Yet if you do have dupes in the bottom of your deck, you are dead with Reno in your hand. Think of Joust, even a small chance of failing, makes the card unplayable in the long run.
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Yet if you do have dupes in the bottom of your deck, you are dead with Reno in your hand. Think of Joust, even a small chance of failing, makes the card unplayable in the long run.
Joust failing chance isn't small.... you can't control your opponent's deck but you can control yours for this one to work.
The card is still way better than a healbot in freezemage, sure you will lose some games by it when a healbot would be better if it's winning more games it's worth it. It's pretty much how people don't like Fel Reaver when it wins a lot of games, but man that one game I lost because it burned the house it somehow sticks, so card must suck right.
I will predict this card will be very good and crushing for the opponents in any stall fatigue style deck which are actually popular right now between freezemage and warrior.
The card is still way better than a healbot in freezemage, sure you will lose some games by it when a healbot would be better if it's winning more games it's worth it. It's pretty much how people don't like Fel Reaver when it wins a lot of games, but man that one game I lost because it burned the house it somehow sticks, so card must suck right.
I will predict this card will be very good and crushing for the opponents in any stall fatigue style deck which are actually popular right now between freezemage and warrior.
irfaanator
Banned
so w/ my dragon warrior deck I have a 100% win rate w/ coin and a 35% win rate w/o coin. The discrepancy and terrible playing when first is real
Reno will probably be really nice in Mill Druid. You can use your regular heals to get you to fatigue and then use Reno to lock down the win.
It doesn't count the cards in hand, does it? It probably wouldn't work for Freeze Mage if it does since you'd be holding doubles of your spells.
The reason I don't like it is that it gives you infinite cards in your deck, basically. Suddenly a card like that would be extremely valuable in some kind of fatigue deck (barf). Who cares if you run out of cards in your deck? You could just generate more from your hero power.
And really, I don't want fatigue decks to be viable or powerful, ever.
Officerrob
Banned
Scamaz LOVES Museum Curator
It says in your deck, what you drew won't count.
It's very good yes.
I don't think you'd focus on fatigue with that kind of ability, it would be better suited to burning through your own deck as quickly as possible and then discovering the strongest cards you can each turn, much like Patron used to search for combo pieces.
now you go to fatigue in mirror, opponent is like muhahaha, I drew one less card so I win well played.
Here comes Reno Jackson 6 turns into fatigue, heh greetings.
toddhunter
Member
If you had a reliable way to burn through your whole deck, why would you even need this card?
You'd just run some bullshit combo and win anyway.
If anything, it would stop long cw mirrors/fatigue games because you would still have stuff to keep playing. That is why I run saraad in my cw.
Professor Lich
Member
So here's something interesting I want to know about Reno Jackson. Does Beneath the Grounds stop him from working? Maybe an Iron Juggernaut bounce deck will stop him too, lol.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yet to be seen. Also, will Reno Jackson glow when his condition is met? Otherwise I dunno how you play him without actively keeping track or using deck tracker
what I like about reno is you have to know. you have to know what's left in your deck, every card you've drawn. You can't be wrong. sure in normal ladder play people will be running with a deck tracker and bullshit but if he winds up in a tournament deck?
god I hope he doesn't glow. that would ruin everything.
It gives a massive advantage to those who play on computers and can use mods to track their card draws though.
toddhunter
Member
He should glow and hold up a sign that says "what the fuck are you doing, just run a normal heal card"
I hope he doesn't glow just for that one game that will happen, where someone actually pulls off a Golden Monkey and would swing the game in their favor with a newly aquired Reno, just to later discover there are duplicates of Millhouse at the bottom of the deck.
Brann is alright, but how you can use him more than once? it's bound to die on turn. Maybe in rogue with conceal and things like that but I'm not sure rogue has a use for it, I guess raptor gains 2 deathrattles of same kind so you get two neurbians when it dies so evne one use of it like that is really good. For everyone else I feel it's too hard to use for more than a card and enough value for it to be worthwhile. Healbot combo will always be nice though.
I'm sticking with Reno to be the legendary from this set, successor to Loatheb and Emperor! (Obviously no where as good as either but better than the rest in the set.)
Maybe healbot combo with Brann makes Reno worthless, I kinda doubt it or at least not for every purpose.
I'm sticking with Reno to be the legendary from this set, successor to Loatheb and Emperor! (Obviously no where as good as either but better than the rest in the set.)
Maybe healbot combo with Brann makes Reno worthless, I kinda doubt it or at least not for every purpose.
I'm on #teambrann, I think he will be the Loatheb/Emperor Thaurissan from this adventure and see the most play.
I even expect to see a turn 10 Dr. Boom with 4 Boombots every once in a while. Or even the Shrinkmeister/Cabal Shadowpriest combo on Tirion if Brann got a discount from Emperor Thaurissan.
I even expect to see a turn 10 Dr. Boom with 4 Boombots every once in a while. Or even the Shrinkmeister/Cabal Shadowpriest combo on Tirion if Brann got a discount from Emperor Thaurissan.
I'm not sure about Brann. I wouldn't say he's as playable or general purpose as Loatheb or Thaurissan. He could be more like Baron Rivendare instead. Though obviously he has a better stat distribution than Rivendare.
Brann is cheap enough so you don't have to try and establish him on curve. With enough powerful battlecries he could be viable. He has insane potential with cards like Healbot, Quartermaster, BGH and big ass legendaries. I think 3 mana is the sweetspot, 4 would be too expensive to combo with your other cards. His biggest downside is that in topdick mode he is a dead draw which is a big issue for any deck and why cards like Rivendare never saw any play.
Malylock maybe?
He's a body on T3 which could be extremely useful to curb early aggression. Brann into 4/13 Drakes ain't bad, or 4/6 guardian taunt or even 8 life funnel cakes. At 5 healbots heal you for 16 or ur corruptors hit for 6 damage. Those are all cards that you already play anyway.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Whats the difference between ending up in a ladder deck or normal ladder with tracker? Every tournament lets you bring notes. Any pro player running this card is going to know what cards are left in their deck.
Yeah, I don't think Brann is the type of card you try to build a deck around, but rather find a deck with a bunch of battlecries in it and fit him in. Dragon Priest might be able to make good use of him, they have a ton of battlecries. Maybe cut one Dark Cultist for Brann.
It doesn't work with BGH, you can not kill what's already dead
you don't get to target twice.
So I thought and that makes him a lot worse actually.
FiveSix4Three
Member
Hearthstone needs to rip battle of wits from MTG and let us dictate deck size.
Oh how I wish it so.
Was my all time favorite deck back in the day. Almost made top 8 at states with it.
Of course the game doesn't have the cards to allow such a deck, but it would be awesome at some point.
Oh how I wish it so.
Was my all time favorite deck back in the day. Almost made top 8 at states with it.
Of course the game doesn't have the cards to allow such a deck, but it would be awesome at some point.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Lol... this paladin got an ancient watcher off his shredder. The shredder got redemption and died and then he got a second ancient watcher.
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Just played and beat twobiers on his stream lol, my control paladin vs his patron
I confirmed afterwards, didn't even know he streamed.
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Just lost a game vs mage due to 2 boom bots hitting me with a board of 5-6 targets... wtf
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Just played and beat twobiers on his stream lol, my control paladin vs his patron
I confirmed afterwards, didn't even know he streamed.
....
Just lost a game vs mage due to 2 boom bots hitting me with a board of 5-6 targets... wtf
irfaanator
Banned
yea im going to be testing him out in the dragon decks
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Makes a lot of sense tbh. Their CG cutscenes are pretty damn awesome and they stated they want to tell overwatch's story outside of the game itself.
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If anyone is looking for a paladin list that is not standard midrange or secret paladin, I have been having some success with this one (17-8)
Taxi Paladin
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If anyone is looking for a paladin list that is not standard midrange or secret paladin, I have been having some success with this one (17-8)
Taxi Paladin
This is about their internal initiatives. Their actual presentation slides make distinct references to Warcraft, but I'm just amused that Hearthstone is increasingly used in place of Warcraft in Blizzard references.
This happened when WoW was taking off as well (referring to everything as World of Warcraft characters, etc), but at least that still had Warcraft in the name when being used.
That looks like standard midrange but with refreshment vendor instead of Shredder. =X
Edit: oh, and Eadric and KT instead of jugglers.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Sweet revenge. I played a dreadsteed warlock over an hour ago and happened to queue into him again. This time I won. Feelsgoodman.
It is really just slightly tuned version of my midrangish-control paladin that I made and played in gvg (and iterated in brm + tgt). But yeah it has similarities to midrange paladin although I am not 100% positive with every card it runs.
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Yeah I looked at midrange paladin and they're running a couple different cards than I am. Coghammer, for example, then you got shredders, knife jugglers... I am running double 6 drops, double 7 drops, and double 8 drops. Pretty big differences
I started running this deck to get a break from rogue a couple days ago. And it is holding up pretty well, currently 19-8 (70.4%).
It is really just slightly tuned version of my midrangish-control paladin that I made and played in gvg (and iterated in brm + tgt). But yeah it has similarities to midrange paladin although I am not 100% positive with every card it runs.
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Yeah I looked at midrange paladin and they're running a couple different cards than I am. Coghammer, for example, then you got shredders, knife jugglers... I am running double 6 drops, double 7 drops, and double 8 drops. Pretty big differences
I started running this deck to get a break from rogue a couple days ago. And it is holding up pretty well, currently 19-8 (70.4%).
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Love this deck:
He already brawled once and he was playing some patron/cw hybrid so I figured he did not have a second brawl so I felt okay loading up the board crazy. (He conceded)
He already brawled once and he was playing some patron/cw hybrid so I figured he did not have a second brawl so I felt okay loading up the board crazy. (He conceded)
To be fair you normally never see more than 1 minion with more than 7 attack unless you are playing against a handlock
And then you play another game.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I haven't seen a paladin vs druid match so one sided as a fel reaver being aldor'd. I even had a BGH in case of silence or in his case for playing a sea giant.
Instaconcedelock, sounds promising.
Is it though? Like other people mention if it's a good card people will kill it so you'll get one activation at most. Which battlecry is worth that and what would you replace with brann? Currently you usually run velens and shadow word death at the 3 spot and I'd argue a velens is better than a double battlecry of something else. Corruptor for 6 dmg sounds nice but a lot of times you'll need to use it before turn 8 for 3 dmg anyway.
If anything I think brann might be more useful in a face deck where you runs lance carriers, abusive sgts, etc and just play him on curve and make your opponent deal with him.
There's decent variety on ladder at the moment because people are bored and try-hards aren't playin but as soon as the adventure comes out and the dust settles it's gonna be full on aggro again.