpicky. It's probably an autoinclude in any Shaman deck now.

 

[Anilusion]

question, if the card is summoned will activate the battlecry or not?

no

 

[Opiate]

Confuse too man.

Priest OTK DECK!!!

I had confuse in there.

But yeah, in the same way that silver hand knights have pseudo taunt because nobody wants to see them buffed by quartermaster, I suspect we will start seeing decks where no one wants to let Priest have 1/8 minions stay alive.

 

[Dahbomb]

Very good card for Rogue. A cheaper SI7 essentially.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Wow, Seal of Champions.

Blizzard must love Eboladin.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

I still can't get over that this hits your own minions as well, what bullshit:

Oh cool its a flamestrike for shaman... Hits all minions

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Oh dear god, it happened.

Might be interesting.

 

[Randomizer123454444]

As a priest:
- Shadowfiend seems...decent. Best value when starting in hand. I wish I had more reliable card draw though.
- Spawn of shadows... face priest? Not my style.
- Confessor.. needs preparation. And can't be played if you are losing board. Have to see how it works, but unfortunately not very reliable :-/

 

[Atram]

I still can't get over that this hits your own minions as well, what bullshit:

shaman deathrattle could get value from this.

Shadowfiend could make good combos with same turn card draws

 

[MThanded]

Yooooooo


Sideshow spell eater ..... What


..........

 

[Opiate]

Refreshment vendor is good.

 

[Officerrob]

Mostly "meh" cards coming from facebook so far

 

[Santiako]

Seal of Champions, more cards for eboladin. Fuck that T_T

 

[Pooya]

Bolf is weird, the card seems good at first look but I'm not sure what is the right way to play it in any match up, not just aggro that ignores it and goes face still.

VS aggro, you just heal 9 for 6 and it's probably going to die and leaving nothing on board, isn't it better to heal 8 for 5 and have a 3/3 body that can get back in your hand with freezing trap? It's just that nobody is going to trade with this ever. It's not going to kill anything, Maybe it's best to play this behind a taunt and hit face with it?

VS other types, I don't know. I'm a bit confused in how to effectively play this.

 

[Dahbomb]

Nice anti aggro card. Finally more forms of ways to heal yourself.

 

[zoukka]

Another hard ass neutral anti-aggro card. Way awesome for priest snenanigans too.