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pretty boring decks except token druid and mid shaman
People really should take a statistics class before commenting on sample sizes and polling methodology.
Museum Curator for Dragon Priest.
Only Blizzard has accurate numbers. The rest of us have to make do with what we have.
Pretty good card. Haven't played Dragon Priest in months but some were playing Museum Curator back then. If that's still the case this card will probably replace him.
I just wish they would go away with the "If you are holding a dragon" mechanic and replace it with something else.
I just wish they would go away with the "If you are holding a dragon" mechanic and replace it with something else.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Dragon Paladin looks like it could be quite good. 2 new cards for it now. Bookwyrm and Historian. I feel like with dragon paladin you need more dragons than other dragon decks because of the mana ramp of dragon consort. Amazing.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Have they shown a priest or shaman card yet?
LyleLanley
Banned
I think this looks pretty good so it must be awful.
Interfectum
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Brodie said Priests are strong enough and they don't need any cards this expansion. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Mobius and pet octopus
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I kinda feel like there are a ton of great dragons too, and very few bad ones. And even the bad ones aren't terrible. Watch for that time when you're losing and you discover deathwing to get the win.
bangbang i'm a timpani
Banned
no way, like every dragon card is good
Of course. Didn't you see Disguised Toast crack to code?Brodie said Priests are strong enough and they don't need any cards this expansion. ¯\_(ツ
Mobius and pet octopus
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They just need to release this expansion already.
I'm not sure about Netherspite. It doesn't help with the biggest problem that dragon decks always have, if you don't get a dragon early you're fucked. This adds another card that you can't play in that situation. It does help out the rest of the time though, especially when the 3/6 taunt dragon is the only one you have.
Medivh I like even less. That's only going to see play in control match-ups, and every control deck is already running weapon removal. So in most cases all you're doing is activating an otherwise useless card for the opponent if you play this in mage/priest/druid. If you play it in a weapon class that can bait out removal on the other hand, there are hardly any solid cost spells to use with it. Lay on Hands...Call of the Wild, Sprint/Assassinate I guess.
A spell weapon really needed to be a low cost card so that it could help against aggro/mid-range and also get out before control draws their removal.
Medivh I like even less. That's only going to see play in control match-ups, and every control deck is already running weapon removal. So in most cases all you're doing is activating an otherwise useless card for the opponent if you play this in mage/priest/druid. If you play it in a weapon class that can bait out removal on the other hand, there are hardly any solid cost spells to use with it. Lay on Hands...Call of the Wild, Sprint/Assassinate I guess.
A spell weapon really needed to be a low cost card so that it could help against aggro/mid-range and also get out before control draws their removal.
just realized that 1 of those 3 discover cards when playing priests is more than likely going to be the whelp since class cards like to be discovered more than others and there is only 1 class card in priest that is a dragon. That is going to hurt the choices priests get to see until BRM gets rotated out.
poppedcollar69
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I wonder if the art for this card indicates that before, the card text read 'mech' instead of 'murloc'
In which case they must have decided that that was too good
Netherspite Historian isn't even a Beast, Dragon or Murloc lol.
seems like an ok value card. Too bad you can't discover synergy cards like corrupter but dragons are generally useful.
they pushing dragon synergy again near the end of its standard life, it has what like 6 months left. I don't know about this set, a bunch of its cards become obsolete rather early.
LyleLanley
Banned
I wonder if the art for this card indicates that before, the card text read 'mech' instead of 'murloc'
In which case they must have decided that that was too good
But the mech in that image is the Zoobot.
BananasWithGuns
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Medivh is interesting but I'm not sure how much play it'll see. I mean, maybe it compliments a Summoning Stone deck or something but just playing it by itself only gives you 3 uses and by that point in the game how much impact are you really getting from it? It just doesn't seem all that useful when taking into account the other late game legendaries. Plus with a lot of the weapon classes being really strong right now, the incentive to run something like this is even less with Harrison and Ooze lurking around.
Silverware Golem seems alright. Obviously it's really good if you can get it out on the board for free but since Hearthstone has no way to selectively discard it just seems like the Warlock archetype they want to create would just be too wildly inconsistent to be worthwhile.
Netherspite Historian seems quite good though. I imagine it sees play in most dragon decks.It's also nice that they're creating cards that benefit slower dragon decks as opposed to ones that make dragon Warrior even stronger.
Silverware Golem seems alright. Obviously it's really good if you can get it out on the board for free but since Hearthstone has no way to selectively discard it just seems like the Warlock archetype they want to create would just be too wildly inconsistent to be worthwhile.
Netherspite Historian seems quite good though. I imagine it sees play in most dragon decks.It's also nice that they're creating cards that benefit slower dragon decks as opposed to ones that make dragon Warrior even stronger.
Netherspite is cool, decent card. It's almost impossible to get a bad dragon from a Discover, I think the worst you can do is if you get 3 really expensive dragons against an aggro/tempo line up which still isn't that bad.
But Priests really really need a good Velens Chosen replacement. Without it all these early drops just get eaten by other minions or weapons. Imagine playing Velens Chosen on Netherspite, value town.
Seems like Blizzard wants Dragon's to go out with a bang before BRM rotates out.
But Priests really really need a good Velens Chosen replacement. Without it all these early drops just get eaten by other minions or weapons. Imagine playing Velens Chosen on Netherspite, value town.
Seems like Blizzard wants Dragon's to go out with a bang before BRM rotates out.
BananasWithGuns
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Kind of crazy we haven't seen a single Shaman or Priest card yet. I guess they're saving them for show matches tomorrow.
Also, since we now know all the Warlock cards for the set, it seems to confirm that five portal cards will be for Mage, Shaman, Druid, Priest and Paladin since they wouldn't really make sense for Hunter, Rogue or Warrior.
Also, since we now know all the Warlock cards for the set, it seems to confirm that five portal cards will be for Mage, Shaman, Druid, Priest and Paladin since they wouldn't really make sense for Hunter, Rogue or Warrior.
A Sentient Keyboard
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That's a good point, though considering how bad priests early options are I don't think playing a whelp (with guaranteed battlecry) + shadow word pain or something on turn 3 is that bad of a deal.
For reference, the other class-exclusive dragons are dragon consort for paladin and coldarra drake for mage.
The meta is at his worst now for me, I don't find very entertaining to had matches which are determined by how good of a start you had while playing on curve, plus playing control now is terrible, even match ups that should be favored by control are terrible when sir finley can change the hero power for lifetap
It's a decent versatile card for Dragon Priest since the deck runs into a lot of conditional situations.
Might work for Dragon Pally. Nah. Dragon Pally still stinks.
Brodie said Priests are strong enough and they don't need any cards this expansion. ¯\_(ツ
We'll probably see a Discover a Priest Spell card or add 3 random Priest Spell cards.
Karsticles
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Since Dahbomb hit rank 5 with Handlock last month, I want him to hit rank 5 with Discardlock next month. :-D
Dragon Pally would have been great if they didn't make the 2 mana 2/4 a fcking Priest only card. -_-
It was expected after the honeymoon with standard. Like I look at the hunter lists and I couldn't play that deck without falling asleep. It's more mindless than zoo!
MMaRsu
Member
Nah I think that's gonna be a really good card actually.
irfaanator
Banned
it being a 1/3 doesnt do much for it but honestly I can see this more in a paladin dragon deck than a priest one. Even a control dragon warrior could see this card being played.
It's amazing when people beat themselves. I was very passive, only reacting, as CW vs C'thun warrior is pretty unfavored for me.
He played, onto an empty board, his Doomcaller, before he played his C'thun. A few turns later he did the same thing with his Sylvanas. I removed both easily, and at that point I had no chance of losing.
His only way to win would be to only play C'thun when fatigue damage has made that lethal damage. He plays it as soon as he's out of cards. I steal it with Sylvanas, he uses his last removal on it, and at that point all I have to do deal enough chip damage to make sure I win the fatigue battle. His hand, after removing the C'thun I stole, is acolyte, war axe, and two brawls.
The game ended up resolving fairly quickly, as he played his acolyte and I played a C'thun I got from the monkey, putting him really deep in fatigue damage.
He played, onto an empty board, his Doomcaller, before he played his C'thun. A few turns later he did the same thing with his Sylvanas. I removed both easily, and at that point I had no chance of losing.
His only way to win would be to only play C'thun when fatigue damage has made that lethal damage. He plays it as soon as he's out of cards. I steal it with Sylvanas, he uses his last removal on it, and at that point all I have to do deal enough chip damage to make sure I win the fatigue battle. His hand, after removing the C'thun I stole, is acolyte, war axe, and two brawls.
The game ended up resolving fairly quickly, as he played his acolyte and I played a C'thun I got from the monkey, putting him really deep in fatigue damage.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Jewelled scarab is on the cusp of being playable... and this card has a higher density of better cards with synergy in the deck you run it in... 1/3 is amazing stats for this card.
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thepotatoman
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Annoying it's not a dragon itself. There's already too many dragon synergy cards that aren't dragons.
Seems like a good card otherwise. There's a good split between anti-aggro and anti-control dragon cards to choose from, and you do want a way to have 3 Twilight Guardians or 2 Yseras in your deck.
Officerrob
Banned
Just move Lightbomb and Velen's Chosen into the Priest standard set
irfaanator
Banned
it doesnt trade into 1 2 or 3 drops at all, so it's stats are meaningless like curators. Yea the dragon discovery is the good part which is why I think the card will find a spot in more of the control style dragon decks like paladin and control dragon warrior. I can see it helping dragon priest vs control match ups but don't see it elevating dragon priest like a great deal
Anyone have a link to a secret Paladin deck? I have tons of great Paladin cards but the N'Zoth variant is pretty terrible for this meta.
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