C'Thun Priest probably counters it almost just as hard as Control Warrior does. After Alexstrasza plops down they can play a single Twilight Darkmender and kill Alex and go "lol try and kill me now".
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Hearthstone |OT6| C'THUN for President! Why pick the lesser evil?
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C'Thun Priest probably counters it almost just as hard as Control Warrior does. After Alexstrasza plops down they can play a single Twilight Darkmender and kill Alex and go "lol try and kill me now".
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I wish this were true. Had a match recently where they pyro'd face, I healbotted to 28, and still lost to straight burn. 13 from fireball+fireball ping after 15 damage from frostbolt/ice lance. And a priest might survive that because of hero power, but then you add in that LOE burn spell... All this without the use of alex or even spell power. I don't even think they loatheb'd. Not to mention they added a 2 spellpower minion, which buffs frostbolt 2x, ice lance x2, from 14 to 22 damage.
Also, this mage barely even cycled his deck compared to the average. The only thing going for the priest come standard is no mad scientist, but at the loss of loatheb.
Yup, darkmender, sw:d, hero power. Everyone else though now that healbot is gone is SOL
Try playing when I first started playing. It took me 12 hours to get to level 11. I enjoyed it though!
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
With my luck I'll just get the minimum amount of legendaries possible.
Pretty sure my first legendary is going to be Pat Nagle. ��
Preview of the BGH Nerf, lol.
Turn 5 win vs a POS Freeze Mage. (Also, How rigged is it that when I give up on Warrior after seeing nothing but Combo Druid and Anyfin Pally, I queue up vs a freeze mage?)
It worked (with tons of complications, but still), thank you!
Gonna get my last few games in of reincarnate shaman before moving into standard. Cthun sounds like a ton of fun but being able to have 3 kel thuzads, army of cairnes, or endless al-akirs from ancestral spirit, reincarnate, after being discounted by far sight or emperor was the most fun I've ever had in hearthstone.
May see how high I can climb with it. I'm at 11 now, beat pretty much any midrange or control deck if I play around their board clears and follow up with value they could only dream of but great aggro draws tend to be too much for me to handle.
Have tricked a lot of players into thinking I'm aggro shaman when I go trogg into totem golem or feral spirit though. They waste a silence or transform on a piece of garbage and I'm like, "oh buddy you're gonna regret that."
May see how high I can climb with it. I'm at 11 now, beat pretty much any midrange or control deck if I play around their board clears and follow up with value they could only dream of but great aggro draws tend to be too much for me to handle.
Have tricked a lot of players into thinking I'm aggro shaman when I go trogg into totem golem or feral spirit though. They waste a silence or transform on a piece of garbage and I'm like, "oh buddy you're gonna regret that."
But at least it will be fun and interactive moving forward.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
I don't think this works, it's battlecry makes it spend all your mana crystals, you can't do that twice. So if you have 4 mana it'd spend 4 mana, make it a 4/4, then spend all your mana again, it stays a 4/4.Hey Dahbomb, I just realized something about Forbidden Ancient.
Brann synergy.
My plan is to craft Anomalus and play a Malygos Freeze Mage. But I don't care about climbing the ladder, I just want to crush the few games I do play.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Why would you sap my Rend?
Twice??
Twice??
with Hearthstone i never plan on it.
i am going to use my 600 gold on arena start-up instead of extra packs, still thinking on pre-ordering for the bonus packs since i used the rest of my gold before for classic packs...
I'm going to try to reno-deck my way to 12 wins for the 13 extra packs. I have no expectations for doing well.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Yeah I'm probably just gonna play enough to get my packs then have some fun in arena.
Edit: Don't play Fel Reaver in the brawl. Lol.
Just the most annoying SMOrc deck you can find.
slightconfuse
Banned
Please tell me some else watched that game just now
priest isn't going to counter freeze mage ever, you won't get the chance to heal if the mage player knows how to play the match up.
As I said earlier, it will be more important for freeze mage decks to be OTK capable. Malygos decks can even beat control warrior at times. The recently emerging torch mage is similar, there is so much burn that you don't need Antonidas or Alex set up. When Emperor goes away I guess it will be 'nerfed'.
As I said earlier, it will be more important for freeze mage decks to be OTK capable. Malygos decks can even beat control warrior at times. The recently emerging torch mage is similar, there is so much burn that you don't need Antonidas or Alex set up. When Emperor goes away I guess it will be 'nerfed'.
slightconfuse
Banned
Freeze mage is so dumb
BananasWithGuns
Member
Brann + Twin Emperor followed by C'Thun the following turn should be pretty gross. If you don't have a way to get through/bypass the taunts and kill Brann then you're just done.
Of course you'll have to be able to make it to turn 10 without needing to play your Twin Emperor.
Of course you'll have to be able to make it to turn 10 without needing to play your Twin Emperor.
I'm trying to debate what i dislike more, aggro losses on turn 5 or freeze mages.
Minion-
Common: Flamewreathed Faceless (are you kidding me, this thing is commong?!?!)
Rare: Master of Evolution
Epic: Shadowcaster
Legendary: Twin Emperor Vek'lor
God: C'thun
Spell -
Common: Shadowstrike
Rare: Blood to Ichor, maybe Evolve
Epic: Call of the Wild
TetraxShards
Member
Nerfed cards yes (except for Hunter's Mark which is part of the Basic Set and can't be crafted or dusted), cards rotating out of Standard no.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Is this Ultima kid playing the same game we are? How can you play constructed with a smile on your face?
On the same medication as Stancifka.
Evolve has a lot of cool combos.
Like the twin emperor are both 7 drops, you get two 8 drops. They can turn into Tirion for example, 8 drops are just all good I think
Your new taunt minion is a 6 drop that you play for discount but still counts as 6 that turns into 7.
I saw someone mentioning Kodorider too, 6 drops with 5 drop tokens and a hero power 1 mana. Turns into a 7, a 6 and a 2 drop for 9 mana. Well, shaman has some good way to get back on board I guess.
Like the twin emperor are both 7 drops, you get two 8 drops. They can turn into Tirion for example, 8 drops are just all good I think
Your new taunt minion is a 6 drop that you play for discount but still counts as 6 that turns into 7.
I saw someone mentioning Kodorider too, 6 drops with 5 drop tokens and a hero power 1 mana. Turns into a 7, a 6 and a 2 drop for 9 mana. Well, shaman has some good way to get back on board I guess.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Onyxia + Evolve
veloxStrix
Banned
Common - Bladed Cultist
A potential 1-mana 2/3 that can only be activated Turn 1 through some Rogue tricks. I like it.
Rare - Darkshire Librarian
This card is definitely the most interesting Rare. It cycles through your deck, but the danger is that you lose an option on casting it. I think this card is fantastic though since it's a solid enabler for Discard decks that might exist one day.
Epic - Shadowcaster
Copies a minion into your hand and makes it cost 1? A unique card that wouldn't easily be possible in paper CCGs.
Legendary - Deathwing, Dragonlord
He's big, he's huge, and when he dies you've earned the wrath of all the dragons of Azeroth... well, the ones in your opponents hand.
A potential 1-mana 2/3 that can only be activated Turn 1 through some Rogue tricks. I like it.
Rare - Darkshire Librarian
This card is definitely the most interesting Rare. It cycles through your deck, but the danger is that you lose an option on casting it. I think this card is fantastic though since it's a solid enabler for Discard decks that might exist one day.
Epic - Shadowcaster
Copies a minion into your hand and makes it cost 1? A unique card that wouldn't easily be possible in paper CCGs.
Legendary - Deathwing, Dragonlord
He's big, he's huge, and when he dies you've earned the wrath of all the dragons of Azeroth... well, the ones in your opponents hand.
What do you guys think of this C'Thun Druid deck I just threw together?
http://www.hearthpwn.com/deckbuilde...14:2;33121:1;33123:2;33162:1;35189:2;35196:2;
I'd like to fit Brann in, but I wasn't sure what to drop. Maybe Savage Roar. But I think Savage Roar could be a good finisher.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/deckbuilde...14:2;33121:1;33123:2;33162:1;35189:2;35196:2;
I'd like to fit Brann in, but I wasn't sure what to drop. Maybe Savage Roar. But I think Savage Roar could be a good finisher.
Professor Lich
Member
Don't Whelps cost 1 Mana? Sounds like a good way to get a Doomsayer!
veloxStrix
Banned
I don't think you need Wild Growth, honestly. Darnassus seems like a better fit in this deck as far as Ramp goes - most of your cards are 3/4/5s - but Brann could fit into this slot along with another Klaxxi Amber Weaver or Mire Keeper.
4% chance if I did my math right.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Yeah, it's a bit tough without actually playing it but I kind of get the feeling Blizzard underestimated how powerful the evolve effect will be.
One mana to upgrade your entire board is pretty insane and it's essentially a free effect on one minion with no stat loss with Master of Evolution.
Regardless, it's definitely a better class theme than murlocs and overload so I hope they stick with it.
One mana to upgrade your entire board is pretty insane and it's essentially a free effect on one minion with no stat loss with Master of Evolution.
Regardless, it's definitely a better class theme than murlocs and overload so I hope they stick with it.