I've looked at some really old threads on this topic, but want to see what the current consensus is. I'm playing an anti-aggro leaning Razakus deck and using Bloodmage Thalnos for draw and to pair with Spirit Lash and/or Holy Nova, as well as Acoltye of Pain to straight cycle. I have a card slot that is basically my "on the bubble" slot in which I was running Golakka Crawler for a while, then switched to Wild Pyromancer for a while, but I've come to the conclusion I am probably better served with more drawing power with the decks I'm seeing most often at ranks 10-7 - which is where I'm hitting a wall.
So, opinions on whether the cheap 2 mana cost draw with a weak 1/1 body I get from Novice Engineer is superior to the 4 mana cost draw with a slightly improved 2/4 board presence I get out of Gnomish Inventor, or vice versa? I've considered and pretty much ruled out Loot Hoarder due to the fact it's deathrattle draw can easily be stolen by Potion of Madness.
I run loot hoarder, acolyte, and bloodmage. If they potion of madness so be it. Its very rare i ever not have a ton of cards in hand. Between Lyra, Cabal shadow priest(stealing draw minions), thoughtsteal, curious glimmerroot shadow visions and power word shield as well as the 3 minions listed above i always have a wealth of options.
4 mana for a 2/4 draw is not worth it mid game. I only run 4 4 mana cards-
Greater healing potion, kazakus, shadowword horror and priest of the feast.
Thanks folks, I appreciate the insights. Looking at the responses reminded me I am already running five 4 mana cost cards, so all things considered the Novice Engineer's "cheap factor" is going to be the best option for this particular deck. I'm using Prophet Velen and Mind Blast to close out games, and cheap cards in the late game help a ton to get opponents in the 20-24 health range I need for lethal.
Hey folks:
I've looked at some really old threads on this topic, but want to see what the current consensus is. I'm playing an anti-aggro leaning Razakus deck and using Bloodmage Thalnos for draw and to pair with Spirit Lash and/or Holy Nova, as well as Acoltye of Pain to straight cycle. I have a card slot that is basically my "on the bubble" slot in which I was running Golakka Crawler for a while, then switched to Wild Pyromancer for a while, but I've come to the conclusion I am probably better served with more drawing power with the decks I'm seeing most often at ranks 10-7 - which is where I'm hitting a wall.
So, opinions on whether the cheap 2 mana cost draw with a weak 1/1 body I get from Novice Engineer is superior to the 4 mana cost draw with a slightly improved 2/4 board presence I get out of Gnomish Inventor, or vice versa? I've considered and pretty much ruled out Loot Hoarder due to the fact it's deathrattle draw can easily be stolen by Potion of Madness.
Thanks in advance for insights.
Cheers, Bueler
Novice. The low mana is better for rapid fire finales. The extra 1/3 stats is mostly irrelevant.
Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else's mistake.
I run loot hoarder, acolyte, and bloodmage. If they potion of madness so be it. Its very rare i ever not have a ton of cards in hand. Between Lyra, Cabal shadow priest(stealing draw minions), thoughtsteal, curious glimmerroot shadow visions and power word shield as well as the 3 minions listed above i always have a wealth of options.
4 mana for a 2/4 draw is not worth it mid game. I only run 4 4 mana cards-
Greater healing potion, kazakus, shadowword horror and priest of the feast.
Good luck! Hope this helps a little.
Novice Engineer has better stats for its mana cost and it is also cheaper.
In one version I run loot, acoloyte, bloodmage, gnomish inventor,northshire in fact it's one of the highest win rate versions.
Thanks folks, I appreciate the insights. Looking at the responses reminded me I am already running five 4 mana cost cards, so all things considered the Novice Engineer's "cheap factor" is going to be the best option for this particular deck. I'm using Prophet Velen and Mind Blast to close out games, and cheap cards in the late game help a ton to get opponents in the 20-24 health range I need for lethal.
So, again, thanks! :)
You don't worry if Thalnos or Acolyte gets stolen, but draw the line at Loot Hoarder? :-)
Anyhow, Inventor is really no better than the Engineer.
*Lower mana cost. You can play it early to trade with aggro decks, or force a turn 3 heropower.
* Lower opportunity cost. You're not spending a turn to play it.
* Turn 2 is often heal+emote anyway, this fills the gap.
* Both die to the same Priest spells that actually matter.
* Potential more DK burst in a single turn.
Only consideration for inventor would be if you run too few 4-drops, and really really desperate for card draw.