LyleLanley
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So are they going to change the Tavern Brawl or are we stuck with this?
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Hearthstone |OT5| Corrupted Deeprock Salt
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Battlecry: Give your C'Thun +2/+2 (wherever it is)
Revealed by Chinese fansite duowan.
Uh those stats tho. You have a 2 mana 2/3, which is competing w/ RIVER CROCOLISK and is objectively better in your c'thun deck than the crock vs this thing, which is now competing against, say, yeti, stat-wise for the same exact battlecry as the 2 mana? At least make it a 4/4. This one won't see as much play, i don't think - unless the only only only win condition for a cthun deck is to blast your opponent to death on turn 10 and you need as much pewpew as possible.
Edit: Disregard:
That makes no sense, considering the 2 mana creature does the same thing.
Battlecry: Give your C'Thun +2/+2 (wherever it is)
Revealed by Chinese fansite duowan.
There has to be more to this 4 mana minion.
If true, that's absolute garbage.
I missed a keyword in google translate. Divine Shield.
That's equivalent to the 3/3 4 mana Divine Shield neutral minion only better because you want more attack than HP on a Divine Shield minion for the trade up value.
Ok, that makes it a bit better.
I guess it makes sense. You have BoE and Twilight Cultist with base stats for mana to buff your C'Thun. BUT t if you want to buff it beyond those there is a catch, you gotta play minions that have their stats actually heavily penalized now. Presumably there are cards like the druid one that benefit from C'Thun synergy to make up for the lost tempo. Still don't think you want to play this one ever.
edit, it has divine shield? I guess it's not bad. It's strictly better than Silvermoon Guardian though, power creep!!!
edit, it has divine shield? I guess it's not bad. It's strictly better than Silvermoon Guardian though, power creep!!!
LyleLanley
Banned
And now the tweet's gone.
Super Nothing
Member
You could also say it's a 4 mana version of Scarlet Crusader, but with a long term payoff when you play C'Thun. Seems to be a pretty decent card for the deck that it goes in.
So uh... it looks like Blizzard stealth buffed Sacred Trial in anticipation of Secret Paladin having to replace Avenge with another secret. Sacred Trial now always kills Jaraxxus when it is played regardless of number of minions on the field.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4anj88/sacred_trial_kills_jaraxxus_on_an_empty_board/
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4anj88/sacred_trial_kills_jaraxxus_on_an_empty_board/
LyleLanley
Banned
They revealed a new card. 4 mana 4/2, has Divine Shield, give C'Thun +2/+2.
This is exciting news, thank you for bringing it to our attention.
WOW.......
LyleLanley
Banned
Someone added me after a game and didn't tell me to go kill myself. Progress!
The new card seems pretty good. A 4/2 is a better statline for a divine shield minion than the 3/3 Silvermoon Guardian plus you get the upside of buffing your C'Thun. All the cultists they have shown so far seem to incentivize trading, though, which makes me think aggressive decks will be their natural counter. Seems more and more like these will be midrange decks with C'Thun as a strong finisher.
Might depend on the class-specific cultists, too. Will determine which classes are best for cthun as well as if different classes have different playstyles.
Edit:
Or control cthun warrior.
Oh damn. That's some serious lifegain, and on a C'Thun card no-less. That is a very serious argument for C'Thun Warrior.
Yup, pretty much what I (and others) anticipated
LyleLanley
Banned
Now THAT'S what I am talking about.
Seems like Blizzard is really going to force this deck to be good.
Also LOL @ the BGH design around.
I had someone add me after a Patron mirror. I was playing my Patron Flinger deck. I got huge value out of the Flingers, as I find is usual for that card.. finished him on turn 10 with perfect lethal 15 damage from an empty board with Grommash, Inner Rage and Fiery Win Axe. He added me to ask about the deck and LOL'd when I said that it was Patron too.. I just never drew either one of them.
Edit: Totally playing C'Thun Warrior going forward. Nice!
Acerac
Banned
Poor freeze mages.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Blizzard is really doing everything in their power to make C'thun decks viable it seems, without making them completely broken I hope.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Well...losing Shieldmaiden isn't looking like that much of a blow now if you do a C'thun Control Warrior.
I'm now very curious to see all the class C'Thun cards. I didn't think much of C'Thun decks (Blizzard has pushed Beast Druid, Dragon Paladin, Bolster Warrior a lot and they've not been very good) but C'Thun decks might end up being the real deal.
Acerac
Banned
Would it be such a horrible thing if Wild meta changed up with the new expansion?
I guess given the changes to the base set it'll be inevitable.
If enemy C'thun has more than 15 attack, take their C'thun.
lol at the lore video. Guess Blizzard really likes Nobbel videos.
Would be nice to give those decks more than one win condition (aka, play cthun).
Playing C'Thun?
Seriously though. Once you play C'Thun at that size his impact on the board is as big as deathwing except you don't lose your hand.
Emerson
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In all seriousness this is exactly the sort of thing enabled by the Standard format concept. They can really dive deep on the theme and encourage very thematic decks which are viable without having to meticulously support the legacy game.
Obviously we have tons of expansion left to be seen, but this is what most Magic + Hearthstone players were probably hoping for when we heard about the format change.
Look at the middle bottom frame.
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BananasWithGuns
Member
Judging by what we've seen so far, seems like all the neutral ones will buff/empower C'thun and the class ones will use C'thun to buff themselves or trigger an effect.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
You can. Look at the bottom of the card.