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Another card with 20% of people voting meta-defining. Are people this fucking dumb? A common card that is built around a legendary isn't meta-defining, the legendary is. That's why these polls are so fucking stupid.

I'm not forgetting that DotC is run, I'm saying that the fact this is 6 mana rather than 5 mana makes the comparison moot. We'll see what happens I guess - this will certainly be run in C'thun decks, but I'm pretty convinced it won't see play in non-C'thun Druid decks.

Ancient of war gets run in druid and that is most of the time a 7 mana 5/10 with taunt. And this card does have an impact because it is giving your c'thun a +3 +3 boost plus it has good stats for its cost and as a taunt it protects your hero. You run this card not only for the body but also to make your C'thun stronger since +3 +3 is the biggest boost a C'thun card gives so far. This should definitely be run in C'thun druid decks. Also in standard the aggressive naxx and gvg cards are being phased out and some cards in the classic set are being nerfed by blizzard so the meta in standard may slow down. Also for people who say C'thun itself does nothing, if that thing gets boosted enough than C'thun's battlecry may actually kill you.

I like it xD

Poisoned Blade xD

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Ancient of war gets run in druid and that is most of the time a 7 mana 5/10 with taunt. And this card does have an impact because it is giving your c'thun a +3 +3 boost plus it has good stats for its cost and as a taunt it protects your hero. [...]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that this might replace Ancient of War. Certainly in C'Thun Druid, but maybe even in normal druid decks. The "choose one" option from AoW is a no-brainer 99% of the time - and when silenced, AoW becomes a quite weak 5/5 body, while Arakkoa stays a 5/7 that is quite a bit harder to remove. Also being able to play it one turn earlier should help with consistency.

And in the end, maybe it's good enough to just create a regular Ramp Druid with C'Thun and 2 or 3 of his buff cards - Dark Arakkoa (instead of AoW), Twilight Elder (instead of Shade/Raptor) and C'Thun's Chosen (instead of Shredder). You get to use C'Thun as a late game trump card without giving up consistency in the early game.

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Ancient of war gets run in druid and that is most of the time a 7 mana 5/10 with taunt. And this card does have an impact because it is giving your c'thun a +3 +3 boost plus it has good stats for its cost and as a taunt it protects your hero. [...]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that this might replace Ancient of War. Certainly in C'Thun Druid, but maybe even in normal druid decks. The "choose one" option from AoW is a no-brainer 99% of the time - and when silenced, AoW becomes a quite weak 5/5 body, while Arakkoa stays a 5/7 that is quite a bit harder to remove. Also being able to play it one turn earlier should help with consistency.

And in the end, maybe it's good enough to just create a regular Ramp Druid with C'Thun and 2 or 3 of his buff cards - Dark Arakkoa (instead of AoW), Twilight Elder (instead of Shade/Raptor) and C'Thun's Chosen (instead of Shredder). You get to use C'Thun as a late game trump card without giving up consistency in the early game.

 And at 6 mana, it lets you fit in a Swipe or Keeper of the Grove, or Wrath hero power by turn 10 and after, whereas the 7-drop was often a bit awkward past turn 7. Having a good 6-drop makes Mire Keeper more attractive too; ramping up into that would be great. Wild Growth into Mire Keeper into Dark Arakkoa Kreygasm

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Another card with 20% of people voting meta-defining. Are people this fucking dumb? A common card that is built around a legendary isn't meta-defining, the legendary is. That's why these polls are so fucking stupid.

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Ancient of war gets run in druid and that is most of the time a 7 mana 5/10 with taunt. And this card does have an impact because it is giving your c'thun a +3 +3 boost plus it has good stats for its cost and as a taunt it protects your hero. [...]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that this might replace Ancient of War. Certainly in C'Thun Druid, but maybe even in normal druid decks. The "choose one" option from AoW is a no-brainer 99% of the time - and when silenced, AoW becomes a quite weak 5/5 body, while Arakkoa stays a 5/7 that is quite a bit harder to remove. Also being able to play it one turn earlier should help with consistency.

And in the end, maybe it's good enough to just create a regular Ramp Druid with C'Thun and 2 or 3 of his buff cards - Dark Arakkoa (instead of AoW), Twilight Elder (instead of Shade/Raptor) and C'Thun's Chosen (instead of Shredder). You get to use C'Thun as a late game trump card without giving up consistency in the early game.

 And at 6 mana, it lets you fit in a Swipe or Keeper of the Grove, or Wrath hero power by turn 10 and after, whereas the 7-drop was often a bit awkward past turn 7. Having a good 6-drop makes Mire Keeper more attractive too; ramping up into that would be great. Wild Growth into Mire Keeper into Dark Arakkoa Kreygasm

How much info do we actually have on what's being nerfed?

All I've seen thus far are hints and nothing more - essentially an acknowledgement that there will be nerfs without anything concrete being said.

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How much info do we actually have on what's being nerfed?

All I've seen thus far are hints and nothing more - essentially an acknowledgement that there will be nerfs without anything concrete being said.

I can finally use my favourite card again! 

 The Black Knight! :D

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I can finally use my favourite card again! 

 The Black Knight! :D